In a study of sighted people's understanding of blindness, 103 Ss in five age groups (preschool through adult) were asked questions in open ended interviews. Although there were no statistically significant main effects by sex, significant age group effects were found. (Author)

An examination is made of the concept that teaching implies learning. (JD)

Just how much do you really know about the metric system? Test your SI (International System of Units) savvy with 61 self-correcting questions. (Editor/RK)

Studied the main effects of problem-based learning on knowledge and skills and explored potential moderators of the effect of problem-based learning in a meta-analysis of 43 articles. Findings show a robust positive effect on skills, but a tendency to a negative effect, strongly influenced by two studies, on student knowledge. (SLD)

Argues that trying to teach higher order thinking skills (problem-solving, comprehension) in the early grades is misplaced, because such skills are not transferable. Cites the work of Dutch psychologist Adrian de Groot and others to support argument. Asserts that teachers should concentrate on teaching general knowledge in a state-specified core…

Of 81 nurses attending continuing education lecture/discussions on osteoporosis, 63 completed pre/posttests. A significant increase in osteoporosis knowledge and more awareness of their own health were found. (SK)

Three studies showed that 5- to 9-year-olds and adults do not usually base their spellings of plural real-word and pseudo-word endings on the morphological rule that all regular plurals are spelled with -s. Participants appeared to use their knowledge of complex but untaught spelling patterns, which is based on the frequency with which certain…

Examines the importance of job functions and knowledge domains to the practice of disability management by obtaining the opinions of experts in disability management. Results indicate that many functions and knowledge domains appear to be generally important, while others appear to have greater or lesser salience depending on whether services are…

Introduces and draws on other papers in this issue to discuss how task performance is achieved in workplace settings and the extent to which the knowledge needed for task performance is generic. Explores these questions from a variety of theoretical frameworks. (SLD)

Conducted survey to assess knowledge and beliefs of several campus and community agencies about principle and practice of confidentiality. Findings from 72 participants from 11 on-campus and 2 off-campus agencies revealed that most participants seemed aware of confidentiality issues in counseling and psychotherapy. (Author/NB)

Investigates the evidence that the imperfect performance in forward search of 36 children aged four and five years resulted from unstable execution of the correct component processes. Evidence suggests that five-year-olds engaged in forward search, but four-year-olds used only a rudimentary form of forward search. (RJC)

Two-year-olds' difficulty with rule execution was examined through one of six tasks: a task assessing knowledge about a series of items, a deductive card sort requiring the use of knowledge to sort items by rules, and four modifications of the card sort. Found that the toddlers performed better on the knowledge task than the other tasks. (MDM)

Presents critical review of literature regarding individuals' knowledge and their attitudes toward elderly sexuality. Notes generally positive relationship discovered between various age cohorts' depth of knowledge and their permissiveness of attitudes. Also notes that some health care providers demonstrated negative relationship between their…

Assessed social workers' (n=379) knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Results showed that social workers had much to learn about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS); less than half the questions were answered correctly. Respondents had most information about transmission of virus and least about impact of epidemic…

Interviews research mathematicians (n=70) with a focus on how they came to know mathematics. Discusses how these mathematicians understand their practices, locating them in the communities of which they claim membership, identifying the style that dominates their organization of research, and looking at their lived contradictions. Contains 14…