Outlines an approach to text graphing through describing four types of graphs: sunburst, matrix, tree structure, and flow chart. The graphing types are then matched to 12 text types. Text graphing realizes the possibilities for enhancing instruction using insights provided by educational research in schema theory and metacognition. (15 references)…

The author of EC 606 782 reflects on aspects of the elaborative interrogation strategy evaluated with high achieving fifth- and sixth-grade students, noting the importance of an extensive knowledge base for using this strategy and the likelihood that the strategy is inappropriate for low achievers. (Author/DB)

What matters about an educational activity is how learners respond to it. This article examines a program concerned with the learners' needs, through the expression of learners' own meanings, and advances the concept of investigative research as a suitable vehicle for more autonomous learning, through a change in learner status. (26 references)…

Discusses the relationship between instructional design and situated learning. The transfer of knowledge and skills to a variety of settings is considered; and ways in which instructional design can contribute to the goals of situated learning are described, including planning learning experiences that are situated in the real world. (24…

Describes Instructor's Plan (IP), a computer-based expert system that was developed for preservice and inservice school teachers to use for creating effective lesson plans more quickly and easily. Components of the system include instructional design principles, instructional strategies based on specific learning conditions, and eight levels of…

Describes and compares various assumptions of instructional design and of constructivism, some of which have been raised in other articles in this issue. Topics discussed include instructional design theory; instructional systems theory; mental models; categories of knowledge; knowledge representation; instructional strategies; collaborative…

Argues that, even though it may not be possible to change an individuals basic cognitive style, it may be possible to make the learning process more transparent. It is also suggested that strategy training can be useful, providing principles for such training, and practical suggestions for teacher training courses and classroom practices. (37…

Presents theoretical bases for making language (and its study) the essential agent in the generation of thought and meaning. Suggests strategies to engage students (and instructors) in the creation of meaning and the negotiation of knowledge. Argues that such epistemological uses of language can empower developmental students to become early and…

This second installment in a series of edited transcripts based on a conference held at Utah State University in 1987 reviews the main points of Merrill's Learning Theory. The performance content matrix is explained, primary presentation forms are described, and the concepts of student responsibility and learner control are discussed. (Three…

Thirteen content-area teachers of mildly disabled adolescents rated six cognitive strategy-based adaptive teaching procedures for facilitating content mastery. The teachers rated the strategies' familiarity, value, use, assistance needed to routinely implement, and reasonableness of being expected to implement. The teachers highly valued and…

Offers a five-step direct-instruction strategy for teaching main idea comprehension. (MG)

Presents 10 models providing a solid foundation for designing curricula that help students make valuable connections while learning. Beginning with exploration within single disciplines (the fragmented, connected, and nested models), and continuing with models integrating across several disciplines, the continuum ends with models operating within…

Examines whether vocabulary acquisition in a foreign language by inferring the meaning of a word from its context makes an important contribution toward the retention of the word in question so long as the meaning is correctly guessed. (49 references) (GLR)

Examines Heinrich Schliemann's method of acquiring a second language primarily by means of conscious learning. It is revealed that Schliemann probably obtained a great deal of comprehensible input in English. (nine references) (GLR)

Introduces the topic of strategies education, summarizing the contributions to this special issue on strategies education. Emphasizes the importance of collaborations between researchers and practitioners to ensure that strategies education programs are practical and implementable. (MDM)