Discusses computer assisted learning and simulation modeling from a United Kingdom perspective. Highlights include modeling with the DMS (Dynamic Modelling System); modeling with STELLA; learning and teaching simulation modeling; educational development roles for learning technologists; and a list of relevant Web sites. (Contains 52 references.)…

Discusses the accelerating pace of change that librarians must cope with and suggests looking to the private sector for strategies to become more comfortable with change. Describes the five disciplines comprising the learning organization culture: systems thinking, personal mastery, mental models, shared vision, and team learning. (LRW)

Describes a research program that provides insight into the nature of phylogenetic problems and problem-solving methods and how these might be applied to teaching evolution. Contains a new description of the nature of phylogenetic problems and factors contributing to their difficulty. (AIM)

Describes and illustrates five areas of instructional design in mathematics well suited to students with learning disabilities. Suggested learning strategies for teachers to incorporate include using big ideas and conspicuous strategies; teaching efficient use of time; giving clear, explicit instruction on strategies; and taking time for…

Traditional conceptions of problem solving in education are critiqued, and a new framework is proposed to conceptualize open- ended problem solving in ill-structured domains. How innovative curriculum design is informed by this conceptualization is described, and research findings from studies in grades 4 through 12 are presented. (SLD)

Discusses the power of teacher praise and attention on training students with disabilities to recruit teacher attention. Describes types of students who could benefit from recruitment training, along with the skills and behaviors that can be taught. Provides strategies are provided for teaching recruiting skills. (CR)

Studied transfer of rule knowledge in 7- to 9-year-old normal and disabled readers. Compared performance on trained exemplars and untrained transfer items by means of posttests following rule training. Found that normal readers transferred rule knowledge in reading and music tasks; disabled readers were proficient only on music tasks and showed…

Strategies used by upper secondary school students to regulate their own learning processes were studied for 248 Australian students, 215 Japanese students in Japan, and 30 Japanese students in Australia. The pattern of strategy used varied for each cultural group, with Japanese students using memory strategies significantly more often. (SLD)

This article discusses the increased emphasis on providing early intervention services within natural environments and how to maximize natural learning opportunities by using everyday activities that children experience and embedding intervention in daily routines. Guidelines for deciding the frequency of services, changing services, and the level…

Effects of type of prompt on the use of external strategies were examined with 272 children (ages 7-17) with or without mental retardation. A task requiring memory for object placement was performed under one of four conditions: no prompt, verbal prompt, physical prompt, verbal and physical prompt. Results suggested that strategy use by older…

Proposes the need for electronic learning to be redefined to move beyond training toward a wider array of solutions, from performance support to knowledge management. Topics include balancing employees' instructional needs with informational needs; integrating online courseware with knowledge systems; communities of practice; access to experts;…

Describes a way of using the extended metaphor of an imaginary airline that bridges the gap between students' work with logic and their creation of proofs. (KHR)

Describes a number line activity based on students' individual timelines to help students understand the concepts of integers and rational numbers. Middle school students and their parents construct a number line using positive and negative rational numbers to represent dates of events before and after the student's birth. (KHR)

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the comparative effects of two homework study methods on the acquisition and maintenance of social studies content. Thirty-two students (grades 5 and 9) scored higher on next-day quizzes when using a structured reading worksheet study method compared to a standard review questions study method. (Contains…

Argues for learning communities as a fruitful milieu for cognitive development and knowledge construction. Provides a metaphor of a constructivist learning community organization grounded on French scientist and philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's theory of evolution. Asserts that Teilhardian thought is useful for conceptualizing a…