Uses panels taken from manga, Japanese comics and cartoons, to supplement explanations of biochemical terms and topics in biochemistry classes. Results indicate that the use of manga helped students remember what they had learned. (Author/CCM)

Discussion of the use of technology to improve student learning focuses on the need for professional competency and describes the Professional Competence Continuum (PCC) which includes core technology skills; curriculum, learning and assessment; professional practice; classroom and instructional management; and administrative competencies. (LRW)

In three experiments, students received a short science lesson on how airplanes achieve lift and then were asked to write an explanation (retention test) and solutions to five problems (transfer test). For some students, the lesson contained signals such as section headings and pointer words. Students given signals generated significantly more…

Describes how electronic learning was used to train employees from three companies that merged into one. Discusses the use of online and CD-ROM courses to train salespeople; just-in-time training; employee attitudes toward technology-based training; and rising profits that have resulted from training success. (LRW)

Discussion of online learning environments focuses on the shift in perspective needed by online learners. Highlights include participation in and completion of an online course; feedback; awareness of self and others; learner-centered metaphors in online course design; needed research; and recommendations for faculty and administrators to help…

Examines how mobile computers, or personal digital assistants (PDAs), can be used in a Web-based learning environment. Topics include wireless networks on college campuses; online learning; Web-based learning technologies; synchronous and asynchronous communication via the Web; content resources; Web connections; and collaborative learning. (LRW)

Explains learning-by-Web design, an emerging approach to learning-by-design that uses the Web as a vehicle to conduct a project. Discusses student's motivation, the effects of group collaboration on student learning, the effects of content structure, the effects of Web publicity, visual design considerations, and balancing learning both design…

Supports the use of professional development in environmental education and proposes that it be regarded as vital to learning as classroom instruction. Discusses the use of activities from programs such as Project WET and Project WILD. (DDR)

Describes the world's first interpretive complex devoted entirely to solid waste. Focuses on its mission to encourage people to be aware of resources and to recycle. (DDR)

Discusses instructional approaches on how to teach introductory thermal physics. Analyzes the relationship between heat and temperature and questions to what degree physics can be simplified. (Contains 22 references.) (YDS)

The goals of this paper are to describe some characteristics of the pedagogical project of the "Carbopolis" software and some programming solutions that were found during the computational implementation of this software. Relative to the first goal, some pedagogical features that are considered necessary to developing computerized learning…

Results of a study into the relationships between students' academic performance and their cognitive and learning styles are presented. A questionnaire containing three instruments assessing learning and cognition was distributed to second- and final-year undergraduates studying on a general and business management degree. The outcomes of this are…

Current cultural, social, and economic trends challenge traditional concepts of learning and lifelong learning. This paper draws on the twofold nature of learning in a knowledge society and explores options for technological support. The concept of Second-Order Learning Objects is introduced as a potential means to foster generative learning.…

Many students with learning disabilities (LD) exhibit deficiencies in the writing process. In order to achieve an adequate level of writing competence, these students must apply strategies that enable them to effectively plan, organize, write, and revise a written product. Explicit strategy instruction involving a structured style of learning has…

The authors looked at aspects of successful and problematic studying in terms of three different research traditions: students' approaches to learning, self-regulated learning and cognitive strategies. These frameworks have been widely applied when explaining university student learning. However, relations among different traditions have not been…