This study assessed the impact of the frequency of elaborations on the text processing performance of dyads and individuals using technical text. Cooperative interaction and multiple elaboration activity led to better performance when descriptive information was being learned but not when procedural information was being learned. (Author/BS)

Failure to comprehend spoken language usually results from lack of knowledge on the part of the listener or poor communication skills on the part of the speaker. When diagnosing possible causes of poor listening comprehension, the teacher must reflect on these factors and analyze the classroom situation. (DF)

The organizational climate of a school influences personal interaction, student learning, and personal growth. Suggestions for improving the educational environment of schools are offered. (DF)

The influence on children's self-efficacy and achievement through observation of peer models learning cognitive skills was investigated. The effects of modeled mastery and coping behaviors were explored. Observing a peer model led to higher self-efficacy for learning, posttest self-efficacy, and achievement. (Author/DWH)

Explores the primary strategies for using personal computers in continuing education. It provides a cursory review of several major developments in computer technology, continuing education's response, and several observations about the possibilities for adult learners equipped with personal computers. (CT)

Multiply handicapped mentally retarded and learning disabled preschool children participated in a series of learning tasks designed to clarify task-related effects of modeling-based mental imagery training experiences. Facilitative effectives of modeling occurred for all learning tasks, were most apparent for associative learning and with learning…

Examines two responses to current traditional rhetoric--the new romantics who insist on the primacy of discovery and the new classicists who believe in aiding discovery through systematic heuristic procedures. (HOD)

Describes 10 categories of inferences and proposes a three-step procedure for teaching students to make inferences while reading. (HOD)

Describes six ways to adapt textbooks for studying purposes: chapter outlines, adapting chapter questions, adapting vocabulary, lowering reading levels, taping textbooks, and color coding textbooks. (HOD)

Analyzes features of computer-based interactive video including sophisticated answer judging, diagnostic feedback, simulation, animation, audible tones, touch sensitive screen, function keys, and video enhancements, and matches these to the characteristics and pedagogical styles of learners. The learner characteristics discussed include internal…

Describes how a teacher with little background in science helped her students write puppet plays as part of their learning about the science of rainbows. (FL)

Keeping a journal of classroom experiences can help students express their understandings of the concepts they learn in school and how the lessons relate to their own lives. An eight-item reference list is provided. (Author)

Describes an approach to teaching introductory college literature courses that allows students to engage text directly without help from critical analysis papers and to express feelings of frustration, confusion, and anger in deciphering the meaning of the text. Points up ways in which the text gives rise to comprehension difficulties. (RBW)

The keyword and pegword methods, related mnemonic strategies to improve performance in encoding and retrieving factual information, are described as effective procedures for helping special education and remedial students increase their learning and memory skills. (JW)

Offers three explanations for why students lack the strategies for independent learning and follows that with five practical recommendations for improving study strategies. (HOD)