Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between self-directed learning readiness (SDLR) of business students in Germany and the USA and their attitudes towards information sharing and to ascertain implications for workplace learning. Design/methodology/approach: This empirical study used a survey research design.…

Several common misunderstandings about the learning of young children are discussed. (RC)

The total quantity of schooling offered to pupils is usually neglected in discussions of the determinants of educational achievement. Large variations in degree of exposure to schooling exist as do large effects of exposure on achievement. (Author/IRT)

Concludes that teachers' perceptions of academic maturity are a predictor of learning readiness. (RB)

This study hypothesizes that while the mental age most effectively predicts reading readiness, deficits in information processing at the automatic level decrease the efficiency of the prediction. Conclusions support this hypothesis. (Author/HMV)

TO PROVIDE A THEORETICAL ORIENTATION FOR PROGRAMS DEALING WITH CULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN, FOUR QUESTIONS ARE EXPLORED--(1) WHAT IS THE SITUATION. (2) WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS WHICH ACCOUNT FOR IT. (3) WHAT IS THE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM. (4) WHAT IS THE TASK OF THE SCHOOL. SEVERAL FACTORS ACCOUNT FOR A PROBLEM WITH CULTURALLY…

Thirty-six children with poor learning skills were identified in an infants school by using D. Stott's experimental Guide to the Child's Learning Skills (GCLS). The children were allocated to three groups of 12, two of which had intervention teaching programs while the third was left as a comparison group. Pre and post test results showed that…

The purpose of the pre-school assessment program described is to improve the first grade curriculum and make it more meaningful to all students through early identification of strengths and weaknesses, coupled with appropriate follow up activities. Children (340) entering the Rockdale County, Georgia, first grade in the fall of 1968 completed a…

Data from national entering first-grade populations of 1964 (N=12,225) and of 1972/1973 (N=4275/6653) show an 11-point increase in median raw score on the 102-item Metropolitan Readiness Tests. The increase is shown to be greater at the lower than at the higher ranges of the score scale, with the first quartile increasing by 13 points, the third…

The performance of 19 autistic children on an object discrimination learning set task was compared with that of mental-age and IQ matched control groups of normal and retarded children. (Editor)

The Basic School Skills Inventory (BSSI), a longitudinal rating scale, and the First Grade Screening Test, a group readiness test, were administered to 159 kindergarteners. (SBH)

Investigated was the self directed learning readiness of 1,729 gifted students (grade 3-12) as measured by a 10-item measure of self directed learning and an abbreviated form of Thinking Creatively About The Future. (CL)

Examines Bloom's theories of mastery learning as developed in his book--"Human Characteristics and School Learning." (IRT)

The place of kindergarteners in academia has grown more important in recent years. Increased emphasis on learning at the kindergarten level, however, should not blind educators to the developmental levels of four- and five-year-olds, who may learn most effectively by playing creatively and exploring new language skills. (PGD)