College Student Journal articles from December 2004

College Student Journal archives from December 2004

Some thoughts on the introductory course in physics.
December 1, 2004... Three aspects of an introductory course in physics are discussed. They are the texts, the course proper and the laboratory. Together they form an integral part of the entire course. The laboratory, although a subject of much contention, has an...

Using alumni and student databases for program evaluation and planning.
December 1, 2004... This article describes the process used to identify students in and alumni of an instructional design master's and doctoral program in order to evaluate the effectiveness of this program. Two databases were created on these two groups and then...

What do college examinations accomplish?
December 1, 2004... New instructors and students frequently are unfamiliar with Examination types and rationales. This article surveys exam types And the motives for employing each of these testing methods. ********** Some of college's most anxiety...

Engineering students' perceptions of academic activities and support services: factors that influence their academic performance.
December 1, 2004... The present study, through the use of focus groups, identified the academic activities and support services perceived by engineering students as having a positive impact on their academic performance. The results suggest three primary factors:...

Self efficacy, alcohol expectancy and problem-solving appraisal as predictors of alcohol use in college students.
December 1, 2004... This study updated that of Broer 1996 and re-examined self-efficacy, alcohol expectancy and problem-solving appraisal as predictors of alcohol use in undergraduate college students. Stepwise multiple regression analyses revealed that alcohol...

What aspects of their memories do college students most want to improve?
December 1, 2004... Previous research investigated what aspects of their memories general audiences of people in memory-improvement seminars most wanted to improve. This research examined the same question among college students in memory-skills classes. Students...

Undergraduate student leisure interests over three decades.
December 1, 2004... The last three decades of the 1900s was a time in which dramatic changes occurred in the enrollments and corresponding attitudes of students enrolled in colleges and universities. Although considerable data exist on the activities and interests...

Differences in meaning in life in students: the effect of nontraditional status and region of country.
December 1, 2004... Two hundred fifty-eight traditional (age 25) in the Upper Midwestern United States and the Southwestern United States completed the Purpose in Life inventory (PIL). Students were grouped by major into 9 different classifications to see if...

Service-learning and mentoring: effective pedagogical strategies.
December 1, 2004... Educational experiences need to (1.) increase student activities inside and outside the classroom; (2.) promote knowledge acquisition and educational performance; (3.) increase group-based and cooperative learning; and, (4.) assist students in...

Attitudes of college students toward contraceptives: a consideration of gender differences *.
December 1, 2004... There exists a "contraceptive gap" among young people. That is, while a large majority of young males and females become sexually active, there is a time lapse between the onset of sexual activity and the use of contraceptives. As a result of...

Changes in short-term attitudes toward physical activity and exercise of university personal wellness students.
December 1, 2004... This study examined the attitudes toward physical activity and exercise of university students enrolled in Personal Wellness classes. 1, 625 undergraduate students completed the Attitudes Toward Exercise and Physical Activity (ATEPA) inventory...

A brief measure of creativity among college students.
December 1, 2004... This article presents three studies chronicling the developing and preliminary psychometric evaluation of a multidimensional self-report measure of creativity - the Scale of Creative Attributes and Behavior (SCAB). The results of these studies...

The effect of parental divorce on relationships with parents and romantic partners of college students.
December 1, 2004... Three-hundred-and-thirty undergraduates at a large southeastern university completed a confidential anonymous 26 item questionnaire designed to assess the effect of parental divorce/remarriage on the relationship with their respective parents...

The adoption of electronic benefit transfer card for delivering food stamp benefits in Alabama: perceptions of college students participating in the food stamp program.
December 1, 2004... The reasons for moving from paper coupons to delivering food stamps electronically include potential reduction in the cost of administering the system and in fraud, theft and abuse of the system. Furthermore, the use of EBT is believed o reduce...

Predicting academic success: general intelligence, "Big Five" personality traits, and work drive.
December 1, 2004... General intelligence, Big Five personality traits, and the construct Work Drive were studied in relation to two measures of collegiate academic performance: a single course grade received by undergraduate students in an introductory psychology...

Pre-service teachers attitudes towards a career in special education in the United Arab Emirate.
December 1, 2004... The United Arab Emirates University as the main provider for qualified teachers in the country is seeking to improve educational services offered to children with special needs through teacher preparation programs. The study investigates how...

Beliefs about men: gender differences among colleges students.
December 1, 2004... Three-hundred-and-twenty six undergraduates at a large south-eastern university completed a confidential anonymous 74-item questionnaire designed to assess beliefs about men, women, and relationships held by university students. This study...

A study on general self-efficacy and subjective well-being of low SES-college students in a Chinese university.
December 1, 2004... The present study was to examine the characteristics of general self-efficacy and subjective well-being and their relations in low SES college students in China. 102 low SES college students and 164 regular college students were administered on...

Student academic performance and compensation: the impact of cooperative education.
December 1, 2004... Much of the cooperative education research seeks to document the effectiveness of cooperative education programs. One branch of this research considers the impacts of participation on student performance. This study contributes to that...

Sounds and sense-abilities: science for all.
December 1, 2004... Activities-oriented instruction offers multi modal opportunities for learning science. How do college students in elementary pre-service teacher preparation programs describe science lab activities in terms of visual, kinesthetic, auditory and...