College Student Journal articles from March 2000

College Student Journal archives from March 2000

BITS OF INSPIRATION FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Who does not like to feel inspired to achieve and develop more optimally? Writers of wisdom can motivate and encourage. Adversities occur and these need to be conquered through problem solving and perseverance, to the best possible....

Why Aren't Needed Changes in Education Implemented?(school improvement planning)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... There should be more cooperation between educators on the higher education level and the public school teachers. Less negative criticism of each other would be very beneficial to both levels of instruction. Negative criticisms assist the news...

COMPETITION VERSUS COOPERATION AND PUPIL ACHIEVEMENT.
March 1, 2000... To indicate pupil achievement, two approaches are in vogue. These are to make comparisons among learners to notice achievement versus to work cooperatively in attempting to solve vital problems in teaching and learning. Competitive approaches...

Portfolios, Maps and Globes in Geography.(elementary education)
March 1, 2000... Relevant objectives need to be there for learner achievement in geography. These objectives must be selected carefully, using appropriate criteria. Learning opportunities for pupils to attain these ends need to be varied and meet personal needs...

Social Studies Children's Literature.
March 1, 2000... Literature for children can do much to enhance pupil learning in the social studies. A good selection of library books needs to be in the offing, based on a variety of topics and reading levels pertaining to the thematic social ...

Portfolios: Will They Endure?(alternative forms of grading)
March 1, 2000... Portfolio methods of appraising pupil progress are learner centered. However, the final portfolio to be evaluated is time consuming and should be assessed by more than one person to notice interrater/interscorer reliability. This also...

OBJECTIVES IN TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES.
March 1, 2000... The social studies teacher needs to choose carefully those objectives that pupils are to achieve. The learning opportunities are to be aligned with the stated objectives, leaving leeway for pupils' questions and comments about course content....

TEACHING READING IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES.
March 1, 2000... The social studies teacher needs to have clear goals of what is to be accomplished when pupils read subject matter. Methods of teaching should guide pupils to comprehend and understand ideas in print. Needed word recognition skills and...

WRITING, THE PUPIL, AND THE SOCIAL STUDIES.
March 1, 2000... Writing is a basic in the social studies that can be stressed throughout the different curriculum areas. Written work needs to emphasize writing for a variety of purposes. There are many kinds of purposeful writing activities, including...

INTERRACIAL DATING ATTITUDES AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS.(Polling Data)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Six-hundred-twenty university students completed an anonymous confidential questionnaire designed to assess attitudes toward interracial dating. Almost one fourth (24.2%) reported having dated interracially and almost half (49.6%) expressed an...

EXPLANATORY STYLE IN COLLEGE STUDENTS: GENDER DIFFERENCES AND DISABILITY STATUS.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... The explanatory style scores of 38 persons with physical disabilities (PWPD) and 32 persons not physically disabled (PNPD), all attending college, were assessed using the Academic Attributional Style Questionnaire (AASQ). The research...

STUDYING AS A SOURCE OF LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... For thousands of years, Confucius and his disciples have inculcated the contribution of studying to the good life. Despite its importance for contemporary education, this teaching has evaded the empirical test. On the other hand, the teaching...

COLLEGE STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD UFO'S.(Polling Data)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... The present study investigated college student's attitudes toward UFO's. The sample consisted of 269 college students at a "deep south" university randomly selected after being stratified for gender and race. The instrument consisted of a...

DIVERSITY WORKSHOPS ON CAMPUS: A SURVEY OF CURRENT PRACTICE AT U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.(Polling Data)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Telephone interviews about use of diversity workshops were conducted with 281 administrators from a random sample of 356 U.S. 4-year colleges and universities (79% return rate). Results indicate that diversity workshops have been tried by 81%...

A STUDY OF THE USE OF A PRIVATE CHAT ROOM TO INCREASE REFLECTIVE THINKING IN PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS.
March 1, 2000... This study asks: will the use of electronic chat rooms increase pre-service teachers' reflective thinking? Pre-service teachers from three education classes discoursed through class-specific electronic chat rooms. A quantitative analysis of the...

DETERMINING STEREOTYPICAL IMAGES OF PSYCHOLOGISTS: THE DRAW A PSYCHOLOGIST CHECKLIST.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Little research has investigated the sterotypical images of psychologists by college students. This manuscript describes the development of a new assessment instrument, Draw A Psychologist Checklist. Students (N = 101) at a private women's...

ARE CAMPUS CHILD DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES OBSOLETE?
March 1, 2000... The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of hands-on laboratory training for students enrolled in child development and early childhood education. Two groups of students were compared. One group (n=30) interacted with children...

COMPARING FRESHMEN AT AN URBAN TEXAS UNIVERSITY WITH THOSE OF A RURAL UNIVERSITY ON DEMOCRATIC MATURITY.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... The study used scores from The Democratic Maturity Test to compare freshmen at a rural university with those at an urban university in Texas.. The data shows that the freshmen at the Texas urban university were significantly better in terms of...

USE OF PEER-MEDIATION TO DEVELOP INSTRUCTIONAL BEHAVIOR IN PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS.
March 1, 2000... The investigators evaluated the effect of peer-mediated instruction on the development of specific teaching strategies (i.e., error correction, antecedent prompt and test, antecedent prompt and fade, most-to-least prompting, least-to-most...

ASSESSING STUDENTS IN A GRADUATE TESTS AND MEASUREMENT COURSE: CHANGING THE CLASSROOM CLIMATE.
March 1, 2000... Four classroom assessment techniques were used in a graduate-level course in tests and measurements as an initial exploration of the relationships between classroom climate and classroom assessment. The subjects in this action research study...