College Student Journal articles from March 2009

College Student Journal archives from March 2009

Secret cults in tertiary institutions in Nigeria: an appraisal.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Cultism has remained a problem for tertiary institutions in Nigeria and the Larger Nigerian society since the first decade of the existence of university education in Nigeria. It has been worrisome to have children on campuses and several...

Test anxiety and academic delay of gratification.(Report)
March 1, 2009... The present study examined the relationship between college students' willingness to delay gratification, motivation, self-regulation of learning, and their level of test anxiety (N = 364). Academic delay of gratification refers to students'...

The rare, but promising, involvement of faculty in residence hall programming.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Students regularly encounter faculty in classrooms. Student affairs personnel interact with students in the main when students are beyond the classroom. Both groups are pledged to encourage student development, but they rarely collaborate. What...

Academic advising in the wonderland of college for developmental students.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Over the past 15 years, the Department of Education has continuously reported the increasing need for developmental and remedial education at post secondary institutions. Furthermore, only 16% of all college students are traditional aged 18-22...

A study of cognitive achievement in a special premedical program.(Report)
March 1, 2009... PURPOSE: In common with most standardized admissions tests, the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scores disproportionately screen out applicants from disadvantaged and underrepresented minority groups, relative to their demographic...

The effect of business faculty attire on student perceptions of the quality of instruction and program quality.(Report)
March 1, 2009... What professors do, how they behave, and how they look arguably can be as significant as, if not more important than, the content discussed in the classroom. There is little disagreement that attire has communicative power, and the topic has...

College students' perceptions of treatment acceptability of how college professors deal with disruptive talking in the classroom.(Report)
March 1, 2009... This study focused on various treatments for addressing the classroom misbehavior of disruptive talking during class lecture. The findings revealed that students found some methods of addressing this problem behavior by the instructor more...

College women's rape awareness and use of commonly advocated risk reduction strategies.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Despite national efforts to create awareness about acquaintance rape and substance- facilitated sexual assault on college campuses, little empirical research investigates whether college women are incorporating these messages into their social...

Predicting and curbing classroom incivility in higher education.(Report)
March 1, 2009... This research examines predictors of uncivil classroom behavior. Uncivil behaviors are disrespectful and disruptive and may include carrying on conversations with others during class, leaving class early, talking on cell phones, etc. Data from...

The academic ethic and the transition to college.(Report)
March 1, 2009... This paper investigates one aspect of the transition of students from high school to college. It assesses whether students who had an academic ethic in high school performed better in their first semester of college than students who did not...

Become involved with someone who is on the rebound?: How fast should you run?(female-male romantic relations)(Report)
March 1, 2009... Analysis of survey data from 1002 undergraduates at a large southeastern university revealed differences between the 535 or 53.4% who had become involved (while on the rebound from a previous love relationship) in a new relationship compared to...

Needs assessment of volunteers in a non-profit organization in Taiwan.(Report)
March 1, 2009... The idea of helping people by the medium of telephone was inspired by Rev. Alan Walker, Superintendent of the Central Methodist Mission in Sydney since 1958. Having made several radio and TV appearances, Rev. Walker found himself being called...

Using a focus group to analyze students' perceptions of a service-learning project.(college students)(Report)
March 1, 2009... A semi-structured focus group prompted interaction among 23 human service undergraduates prior to a unique service-learning experience that involved completing a horticultural project and case management tasks with at-risk youth living in a...

Interaction and communication in the process of education and shared common area in the classroom.(Report)
March 1, 2009... School is an institution that plays a significant role in a child's life. Being an active employee in this institution, a teacher should be democratic, tender, patient, reliable and humorous to his/her students during the interaction and...

Books on Einstein--collectors' delight.(Albert Einstein)(Report)
March 1, 2009... A survey of thirteen books on Einstein is presented. Its gives an idea on how much is written about the man and how frequent are the publications. The year 2005 saw the most publications. It is the centenary for the Miraculous Year....

College students' attitudes toward adoption: a brief note.(Report)
March 1, 2009... In the current experiment, college students were presented with a scenario describing a fictitious couple that was adding another child to their family. The specific circumstances under which this addition was occurring, varied yielding a 2...

Attributions for poverty among college students: the impact of service-learning and religiosity.(Report)
March 1, 2009... This study examines service-learning participation and religiosity for their effect on structural and individualistic attributions for poverty. Research on these factors is either insufficient or nonexistent. The data for this study come from a...

Predicting performance of MBA students: comparing the part-time MBA program and the one-year program.(Master of Business Administration students)(Report)
March 1, 2009... While predictor variables for success in MBA programs vary between schools, are they different within the same business school? At an AACSB-accredited school, although the curriculum and professors are essentially the same between the One-Year...

Changes in sun tanning attitudes and behaviors of U.S. college students from 1995 to 2005.(Report)
March 1, 2009... To investigate changes in U.S. college student sun tanning attitudes and behaviors over the last decade, participants completed sun tanning attitude and behavior surveys in 1995 (n=151) and a different sample of participants completed surveys...

The ideal man and woman according to university students.(Report)
March 1, 2009... The present study determined if the ideal man has changed over the years and who and what the ideal woman is. We asked students at Cameron University to rate the importance of character traits that define the ideal man and woman. Subjects also...

Evaluation of alternative delivery systems on academic performance in College Algebra.(Report)
March 1, 2009... College Algebra is a required, core course for many science and mathematics majors in community colleges. The course had the lowest passing rate of any class on campus. The administration expressed a clear intent to improve on this high failure...

Sexual values of 783 undergraduates.(Report)
March 1, 2009... The sexual values of absolutism (abstinence until marriage), relativism (sexual decisions made in reference to the nature of the relationship), and hedonism ("if it feels good, do it") were assessed in a convenience sample of 783 undergraduate...

Preliminary examination of safety issues on a university campus: personal safety practices, beliefs & attitudes of female faculty & staff.(Report)
March 1, 2009... University and college campuses are not immune to acts of violence. Unfortunately there is limited information regarding violence in the academic setting among women employees. As such, the purpose of this exploratory research was to examine...

Female coaches and job stress: a review of the literature.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Prior studies on job satisfaction for females in the coaching profession have indicated many specific factors that can lead to job transfers, attrition, or burnout. This article reviews empirically-based studies from the extant literature that...

Predicting the likelihood of going to graduate school: the importance of locus of control.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Although many undergraduates apply to graduate school, only a fraction will be admitted. A question arises as to what factors relate to the likelihood of pursuing graduate studies. The current research examined this question by surveying...

Attitudes of undergraduate students toward people with intellectual disabilities: considerations for future policy makers.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Individuals' attitudes impact the decisions they make in life. These attitudes are often formed early and are maintained by individuals throughout their lives. Attitudes toward individuals with disabilities were compared for undergraduate...

Students shaping dialogue at college events: ideas for academic engagement.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Opportunities for intellectual exchanges outside of class are plentiful on college and university campuses, but these events are not fully integrated into the academic life of the college. Too often undergraduate students are motivated only by...

The interaction of selective attention and cognitive development on achievement in Nigerian Secondary School Genetics.(Report)
March 1, 2009... The study tried to examine the interaction between two independent variables of selective attention and cognitive development on Achievement in Genetics at the Secondary School level. In looking at the problem of this study three null...

Pick a hand, any hand: mixed-handedness and night-sky watching in a college student sample.(Report)
March 1, 2009... This study explored the relationship between handedness and interest in night-sky watching. University students (N=128) completed the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (Oldfield, 1971) and the Noctcaelador Inventory (Kelly, 2004). The findings...

Preliminary examination of first year female university students: smoking practices and beliefs in a city with no-smoking legislation.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Young adults between the ages of 20 to 24 are reported to have the highest smoking rates of any other age group. A questionnaire was used to assess the smoking practices and beliefs of 323 female university students. All participants were first...