International Journal of Instructional Media articles from January 1998

International Journal of Instructional Media archives from January 1998

TEACHERS, TECHNOLOGY, AND TRAINING: ADULT EDUCATION: A BRIEF REVIEW OF LITERATURE USING A TEMPLATE OF PERSPECTIVES.
January 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION The recent death (November 27, 1997) of Malcolm Knowles--widely regarded as one of the significant founders of the modern field of adult education--prompted us to examine some of the contributions of adult education theorists...

DISTANCE COLLABORATION FOR STUDYING HISTORY IN LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLS: THE STORYBASE PROJECT.
January 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION For some years now the Educational Technology Institute (ITD) in Genoa, one of the institutes making up Italy's National Research Council (CNR), has been conducting study into the educational use of telematic resources....

STUDENT ATTITUDES AND ACADEMIC BACKGROUND AS PREDICTORS OF ACHIEVEMENT IN COLLEGE ENGLISH.
January 1, 1998... An emerging trend in instructional systems design is the consideration of the motivational characteristics that students bring to the learning environment (1-2). For instance, motivation topics (such as achievement motivation and...

SEX-AND ETHNIC-RELATED DIFFERENCES AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' TECHNOLOGY USE IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS.
January 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION One of the major challenges in education is ensure that all students are prepared for today's more technologically advanced world. This means that all students should have access and use of technology in schools....

EFFECT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED FEEDBACK STRATEGIES ON ACHIEVEMENT AND RESPONSE CONFIDENCE.
January 1, 1998... Feedback has been found to be an important instructional variable in improving student achievement (1, 2). In computer-assisted instruction feedback is a very important external condition that can be manipulated to positively effect the...

REFINING WINDOWS AND FRAMES: VISIONS TOWARD INTEGRATION IN THE DISCIPLINE(S) OF COMMUNICATION. PART II.
January 1, 1998... Part I of this study (Burke, 1997) concerns bridging gaps between the fields of interpersonal and mass communication, a goal expressed by several cited authors. A specific methodology for bringing the two more closely together is suggested in...

CHARTING RELATIONSHIPS IN AMERICAN POPULAR FILM. PART II.
January 1, 1998... Part I of this study (Burke, 1997) explores the historical evolution of several American popular film genres, in relation to each other and to significant trends in 20th century American history. In this previous section the decades of sound...