International Journal of Instructional Media articles from January 1999

International Journal of Instructional Media archives from January 1999

TEACHERS, TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING.
January 1, 1999... APPROACHING ADULT EDUCATION LITERATURE USING THE DONLEVY TEMPLATE OF PERSPECTIVES: A FOCUS ON THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ABSTRACT The field of adult education may be approached with the same template of perspectives sketched by...

INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA INITIATIVES.
January 1, 1999... Focussing on the Educational Resources Center at Thirteen/WNET, New York, New York "WNETSCHOOL" ABSTRACT Beginning with Volume 26 (1), each issue of the International Journal of Instructional Media will include a brief section...

REVISITING SEX-ROLE STEREOTYPING IN MTV VIDEOS.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT This study was a replication of one that investigated sex-role stereotyping of occupations and behaviors of music-video characters shown on MTV in 1987. It employed a random sample of 91 MTV music videos broadcast in 1993. This...

DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE WEB: ARE ADVERTISING PROGRAMS MISSING THE TARGET?
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT Many academic institutions offering advertising programs axe making use of the Web pages (Deloughry, 1996; Holderness, 1995; Massey, 1995). Thus, the universities recognize the Internet as a suitable medium for presenting their...

DO THEY LOOK AT EDUCATIONAL MULTIMEDIA DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DO? A STUDY OF SOFTWARE EVALUATION IN TAIWAN AND THE UNITED STATES.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT Educational software is becoming a global phenomenon. Many American software companies are exporting their products overseas, such as Broderbund and The Learning Company. More and more foreign companies are exporting their...

SPECIFIED LEARNING GOALS AND THEIR EFFECT ON LEARNERS' REPRESENTATIONS OF A HYPERTEXT READING ENVIRONMENT.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT A hypertext reading environment differs from a traditional printed text environment in that the hypertext learner has the ability to self-select the type and sequence of information to be acquired rather than following the path...

ANALYSIS OF COMPUTERIZED VISUAL SKILLS: RELATIONSHIPS TO INTELLECTUAL SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENT.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT Color vision, object size, span of recognition and the ability to extract meaning from visual information seem to be important visual skills used in acquiring knowledge. Few studies concentrate on these visual abilities and their...

EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPUTER-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL SIMULATION: A META ANALYSIS.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to analyze evidence concerning the effectiveness of simulation by examining the relationship between two forms of simulations, pure and hybrid, and two modes of instructions, presentation and practice....

EFFECT OF JOB AIDS IN FACILITATING LEARNERS' COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to: (a) examine the instructional effectiveness with which different types of job aids facilitated learner achievement of different types of learning objectives, and (b) identify the degree to which...

NEW FUNCTIONS FOR "OLD MACS": PROVIDING IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK FOR STUDENT TEACHERS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT Feedback to student teachers concerning strengths and weaknesses is a must for a successful student teaching experience. Weekly visits from college supervisors and weekly seminars do not provide enough opportunities for...

THE IMPACT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY ON STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN READING AND MATHEMATICS.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT This study examined the relationship between levels of technology implementation in the classroom and standardized test scores in reading and mathematics in grades four and five. A sample of teachers (n=107) were surveyed using...

The Media Equation: How People Treat Computers, Television, and New Media Like Real People and Places.(Review)
January 1, 1999... The Media Equation: How People Treat Computers, Television, and New Media Like Real People and Places. Reeves, B., and C. Nass. (1996). Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications/Cambridge University Press. SIMULATED IMAGES MADE REAL A lot of...