International Journal of Instructional Media articles from June 2001

International Journal of Instructional Media archives from June 2001

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: BUILDING EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN IN INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS-A LOOK AT THE ELITE SCHOOLS MODEL.
June 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION Children in institutional foster care and juvenile justice settings too frequently are exposed to watered-down academic course work and inferior career and technical programs when compared to children in regular public and...

LESSON PLANS FOR TEACHERS: ACCESSING THIRTEEN/WNET'S ONLINE RESOURCES.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION Teachers looking to access technology-based lesson plans for classroom use will benefit greatly from Thirteen/WNET's website (www.thirteen.org/wnetschool) Master teachers at Thirteen have authored a wide variety of lesson...

JAMES BOND'S COLD WAR PART I.(the Cold War era as portrayed in James Bond films)(Critical Essay)
June 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION From the first appearance of James Bond in a 1954 CBS television production of Casino Royale, Bond films were intimately connected to, and continuously suggestive of, the larger Cold War context in which they were created....

USING DIFFERENT EVALUATION TOOLS TO ASSESS A REGIONAL INTERNET INSERVICE TRAINING.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Wexley and Latham (1981) defined 4 levels of training evaluation, i.e., student reaction, learning, behavioral criteria and results criteria. Each measure is used to assess the different aspects of the value...

INTERACTIVE DISTANCE EDUCATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ADULT LEARNER.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2001... Distance education is currently considered one of the fastest growing forms of education both domestically and internationally. The process of distance education is providing a structured learning environment in which the teacher and student(s)...

PRESERVICE TEACHERS' BELIEFS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE AND INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2001... Recent advancements in technology have spurred greater interest among educational practitioners with respect to its effective use in the classroom (Jonassen, 2000; Roybler, Edwards & Havruluk, 1997; Van Haneghan Barron, Young, Williams, Vye, &...

LEARNER CONTROL AND TASK-ORIENTATION IN A HYPERMEDIA LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF TWO ECONOMICS DEPARTMENTS.
June 22, 2001... Learner control has been one of the most heavily researched dimensions of hypermedia environment in recent years. In contrast to traditional methods of instruction, hypermedia learning packages provide facilities that give students control over...

PREDICTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SELF-BELIEFS AND MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT OF AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE STUDENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2001... The importance of learner characteristics in the instructional design process has been recently discussed. For instance, it has been pointed out that motivation can impact learners' attention and learning processes (Tennyson & Breuer, 1997). In...

CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN.
June 22, 2001... As Gary C. Powell pointed out in his journal article in 1997, "One does not have to live long in the United States to notice the range and breadth of the many cultures, religions, ethnicity, and races represented." In fact, this is not unique...

THE EFFECT OF GENDER, FIELD DEPENDENCE AND COLOR-CODING ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OF DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION Much research and discussion have gone into investigating gender differences in students at all grade levels dealing with learning and achievement in the areas of mathematics, science and technology (American Association of...

"FROM PICCOLO PETE TO THE PIANO MAN: MUSIC INSTRUMENTS REFERENCED IN SOUND RECORDINGS".(discography included)(Critical Essay)
June 22, 2001... Twentieth century sound recordings abound with song titles and lyrical references to audio devices that provide rhythmic enrichment, melodic support, or other dramatic punctuation for popular tunes. The variety of musical instruments...