International Journal of Instructional Media articles from March 2002

International Journal of Instructional Media archives from March 2002

Closing the achievement gap: plausible solutions, multiple dimensions. (Teachers, Technology and Training).
March 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION In order to close the achievement gap, many commentators see technology and its effective use as the fundamental mechanisms for achieving measurable advances toward test score parity. With the dramatic changes in teaching and...

Evaluating CYBERCHASE: positive directions in children's programming. (Instructional Media Initiatives Focusing on the Educational Resources Center at Thirteen/WNET, New York, New York).(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION CYBERCHASE is a new multimedia math series designed for young viewers ages 8-11. According to Thirteen/WNET, CYBERCHASE is airing daily on nearly 300 public broadcasting stations nationally and reaches approximately 91% of...

Teachers and technology: beliefs and practices.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... A perennial difficulty for many teachers is finding the time and resources to implement the use of educational technology in their classrooms. Related to this difficulty may be a conviction that, in many cases, the incorporation of...

Bringing communities of practice into schools: implications for instructional technologies from Vygotskian perspectives.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION In this paper, we review the social-cultural phenomenon from Vygotsky's perspective to communities of practices, including the concept of learning clubs and schools as learning communities. Through such a study, we recognized...

Designing online learning modules: an Australian example in teacher education.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... The movement to flexible delivery in the higher education sector is inexorable because of a range of forces shaping university policy, including the development of new information technologies, funding reductions and the transition to a...

Metaphorical ideas as mediating artifacts for the social construction of knowledge: implications from the writings of Dewey and Vygotsky.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... In this paper, we attempt to discover some insights into the Deweyan notion of idea-based social constructivism (Prawat, 1996, 1999). Broadly speaking, ideas can be metaphorical in nature and socially authored. By socially authored, we mean...

The effect of varied instructional text design strategies on the achievement of different educational objectives.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION Print based text continues to be a viable instructional delivery strategy (Carter, 1985; Hirumi and Bowers, 1991; Sorrells and Britton, 1998). Even though there are not prescriptive guidelines for the design of test based...

The independent effects of student characteristics and instructional activities on achievement: an application of the input-environment-outcome assessment model.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... Considerable research has shown that both student characteristics and instructional activities contribute to learning outcomes. Accordingly, a number of instructional design models have been developed that consider the unique contributions of...

Student attitudes toward networked peer assessment: case studies of undergraduate students and senior high school students.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION Many innovative assessment methods have been developed in recent years. An example of those methods is the extensive use of peer, cooperative, self and portfolio assessment (1, 5, 15, 17, 19). This study examines undergraduate...