Academic Exchange Quarterly articles from September 2000

Academic Exchange Quarterly archives from September 2000

EDITORIAL.(Editorial)
September 22, 2000... Fads or Trends? Distance Education and Critical Thinking American society has seen its share of "in-again" and "out-again" fads. Baby Boomer educators are going through feelings of deja vu as they encounter students fashioning the bell bottom...

Assessing Distance Teaching and Learning.
September 22, 2000... Abstract Recently, the number of college and university programs delivered via forms of distance education has increased. In the wake of this growth, questions are raised about the quality of distance teaching and learning, and about how...

Diverse Spaces: Reflection and Dialogue Online.
September 22, 2000... Introduction Everyone in education, it seems, is using the Internet. The Internet promises to liberate learners from the physical time-and-space boundaries of traditional schooling, giving students greater control over where, when, and...

Expanding Universe.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... I hate writing without a word processor. It isn't just that my handwriting is illegible (it is--if I could, I would type everything rather than use a pen). The word processor gives me the obsessive freedom to hang on to all of those false...

Keep Your Eyes Off the Screen: Online Cheating and What Can We Do About It.
September 22, 2000... Introduction Ever since teachers and students have been thrown together in universities, cheating and plagiarism have been persistent problems. The advent of the Internet and other online tools has greatly widened the scope of potential...

Bringing Math to Life.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Math used to be so unrelated to life when I was in school. I scored well in math classes, but I couldn't tell you how to use the math I learned in everyday life. But to the rescue of today's elementary students is the Everyday Mathematics...

Who's Talking, Listening, and Learning Now? Discourse Insights from Computer Mediated Communication in an On-Line Virtual Course.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2000... Introduction Classroom discourse has been recognized as important to the educational experience of students. "Speech makes available to reflection the processes by which they [students] relate new knowledge to old. But this possibility...

Technology and Vocabulary Development in the Schools.
September 22, 2000... Computer technology is pervasive in all aspects of modern life, including education. Each year finds more computers in public school classrooms and more schools online (National Center for Educational Statistics, 1998). Educational software is...

Implementing an Online Course in the Web-Based Environment.
September 22, 2000... In the summer of 1998, the Department of Kinesiology and Health at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) offered an Exercise Physiology course over the Internet as the first step in developing a distance learning track within their...

Myths of Interactive Television Distance Learning.
September 22, 2000... Abstract The purpose of this article is to explore common myths that surround distance learning based on the authors' perceptions acquired through several years of teaching via interactive television. The article will refute the following...

Professors' Usage of Computer Mediated Technology.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2000... Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the level of concerns of professors (n=108) who use or do not use Computer-Mediated-Communication (CMC) for instructional purposes at a midwestern land-grant research university. Data was...

Factors Influencing Student Satisfaction with Online Courses.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2000... Abstract Higher education institutions are turning in increasing numbers to online technology to deliver distance education courses. Because widespread use of online technology for course delivery is so new, research on its effectiveness...

Microsoft Excel For Data Analysis in Schools.
September 22, 2000... The call today is for schools to do more with less. Money for public education at all levels is tight. Even when allocations remain the same, inflation reduces their buying power. It may be tax limitation legislation in some states and...

Distance Education (at a Distance).
September 22, 2000... Distance Education (at a Distance) I have not taught a "distance education" class in several years now, so I view both the experience and the subject from a "distance." Over the years I have been involved in distance education as both an...

Graduate Students' Perceptions of Distance Learning.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2000... Abstract The purpose of the study was to determine graduate students' perceptions of problems encountered when obtaining a master's degree via a distance learning program. The sample was all graduate students (N=127) who enrolled in...

Critical Thinking, Service-Learning and General Education Competencies at Mount Wachusett Community College.
September 22, 2000... Introduction Mount Wachusett Community College's (MWCC)journey into Service-Learning began in 1995 as our President, Dr. Daniel Asquino, was meeting with other college and university leaders to define a new vision for their campuses, where...

There is a Lack of Privacy on the Web.
September 22, 2000... Note: This column is advisory, and must not be construed as giving any legal advice. However, it should alert teachers so that they may ask for guidance from their principals and their districts' legal department. School Assignments ...

Critical Thinking, Scientific Thinking, and Everyday Thinking: Metacognition about Cognition.
September 22, 2000... "In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual." Galileo When I began teaching science I had hoped that students could learn to employ biological concepts in a reasonable way...

An Introduction to Universal Design.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... An Introduction to Universal Design Universal Design, a concept that was initiated in the field of architecture (Shapiro, 1993; Silver, Bourke, & Strehorn, 1998), has numerous implications for educators at all levels, from preschool through...

Clinical Scenarios for Critical Thinking.
September 22, 2000... Introduction Critical thinking is an important cognitive skill for students to develop in a health professions program. Through critical thinking students consider multiple perspectives to patient care, critique different approaches...

Human Spirituality in a Pluralistic Context.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... In the twenty-first century, the urban centers of the United States are changing. For example, in Los Angeles, a city of immigrants, there is no longer any ethnic majority. Economies are increasingly driven by technology and information rather...

Thinking Skills to Creatively Enhance Information Competence.
September 22, 2000... Abstract This paper explores strategies utilized by two university teacher educators to incorporate critical thinking into undergraduate teacher education subjects as a basis for developing and enhancing information competence. In an...

Operational Definitions for Higher-Order Thinking Objectives at the Post-secondary Level.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2000... Abstract As a first step toward studying ways to develop higher-order thinking in undergraduate students, we used a modified version of Bloom's taxonomy to assess study questions in two computer-mediated psychology courses. Three assessors...

Film as a Medium for Analysis in a Graduate Psychology Course.
September 22, 2000... Abstract This paper presents the author's experience using film as a pedagogical tool in a graduate Psychology of Adolescence course. Two films depicted early adolescence and two films illustrated late adolescence. Students analyzed...

What Contributes to Job Satisfaction Among Faculty and Staff.(Review)
September 22, 2000... What Contributes to Job Satisfaction Among Faculty and Staff New Directions for Institutional Research #105 Linda Serra Hagedorn, Editor ISBN: 0-7879-5438-1 Jossey-Bass Job satisfaction is a primary concern of managers and leaders...

Its and It's and other Errors in Student Writing: A Confrontational Approach.
September 22, 2000... Introduction This short article attempts to provide ways of rectifying three problems that occur in all courses where writing is involved, problems which not only exasperate professors but which also, more importantly, repeatedly lower...

Critical Thinking in the Introductory Sociology Classroom: Some Teaching Techniques.
September 22, 2000... Introduction Critical thinking, as a challenging, questioning, and testing practice, helps us to understand our actions as a reflection of underlying realities. These forces may have long since passed as historical events. However, what...

Inclusion: What Can Teachers Do?
September 22, 2000... Introduction One of the major topics in education today is inclusion of students with special needs. But what is inclusion? Inclusion is "to have or regard or treat as part of a whole, the act of including or the state of being included"...

Digital Thought.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... On/off, yes/no, either/or, in/out, for/against, male/female, win/lose, true/false, right/wrong, black/white, all/nothing, 0/1. Preachers do it. Lawyers do it. Why have we become so enamoured with digital thought? what's the attraction?...

Critical Thinking: It Begins At Home.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Critical thinking in the classroom is a multi dimensional activity involving all the participants in the teaching-learning process. As teachers, involved as we are in planning, creating objectives, and developing strategies for classes, we may...