Journal of Instructional Psychology articles from December 2001

Journal of Instructional Psychology archives from December 2001

Errata.(Correction Notice)
December 1, 2001... Due to a printing error in Volume 28, 4/2, June, 2001, a portion of the manuscript by Mayur S. Desai, (Computer Anxiety and Performance: An Application of a Change Model in a Pedagogical Setting) was omitted. That manuscript is reprinted in its...

Designing emotionally sound instruction - an empirical validation of the FEASP-approach.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... This article presents an empirical study testing the applicability and consistency of the so-called FEASP-approach dealing with strategies for making instruction more emotionally sound. The FEASP-approach represents a comprehensive and...

Who, what, how, and where the typical psychologist is ... the profession of psychology scale.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... This study reports on the development of a scale to assess public perceptions of the profession of psychology. Administration of a preliminary form of the scale to introductory psychology students suggests that several misperceptions about the...

Latin vocabulary acquisition: an experiment using information-processing techniques of chunking and imagery.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... This study investigated the effects of chunking and imagery, two information-processing techniques, on Latin vocabulary acquisition and memory retention. A total of 121 students enrolled in high school Latin I classes participated. Following a...

Assessment: lessons learned from a year long undergraduate teacher education pilot program.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... This study sought to determine whether the overall intent of a year long internship which integrates teaching practice with the study of the professional core courses yields benefits as perceived by the participating pre-service students and...

Cross age tutoring: alternatives to the reading resource room for struggling adolescent readers.
December 1, 2001... Peer tutoring has been suggested as an appropriate educational intervention for young readers. The students in this study were middle school students identified as struggling readers. Students at one school peer tutored in first and second...

What makes for a quality science curriculum?
December 1, 2001... The author argues that the science curriculum needs updating frequently to stress the best objectives, learning opportunities, and evaluation procedures. He further posits that there are selected parts of science instruction that need...

Analysis of state standards for paraprofessionals.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Paraeducators constitute an important and significant portion of instructional delivery to all students. Legislative requirements and expanding paraeducator responsibilities increase the need to identify standards that are linked to specific...

Impact of multicultural training on school psychology and education students.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... The basis for this research is an examination of the outcomes of a required multicultural course. Students completed pre-, mid- and post-tests assessing their multicultural knowledge, awareness, and skills. Analyses of the pre-, mid- and...

Internet-based instruction: a national survey of psychology faculty.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Survey responses from a national sample of psychology faculty (N = 150) found that respondents generally held favorable attitudes toward the Internet and incorporated online technology for instructional purposes. The specific usage of the...

Students' reactions to written test item rebuttals.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Multiple choice tests have the benefit of having one correct option per question, thus allowing for convenient machine scoring. One disadvantage, however, is that students do not have the opportunity to explain why they selected a distracter,...