Journal of Instructional Psychology articles from December 2002

Journal of Instructional Psychology archives from December 2002

An exploratory study of academic goal setting, achievement calibration and self-regulated learning.
December 1, 2002... This study investigated the effects of a goal-setting intervention on students' perceptions of their use of different types of self-regulatory skills (General Organization/Planning, Task Preparation Strategies, Environmental Structuring, Recall...

The acquisition of beliefs that promote subjective well-being.
December 1, 2002... Adaptive human learning involves self-instruction and individually determined self-education. When human learning is restricted to the most viable options in the process of belief acquisition, subjective well-being is likely to be promoted....

The influence of student teaching on preservice elementary teachers' science self-efficacy and outcome expectancy beliefs.
December 1, 2002... This investigation, examined the impact of the student teaching semester on preservice elementary teachers' personal efficacy and outcome expectancy beliefs in science teaching. Quantitative data were gathered from the Science Teaching Efficacy...

Preservice teachers' perceived barriers to the implementation of a multicultural curriculum.
December 1, 2002... This study investigated preservice teachers' perceived barriers for implementing multicultural curriculum with preservice teachers as they began their teacher education program. Preservice teachers (n = 68) were asked to identify the inherent...

Assessing cross-cultural sensitivity awareness: a basis for curriculum change.
December 1, 2002... This study examined the social attitudes related to race, gender, age, and ability among senior level health education students at a mid-sized university in the southeast by means of a personally experienced critical incident involving a...

Improving instruction in multicultural classes by using classroom learning environment.
December 1, 2002... The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of assisting science classroom teachers in multicultural classes in obtaining information about student perception of the learning environment and guiding systematic improvement in science...

The great psychological dilemma in our schools and colleges.
December 1, 2002... There are major psychological problems in our schools and colleges around the world and especially, in America. These conflicts entail the absence of "Boarded" school psychologists and their roles related to health care and student behavior....

Academic misconduct in undergraduate teacher education students and its relationship to their principled moral reasoning.
December 1, 2002... The purpose of this study was (a) to investigate preservice teacher education students' (n=145) performance on the Academic Misconduct Survey (AMS), a measure of self-reported academic misconduct, and (b) to examine the relationship between AMS...

Examining the impact of extra-curricular activities on the personal development of 149 high school seniors.
December 1, 2002... The article sought to assess the Personal Development impact of four different kinds of extra-curricular activities on a group of 149 high school seniors. A t-statistic was computed for Personal Development Test scores between individuals in...

The 1-minute explicit timing intervention: the influence of mathematics problem difficulty.
December 1, 2002... This study examined the effects of explicit timing with varying levels of mathematics tasks. Fifty-four students in the sixth-grade completed a one-step addition task (1st grade level), a three-step subtraction task (3.5 grade level), and a...

Factors which make expository reading difficult.
December 1, 2002... Expository reading materials, such as textbooks used in class, need careful reviewing by teachers. If, for example, there are too many new words on a page, these need to be clarified so meaningful reading occurs. Adequate time then needs to be...

School indoor air quality.
December 1, 2002... Indoor air quality is affected by emitence of various sources and air movement dynamics. Indoor air pollutants can be natural and anthropogenic materials. Indoor sources of these pollutants are small pools of water in the...