Journal of Instructional Psychology articles from December 2006

Journal of Instructional Psychology archives from December 2006

A new forensic picture polygraph technique for terrorist and crime deception system.(educational psychology research)
December 1, 2006... The Forensic Terrorist Detection System called Pinocchio Assessment Profile employs standard issue polygraphs for a non-verbal picture technique originated as a biofeedback careers interest instrument (Costello 1987). This biofeedback test was...

Students' attitudes toward the introduction of a course website.
December 1, 2006... The purpose of the current experiment was to determine how students at a university with no course management system (and very little use of technology in general) would respond to the introduction of a course website. Participants (67) in the...

Asynchronous learning networks and student outcomes: the utility of online learning components in hybrid courses.(educational psychology research)(Blackboard)
December 1, 2006... The current research focuses on the impact that learning management systems (LMS), specifically the Blackboard interface, are having on courses in psychology. Blackboard provides instructors with access to a powerful web-based instructional...

Helpful hints for teachers who wish to help their students to excel.
December 1, 2006... The present brief paper seeks to delineate some "helpful hints" that teachers can use in order to help their students to excel. Each of these notions, offered here, are very much in keeping with the ideas offered in the Quality School, which...

Evidence of the existence of noctcaelador across three measures: a factor analytic study.(educational psychology research)
December 1, 2006... This study factor analytically examined the convergence of three questionnaires used in previous research to measure night-sky related attitudes and behaviors in a sample of 72 college students. One factor emerged accounting for the majority of...

Are individualized education plans a good thing? A survey of teachers' perceptions of the utility of IEPs in regular education settings.(educational psychology research)(includes statistical tables)
December 1, 2006... The purpose of this survey was to investigate the perceptions of regular education teachers on the utility of individualized education plans (IEPs) for children with disabilities within an inclusive classroom. One hundred and twenty three...

Assessing student interest and familiarity with professional psychology specialty areas.
December 1, 2006... The present study examined undergraduate psychology students' (N = 83) self-reported interest in and familiarity with five specialty areas in professional psychology: counseling psychology, clinical psychology, school psychology, forensic...

The effect of announced quizzes on exam performance.(educational psychology research)(includes statistical tables)
December 1, 2006... We administered announced, multiple-choice quizzes to 1 of 2 sections of a Psychology of Learning course in each of 2 consecutive semesters. We administered the quizzes between the first and second exams and discontinued them between the second...