Journal of Instructional Psychology articles from December 2007

Journal of Instructional Psychology archives from December 2007

Errata.(Correction notice)
December 1, 2007... The Table of Contents for Volume 34, #3, included the following item: Learning Problems Reported by College Students: Are they using learning strategies? K. Chris Rachal, Sherri Daigle, and Windy S. Rachal This article was not...

Learning problems reported by college students: are they using learning strategies?(Report)
December 1, 2007... As teachers of higher education, we expect students to enter college with some understanding of what it means to be an effective learner and the ability to apply effective learning strategies. Unfortunately, many students do not develop...

Turkish parents' dialogical storybook reading experiences: a phenomenological study.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Dialogical storybook reading is a technique that supports the language skills competencies of children. With this study the dialogical storybook reading technique is introduced to Turkish parents. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to...

Meanings of child's play according to Turkish early childhood educators: a phenomenological study.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Play is a very critical element in and has important long-lasting impacts on child's development and learning. However, it has numerous definitions many of which are unclear. There is also a lack of research done with Turkish participants about...

Classroom assessment strategies: what do students at-risk and teachers perceive as effective and useful?(Report)
December 1, 2007... With the focus on standardized tests, it appears that we are leaving classroom assessments and students at-risk of school failure behind. This quantitative study investigated the perceptions of junior high school teachers, and students at risk...

Topical and applied interests of introductory psychology students.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Using forced-choice and continuous measures, introductory psychology students reported highest interest for the topical areas of clinical and social psychology (over biological, cognitive, and developmental) and for the applied areas of...

Students' perceptions of the value of a self-study writing assignment.(Report)(Survey)
December 1, 2007... The purpose of this study was to examine students' perceptions of a self-study assignment, a requirement for a life-span human development course. A survey assessing attitudes regarding the value of the writing assignment was completed by 278...

Do the low levels of reading course material continue? An examination in a forensic psychology graduate program.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Clump, Bauer, and Bradley (2004) and Burchfield and Sappington (2000) previously found extremely low levels of reading in undergraduate psychology courses. The current study investigated whether these low levels of reading are also found with...

Beyond Brown: examining the perplexing plight of African American principals.(Report)
December 1, 2007... The purpose of this article was to determine to what extent does a principal candidate's race determines his or her placement. Critical Race Theory was used as a theoretical framework to illuminate possible bias and provide socio-historical...

Required discussion Web pages in psychology courses and student outcomes.(Report)
December 1, 2007... We conducted 2 studies that investigated student outcomes when using discussion Web pages in psychology classes. In Study I, we assigned 213 students enrolled in Introduction to Psychology courses to either a mandatory or an optional Web page...