Journal of Instructional Psychology articles from June 2005

Journal of Instructional Psychology archives from June 2005

The effects of cognitive organizers to facilitate content-area learning for students with mild disabilities: a pilot study.
June 1, 2005... The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the effects of cognitive organizers using Inspiration 6 software to improve and enhance content-area learning in social studies for students with mild disabilities. Using a one-group, pre-posttest...

Effect of drill ratios on recall and on-task behavior for children with learning and attention difficulties.
June 1, 2005... The instructional level, a measure of optimal instructional challenge, addresses the amount of review material interspersed with new. The current study further attempted to identify the instructional level for drill tasks by teaching...

Promoting maintenance and generalization through cognitive decision making training.
June 1, 2005... This article investigates issues in the areas of work outcomes, self-determination, career decision-making skills, person centered planning, and transitional planning for students with disabilities. In particular, training in cognitive...

Using student peer evaluations to evaluate team taught lessons.
June 1, 2005... In order to assess whether students fully grasped the six teaching standards in the Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics (NCTM, 1991), the researcher had each student submit peer evaluations of the team lessons that were taught in a...

Examining perceptions of mathematics teaching effectiveness among elementary preservice teachers with differing levels of mathematics teacher efficacy.
June 1, 2005... This study investigated perceptions of mathematics teaching effectiveness among elementary preservice teachers with high and low levels of mathematics teacher efficacy. Participants in this study included four elementary preservice teachers at...

On-line instruction: are the outcomes the same?
June 1, 2005... Institutions of higher education are offering more and more on-line courses to students. Do students receive the same quality of instruction with an on-line class as an on-campus class? Specifically, is there a difference in students' outcomes...

Analysis of teachers' concerns in selected Alabama public schools.
June 1, 2005... Teachers are held accountable for their students' success, yet they generally do not control the curricular decision-making process that affects students' performance. This study sought to ascertain K-12 public school teachers' concerns about...

Themes to emphasize in the geography curriculum.
June 1, 2005... There are major themes in geography, which all teachers should incorporate into the social studies. These themes assist students to organize information and relate relevant ideas. Teachers need to study and experiment with using a set of...

An investigation of vocational interests and noctcaelador.
June 1, 2005... This study explored the relationship between vocational interests and noctcaelador, defined as strong interest in, and psychological attachment to, the night sky. University students (N = 134) completed the Vocational Preference Inventory (Form...

Assessment of stress in physician assistant students.
June 1, 2005... Twenty-seven full-time students within the Physician Assistant Studies Program at The University of Texas--Pan American were anonymously surveyed to determine their levels of stress while enrolled in their first semester. The majority of...