Journal of Instructional Psychology articles from June 2007

Journal of Instructional Psychology archives from June 2007

Errata.(Correction notice)
June 1, 2007... Due to a technical error during printing, there were errors in the References of the article Adjusting Limit Setting in Play Therapy with First-Generation Mexican-American Children by Roxanna Perez, Sylvia Z. Ramirez and Peter L. Kranz. Below...

The unexplored role of EOGS in the prevention of juvenile delinquency in a rural county.(End-of-Grade test)
June 1, 2007... Title I Grants are designed to provide assistance to local educational facilities who are at risk of not meeting the academic standard set for them by the State. Eligible schools provide a detailed description of the supplemental educational...

Middle school teachers' expectations of organizational behaviors of students with learning disabilities.
June 1, 2007... The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate the specific classroom organizational behaviors that middle school inclusive teachers report as expectations for students with learning disabilities. Practicing middle school science and social...

Looking for the "right stuff".
June 1, 2007... Life can be especially tough for those who always seem to manifest the "wrong stuff." However, things seem to go much better for those who employ the "right stuff" instead. So we must be sure to avoid the former and stick to the latter, if we...

The effects of a direct instruction program on the fraction performance of middle school students at-risk for failure in mathematics.
June 1, 2007... The current exploratory study investigated the effects of a Direct Instruction program implemented with middle school students identified as at-risk for failure in mathematics. Direct Instruction has typically been implemented with students...

Generic critical thinking infusion and course content learning in introductory psychology.
June 1, 2007... One group of introductory psychology students received a moderate infusion of generic critical thinking material. The other group did not. Otherwise both groups had the same course content, and took the same pretests and posttests of their...

Cognitive responses of students who witness classroom cheating.
June 1, 2007... We arranged for 82 General Psychology students (51 females, 31 males) to observe peers in a course cheating situation. Individual, in-depth, qualitative interviews following the experiment we were conducting, using rigorous coding and grounded...

Undergraduate researchers and the poster session.
June 1, 2007... Undergraduates presented original research in classroom poster sessions open to students, faculty, and friends. We assessed the reaction of the students to the experience and their reported change in their interest in presenting at conferences....

The influence of causal elements of locus of control on academic achievement satisfaction.
June 1, 2007... This study attempted to explore the influence of causal elements (ability, effort, task difficulty, and luck) as the strongest elements of locus of control predicting students' academic achievement satisfaction among foreign students. Based on...