Journal of Instructional Psychology articles from September 2004

Journal of Instructional Psychology archives from September 2004

The effect of participation in the neighborhood academic program on the autophotographic self-concepts of inner-city adolescents.
September 1, 2004... The current research investigates the effect of participation in the Neighborhood Academic Initiative Scholars Program (NAI) on the students' sense of self as viewed through autophotography. The NAI is designed to prepare inner-city middle...

The Profession of Psychology Scale: Sophisticated and Naive students' responses.
September 1, 2004... The Profession of Psychology Scale (Rosenthal, McKnight & Price, 2001) was used to investigate whether taking more psychology courses results in a more accurate understanding of what is required to become a psychologist. Data indicate that...

A comparison of American and Taiwanese students: their math perception.
September 1, 2004... The major purpose of this study was to attempt to understand some of the reasons for Mathematics perception of Taiwanese children compared to American children. The study was conducted with elementary schools in the Denver metropolitan area and...

Behavior management skills as predictors of retention among South Texas Special Educators.
September 1, 2004... A survey of South Texas Special Education teachers was conducted to determine how they perceived their behavior management skills in the classroom and what effect, if any, this had on their job satisfaction. The majority of teachers were...

Cited author searching: implications for instruction in forensic psychology.
September 1, 2004... Cited author database searches are an effective means of identifying a list of references that have 'cited' the works of a particular author. Yet graduate-level instruction on the efficacy of search strategies, when commentary on a specific...

Applying technology to online counseling: suggestions for the beginning e-therapist.
September 1, 2004... This article briefly outlines online counseling for readers who may be interested in delivering therapy via the internet. The article should very much be understood to be a beginner's primer based upon research literature and the personal...

The extent to which psychology students read textbooks: a multiple class analysis of reading across the psychology curriculum.
September 1, 2004... Knowing that the study strategies of students using college textbooks can be a powerful predictor of performance in the classroom, we examined the extent to which students in different psychology courses reported reading their textbooks. In...

Definitions, benefits, and barriers of K-12 educational strategic planning.
September 1, 2004... This comprehensive literature review seeks to define strategic planning in a K-12 setting. Principally, it asks, what characteristics distinguish educational strategic planning from other planning approaches? What follows is a content analysis...

Recent trends in the social studies.
September 1, 2004... There are selected trends in the social studies which teachers need to understand and analyze. These trends are relatively stable with the realization that changes and modification do occur. New ideas in teaching and learning must come forth to...

Educator effectiveness in identifying symptoms of adolescents at risk for suicide.
September 1, 2004... This study examined educators' capabilities to identify symptoms of adolescents at risk for suicide when influenced by the adolescent's race, gender, and socioeconomic stares. Participants were 882 regular and special educators in a...

An analysis of administrator attitudes toward tasks in school administration.
September 1, 2004... This study reports attitudes of current school administrators toward routine tasks in an attempt to offer insight into why the job may or may not be considered a wise career choice or even a desirable job. The research question for this study...

Technology use of Hispanic bilingual teachers: a function of their beliefs, attitudes and perceptions on peer technology use in the classroom.
September 1, 2004... This study describes survey responses of 103 bilingual elementary school teachers along the southmost borderlands of Texas and Mexico. The teachers responded to items regarding their (1) beliefs about and utilization of technology when...