Journal of Instructional Psychology articles from September 2005

Journal of Instructional Psychology archives from September 2005

A sociocultural perspective: language arts framework, vocabulary activities and English language learners in a second grade mixed classroom.
September 1, 2005... Vocabulary acquisition is a critical component of academic language. This aspect of the school curriculum seems to be more difficult for language learners to acquire. This study therefore examines the language arts conceptual framework and the...

Open records laws and the tenure and promotion process.
September 1, 2005... The title of this paper could have been, "Be Careful What You Include in Your Promotion and Tenure File: You Might Be Seeing It Again Two Years After You Are Awarded Tenure." The state open records laws differ from state to state. Faculty...

Creating an effective strategic plan for the school district.
September 1, 2005... The purpose of this study was to examine the process of developing a strategic plan for school districts through communication and involvement of all stakeholders. This process takes into consideration the diverse concerns and principles;...

Students' perceptions on factors of statistics anxiety and instructional strategies.
September 1, 2005... We explored students" experiences in a statistics class to investigate what factors contributed to students' anxiety and how instructional strategies helped students learn statistics effectively. The participants were graduate students in the...

Effectiveness of lesson planning: factor analysis.
September 1, 2005... The paper presents the conceptual framework that guided the development of the Lesson Plan Evaluation Rubric (LPER) instrument derived from the Four Stages of Lesson Planning (FSLP) strategy and the empirical results that provide the insight...

Review sessions and results: competency testing in the capstone business class.
September 1, 2005... Capstone is defined in the dictionary as "putting the final stone in place". Business Policy or Strategic Management is typically the capstone class in a business management degree program. As such, there are prerequisite requirements in terms...

A comparison of lecture ratings by Native Speakers of English with EFL students at two universities: University of Mississippi and Dokuz Eylul University.(English as a Foreign Language)
September 1, 2005... Evaluations by students of the University of Mississippi were compared to the evaluations of students at Dokuz Eylul University related to specific lectures on communication skills. The students of the University of Mississippi were Native...

The role of censorship in school.
September 1, 2005... School authorities face great complexities and inevitable challenges when deciding to make or not to make censorship decisions in schools. Matters of educational content, age level, acceptability by parents and communities, and appropriateness...

Culturally sensitive counseling for Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders.(mental health counseling)
September 1, 2005... There is a constellation of considerations for counselors dealing with Asian American/ Pacific Islander clients. In order to provide culturally sensitive counseling, counselors need to know and respect the traditional values of the particular...

CBM with goal setting: impacting students' understanding of reading goals.
September 1, 2005... This pilot study investigated if goal setting with curriculum-based measurement (CBM) was effective in increasing student awareness of goal knowledge and if students could set realistic daily reading goals. Nineteen 6th and 7th grade students...

Etiology of depression in children.
September 1, 2005... Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is experienced by a significant proportion of youth today, occurring at an earlier age than found in previous generations. Major Depressive Disorder can produce long-lasting detrimental effects on a child's life,...