Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to compare the use of WebCT in support of online and blended learning in the Faculty of Architecture of a Hong Kong university. Design/methodology/approach: Paper questionnaires are used to collect students' experiences, perceptions and attitudes towards the online course they have undertaken. Focus group…

This study investigated the effect of metaconceptual teaching interventions on students' understanding of force and motion concepts. A multimethod research design including quasi-experimental design and case study designs was employed to compare the effect of the metaconceptual activities and traditional instruction and investigate students'…

Anecdotal accounts from teachers have long suggested the possibility that virtual teaching experiences have a positive impact on face-to-face teaching practices, a so-called "reverse impact" phenomenon. Survey and focus group data collected as part of a statewide evaluation of a virtual school offered an opportunity to explore this impact.…

This study examined performance of Master's-level students in an online course in Cognition, Learning and Assessment and compared it with the performance of students in a face-to-face classroom setting of the same course (N = 70). Data were collected from six sections of the course over a two-year period. The same professor taught all sections.…

Makes a case for the return to teacher guidance in the classroom after the student freedom of the progressive era. Reprint from January 1938 "Elementary School Journal." (JMB)

Discusses various assumptions about excellence in education: (1) excellence must be imposed on the educational establishment by those who are outside education; (2) test scores are the best indications of excellence; and (3) American education will become excellent only if we adopt a common core of academic subjects that all students must…

This address centers on the dynamic relationship between formal education and its environment (the total culture and society of the systems of schooling). (JA)

Discusses the need for adequate planning in instructional design and describes the Bulletproof Model for the Design of Blended Learning, a model to guide instructional design for blended learning that combines elements of electronic learning with traditional instruction. Assumes that a performance analysis indicated the need for training. (LRW)

Discusses the probable impact of computer technology on schools and teaching. Argues that computers and the Internet can best be used to supplement or make more efficient the traditional tasks of the historian; problems arise when technology is used in ways that distract the student from fundamental tasks. (DSK)

Notes conflicting claims among traditional and feminist theories of composing styles, and poses many questions regarding what the legitimate aims and practices of the first-year college composition course are. (SR)

Discusses the needs of distance learning students in higher education and suggests that good distance learning programs may have to deliver more services to the student than traditional programs. Describes four models for distance learning that are prevalent today and recommends the one that is most congruent with traditional academia. (LRW)