This 5-year study of 2 instructors teaching a master's level instructional design course used developmental research to systematically examine a reflective teaching approach. The reflexive teaching model is described. Eight data sources across six deliveries of the course were analyzed in terms of design decisions (the teaching model), model…

This study investigated two statistics classroom environments that "a priori" appeared to hold promise as being motivationally effective classrooms. One environment (2 classes totaling 51 students) was at the high school level and the other environment (4 classes, 70 students) was at the graduate level. The study focused on students'…

This report analyzes data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study for 1992-93 and 1995-96. The study found that students have turned increasingly to borrowing to cope with rising education costs. The percentage of postsecondary students who borrowed to complete a bachelor's or lower degree increased from 41 percent in 1992-93 to 52…

This study investigated the relationship between class size and classroom management style and examined differences between perceived classroom management style of teachers who had and had not enrolled in a graduate course within the last 6 months. The study also investigated the construct validity of the Attitudes and Beliefs on Classroom Control…

This study addresses the question, "What should graduate students know about research and statistics after completing an initial course?" Individuals who teach such courses at various Carnegie classifications of institutions were surveyed about the specific characteristics of an introductory graduate research course at their own institutions to…

This book is a guide to students on the nature and quality of teaching at colleges and universities. It discusses the need for students to take responsibility for their own learning at the college level and not depend on college professors to "teach" them everything they need to know. The book notes that most professors have had little or no…

This monograph is comprised of five papers originally presented at a symposium concerning degree completion or non-completion (ABDs--"all but dissertation") of doctoral students in colleges of education. The first paper is by Raymond Kluever and is titled "ABDs and Graduates from a College of Education: Responsibility, Barriers, and…

This bibliography is intended primarily for current awareness on the topic of postsecondary agricultural education teaching materials, methods, and curricula, and as the title of the series implies, is not an indepth exhaustive bibliography on the subject. It is derived from a computerized search of the AGRICOLA database. The search strategy used…

Master's degrees, as currently configured, offer teachers routes out of the classroom. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) is one of the efforts to address the current focus on teacher performance and preparation, and to help with the professionalization and the upgrading of the status of teachers. While traditionally…

This paper explores the viability of a new approach to intranet design, one that is based on an understanding of the organizational information environment and user information behavior. The approach was used by 11 project teams of graduate students to develop intranet designs for local organizations. The workbooks used by the project teams were…

This study examined the reactions of teachers implementing a specific process of teaching for higher-level thinking, investigating how they viewed: their role in the classroom, student involvement in learning, and school-based, systemic conditions to address when teaching for higher-level thinking. Data were gathered from teachers in a master's…

This study demonstrates how an institutional research process focused on Ph.D. students contributed to programmatic changes that increased the effectiveness of the program for part-time, adult graduate learners. From 1985-92 faculty in an adult and vocational education doctoral program gathered feedback from students on challenges regarding…

This report follows up the employment status of 1997 physics and astronomy degree recipients. The report notes that: (1) only 2 percent of 1997 doctoral degree recipients were unemployed in the winter of 1998; this is down from a recent high of 6 percent for the class of 1993; (2) half of new physics Ph.D.s in the class of 1997 accepted permanent…

This report provides data on students earning physics and astronomy bachelor's degrees for the 1997-98 academic year. The report notes that: (1) after many years of steady decline, the number of undergraduates earning physics bachelor's degrees has stabilized, with 3,821 degrees awarded in l997-98; (2) declines in undergraduate degrees persist at…

This paper presents results of research on an intensive online graduate level course in Web-based instruction (WBI) delivered via the same medium. The classes, offered concurrently at the University of Memphis and at Georgia State University, provide students with experiences centered around three areas: being a student in an online environment;…