Discusses ways to nurture students' creative responses for building four categories of external assets for their education: supportive environment, student empowerment, boundaries and expectations, and constructive time use. Describes three strategies for promoting creative response: InQuest procedure, RAFT technique, and simulated journals. (JPB)

Students were surveyed on their perceptions of education via interactive television (ITV). Thirty-one environmental and academic success factors were identified and assessed by students, with 18 factors indicating significant differences between students. Results suggest that to improve the quality of ITV educational opportunities, educators must…

The purpose of this study was to: identify critical characteristics of a situated learning environment from the extensive literature base on the subject; operationalize the critical characteristics of a situated learning environment by designing a multimedia program that incorporated the identified characteristics; and investigate university…

Describes an exercise designed to encourage active learning in which groups of students compared and contrasted the content of historical introductory psychology texts with contemporary ones. Reports that student evaluations suggest the exercise helps students understand the history and development of psychology. (CMK)

Examines the association between perceived warmth of instruction and students' course evaluations on both affective and summative items. Reveals that student evaluations on affective items were more favorable when professors exhibited the full array of warmth-inducing behaviors. Increases in perceived warmth were not necessarily related to…

Examines the levels of global self-esteem of Arab adolescents in Israel and its relationship to perceived academic status and aspirations, interpersonal relationships, community type, and various demographic variables. Discusses the findings, noting that there were no significant gender differences. (CMK)

Compares the effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) and conventional instruction (CI) for teaching a developmental education mathematics course to African-American college students. Results revealed statistically significant difference on the algebra posttest. Students in the CAI section had significantly higher attitudes toward…

Examined the relationship between students' perceptions of a problem behavior prevention program, All Stars, and changes in program variables-bonding; normative beliefs; ideals; and commitment. Three factors-Program Enjoyment, Student Engagement, and Teacher Relationship-were used to predict changes in four variables. Results indicate Student…

Describes a project for a history survey course where students visit a historic site and write an essay that identifies a broad theme in history relating the site to the theme; the students must also reflect upon their own learning process. Discusses the merits of the project providing student responses. Gives an appendix. (CMK)

Investigates differences in student perceptions and performance among three distance learning sites taking the same off-campus M.B.A. course with the same instructor. Performance in the two smaller classes was better than performance in the large class. Student characteristics and site variables accounted for more than 50% of variance in…

Reviews the use of teaching conflict pedagogy, specifically war narratives, in order to evaluate positions of power. Utilizes the views of compositional theorists, rhetoricians, essayists, and fiction writers in an effort to disengage students from unproductive argumentation models. Challenges past polarities and forges confrontational cooperation…

Explains that after the Columbus (Georgia) Symphony was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant for American music, the symphony director gave a portion of the money for an elementary music composition class that utilized computers for two reasons: (1) students could get immediate feedback; and (2) the computers provided motivation. (CMK)

Describes the Health Sciences Information Tools 2000 university-public school collaborative initiative. Its premier goal is to teach the practical application of information search and evaluation strategies and use of health-related Internet databases. Students cite the most valuable component of the program to be a heightened self-confidence in…

Examined student views regarding violence-prone subcontexts in their schools, contrasting elementary and middle schools, grade levels, and different public locations at school. Found organization and social dynamics of the middle school likely influenced students' perceptions, and students in different grades within elementary and middle schools…

Discusses the use of journal sheets with choral students. Addresses the benefits of journal sheets, such as providing a means to determine the level of students' critical thinking skills or as a way to reinforce concepts. Includes a copy of a journal sheet and journal sheet responses from choral students. (CMK)