College Student Journal back issues from December 2005:
Gender differences in reactions to college course requirements or "why females are better students".(surveys)
Dec 01, 2005; ... Two-hundred-and-seventy-eight undergraduates at a large southeastern university completed a confidential anonymous forty-item questionnaire designed to assess student reactions to course expectations and the degree to which they engage in behaviors typically associated with positive ...
Unions, vitamins, exercise: unionized graduate students.(student unions)
Dec 01, 2005; ... After the turbulent labor history of America in the early to mid twentieth century, there has been a general decline of unions. Nevertheless, many graduate school teaching assistants are unionizing in attempts to gain better pay and benefits and remove themselves from an 'Ivory Sweatshop.' ...
Embracing the sociological imagination: a study of university students' perceptions of sociology.(liberal learning)
Dec 01, 2005; ... A central concept employed when introducing students to the discipline of sociology is the sociological imagination. The premise that human experiences are socially and historically contextualized is often the point of departure instructors take when introducing the discipline ....
The number sense of preservice elementary school teachers.(surveys)
Dec 01, 2005; ... The purpose of this study was to explore cognitive process used by selected preservice elementary teachers on basic types of problems involving number sense. The sample was selected from students in six intact entry-level mathematics sections of a course populated by preservice elementary ...
Examination of a paradigm for preparing undergraduates for a career in the retailing industries: mentors, curriculum, and an internship.(retail management and fashion merchandising)
Dec 01, 2005; ... Internships provide the opportunity to apply classroom theory into practical, hands-on experience while simultaneously developing skills that improve course performance (Daugherty, 2000). In addition, the experiential opportunity increases the probability for securing a full-time position ...
Playful communication in mentoring.(organizational communication)
Dec 01, 2005; ... Freshmen in an orientation course at a state university answered questionnaires about their peer mentors' playful communication and about how well their peer mentors help them ease tensions of socialization. Results showed that a mentor's perceived playful communication helped the protege ...
Overcoming biases to effectively serve African American College students: a call to the profession.(counselor-client relations)
Dec 01, 2005; ... This article reexamines the help-seeking behavior of African American college students with a focus on possible counselor biases as well as biases in the settings in which counselors work. These issues are discussed as possible contributing factors to the underutilization of counseling by ...
Teaching mathematics in the school setting.(No Child Left Behind Act of 2001)
Dec 01, 2005; ... With the No Child Left Behind federal mandate, teachers and school administrators are challenged to provide the best instruction possible in mathematics and reading. Students are required to take the state mandated tests in grades three through eight and in grade ten. The stakes are high ...
Social mobility and the American Dream: what do college students believe?(social class)
Dec 01, 2005; ... This paper focuses on college students' views of the American class system and the extent to which they see it as an open system of contest mobility, in which individual effort and ability determine achievement and social standing, or as a system of sponsorship, in which family connections ...
College living: issues related to housecleaning attitudes.(students retention at a college or university )
Dec 01, 2005; ... Cleanliness preferences may be related to the compatibility of college roommates and hence relevant to students' satisfaction with and retention at a college or university. Two studies were conducted to develop a scale and examine issues related to housecleaning attitudes In the first ...
A preliminary analysis of African American College students' perceptions of racial preferences and affirmative action in making admissions decisions at a predominantly White University.(racial attitudes)
Dec 01, 2005; ... The purpose of this study was to survey African American College students' perceptions of racial preferences and Affirmative Action in making admission decisions at a predominantly White university. 422 questionnaires were sent out to African American College students at a large, urban, ...
College women's rankings of the most undesirable marriage and family forms.(surveys)
Dec 01, 2005; ... The purpose of the study was to investigate college women's were unwillingness to participate in 24 alternative marital and family forms. Data were collected through the use of anonymous questionnaires distributed in classes. The analysis revealed "One man married to two or more wives" ...
The portfolio process: questions for implementation and practice.(college teaching)
Dec 01, 2005; ... The portfolio, a collection of a student's work over their course of study, has become a popular tool for college teaching. Portfolios have the distinct advantage of engaging the learner in reflection (Reis & Villaume, 2002; Willis & Davies, 2002) and self-assessment (Hill, 2002), while at ...
Where did you say that state was? The effect of availability on a student's knowledge of the United States.
Dec 01, 2005; ... Individuals' mental maps of the world are highly misrepresentative of the actual world. Availability in memory partly explains the reasons for this misrepresentation. When asked to place the 50 states in their correct locations, students have difficulty with states not in close proximity ...
Hallmark of a world-class university.
Dec 01, 2005; ... This article describes the various salient features of a world-class university. Interestingly and intentionally the keywords used in describing it all start with the letters forming the word--WORLD-CLASS. On this note, the model becomes all the more pertinent and the key features easily ...
College student beliefs about women: some gender differences *.(surveys)
Dec 01, 2005; ... Three-hundred-and-twenty six undergraduates at a large southeastern university completed a confidential anonymous 74-item questionnaire designed to assess beliefs about men, women, and relationships held by university students. This study focused on the data regarding gender differences in ...
The unnecessary tension between learning communities and intellectual growth.
Dec 01, 2005; ... INTRODUCTION Universities face enormous problems. Their survival depends on how they respond to persistent budgetary cuts from public sources, conflicting expectations from varying constituencies, and competitive pressures from competing training organizations. As they search ...
Teacher certification exams: what are the predictors of success?(teacher quality evaluation)
Dec 01, 2005; ... Policy makers in states across the country are taking a hard look at prospective teachers and the colleges that train them. Anyone who seeks permanent certification to teach in elementary or secondary schools in most states is now required to achieve a qualifying score on a set of tests ...
Experiential learning in the introductory class: the role of minor league hockey in teaching social psychology.
Dec 01, 2005; ... To convince my students they are surrounded by social psychology, we attended a minor league hockey game. During the next class period I asked students to write a brief paragraph about their experiences. From those paragraphs I chose four reoccurring themes to analyze from a social ...
On being respected or liked: principle-centered teaching.
Dec 01, 2005; ... This paper explores the process of developing principles that fall into three main categories: Classroom management, maintaining a positive attitude in the classroom, and developing the big picture. The author explores the development of principles which emerge from the exploration of ...
Help-seeking attitudes among AfricanAmerican college students.(surveys)
Dec 01, 2005; ... Traditionally, African American students display a low-rate of seeking mental health treatment. Issues such as mistrust of White therapists, attitudes toward mental health problems, and African American spirituality affect their help-seeking behavior. The present study examined a sample of ...
Sex differences in motivational traits and ethical decision making among graduating accounting majors.(study)
Dec 01, 2005; ... This study is an empirical examination of possible differences between female and male accounting majors' managerial motivational traits, perceptions of ethical issues, ethical judgments, and ethical behavioral intentions regarding ethically equivocal business situations. Subjects were ...