Mid-South Educational Research Association Annual Meeting
November 2002
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 16
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Alabama Renaissance Technology Academy (ARTA) for School Leaders Survey Report (Pre & Post Data)
Shannon Parks, Feng Sun & Blanche C. Collins
This paper reports on a study conducted for the Alabama State Department of Education. The study's purpose was to provide a clear perspective on the current abilities of school leaders to provide... More
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A Case Study Examining the Merit of Using Internet Message Boards During Practicum Experiences
David Moffett
This study followed up earlier research on the merits of using online message boards in education students' field experiences. It assessed data from the second year of student teachers' online... More
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How Are Alabama's Teachers Integrating the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards in the Classroom: Measuring Technology Integration's IMPACT--Roberts Middle School
Stephanie B. Ash, Feng Sun & Robert Sundin
Alabama's Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Use Technology program developed an assessment instrument to measure the level of technology integration into Alabama's classrooms. The instrument asked... More
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Teaching Program Evaluation on Interactive Television
Keith McNeil, Jim Steinhauser & Isadore Newman
This paper describes a five-session course entitled "Program Evaluation," which was taught via interactive television in the summer of 2002 to 68 doctoral and master's students in 5 of 6 locations ... More
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Instructional Strategies for On-line Courses in Education
Michelle P. Arant, Amy M. Coleman & Bonnie V. Daniel
This paper describes a 2-hour training session that presented current research on the efficacy of online teaching, as well as practical steps in converting traditional classroom materials in... More
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An Assessment of Streaming Video In Web-based Instruction
Jay L. Cofield
Streaming video used as an augmentation in Web-based instruction was investigated to: (1) determine if demographic characteristics would lead to significantly different beliefs about the use and... More
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A Call for Greater Use of Nonparametric Statistics
Nancy L. Leech & Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie
This paper advocates the use of nonparametric statistics. First, the consequence of using parametric inferential techniques under nonnormality is described. Second, the advantages of using... More
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Predicting Student Performance in a College Self-Paced Introductory Psychology Course: The Role of Motivational Orientation, Learning Strategies, Procrastination and Perception of Daily Hassles
Ronald L. Skidmore
This study examined the effectiveness of using selected self-report measures assessing motivational orientation, learning strategies, procrastination, and perceptions of daily hassles to facilitate... More
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Graduate Students' Attitudes in an Activity-Based Statistics Course
Robert L. Kennedy & Corliss Jean McCallister
This study investigated graduate students' attitudes toward statistics in a class in which the focus of instruction was the use of a computer program that made possible an individualized, self... More
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Evaluation of Electronic Blackboard Enhancement of a Graduate Course in School Counseling
Beverly M. Klecker
This study explored the effectiveness of using Blackboard, an online software program, to enhance a graduate course in school counseling. Research questions were: (1) does Blackboard enhancement... More
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The Mouse or the Pencil? A Psychometric Comparison of Web-Based and Traditional Survey Methodologies
Craig A. Mertler & Mark A. Earley
This paper discusses the results of a study comparing the psychometric qualities of two forms of a survey, one administered in paper-and-pencil format and the other administered in Web format. The ... More
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Expressing Logistic Regression Coefficients as Changes in Initial Probability Values: Useful Information for Practitioners
John W. Fraas, J Michael Drushal & Jeff Graham
This paper presents a method designed to assist practitioners in the interpretation of the practical significance of a statistically significant logistic regression coefficient is presented. To... More
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Survey of Sampled Higher Education Institutions in Alabama
Thomas Nix, Scott Snyder & Jennifer Fritschi
This survey examined the extent of implementation of technology standards into Alabama preservice teacher education programs Researchers identified five graduate and five undergraduate education... More
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Building Administrators' Knowledge, Disposition, and Performance Competencies for Technology Integration for Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities
Natee Banjerdsakul & Jimmy D. Lindsey
The purpose of this study was to investigate building administrators knowledge, disposition, and performance competencies for technology integration for students with mild/moderate (M/M)... More
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Integrating Assistive Technology with Curriculum Standards
Kathleen S. Puckett
This paper discusses the development of an assistive technology (AT) toolkit for special education teachers to use in integrating assistive technology with general curriculum standards for students... More
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The Evaluation of Student Attitudes toward MC2G
Gulsah Basol-Gocmen, Gibbs Y. Kanyongo & Lydia Blankson
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the use of MC2G program to teach certain topics in statistics education. MC2G is a program written in Pascal Delphi by Gordon Brooks of Ohio University... More