Advocates of modality preference posit that individuals have a dominant sense and that when new material is presented in this preferred modality, learning is enhanced. Despite the widespread belief in this position, there is little supporting evidence. In the present study, the authors implemented a Morse code-like recall task to examine whether…

Data-driven decision-making (DDDM) reform has proven to be an effective means for improving student learning. However, little DDDM reform has happened at the classroom level, and little research has explored variables that influence teacher adoption of DDDM. The authors propose a model in which teachers' sense of efficacy for the skills that…

The purpose of the current research has been to establish the factorial validity and reliability of the Work Components Study in the public school system. (Author/RK)

The purpose of the study was to determine what relationships existed among the personality of instructional supervisors as reflected in a disbelief-belief system and measured by the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale and the tasks they performed and preferred to perform. (Editor)

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the motivation level of the student and his respective class size. Furthermore, if a relationship does exist, is this relationship reflected in the student's evaluation of the course's effectiveness. (Author)

Purpose of study was to investigate the "novelty effect" hypothesis by investigating the relationship of student responses on an attitude survey with the number of personalized courses they were taking concurrently. (Author)

This study attempted to appraise the relative effects of Project C.O.P.E., a Glassboro State College program designed to offer junior year, elementary education students experience in teaching the deprived. (Editor)

A study designed to compare the academic achievement of pupils in graded and non-graded schools using an Index of Non-gradedness to determine the validity of the term non-graded" as applied to some schools. (Author/RY)

To assess whether different response patterns were associated with differences in the naming and placement of response categories, 1000 undergraduate students in educational administration completed a 10-item personal-values questionnaire. (Author)

This study attempted to secure information about some personal and social characteristics of the undergraduate psychology majors at Marquette University. (Author/RK)

Multiple matrix sampling (MMS) as a data collection strategy was examined, and rates of response from 307 public school principals in Virginia were compared when subgroups of items were administered versus an entire instrument. MMS was demonstrated as a viable and reasonable procedure when the mail questionnaire consists of a large number of pages…

In an attempt to gain insight into factors influencing college course evaluations, 759 students were questioned at both the beginning and end of the term concerning their feelings about the instructor and course, and about their expectations concerning their grade achievement. (Authors)

The randomized response model described in this study works against the types of bias which make faculty evaluation surveys unreliable. (Authors/CB)

Article investigated the importance of controlling feedback intervals in applied instructional settings. (Editor/RK)

The present study sought to determine how varying sequences of audience attentiveness-inattentiveness affect the following non-content features of speech behavior: speech disturbances, rate, vocabulary diversification, and filled pauses. (Author)