Study attempts to determine the personality characteristics of high school students with an accent on two stereotypes, hippies'' and straights''. (RK)

Discussion of interactive classroom technology systems highlights experiments with a new interactive system called RESPONDEX which was used for both course delivery and diagnostic data collection. Studies included class break duration; truthfulness in response to sensitive questions; course design monitoring; and personality and learning style…

A test statistic is introduced which allows one to test the hypothesis of agreement of several judges on the ranking of items within each of two groups and between the two groups. (Editor)

Discussion of digital audio in computer-based training (CBT) focuses on a study at the University of Central Florida that was conducted to determine whether the addition of audio to CBT had positive effects on undergraduates' cognitive achievement levels and to analyze its effect on time required to complete a lesson. (14 references) (LRW)

Describes a study of college students that was conducted to determine the perceptions of instructors and students toward interactive video distance education classroom design. Discusses results of descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, and the Tukey multiple comparison method; and a classroom design model is recommended to satisfy the needs…

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN A TEACHER'S WRITTEN COMMENTS ON A TEST AND (1) SUBSEQUENT STUDENT ATTAINMENT AS MEASURED BY TEST PERFORMANCE AND (2) ATTITUDE CHANGE TOWARD 9TH-GRADE ENGLISH, WERE INVESTIGATED. 9 CLASSES (225 STUDENTS) WERE GIVEN 4 TESTS BY THEIR TEACHERS OVER A 6-WEEK PERIOD. TESTS WERE RETURNED WITH NUMERICAL SCORES, LETTER GRADE, AND…

A study of whether the effects of block scheduling on student achievement and attitudes are more advantageous than traditional scheduling was made. The block scheduling treatment involved three required courses on each of four grade levels--freshmen through senior in high school. Interdisciplinary teaching teams were responsible for instruction.…

Results of study run counter to many previous research findings which found no relationship between students' expected grade in a course and their ratings of that course and its instructor. (Authors)

Describes a study of 31 undergraduate students that explored their preferences for and the relationships among text format variables in computer screen layouts. The design of 64 computer text types for the study is explained, results are analyzed, and further research questions related to learning strategies are suggested. (LRW)

This investigation of the effects of age, gender, college status, and computer experience on students' attitudes toward an online catalog measured student attitudes on three subscales--computer anxiety, computer confidence, and computer liking. Results of analysis of variance showed that computer experience was significantly related to computer…

Describes a study that was conducted to determine whether distance education learners experience anxiety, based on results of a survey of 222 University of Southern Queensland students. Anxiety toward instructional materials and variables that affect students' perceptions of factors that affect their anxiety are discussed. (LRW)

This study contrasted college-level computer assisted instruction modules with various ratios of higher cognitive to factual questions and highlights to determine the effectiveness of highlights and question formats. Results indicate that, regardless of the ratio of higher cognitive to factual questions, modules containing questions are superior…

Describes a study conducted at the University of Calgary (Alberta) that investigated student perceptions of an audio-teleconferencing course and compared them with instructor perceptions from an earlier study. The Q-Sort instrument used in the study is explained, and results of cluster analysis are discussed. (Contains 10 references.) (LRW)

Discusses results of a survey of undergraduate students that investigated their current knowledge of computers and the level of knowledge they would like to have. Attitudes of students who had prior computer courses or who owned a computer were found to be more positive than those of students who did not. (27 references) (LRW)

Describes an investigation of the differences between the levels of the independent variables of gender, college level, previous computer experience, and familiarity with computer keyboarding on college students' attitudes toward the usefulness of a library computer system. Based on the results, some recommendations are made for practice and…