This study, conducted in Pakistan, is an investigation into how science teachers' pedagogical content knowledge can be enhanced through reflective dialogues and narratives. A review of the educational system of Pakistan reveals that education, in particular science education, ha…
The purpose of the ground-breaking study is to examine the equivalency of computerized and paper and pencil testing methods as they relate to student performance in an adult education program at a Middle East university. The objectives of the research were to examine the similar…
This study investigated the interactive effects of the field dependence cognitive style and interface presentation modes (“icon-only” and “text-only”) on learners' performance in a CBI environment. Forty-seven graduate students voluntarily participated. The Group Embedded Figure…
The petroleum industry plays a pivotal role in Nigeria's economy. There is also a recognition that petroleum industry trainer competence is a key variable in promoting the industry's workforce productivity. Even so, little systematic research has to date been identified that inv…
Through this work a database and an ARCVIEW tutorial based on a Senegalese local community cartographic model is developed. The Ross-Bethio rural community model was selected as an example of solving methodological problems in natural resources management at the scale of a rural…
This is a case-study of a graduate course conducted over IDEAnet, a network created by the Indiana Department of Education. This study looked at the people involved in this course during the Spring 1993 semester; using the five attributes suggested by Harasim (1990), this case-s…
Over the past decade there have been extensive calls for change in the methods by which we prepare teachers as school administrators and for school leadership. In particular, scholars have argued for the adoption of approaches that will increase the capacities for students to ac…
The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), legislated in 1974 by the Government of Pakistan, was the earliest transfer and adaptation of The Open University (UKOU)'s innovative distance education model. This study investigated the multiple influences shaping AIOU's institutional f…
This project examined and evaluated Web-based continuing education courses for administrators, nurses, and therapists in the skilled nursing field. A Web site, an evaluative subject area guide to Web-based continuing education courses and discussion LIST resources, was created a…
The purpose of this study was to investigate viewers' knowledge of program content under various television translation modes and viewing experiences. An instructional television program entitled Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) For Bystanders, produced in Spanish, was trans…
This study examined the attitudes of Kuwaiti mathematics pre-service teachers before and after participation in a teacher preparation mathematics course that used dynamic geometry software called Geometer's Sketchpad, with instruction delivered using the guided inquiry teaching …
This study analyzes the policy documents of an educational transformation initiative for a high school system in Malaysia known as Maktab Rendah Sains MARA Bitaras (MRSM Bitaras). This school system is established for the Bumiputras (“Sons of the Soil”), including the Malays, wh…
The primary purpose of the thesis was to evaluate an instructional television programme on environmental pollution in the Indonesia Open Learning University (Universitas Terbuka). The content of the programme was based on one of the courses which is offered by the Faculty of Edu…
This study investigated the relationship between teachers' perceptions of senior high technical schools and job morale, and discerned the significant difference among teachers' perceptions as well as teachers' morale. The population of the study was 186 teachers of seven public …
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among role conflict, role ambiguity, and job satisfaction experienced by faculty members involved in the distance education program at USM. Research questions addressed were: (1) the extent of role conflict and role ambi…
Adoption and implementation of educational technology in Indonesia, to some extent, is influenced by a number of factors considered as constraints. This study was conducted in one of the country's provinces, Aceh Province, to determine the extent to which educational technology …
Statement of the Problem. Many factors have led to the poor outcomes of education in underdeveloped countries. Among these factors is perhaps the format under which the teaching-learning process is carried out. This study investigated a potential partial solution to the problem …