Perspectives 1999

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BEHAVIORAL

AND SOCIAL SCIENCES JOURNAL

Volume 2 (Fall, 1999)

Editor

College of St. Benedict/St. Johns University

1. Using Technology to Foster Collaborative Learning at a Distance Between the United States and the Newly Independent States: Four Essays by Bryant College Faculty.

2. AN OVERVIEW OF BRYANT COLLEGE'S COLLABORATIVE LEARNING AT A DISTANCE PROJECT WITH A PROGRESS REPORT ON TEACHING CULTURES AND ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION IN THE POST SOVIET ERA

Judy Barrett Litoff, Professor of History and Joseph A. Ilacqua, Professor of Economics

9. USING A NON-HIERARCHICAL APPROACH TO COLLABORATIVE LEARNING PROJECTS: THE BRYANT COLLEGE MODEL

Gaytha Langlois, Professor of Ecology and Judy Barrett Litoff, Professor of History

18. TEACHING THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY WITH BRYANT COLLEGE, EUROPEAN HUMANITIES UNIVERSITY, AND MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

David S. Lux, Professor of History

26. EMERGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO COLLABORATIVE LEARNING AT A DISTANCE

Harold A. Records, Professor of Computer Information Systems

Additional Internet Applications

23. BUILDING ASSETS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS: RESEARCH WITH WEB TECHNOLOGY

Leonard Berkey and Ralph Houghton, Albion College

42. CHANGE IN EDUCATION: A PRACTICAL LOOK AT WEB INSTRUCTION

Steve Corder and John Seydel, Arkansas State University

54. PARENTAL BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES ABOUT THE INTERNET

Joseph D. Sclafani, University of Tampa

61. ASSESSING THE GOODNESS OF FIT OF STUDENTS' EDUCATIONAL GOALS WITH THE BENEFITS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Richard B. Morris, Trent University

Further Technological Applications in Higher Education

65. NATIONAL VICTIM ASSISTANCE ACADEMY AND COMPRESSED VIDEO: WAVE OF THE FUTURE OR AN EDUCATIONAL WIPEOUT?

Steve Walker, California State University, Fresno

73. LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVERSITY TRAINING AND TECHNOLOGY

Marsha L. Tarver, California State University, Fresno

83. CONVERGED MEDIA: IDENTITY AND COMMITMENT WITHIN A NEWSROOM

Dan W. Peterson and Scott Hammond, Brigham Young University

94. LEARNING IN LAS VEGAS: INFOTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES AND HIGHER EDUCATION

A. Fuat Firat and Lars Thording, Arizona State University West

107. USING LEARNING THEORY TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTIONAL COMPUTER PRESENTATIONS

Dorothy Leflore and Karen Smith-Gratto, North Carolina A&T State University

114. TEACHING INNOVATION: THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY AND COOPERATIVE LEARNING ON STUDENT TEST SCORES AND STUDENT COURSE SATISFACTION

Karen D. Squires, University of Tampa

Education: Non-Technological Foci

119. EDUCATORS' BELIEFS ABOUT ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN TEACHING: A RESEARCH STUDY AMONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN TURKEY

Naciye Aksoy, University of Cincinnati

129. ACCULTURATION AND MULTICULTURAL IDENTITY FORMATION OF KOREAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS IN U.S.A.

Sang Bok Lee, Northwest Counseling & Education Institute and Northwestern University

142. FRANZ BOAS, MARGARET MEAD, AND . . . J.D. ROCKEFELLER? THE ROLE OF THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGY

Dr. Kevin Jones-Kern, Bowling Green State University

147. ON BECOMING A TEACHER: STRATEGIES FOR SECURING CLASSROOM SUCCESS

Marsha Clowers, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Intercultural/Interdisciplinary/Disciplinary Contributions

159. MEDICAL CARE EXPENDITURES AND GDP GROWTH IN OECD NATIONS

R. Mark Wilson, University of South Florida

172. CHANOYU: RITUALS AND SYMBOLISM: JAPAN TEA CEREMONY

Mohamed Turay, Savannah State University

181. ECONOMETRIC FORECASTING MODEL FOR JORDAN

Muhannad A. El-Mefleh, National University

206. DAILY TRADING VOLUME RELATED TO GOLD PRICE

James F. Feller, Middle Tennessee State University

217. ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN TURKEY

Sadegul Akbaba, Abant Izzet Baysal University

234. CONSUMER PROCESSING OF TELEVISION COMMERCIALS: A MODEL AND PRELIMINARY TEST

Kenneth R. Lord, Mercer University and Sanjay Putrevu, The University of Western Australia

244. GOING TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF GROWTH: EMPLOYING SYSTEMS THINKING TO MAKE EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS

Carol Ann Zulauf, Suffolk University and Joseph A. Ilacqua, Bryant College

254. NORTHWEST AIRLINES STRIKE AND LABOR NEGOTIATIONS

James T. Schultz, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Marian C. Schultz, The University of West Florida