Review of William B. Parsons\u27 Freud and Augustine in Dialogue: Psychoanalysis, Mysticism, and ... more Review of William B. Parsons\u27 Freud and Augustine in Dialogue: Psychoanalysis, Mysticism, and the Culture of Modern Spirituality. Studies in Religion and Culture. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2013
The purpose of this chapter is: (1) to examine the interrelationship between andragogy and online... more The purpose of this chapter is: (1) to examine the interrelationship between andragogy and online learning; (2) to uncover the hidden challenges to successful online learning for non-traditional students; and (3) to uncover hidden challenges in faculty adoption of online instruction. The authors believe that fear is often the biggest factor which can present itself in a variety of ways. A study was conducted to identify those hidden challenges facing students and faculty who choose not to take or teach online courses. This study identifies how institutions can support students and faculty who desire to take or teach online courses. This study also discusses how online learning is aligned with andragogy1, which traditionally leverages learners’ experience, independence, and interaction (Gibbons & Wentworth, 2001).
Insanity Defenses: From the Jurors' Perspective Norman J. Finkel*, Ray Shaw**, Susan Ber... more Insanity Defenses: From the Jurors' Perspective Norman J. Finkel*, Ray Shaw**, Susan Bercawf and Juliann Kochft The historical debate regarding insanity defenses, a debate which has been rekindled and inflamed in the current smolderings of Hinck-ley, has long been marked by ...
(2000) McDowd et al. The handbook of aging and cognition. Read by researchers in: 67% Psychology,... more (2000) McDowd et al. The handbook of aging and cognition. Read by researchers in: 67% Psychology, 33% Biological Sciences. Chapter: Reviews data related to age differences in attentional competence, primarily those data that have been published since the previous edition ...
The present study examined whether there is a difference in comprehension when reading from compu... more The present study examined whether there is a difference in comprehension when reading from computer-based text versus reading from paper-based text and whether there is any benefit from the ability to take notes and highlight text while reading. In two experiments, students’ reading times and comprehension scores were compared between electronic text and paper text excerpted from a popular psychology textbook. In the first experiment, students were only allowed to read, while the second experiment allowed the use of highlighting and note-taking. The results revealed no significant difference in reading times and comprehension scores across conditions. More important, there was no significant difference in highlighting and note-taking across text formats. Overall, comprehension was poor and this may reflect highlighting and note-taking as ineffective or rather the type of behavior when engaging in these types of reading aids should be reconsidered. Alternatively, poor comprehension ...
Many colleges and universities understand that in order to stay relevant in this time of declinin... more Many colleges and universities understand that in order to stay relevant in this time of declining enrollments, and with an increase in non-traditional student populations, curricula must be developed in ways to accommodate them. According to Jacobson and Harris (2008), non-traditional students make up between half and 75% of the students enrolled as undergraduates. Many institutions may launch online learning environments attempting to cater to the non-traditional learner. Given the flexibility that online learning offers, one might expect that most non-traditional students will gravitate toward this option. However, organizations are identifying
Several related experiments are being conducted to investigate human performance in an image proc... more Several related experiments are being conducted to investigate human performance in an image processing and interpretation task. In this task, users select operators from a set of image enhancement transformations in order to modify an image and facilitate interpretation. In several trials, subjects were required to identify images of ship hulls as belonging to one of four categories. Operator sequences, selection times, and categorization responses were recorded. Subjects adopted strategies that lead to the enhancement of spatial frequencies important for the categorization task. The strategies were easily identified, emerged in an orderly manner, and changed in predictable ways in response to changes in the frequency content of the task images. We are currently developing a production-based model to account for the operator sequences and selection times.
Review of William B. Parsons\u27 Freud and Augustine in Dialogue: Psychoanalysis, Mysticism, and ... more Review of William B. Parsons\u27 Freud and Augustine in Dialogue: Psychoanalysis, Mysticism, and the Culture of Modern Spirituality. Studies in Religion and Culture. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2013
The purpose of this chapter is: (1) to examine the interrelationship between andragogy and online... more The purpose of this chapter is: (1) to examine the interrelationship between andragogy and online learning; (2) to uncover the hidden challenges to successful online learning for non-traditional students; and (3) to uncover hidden challenges in faculty adoption of online instruction. The authors believe that fear is often the biggest factor which can present itself in a variety of ways. A study was conducted to identify those hidden challenges facing students and faculty who choose not to take or teach online courses. This study identifies how institutions can support students and faculty who desire to take or teach online courses. This study also discusses how online learning is aligned with andragogy1, which traditionally leverages learners’ experience, independence, and interaction (Gibbons & Wentworth, 2001).
Insanity Defenses: From the Jurors' Perspective Norman J. Finkel*, Ray Shaw**, Susan Ber... more Insanity Defenses: From the Jurors' Perspective Norman J. Finkel*, Ray Shaw**, Susan Bercawf and Juliann Kochft The historical debate regarding insanity defenses, a debate which has been rekindled and inflamed in the current smolderings of Hinck-ley, has long been marked by ...
(2000) McDowd et al. The handbook of aging and cognition. Read by researchers in: 67% Psychology,... more (2000) McDowd et al. The handbook of aging and cognition. Read by researchers in: 67% Psychology, 33% Biological Sciences. Chapter: Reviews data related to age differences in attentional competence, primarily those data that have been published since the previous edition ...
The present study examined whether there is a difference in comprehension when reading from compu... more The present study examined whether there is a difference in comprehension when reading from computer-based text versus reading from paper-based text and whether there is any benefit from the ability to take notes and highlight text while reading. In two experiments, students’ reading times and comprehension scores were compared between electronic text and paper text excerpted from a popular psychology textbook. In the first experiment, students were only allowed to read, while the second experiment allowed the use of highlighting and note-taking. The results revealed no significant difference in reading times and comprehension scores across conditions. More important, there was no significant difference in highlighting and note-taking across text formats. Overall, comprehension was poor and this may reflect highlighting and note-taking as ineffective or rather the type of behavior when engaging in these types of reading aids should be reconsidered. Alternatively, poor comprehension ...
Many colleges and universities understand that in order to stay relevant in this time of declinin... more Many colleges and universities understand that in order to stay relevant in this time of declining enrollments, and with an increase in non-traditional student populations, curricula must be developed in ways to accommodate them. According to Jacobson and Harris (2008), non-traditional students make up between half and 75% of the students enrolled as undergraduates. Many institutions may launch online learning environments attempting to cater to the non-traditional learner. Given the flexibility that online learning offers, one might expect that most non-traditional students will gravitate toward this option. However, organizations are identifying
Several related experiments are being conducted to investigate human performance in an image proc... more Several related experiments are being conducted to investigate human performance in an image processing and interpretation task. In this task, users select operators from a set of image enhancement transformations in order to modify an image and facilitate interpretation. In several trials, subjects were required to identify images of ship hulls as belonging to one of four categories. Operator sequences, selection times, and categorization responses were recorded. Subjects adopted strategies that lead to the enhancement of spatial frequencies important for the categorization task. The strategies were easily identified, emerged in an orderly manner, and changed in predictable ways in response to changes in the frequency content of the task images. We are currently developing a production-based model to account for the operator sequences and selection times.
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