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NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES JOURNAL

Volume 35, #2

Las Vegas 2007 National Technology and Social Science Conference

Table of Contents

Instructional Leadership Relationships for Learning: Voices of Teachers of
At-Risk Students
Warren Aller, Western Washington University, E. Jane Irons, Lamar University 

Educating Students about Asian Americans: Addressing Misrepresentation and Myth in University Texts
Mark Beeman, James Severin, Geeta Chowdhry, Northern Arizona University

Factors Affecting Asset Allocation Decisions in Defined Contribution Pension Plans
Richard F. Bieker, Delaware State University

The Effects of a Self-Determination Intervention on Youth Explanatory Style and Depressive Features
David G. Bruno, University College of the Fraser Valley

No Child Left Behind: Grading the Four Areas of Education Reform
Dan Fennerty, Central Washington University

Podcasting for Professors
Harvey C. Foyle, Marcus D. Childress, Emporia State University

The Socially Constructed, but Scientifically Conclusive “Human Genome Project” as Presented in Biology Textbooks: A Content Analysis
Jeffery M. Hawkins, Oklahoma State University

Case Study Methodology and Teaching Critical Thinking:
Challenges, Charms and Cooperation

Ray Heitzmann, Villanova University

Creating Podcast E-Broadcast for Teaching & Learning
Janet Holland, Marcus Childress, Emporia State University

Improved Long-Term Retention for Identical and Similar Material found on
Chapter Quizzes
Bryan H. Hoyt, Ilie P. Vasilescu, Kristina Feeser, James Horton,
University of Virginia’s College at Wise

Social Economics
Roberto Marie Ike, Lincoln University

The Killer Rabbit and the Cheshire Cat: Understanding the limits of Instructional
Technology
Charles M. Jones, Union College, Dennis Rader, Kentucky State University

Contract with America: Promise Made? Promise Kept?
H.R. Mahood and Ramona M. Mahood, The University of Memphis

Assessment and Team Learning in a Graduate Managerial Economics Course
Martin Milkman, Murray State University

Environmental Education Curriculum to Accompany K-2 Field Trips to AirlieGardens
and the Benefits of Environment-Based Education at the Elementary Level
Melissa J. Milstead, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Identity and Values During the Extended Adolescent Period
Edward J. Murray, Carol A. Puthoff Murray, Kent State University Ashtabula
Meghan P. Murray. Alliant International University 

Pre-service Teacher Training in Computer Technology Integration for
Classroom Instruction
Charles E. Notar, Janell D. Wilson, Jordan Barkley, Jacksonville State University

Ethnic Diversity in Television Daytime Dramas: Preliminary Findings
Robert W. Pineda-Volk, Shippensburg University

Remittance Patterns to Latin American and Caribbean Countries: Sending Money to the Family Left Behind
Magdalena Rappl, Tennessee Technology University

Alternative Instructional Strategies and Delivery Environment for High
School Students
Carol M. Shepherd, National University

The Enrollment Gap Between Male and Female Students in Post-Secondary Education Continues
Edward A. Sullivan, Catherine L. Keating, Providence College
Rose L. Sullivan, North Attleborough School Dept. (Ret.)

Alcohol Abuse Among College Students
R. Wade Wheeler, Texas State University

Study of a Site-Based University and Probation Department Literacy Program
Laura Young and Mary Jo Skillings, California State University, San Bernardino

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