Front Cover Table of Contents: Student Perceptions, Beliefs, and Attitudes Editorial:Seeing Education Through the Eyes of Students Student Perceptions: Agents of Interaction in Distance Classes / 6 Lorraine C. Schmertzing, Valdosta State University, GA Richard W. Schmertzing, Valdosta State University, GA Enhancing Students' Sensibilities of Membership, Connection, Responsibility, and Purpose / 12 Maureen Porter, University of Pittsburgh, PA Liora Rapoport, University of Pittsburgh, PA Student Stories of Ideal Science Lessons / 18 Scott Robinson, SUNY Brockport Students' Perceptions of Special Education Service Delivery Models / 25 Marie Tejero Hughes, University of Miami, FL Linda Saumell, University of Miami, FL Jane Sinagub, University of Miami, FL Creating a First Year Seminar In Business / 32 Warren Schlesinger, Ithaca College Alan Cohen, Ithaca College Donald Lifton, Ithaca College Factors Influencing Student Understanding of Computer?Supported Classroom Activities / 37 Mary L. Stephen, Saint Louis University, MO Key Factors in Adolescent Distributed Learning / 43 Julia E. W. Hengstler, Royal Roads University, Canada Passing the Torch: Developing Students' Professional Identity through Connected Narratives / 51 Robin A. Mello, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater Preadolescents' Expectations for the Timing of Responsibilities and Privileges / 58 Rosalinda Quintanar Sarellana, San José State University, CA Deborah N. Wood, San José State University, CA Composition, Critical Thinking, and Social Constructs: Writing about Gender / 62 Teresa Burns Murphy, Lyon College, AR Attitudes and Perceptions about Diversity among Counselor Education Graduate Students / 66 Rose Marie Hoffman, California State University, Long Beach A comparison of high achievers' and low achievers' attitudes, perceptions, and motivations / 71 D. Betsy McCoach, University of Connecticut Del Siegle, University of Connecticut Intentional Forgiveness in Experiential Education: A Technique for Reconciling Interpersonal Relationships / 77 Matthew Mitchell, Gonzaga University, WA Shann R. Ferch, Gonzaga University, WA Maintaining Students' Sense of Community in a Multiversity / 83 Tony Atwater, Northern Kentucky University, KY Dave Meabon, University of Toledo, OH Penny Poplin Gosetti, University of Toledo, OH Derrick Manns, Madonna University, MI From a Grammar of Sentences to a Grammar of Texts: Thoughts and Impressions on Grammar and Writing / 90 Lahcen E. Ezzaher, University of Northern Colorado Examining Poor and Affluent Students' Perceptions of Academic Achievement / 95 Adam Howard, Antioch College, OH Mathematics Autobiographies: A Window into Beliefs, Values, and Past Mathematics Experiences of Preservice Teachers / 101 Julie A. Sliva, San Jose State University, CA Cheryl Roddick, San Jose State University, CA Communication, Humor, and Personality: Student's Attitudes to Learning Online / 108 Diane J. Goldsmith, Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium College Students' Utilization and Perceptions of Disability Support Services / 113 Terri A. Forsbach, Arkansas State University Jennifer Rice Mason, Arkansas State University Program Completion Barriers Faced by Adult Learners in Higher Education / 120 Brit Osgood-Treston, Riverside Community College, CA Cooperative Education within a Liberal Arts Tradition / 125 Adam Howard, Antioch College, OH Patricia Linn, Antioch College, OH Dramatic History or Historical Drama? / 133 Ray E. Scrubber, Indiana University The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Undergraduate Distance Education / 138 Elizabeth A. Buchanan, University of Wisconsin A Learning Styles View of Success: Perceive and Achieve! / 144 Heide Hlawaty, St. John's University, NY Teacher Student Interactions and Teacher Competence in Primary Science / 148 Bruce G. Waldrip, La Trobe University, Australia Darrell L. Fisher, Curtin University, Perth, Australia Taking A Stand: Students Choose "Community Based Learning" / 154 Bonnie M. Winfield, Mt. Holyoke College, MA Students' Perspectives and Merit Pay Systems for K-12 Teachers / 159 Olivia F. Porter, The College of Saint Rose, NY James D. Allen, The College of Saint Rose, NY Mathematics Self-efficacy Performance Discrepancies of Underprepared (Developmental) and Regular Admission College Students / 167 Dawn B. Young, Bossier Parish Community College, TX Kathryn Ley, University of Houston - Clear Lake, TX Science Autobiographies: What non-science majors tell us about science education / 176 Gail E. Gasparich, Towson University, MD M. Paz Galupo, Towson University, MD Perspectives of Adult Learners on Returning to College: A Study of Tenacious Persisters / 181 Laura G. Hensley, Louisiana State University, LA Kevin Kinser, Louisiana State University, LA The Organization of the Concept of Knowledge / 187 Chun Wah Lee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Path to Lifelong Learning: A Case for Preservice Teacher Research / 193 Rebecca Clemente, North Central College, IL Iris Nierenberg Palazesi, Florida Department of Education, FL Student Voice Notes from the Literature Core Curriculum Trenches / 199 Steve Long, Southern Illinois University, IL Columns Teaching Mindfully: Teaching with Authority / 119 Heather Ann Ackley Bean, Azusa Pacific University Perspectives: Technology and the Human Factor: Providing the Personal Touch Louie Edmundson, Chattanooga State Technical Community College Subject Editor: Rosaria Caporrimo, Ph.D. Back Cover design: Kappa Waugh, Vassar College, NYPromotion and selection process
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