The Determinants of Web Use Within an Economics Principles Course

This article considers the determinants of student access of a specific course Web site from a Principles of Macroeconomics course. As they prepare for the course's in-class exams, students may choose either or both of two Web resource types, a dynamic resource (interactive multiple choice practice exams) or various static resources. The article addresses two related questions. First, we ask whether a given set of characteristics affects the access of these different Web site resources similarly. Second, we explore the influence of certain student characteristics on the student decision to access a given Web resource. In general terms, our findings suggest results that are consistent with existing studies of how students learn. Our results also suggest that a greater diversity of resources will, in fact, elicit wider use of one's course Web site.     

Playing Healthy, Staying Healthy: A Prevention Program for Contagious Disease

This article provides guidelines for creating and promoting healthy environments in early childhood education in order to prevent and control the spread of contagious disease. Illness prevention strategies are offered along with practical suggestions for health education curriculum. Resources for children and adults are included for further reading.     

Implementing School Restructuring in the Inner City

The purpose of this research was to examine school reform at a local level. Our analysis centered on the impact that the Accelerated Schools model had on two inner-city elementary schools in New Orleans. Key to our interpretation was addressing prevalent social issues, including poverty, racism, and single-parent families, embedded in everyday life in urban communities. The findings illuminate the need to resolve racial, social, and ideological conflicts for school change to take root in inner-city schools.     

公园里的依稀身影

本文是一篇怀念美国前总统里根的文章,让我们通过普通百姓的眼光来看一下美国民众心目中的伟大形象。