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This paper reports the outcomes of an empirical study undertaken to investigate the effect of students’ cognitive styles on
achievement in measurement tasks in a dynamic geometry learning environment, and to explore the ability of dynamic geometry
learning in accommodating different cognitive styles and enhancing students’ learning. A total of 49 6th grade students were
tested using the VICS and the extended CSA-WA tests (Peterson, Verbal imagery cognitive styles and extended cognitive style analysis-wholistic analytic test—Administration guide. New Zealand: Peterson, 2005) for cognitive styles. The same students were also administered a pre-test and a post-test involving 20 measurement tasks.
All students were taught a unit in measurement (area of triangles and parallelograms) with the use of dynamic geometry, after
a pre-test. As expected, the dynamic geometry software seems to accommodate different cognitive styles and enhances students’
learning. However, contrary to expectations, verbalisers and wholist/verbalisers gained more in their measurement achievement
in the environment of dynamic geometry than students who had a tendency towards other cognitive styles. The results are discussed
in terms of the nature of the measurement tasks administered to the students. 相似文献
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In this Forum paper we synthesize some of the main ideas from three papers: Auli Orlander and Per-Olof Wickman’s (Cult Stud
Sci 6, 2011), Bodily experiences in secondary school biology, Roger Sages’ (Cult Stud Sci Educ 6, 2011), About Descartes: Uses and misuses, and Steve Alsop’s (Cult Stud Sci Educ 6, 2011), The body bites back! These papers challenged us to identify how emotions functioned as elements of bodily experiences in classroom transactions
and why science teachers often are not responsive to students’ emoting. We also explored how teachers making use of curriculum and companion meanings could support the construction of learning
environments that more productively support students’ science learning. 相似文献
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The purpose of the study is to compare problem based learning (PBL) and lecture-based learning (LBL) in Hong Kong secondary
students’ science achievement. Secondary One students were divided into two groups: group A (n = 37), was taught two topics: “Human Reproduction” and “Density” through PBL; group B (n = 38) was taught the same topics by LBL. Multiple choice questions and short structured response items were used to assess
students’ academic performance. Pre and post tests were categorized into three domains: knowledge, comprehension and application
according to Bloom’s Taxonomy (Bloom 1956). The results of this study suggest first that PBL is at least as effective as LBL in gaining the knowledge required to achieve
the syllabus’ learning objectives; secondly, the PBL group shows a significant improvement in students’ comprehension and
application of knowledge over an extended time. Seemingly, PBL is favored for knowledge retention compared to a more conventional
teaching approach, by these early adolescent children in Hong Kong. An ongoing longitudinal study on students’ interactions
will further determine whether students taught through PBL develop improved learning in relation to high order skills, in
a local situation which still tends to focus on factual recall but where higher skills are being demanded by systemic reform. 相似文献
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Patricia M. Cooper 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2007,34(5):315-322
Today’s emphasis on using children’s literature as a tool to teach reading and writing sub-skills distracts teachers’ attention
from looking to children’s books for their historical role in helping children navigate the intellectual, social, and emotional
terrains of childhood. This article argues, first, that early childhood educators must remain fluent in the use of literature
that supports young children’s psychosocial development. Second, teachers must establish criteria for choice. By way of example,
it examines two popular books for young children, Sendak’s (1963) Where the Wild Things Are [New York: HarperCollins Publishers] and Shannon’s (1998) No, David! [New York: Blue Sky Press] Three theoretical perspectives guide the analysis. The first combines Dewey’s (1938/97) [Experience and education. New York:Touchstone] impetus for learning and Vygotsky’s (1978) [Mind in society. Cambridge: Harvard University Press] theory that learning precedes development through scaffolded social
interaction. The second is Erikson’s (1950, 1985) [Childhood and society. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.] theory of psychosocial development in light of the
4–6-year-old’s drive towards self-regulation, control, and independence. The third is Rosenblatt’s (1978) [The reader, the text, the poem. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English] transactional nature of reading. 相似文献
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Frans ?rsted Andersen 《Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability》2010,22(2):159-175
The research project presented in this article was designed to provide a better understanding of the stable and significant
differences in the PISA results between two otherwise very similar Nordic welfare states, Denmark and Finland. In the PISA
studies, Finnish students repeatedly achieve the highest Nordic (and partly worldwide) scores in e.g. reading, science and
math, while Danish students score lower. Even though Denmark has one of the world’s most expensive educational systems, the
OECD ranks the Finnish school system as the world’s best both in terms of quality and equity (OECD 2004). The basic research question is why these differences continue to persist. The case study methodology was mainly inspired by Kirsti Klette’s classroom research (Klette 2003) which involves both interviews and observations. Thus, the overall design could be labeled mixed methods (Johnson and Onwuegbuzie Educational Researcher, 33(7): 14-26, 2004). Five regular public schools in each country were sampled for the comparative classroom studies. The basic theoretical approaches
follow Hundeide’s theory of pedagogical communication and relations (2003) and Csikszentmihalyi’s flow-theory (1992). Both this study and statistical studies (S?rensen 2008) show that the difference in the Danish and Finnish PISA results mainly consists in the relatively better score by the lowest
scoring 25% of the Finnish pupils compared to the lowest scoring Danish quartile. The results of this study point to a number
of possible classroom related reasons why the Finnish school system can produce a better outcome for the lowest scoring quartile
of pupils. These reasons are presented and discussed in the article. The study underlines the need to focus more on good classroom
management in Denmark—and recommends further international, comparative research in order better to understand the huge differences
shown in large scale international programmes such as PISA, PIRLS and TIMMS. The study also reveal the need for more knowledge
about inclusive classroom practices, the use of teacher assistants and free, healthy school meals for all pupils. 相似文献
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Mary Margaret Capraro Robert M. Capraro Z. Ebrar Yetkiner Alma F. Rangel-Chavez Chance W. Lewis 《The Urban Review》2010,42(3):193-209
Hispanic students, born both inside and outside the United States, comprise over 80% of the US English language learner population.
The difference in mathematics achievement among Hispanic students and other populations has been well documented. As a result,
it is important to understand the effects of using standards-based mathematics curriculum with high school Hispanic students.
Mathematics achievement scores from the Colorado Student Assessment Program and Measurement of Academic Progress for Hispanic
9th and 10th grade students (n = 1,318) who used the Core-Plus Mathematics Program were compared to the progress of other student demographics (n = 2,003) who used the same curriculum. In following the recommendations of the National Research Council (On evaluation curricular
effectiveness: judging the effectiveness of K-12 mathematics evaluations. National Academies Press, Washington, DC 2005), a meta-analysis (Glass in Educ Res 5:3–8, 1976) of Hispanic students using National Science Foundation Funded (NSFF) curricula was conducted to contextualize this study’s
findings within the findings of previous studies. The results of this study indicated that Hispanic students have shown modest
gains; however, their relative position compared to other ethnic groups is unremarkable. The meta-analysis Cohen’s d results ranged from +.673 (SE = .131) to −.670 (SE = .045) with slightly positive effects for Hispanic students using an
NSFF curriculum when compared to those not using an NSFF curriculum (.043, SE = .012). 相似文献
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Laura Black Julian Williams Paul Hernandez-Martinez Pauline Davis Maria Pampaka Geoff Wake 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2010,73(1):55-72
The construct of identity has been used widely in mathematics education in order to understand how students (and teachers)
relate to and engage with the subject (Kaasila, 2007; Sfard & Prusak, 2005; Boaler, 2002). Drawing on cultural historical activity theory (CHAT), this paper adopts Leont’ev’s notion of leading activity in order to explore the key ‘significant’ activities that are implicated in the development of students’ reflexive understanding
of self and how this may offer differing relations with mathematics. According to Leont’ev (1981), leading activities are those which are significant to the development of the individual’s psyche through the emergence
of new motives for engagement. We suggest that alongside new motives for engagement comes a new understanding of self—a leading identity—which reflects a hierarchy of our motives. Narrative analysis of interviews with two students (aged 16–17 years old) in post-compulsory
education, Mary and Lee, are presented. Mary holds a stable ‘vocational’ leading identity throughout her narrative and, thus,
her motive for studying mathematics is defined by its ‘use value’ in terms of pursuing this vocation. In contrast, Lee develops
a leading identity which is focused on the activity of studying and becoming a university student. As such, his motive for
study is framed in terms of the exchange value of the qualifications he hopes to obtain. We argue that this empirical grounding
of leading activity and leading identity offers new insights into students’ identity development. 相似文献
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Anne-Marie Nu?ez Elizabeth Murakami Ramalho Kimberley K. Cuero 《Innovative Higher Education》2010,35(3):177-190
Three female tenure-track faculty members at a Hispanic-Serving Institution explored how their cultural backgrounds inform
their pedagogical approaches toward equity. They drew upon Mills’s (1959) and Collins’s (1993) frameworks to examine how their personal biographies, local social contexts, and broader systemic institutions affect their
teaching processes for diverse students. These teaching processes include limiting assumptions about students, encouraging
students to consider their own personal biographies in relation to the social world, welcoming students’ multiple modes of
expression, serving as role models, and challenging inequities in schooling. They conclude with recommendations for enhancing
inclusivity in student learning and faculty development. 相似文献
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The present study aims to analyse the complex relationships between the relevant constructs of students’ demographic background,
perceptions, learning patterns and (proxy measures of) learning outcomes in order to delineate the possible direct, indirect,
or spurious effects among them. The analytical methodology is substantively framed against the studies of Richardson (British
Journal of Educational Psychology 76:867–893, 2006, Higher Education 54:385–416, 2007) that utilised a regression-based methodology to infer the possible causal relationships among the relevant learning constructs.
A composite research instrument, written in Chinese and derived from the Inventory of Learning Styles (ILS) and the Course
Experience Questionnaire (CEQ), was used to collect students’ feedback on their perceptions of the learning environment and
their learning patterns. Valid responses were obtained from 1,572 students studying at six institutions in the post-secondary
education sector in Hong Kong, a new response-context for both the CEQ and the ILS. In adapting the research instruments to
a new Chinese response-context, the findings are generally consistent with those reported in other published works (e.g. no
relationship between students’ demographic background and their satisfaction with the programme, and a significant relationship
between students’ exhibition of undirected learning patterns and low expected performance), but there are also some noteworthy
discrepancies. The findings therefore buttress the confidence with which an ILS-based General Theoretical Model of student
learning, adapted from Richardson (British Journal of Educational Psychology 76:867–893, 2006, Higher Education 54:385–416, 2007), may be used to conceptualise and interpret the dynamics of variation across different cultural response-contexts. While
the CEQ provides some valuable complementary insights, it is an instrument that requires further development in the response-context
of the present study. 相似文献
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Kok-Mun Ng Shannon D. Smith 《International journal for the advancement of counseling》2012,34(1):72-86
This research partially replicated Nilsson and Anderson’s Professional Psychology: Research and Practice (2004) study on training and supervising international students. It investigated the relationships among international counseling
students’ training level, acculturation, supervisory working alliance (SWA), counseling self-efficacy (COSE), role ambiguity
(RA) and multicultural discussion (MD) in supervision. In the present study (N = 71), two acculturation variables and RA predicted SWA. SWA and MD did not predict COSE, while language use in acculturation
did. Training level differences were only associated with COSE. Findings indicate that supervisors should attend to role ambiguity
and multicultural issues when supervising international students, including acculturation issues and their impact on students’
performance. Results are discussed against Nilsson and Anderson’s original study and the implications for supervision of international
counseling students. 相似文献
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Stephen Rushton Anne Juola-Rushton Elizabeth Larkin 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2010,37(5):351-361
Paralleling the works of Cambourne’s Conditions of Literacy Learning (The Reading Teacher, 54(4), 414–429, 2001), Copple and Bredekamp’s (Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth though
age. National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, 2009) Developmentally Appropriate Practices and the findings from the field of Neuroscience this article explores the important
components of creating an active, stimulating learning environment; one purposely designed to actively engage the minds of
young children in order to help strengthen their neurological networks. The article concludes its exploration with the role
of “mirror neurons” in the learning environment and how they affect the young child's mood, emotions, and empathy. 相似文献
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The 21st century as a digital age is characterized by the increased accessibility of information and knowledge through the
medium of sophisticated technological tools. The main aim of this article is to show how educational technology can be used
effectively to help students construct knowledge when teaching Islamic studies in the UK. The first part of this paper summarizes
the differences between information sharing and knowledge construction with reference to the essence of knowledge as Aristotelian
‘episteme’ (theoretical knowledge) and technê (practical knowledge: know-how); and the extent which the former process is created by the use of Information Technology
(IT) while the latter is enhanced by Educational Technology (ET). The second part explores how ET can be used effectively
to ‘provide training in critical and creative thinking skills of students’ as an integral part of producing useful tools and
generating practical benefit during their learning process (Felder et al. 2000, p. 26; Callaos 2009, p. 3). The third, then, explains why a student centred and research-based teaching is preferred to traditional research-led
method in order to support the construction of knowledge. The paper concludes by presenting some reflections and limitations
on how effective use of ET and research-based teaching can help students to become critical thinkers while studying Islam
and Middle Eastern politics as part of international politics curriculum in the UK. 相似文献
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Jeffrey Alan Greene Lara-Jeane Costa Kristin Dellinger 《Metacognition and Learning》2011,6(3):275-301
Researchers often use measures of the frequency of self-regulated learning (SRL; Zimmerman, American Educational Research Journal, 45(1), 166–183, 2000) processing as a predictor of learning gains. These frequency data, which are really counts of SRL processing events, are
often non-normally distributed, and the accurate analysis of these data requires the use of specialized statistical models.
In this study, we demonstrate how to implement and interpret count statistical models in path and latent profile analyses
to investigate the role of SRL as a mediator of the relation between pretest and posttest conceptual understanding. Our findings
from a sample of 170 college students using a computer to learn about the circulatory system show that SRL does mediate the
aforementioned relation, and that count models are a more accurate representation of SRL processing data than standard analysis
models based on ordinary least squares estimation. The results of our path analyses revealed which specific SRL processes
were related to learning, above and beyond the effect of prior knowledge. Our latent profile analysis revealed two groups
of participants, indicative of Brophy’s (2004) model of schematic and aschematic learners. We conclude with implications and future directions for basic and applied SRL
research. 相似文献
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Cecil Robinson 《The Urban Review》2007,39(2):191-216
This paper considers how one teacher educator, Dr. Gomez, took up revisionist history and inquiry in her social studies methods
classroom. The concepts of figured worlds (Holland et al., 1998) [Holland, D., Lachicotte, W. Jr., Skinner, D., & Cain, C. (1998). Identity and agency in cultural worlds. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press], and artifacts and mediation (Holland & Cole, 1995; Vygotsky 1978, 1986) [Holland, D., & Cole, M. (1995). Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 26(4), 465–490; Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; Vygotsky, L. S. (1986). Thought and language. Boston: The MIT Press] are used to present a case study. The study focuses on the artifacts that made up the figured world
of history learning in Dr. Gomez’s social studies methods class and the learner identities afforded by this context. The purpose
of this study is two-fold: (a) explore how teacher education classes can recruit primarily white, middle class students into
a figured world of history learning that is culturally congruent with urban settings, and (b) demonstrate the application
of the figured worlds framework to the study of learning in a teacher preparation program.
Cecil Robinson is an assistant professor of educational psychology at The University of Alabama. His research focuses on social
studies teaching and learning, technology, democracy, and hope. Address correspondence to Cecil Robinson, Campus Box 870231,
Department of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research and Counseling, College of Education, The University of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0231, USA; e-mail: crobinso@bamaed.ua.edu 相似文献
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This paper argues that Amartya Sen’s (Development as freedom, New York: Random House, 1999) concept of “capabilities” provides a useful framework for interpreting the brokering of learning provisions that emerged
as a key feature of reforms to education and training in Queensland (Australia) for young people. Sen’s capability approach
is presented as a way of understanding the place of vocational learning in capability deprivation and enhancement. Methodologically,
this account comes from a case study of the reforms’ birthing and trial phases (2000–2006) (Harreveld and Singh 2007, Queensland’s education and training reforms for the future: the journey so far in senior phase learning. Brisbane, Qld: Department of Education, Training and the Arts). Evidence about the brokering of learning provision for young
people comes from Queensland’s youth support coordinators, community mentoring scheme, flexible learning services and a work
readiness program.
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Brian R. Belland Krista D. Glazewski Jennifer C. Richardson 《Instructional Science》2011,39(5):667-694
Students engaged in problem-based learning (PBL) units solve ill-structured problems in small groups, and then present arguments
in support of their solution. However, middle school students often struggle developing evidence-based arguments (Krajcik
et al., J Learn Sci 7:313–350, 1998). Using a mixed method design, the researchers examined the use of computer-based argumentation scaffolds, called the Connection Log, to help middle school students build evidence-based arguments. Specifically we investigated (a) the impact of computer-based
argumentation scaffolds on middle school students’ construction of evidence-based arguments during a PBL unit, and (b) scaffold
use among members of two small groups purposefully chosen for case studies. Data sources included a test of argument evaluation
ability, persuasive presentation rating scores, informal observations, videotaped class sessions, and retrospective interviews.
Findings included a significant simple main effect on argument evaluation ability among lower-achieving students, and use
of the scaffolds by the small groups to communicate and keep organized. 相似文献
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In this paper, we examine sixth grade students’ degree of conceptualization of fractions. A specially developed test aimed
to measure students’ understanding of fractions along the three stages proposed by Sfard (1991) was administered to 321 sixth grade students. The Rasch model was applied to specify the reliability of the test across
the sample and cluster analysis to locate groups by facility level. The analysis revealed six such levels. The characteristics
of each level were specified according to Sfard’s framework and the results of the fraction test. Based on our findings, we
draw implications for the learning and teaching of fractions and provide suggestions for future research. 相似文献
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Sylvia Pantaleo 《Children‘s Literature in Education》2012,43(1):51-71
As art objects, picturebooks have the potential to contribute to readers’ aesthetic development. Many scholars and practitioners
have recognized how using picturebooks with older students can augment their reading motivation and extend their understanding
of visual elements of art and design, as well as develop their literacy, language, and thinking skills. The Red Tree (Tan, 2001) was one of the picturebooks used during two multifaceted, classroom-based research projects with Grade 7 students.
The studies explored how the students responded to and interpreted picturebooks and graphic novels with metafictive devices,
and examined how the students transferred their knowledge and understanding of various literary and art elements when creating
their own multimodal print texts. Overall, the content analysis of the students’ written responses to The Red Tree revealed an adoption of an “aesthetic attitude” (Doonan, Looking at Pictures in Picture Books, 1993, p. 11) towards the picturebook. The students’ responses reflected how they positioned themselves as active readers who looked
closely at Tan’s sophisticated and metaphorical paintings, and who embraced a co-authoring role as they interpreted the emotional
landscapes and textual fragments in the picturebook. The article concludes with a discussion of several pedagogical issues
associated with using picturebooks in middle years’ classrooms. 相似文献