The Role of Historical-Philosophical Controversies in Teaching Sciences: The Debate Between Biot and Ampère     

Marco Braga  Andreia Guerra  José Claudio Reis 《Science & Education》2012,21(6):921-934

This paper evaluates the viability of using controversies in teaching. An educational project has been elaborated in which some historical-philosophical clashes were introduced into the classical syllabus of physics. The historical-philosophical controversy dealt with here, took place between the French physicists Biot and Ampère in the 19th century and referred to distinct interpretations of the Oersted experiment. This controversy was inserted into the syllabus of the 12th grade of a Brazilian secondary school.  相似文献   

Effective formative e-assessment of student learning: a study on a statistics course     

Paula Hodgson  Marco Y.C. Pang 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》2012,37(2):215-225

The process of formative assessment in universities has the potential to engage students in reflection and to take greater ownership of their learning. We report on a study involving 104 students taking a statistics course in a degree programme in rehabilitation science in Hong Kong. The assessment strategy was redesigned to include a weekly online formative assessment activity for 10 weeks. In this case, it was observed that there was a high participation rate across weeks. An end-of-course online survey was conducted to explore the learning experiences during formative assessment of the cohort, and students reported high satisfaction with the process, particularly how this contributed to a change in their learning approach. Students not only showed regular commitment of time on tasks but also took active steps to find answers for themselves and with their peers.  相似文献   

Influence of verb and noun bases on reading aloud derived nouns: evidence from children with good and poor reading skills     

Daniela Traficante  Marco Marelli  Claudio Luzzatti  Cristina Burani 《Reading and writing》2014,27(7):1303-1326

Several studies on children and adults with and without linguistic impairment have reported differences between verb and noun processing. The present study assessed whether noun and verb bases affect differently children’s reading of derived words. Thirty-six Italian good readers and 18 poor readers, all 4th or 5th graders, were asked to read aloud nouns derived from either a noun base (e.g., artista, artist) or a verb base (e.g., punizione, punishment). Word and base frequency affected latencies only for deverbal nouns, while an effect of word length emerged for denominal nouns and an inhibitory effect of suffix length was found for both types of stimuli. A high base frequency and a high whole-word frequency both led to higher levels of accuracy. Verb bases led to higher error rates than noun bases. Poor readers, although slower and less accurate than good readers, showed a pattern of results similar to that of typically developing readers. Data confirm that in 4th and 5th graders morphological decomposition may affect reading aloud of long complex words, and that the grammatical class of the base can modulate this effect.  相似文献   

The Name of the Rose: A Path to Discuss the Birth of Modern Science     

Andreia Guerra  Marco Braga 《Science & Education》2014,23(3):643-654

Various science education researchers believe that science tuition should include some discussion about how science has developed over time. Therefore, deliberations about the nature of science should be integrated in the science curriculum. Many researchers argue that teaching the history of science is a good way to place the nature of science in science classes. This paper contributes to this debate and argues the importance of having young students study the birth of modern science. Such study could allow students to understand that some of the issues about the nature of science arose in the seventeenth century with the birth of modern science. To achieve this purpose, it is important to discuss the different factors that immersed the birth of modern science. To accomplish this goal, the novel The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco may be used. Beyond introducing issues surrounding the nature of science, this strategy could help overcome the separation between the arts and humanities in education.  相似文献   

An international structure for library education     

Guy A. Marco 《International Information and Library Review》2013,45(4):357-363

The training of information personnel at the middle level in Africa is discussed. The data were derived from the latest issues of the prospectuses of the library schools at the University of Ibadan and Botswana as well as a questionnaire designed to ascertain the characteristics of the trainees in both institutions. The study reveals that the curricula of both schools extend beyond preparing trainees for the techniques and processes of a library. The trainees in both schools have sufficient educational background and library/information work experience to enable them to manage the many one-man libraries scattered all over Africa effectively, after undergoing the diploma training. It is recommended that an amalgam of the curricula of both schools can be made the standard curriculum for any institution involved in a training programme for information personnel at this level.  相似文献   

History of Communication Technology     

Marco Nese  Francesco Nicotra  Charles A. Pleasance  Aaron Foisi Nmungwun  Heather E. Hudson 《Communication Booknotes Quarterly》2013,44(2):48-49

Antonio Meucci 1808–1889 by Marco Nese and Francesco Nicotra (Italy/Italy Magazine, 150 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10011—price not given, ISBN not provided)

The Spirit of Independent Telephony by Charles A. Pleasance (Independent Telephone Books, PO Box 321, Johnson City, TN 37601—$29.50, ISBN 0-9622205-0-7)

Video Recording Technology: Its Impact on Media and Home Entertainment by Aaron Foisi Nmungwun (Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1989—$49.95/$24.95, ISBN 0-0858-0360-2 hard, and 0-8058-0622-9 paper)

Communication Satellites: Their Development and Impact by Heather E. Hudson (New York: Free Press, 1990—$24.95, ISBN 0-02-915320-4)  相似文献   

The Hollywood Economist. The Hidden Financial Reality Behind the Movies,by Edward Jay Epstein     

Marco Cucco 《媒体管理杂志》2013,15(4):297-300

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Hide and Seek: Neoliberalizing the State and “Stating” the Neoliberal in the Italian Media System     

Marco Briziarelli 《传播与批判/文化研究》2013,10(3):195-210

The author claims that neoliberal discourse plays “hide and seek” with the state, which appears at the same time absent and present, negated, and necessitated. In order to test its limits, the paper historicizes such discourse by engaging with the Italian case. More specifically, this study examines the most representative figure of Italian neoliberalism, former prime minister and media tycoon, Silvio Berlusconi, and his ambiguous relationship with the state. Drawing on Marx and Gramsci's conceptualization of the state, the paper sheds light on the Italian context as well as the more general characteristics of the neoliberal state.  相似文献   

Building a Better M.I.C.E. Trap: Using Virtual Focus Groups to Assess Subject Guides for Distance Education Students     

Lateka J. Grays  Darcy Del Bosque  Kristen Costello 《图书馆管理杂志》2013,53(3-4):431-453

ABSTRACT

Subject guides are often used as an alternative to in-person library instruction for distance education students. However, when students are not on-campus, it can be difficult to assess if they are getting all of the relevant information they need. In an organization that serves students located across the United States and even outside of the country, a method was needed to assess the effectiveness of library information provided to distance learners on specific topics. The William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration (Hotel College) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), offers a number of on-campus and distance education courses, including classes taught at a satellite campus in Singapore. With diverse course offerings via distance education, the conventions and exhibitions subject area was chosen as a case study. Often referred to as M.I.C.E., the study of meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions in a hospitality context is a major subdiscipline within the Hotel College. After researching different approaches to studying the effectiveness of subject guides, a virtual focus group was chosen to gather feedback from students. This paper will demonstrate how focus groups can be created and how the information gathered can be used to increase effectiveness of subject guides. Readers will discover effective techniques and pitfalls for using virtual focus groups in conjunction with subject guides assessment.  相似文献   

Core–periphery structures in national higher education systems. A cross-country analysis using interlinking data     

Benedetto Lepori  Vitaliano Barberio  Marco Seeber  Isidro Aguillo 《Journal of Informetrics》2013,7(3):622-634

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the structure of national higher education networks in six European countries using interlinking data. We show that national HE systems display a common core–periphery structure, which we explain by the lasting reputational differences in science, as well as the process of expansion and integration of HE systems. Furthermore, we demonstrate that centrality in national networks (coreness) is associated with organizational characteristics, reflecting that interlinking is motivated by access to resources and the status of the organizations concerned, and that national policies impact network structures by influencing the level of inequality in the distribution of resources and status. Finally, we show that, as an outcome of the core–periphery structure, the strength of ties between two HEIs is largely determined by their individual coreness, while the impact of distance is too small-scale to alter the network structure generated by organizational attributes.  相似文献