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Mieke Van Houtte 《课程研究杂志》2013,45(5):603-620

This response to the comment of Abraham on Van Houtte’s study within the differentiation–polarization tradition discusses the difference between her quantitative study and the ethnographic tradition. The quantification of the polarization part of the theory—the anti‐school culture—makes it possible to merge the differentiation–polarization tradition with the research examining the consequences of educational stratification on students’ achievement. This is presented as the major contribution of Van Houtte’s research. In addition, the study strengthens the findings of the case‐study approach and consolidates the differentiation–polarization theory. The complementarity of both approaches—large‐scale multi‐site and case‐study—is stressed.  相似文献   

School type and academic culture: evidence for the differentiation–polarization theory     

Mieke Van Houtte 《课程研究杂志》2013,45(3):273-292

Several decades ago it was shown that the differentiation of pupils into tracks and streams led to a polarization into ‘anti‐school’ and ‘pro‐school’ cultures. Support for this differentiation–polarization theory is mainly based on case studies. This paper presents findings of a quantitative study in Belgium (Flanders). Attention is given to the conceptualization of the polarization component of the differentiation–polarization theory. The findings suggest that the culture of pupils is less study‐oriented in technical/vocational schools than in general (grammar) schools. The differentiation–polarization theory also applies to school staffs: the staff culture is less academically‐oriented in technical/vocational schools than in general schools. Moreover, staffs' attitudes towards pupils—their judgements on the teachability of pupils and the trust they place in pupils—are different.  相似文献   

Grade retention and its association with school misconduct in adolescence: a multilevel approach     

Jannick Demanet  Mieke Van Houtte 《School Effectiveness & School Improvement》2013,24(4):417-434

Few studies with respect to grade retention and school-disruptive behavior have focused on adolescence. Moreover, previous retention research has ignored multilevel issues. This study aims to fill these research lacunae by addressing the role of grade retention in adolescent students' school misconduct. Furthermore, we explore the role of the percentage of retained students at school in individual-level school misconduct and in moderating the relationship between retention and misconduct. Multilevel analyses of data (2004–2005) from 11,872 students in 85 Flemish secondary schools suggest that, while students retained in primary education exhibited less school misconduct in adolescence, those retained in secondary schools were more likely to break rules. Furthermore, students attending schools with a higher percentage of retainees were found to be more deviant. However, schools' retention composition moderated the relationship between grade retention and school misconduct. Implications are discussed.  相似文献   

The relation between feedback perceptions and the supervisor–student relationship in master's thesis projects     

Renske A. M. de Kleijn  Paulien C. Meijer  Albert Pilot  Mieke Brekelmans 《Teaching in Higher Education》2013,18(4):336-349

Research supervision can be investigated from social–emotional and cognitive perspectives, but most studies include only one perspective. This study aims to understand the interplay between a social–emotional (supervisor–student relationship) and cognitive (feedback) perspective on the outcomes of master's thesis supervision in specific, by investigating student perceptions of both perspectives. Questionnaire data (N?=?1016) were collected and analysed using regression analyses. For student satisfaction (SS) and students' perceived supervisor contribution to learning (PSCL), affiliation by far is most important, followed by control for SS and feedback-forward for PSCL. Also, interaction effects between feedback and interpersonal perceptions were found, indicating that the role of feedback perceptions is most important in situations in which no optimal supervisor–student relationship could be established. Findings imply the importance for master's thesis supervisors of creating friendly and helping relationships with students and if this is problematic, extra care should be taken with giving feedback.  相似文献   

Competition and students’ perceptions in a game-based language learning environment     

Sylke Vandercruysse  Mieke Vandewaetere  Frederik Cornillie  Geraldine Clarebout 《Educational technology research and development : ETR & D》2013,61(6):927-950

Although educational games have become quite popular in recent research, only a limited number of studies have focused on the effectiveness of these games. While numerous claims have been made about the effectiveness of games, the studies that examine educational effectiveness often contain flaws resulting in unclear conclusions. One possible solution for these shortcomings is to focus on separate game elements rather than on games as a whole. A second solution is to take into account students’ perceptions of instruction as they are likely to affect students’ interpretations and learning outcomes. This study investigated whether the addition of the gaming element ‘competition’ to a computer-based language learning environment is related to students’ motivation, perceptions and learning outcomes. Additionally, this study probed into the effect of instruction, i.e., the instruction of a gaming or learning environment, on students’ perceptions of the environment, their motivation and learning outcomes. 83 students participated in this study, all working in a game-based learning environment for learning business English conversation skills. The results demonstrate that competition is not significantly related to students’ learning gains and only partly related to students’ motivation. Moreover, the majority of students perceived the environment as a learning environment, even when they were instructed to be playing in a gaming environment. To conclude this paper, the practical and theoretical implications for the fields of instructional design and educational games research are discussed.  相似文献   

Exploring teacher trust in technical/vocational secondary schools: Male teachers’ preference for girls     

Mieke Van Houtte 《Teaching and Teacher Education》2007

This article explores whether teachers’ trust in pupils in technical/vocational schools is associated with teachers’ and pupils’ gender. As for the teachers, besides gender, age, socioeconomic origin, and subject taught are considered and, as for the pupils, the gender composition of the school (proportion of girls at school), the socioeconomic context of the school and the grades teachers instruct. Multilevel analyses of data of 391 teachers in a sample of 19 technical/vocational schools demonstrate that initially none of the teacher features relates to teacher trust. Adding gender composition to the model yields an effect of teachers’ gender: Female teachers have less trust in their pupils than male teachers have. Also, teachers’ trust increases with the proportion of girls at school. Finally, a significant interaction effect indicates that male teachers seem to prefer female pupils.  相似文献   

Testing the Intervention Effect in Single-Case Experiments: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study     

Mieke Heyvaert  Mariola Moeyaert  Paul Verkempynck  Wim Van den Noortgate  Marlies Vervloet  Maaike Ugille 《Journal of Experimental Education》2017,85(2):175-196

This article reports on a Monte Carlo simulation study, evaluating two approaches for testing the intervention effect in replicated randomized AB designs: two-level hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) and using the additive method to combine randomization test p values (RTcombiP). Four factors were manipulated: mean intervention effect, number of cases included in a study, number of measurement occasions for each case, and between-case variance. Under the simulated conditions, Type I error rate was under control at the nominal 5% level for both HLM and RTcombiP. Furthermore, for both procedures, a larger number of combined cases resulted in higher statistical power, with many realistic conditions reaching statistical power of 80% or higher. Smaller values for the between-case variance resulted in higher power for HLM. A larger number of data points resulted in higher power for RTcombiP.  相似文献   

Physical child abuse and social change. Judicial intervention in families in The Netherlands, 1960-1995     

Komen M 《Child abuse & neglect》2003,27(8):951-965

OBJECTIVE: To show changes in the way juvenile judges and judicial child protection workers deal with physical child abuse in the period 1960-1995 in the Netherlands. METHOD: The study is based on an analysis of files on adolescent and younger children placed by juvenile judges in the Dutch judicial child protection system during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. RESULTS: The prevalence of very severe physical violence against children was lower in the recent files than in the older files. Spanking and other minor violence acts were noted more often than in the older files. In the 1960s files, the parents talked still rather openly about the physical punishments they used in child rearing. In spite of the growing attention for and increasing concern about child abuse among professionals, judicial child protection workers intervened less harshly in recent cases of physical child abuse than in the 1960s. CONCLUSION: The decrease in severe physical child abuse may indicate that physical child abuse is actually becoming a less serious problem in the Dutch judicial child protection system. But that may not be the case because of the increased reluctance of parents to report and changes in intervention practices. Other than expected, the growing sensibility for child abuse did not mean more effective control by judicial child protection workers. Possible reasons for these changes are discussed, including the strengthening of the position of perpetrators in law proceedings and the emancipation of children and women in society.  相似文献   

Multilevel Analysis of Multiple-baseline Data Evaluating Precision Teaching as an Intervention for Improving Fluency in Foundational Reading Skills for at Risk Readers     

Julie Brosnan  Kendra Brooks Newsome  Olive Healy  Mieke Heyvaert  Patrick Onghena 《Exceptionality》2018,26(3):137-161

In this article, multiple-baseline across participants designs were used to evaluate the impact of a precision teaching (PT) program, within a Tier 2 Response to Intervention framework, targeting fluency in foundational reading skills with at risk kindergarten readers. Thirteen multiple-baseline design experiments that included participation from 35 kindergarten students were included in the current analysis. By combining data from a series of multiple-baseline studies using a multilevel model, we analyzed outcomes to determine an estimated treatment effect. The results indicate that across participants and across studies, PT showed an average increase of 15 correct responses in foundational reading skills per minute. This immediate influence on rates of core reading skills was statistically significant. Moreover, the treatment had a significant positive effect on the time trend indicating that rates in foundational reading skills increased more across time during the treatment phase compared to the baseline phase. The study provides evidence that the obtained rates in foundational reading skills at the end of the intervention were retained after removing the intervention. From the outcomes of the multilevel model, PT can be considered as a promising Tier 2 intervention to increase reading fluency with individuals who are at risk of reading failure.  相似文献   

Intertextuality/Intervisuality in Translation: The Jolly Postman's Intercultural Journey from Britain to the Netherlands     

Mieke K.T. Desmet 《Children‘s Literature in Education》2001,32(1):31-43

Texts that are intertextually and intervisually rich and highly culture-specific are often deemed to be untranslatable as they are too specifically set in a particular locale. Yet, some intertextual texts, such as Janet and Allan Ahlberg's Jolly Postman books, are rendered quite successfully in translation, gaining a new lease on life in another language with a different audience. Translators are first of all readers of the original text, and it is their interpretation which guides and colours their translation. To deal with the intertextual and culture-specific elements in the source text, the translator of the Jolly Postman books into Dutch uses a variety of translation strategies, such as literal translation for shared intertexts, substitution for intertexts likely to be unknown to the intended target audience, and addition or compensation. In this way he has created Dutch target texts with plenty of opportunities for the readers to forge their own interpretations and play their own intertextual games.  相似文献