Amount of communication as a symptom of distressed marriages based on reports of divorced individuals     

Megan Lyons  Melissa Bekelja Wanzer  Virginia P. Richmond 《Communication Research Reports》2013,30(3):327-330

Recent research on married couples has indicated that dramatically reduced communication between married partners may be an indication of a marriage under stress and may indicate an increased likelihood of divorce. The present study compared amount of communication in marriage reported by divorced individuals with that reported by married individuals who reported low to moderate levels of marital satisfaction. The results indicate these reports are highly similar. It is recommended that reduced communication be considered as a marker variable for marriages under stress and future research seek to identify the cause(s) of the observed relationships.  相似文献   

Critiquing Advocacy Research Findings: An Illustration from the OCLC Report,From Awareness to Funding: A Study of Library Support in America     

Ray Lyons 《Public Library Quarterly》2013,32(3):212-226

The library profession needs to improve its ability to critically examine advocacy research and statistical studies. More proactive evaluations of claims made in advocacy campaigns and research reports will help improve the overall quality of library advocacy and fortify the institutional standing of libraries. As an illustration, this paper provides an in‐depth assessment of a measurement scheme used in the OCLC study From Awareness to Funding (2008).  相似文献   

Progress assessment in Chinese distance education: the voices of learners     

Niu Jian  Liz Hamp‐Lyons 《Open Learning》2013,28(2):111-123

Progress assessment aims to assess students’ performance and progress during a course of study. Its purpose is primarily developmental—to help students improve learning. Progress assessment is of special value in distance education in that it can motivate or pace distance learners throughout their course of study. It can help the tutor monitor the learning process of distance learners, diagnose their problems and provide prompt help and support. However, few empirical studies have been reported in the literature that address the issue of progress assessment from the perspective of Chinese distance learners. This paper investigates the perceptions of Chinese distance learners with regard to the necessity of progress assessment and the way it is being implemented in practice.  相似文献   

Participation in science and technology: young people’s achievement‐related choices in late‐modern societies     

Maria Vetleseter Bøe  Ellen Karoline Henriksen  Terry Lyons  Camilla Schreiner 《Studies in Science Education》2013,49(1):37-72

Young people’s participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is a matter of international concern. Studies and careers that require physical sciences and advanced mathematics are most affected by the problem and women in particular are under‐represented in many STEM fields. This article views international research about young people’s relationships to, and participation in, STEM subjects and careers through the lens of an expectancy‐value model of achievement‐related choices. In addition it draws on sociological theories of late‐modernity and identity, which situate decision‐making in a cultural context. The article examines how these frameworks are useful in explaining the decisions of young people – and young women in particular – about participating in STEM and proposes possible strategies for removing barriers to participation.  相似文献   

Advancing the scholarship of teaching and learning: Reflective portfolio inquiry in higher education ‐ a case study of one institution     

Nona Lyons 《Irish Educational Studies》2013,32(1):69-88

Abstract

At a time of intense interest in third level teaching in the Ireland, the UK, and the US, this paper describes an effort underway at University College Cork (UCC) to foster a new kind of scholarship, a scholarship of teaching and learning. Although impelled by the announcement in 2001 of an award for Excellence in Teaching at UCC, the project was framed by ideas first outlined by Ernest Boyer (1990) in his provocative book, Scholarship Reconsidered. This paper describes how Boyer's concept of a “scholarship of teaching” was implemented at UCC through a reflective portfolio inquiry process; presents the value and meanings staff say they find in engaging in a portfolio process; and, concludes with a consideration of the sometimes sobering institutional implications of this work. This case study of an institutions experience is one contribution to an evolving genre currently being invented: a new way of capturing and conveying the knowledge of teaching.  相似文献   

iPhone 手机掘金     

Daniel Lyons  陈大为 《海外英语》2009,(4):44-46

仅需为Apple手机写个小应用软件,有的孩子在自己的卧室里就能赚个百万美元。  相似文献   

How Middle Schoolers Draw Engineers and Scientists   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1  

Bethany Fralick  Jennifer Kearn  Stephen Thompson  Jed Lyons 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2009,18(1):60-73

The perceptions young students have of engineers and scientists are often populated with misconceptions and stereotypes. Although the perceptions that young people have of engineers and of scientists have been investigated separately, they have not been systematically compared. The research reported in this paper explores the question “How are student perceptions of engineers and scientists similar and how are they different?” Approximately 1,600 middle school students from urban and suburban schools in the southeastern United States were asked to draw either an engineer or a scientist at work. Drawings included space for the students to explain what their person was doing in the picture. A checklist to code the drawings was developed and used by two raters. This paper discusses similarities and differences in middle school perceptions of scientists and engineers. Results reveal that the students involved in this study frequently perceive scientists as working indoors conducting experiments. A large fraction of the students have no perception of engineering. Others frequently perceive engineers as working outdoors in manual labor. The findings have implications for the development and implementation of engineering outreach efforts.  相似文献   

Traditional and flipped classroom approaches delivered by two different teachers: the student perspective     

Maria Limniou  Ian Schermbrucker  Minna Lyons 《Education and Information Technologies》2018,23(2):797-817

The aim of this investigation was for students to express their views on teaching approaches delivered by two teachers under the perspectives of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) development, their preferences on learning material and learning activities. First year psychology students followed both the traditional and a flipped classroom approach delivered by two different teachers. One teacher introduced them to social and the other to clinical psychology. 81 students evaluated their experience on social psychology and 119 students on clinical psychology. Although all students had similar preferences on following either the traditional or the flipped classroom approach in both subject domains, a significant difference in students’ views related to the teachers’ contribution to teaching approach, students’ HOTS development and the choice of learning material was observed. This investigation concluded the importance of the intricate relationship between the choice of learning material and activities, and the teacher’s contribution to the flipped classroom approach and their expectation/behaviour toward technology.  相似文献   

Snelbecker,Glenn E. Learning theory,instructional theory,and psychoeducational design. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974, 527 pp., $11.95     

Lynn Lyons Morris 《Psychology in the schools》1975,12(2):244-246

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What Katy knows about language     

Heather Lyons 《English in Education》1989,23(2):38-49

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