The influence of social interaction on meaning construction in a virtual community     

Yu‐Fen Yang  Hui‐Chin Yeh  Wing‐Kwong Wong 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2010,41(2):287-306

As proposed by social constructive theorists, meaningful learning and individual development were achieved through social interaction. To foster social interaction among students, this study formed an online learning community in which they played multiple roles as writers, editors and commentators. In playing different roles, they read peers' texts, edited peers' errors, evaluated peer editors' corrections and finally reconstructed their own texts. Results of this study showed that the multiple roles they played allowed them to have opportunities to view their own texts from others' perspectives. Based on these perspectives, they were more willing to acquire information from and contribute information to peers. All of this extensive information acquisition and contribution resulted in meaning construction of texts as active students improved their final drafts in both local revision (grammatical correction) and global revision (the style, organisation and development of a text) after receiving and evaluating feedback from peer editors. Their final drafts were very different from those of passive students whose first and final drafts were almost the same despite some grammatical revisions. This study suggests that, rather than relying only on an examination of students' final drafts, there may be benefits in teachers encouraging students to actively participate in social interaction by reading peers' texts, editing peers' errors and evaluating peer editors' corrections during text revisions.  相似文献   

Students' questions and discursive interaction: Their impact on argumentation during collaborative group discussions in science   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Christine Chin  Jonathan Osborne 《科学教学研究杂志》2010,47(7):883-908

This study investigated the potential of students' written and oral questions both as an epistemic probe and heuristic for initiating collaborative argumentation in science. Four classes of students, aged 12–14 years from two countries, were asked to discuss which of two graphs best represented the change in temperature as ice was heated to steam. The discussion was initiated by asking questions about the phenomenon. Working in groups (with members who had differing viewpoints) and guided by a set of question prompts, an argument sheet, and an argument diagram, students discussed contrasting arguments. One group of students from each class was audiotaped. The number of questions written, the concepts addressed, and the quality of written arguments were then scored. A positive correlation between these factors was found. Discourse analysis showed that the initial focus on questions prompted students to articulate their puzzlement; make explicit their claims and (mis)conceptions; identify and relate relevant key concepts; construct explanations; and consider alternative propositions when their ideas were challenged. Productive argumentation was characterized by students' questions which focused on key ideas of inquiry, a variety of scientific concepts, and which made explicit reference to the structural components of an argument. These findings suggest that supporting students in productive discourse is aided by scaffolding student questioning, teaching the criteria for a good argument, and providing a structure that helps them to organize and verbalize their arguments. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 47:883–908, 2010  相似文献   

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE: WHAT IT COULD BE     

Felix Peregudov 《Higher Education in Europe》1989,14(1):16-24

Inspired by the coining together of the various countries of Europe, by the rebirth, at all levels, of interest in the common European identity, and by the growing European consensus as to the importance of the university as a major pan‐European cultural institution, the author, First Deputy Chairman of the USSR State Committee for Public Education, presents a project for the founding of a University of the Peoples of Europe. What he envisions is primarily a research institution devoted to the study of pan‐European problems of all sorts and the generalization of the solutions. The author suggests outlines of both the possible activities of such a university and of its organization. He believes that the institution should function under the auspices and with the support of Unesco.  相似文献   

Obesity prevention and health promotion during early periods of growth and development     

钱名佳 《山东体育科技》2007,29(3):93-95

Current problems of health - related fitness promotion in children and adolescents- economic, social, cultural and other environmental factors. A relationship between the environment and the child, beginning dining the gestation period that influences both positive and negative, health outcomes later in life.[第一段]  相似文献   

Self-controlled observational practice enhances learning     

Wulf G  Raupach M  Pfeiffer F 《Research quarterly for exercise and sport》2005,76(1):107-111

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Letters to Prospects     

Ilse Gerth  Felix Garcia Aznar 《Prospects》1976,6(1):159-160

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Building a Reading Culture in a Singapore School: Identifying Spaces for Change Through a Socio-spatial Approach     

Chin Ee Loh 《Changing English: An International Journal of English Teaching》2015,22(2):209-221

Research tells us that reading is correlated to academic achievement but how do we motivate students to read? How can schools build reading cultures? Through the case study of a government secondary school in Singapore, I examine how attention to the invisible network of resources that support reading can provide insight into students’ resources for reading, both at home and in school. Additionally, I explain, through the mapping of the school library as a reading space, how a socio-spatial approach that maps the physical, social and affective spaces of the library can provide a framework for strategic and focused action to cultivate a school’s reading culture.  相似文献   

东盟图书馆联盟发展现状及对我国的启示     

陈信  赵益民  柯平 《图书情报工作》2014,58(1):91-95

考察东盟各国国内和国家间图书馆联盟的发展现状,总结其3个特点：图书馆联盟的发展体现出东盟各国独特的政治经济文化背景,国际间图书馆联盟活动频繁,东盟各国内部的图书馆事业和图书馆联盟发展不平衡;指出东盟图书馆联盟的发展历程对我国图书馆建设有3点启示：争取各种国际基金、慈善组织和NGO组织等的资助,构建全国性的统一的图书馆联盟和超越图书馆联盟的公共文化服务机构联盟。  相似文献   

苏联现代高等学校图书馆     

叶·华·伊凡诺娃  王长恭 《大学图书馆学报》1983,(7):37-40,45

<正> 目前苏联全国共有高等学校891所(其中综合性大学68所),在校学生人数已超过600万.这些高等学校分布于200多座城市.在高等学校的教学和科学研究活动中,图书馆起着重要的作用.图书馆工作的主要方向是积极参与教学过程,及时为学生提供必需的图书文献,为科学研究提供高效率的、全面的情报服务.因此,今日的高校图书馆已看作是同时执行公共图书馆、科学图书馆和学校图书馆多种职能的复合体.  相似文献   

Evaluation of an Integrated Bridging Course on Academic Writing for Overseas Postgraduate Students     

Uschi Felix  Michael Lawson 《高等教育研究与发展》1994,13(1):59-69

This study, supported by the Flinders University Research Budget, evaluated the effects of an integrated four‐week bridging course for postgraduate overseas students. It was funded by the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau and focused on the students' academic writing skills in terms of English grammar, expression and spelling as well as on structure, argument and critical analysis. Quantitative data was gathered from the training group and two control groups, one made up of overseas peers, the other of local postgraduate students. Further qualitative data were gathered from the training group through Journal entries and regular discussions. Results showed a significant improvement in expression and structure in the training group's writing from pre‐ to post‐training, with a significantly higher mark awarded by independent raters to post‐training writing. While significant differences between the two overseas groups and the local control group had been recorded on most variables before training, some of these were reduced between the training group and the local group after training. Although results were positive overall, students continued to produce high rates of errors in grammar and to display weaknesses in developing an argument. Journal entries suggested that students began their studies in a state of gross over‐confidence and moved through doubt and concern before reaching a more accurate estimate of their abilities at the end of the bridging course.  相似文献