Question Posing, Inquiry, and Modeling Skills of Chemistry Students in the Case-Based Computerized Laboratory Environment     

Zvia Kaberman  Yehudit Judy Dori 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2009,7(3):597-625

A new learning unit in chemistry, Case-based Computerized Laboratories (CCL) and Computerized Molecular Modeling (CMM) was developed at the Technion. The CCL and CMM curriculum integrates computerized desktop experiments and molecular modeling with an emphasis on scientific inquiry and case studies. Our research aimed at investigating the effect of the CCL and CMM learning environment on students’ higher-order thinking skills of question posing, inquiry, and modeling. The experimental group included 614 honors 12th grade chemistry students from high schools in Israel who studied according to this learning unit. The comparison group consisted of 155 12th grade chemistry honors students who studied other chemistry programs. Pre- and post-tests questionnaires were used to assess students’ higher-order thinking skills. Students’ responses were analyzed using content analysis rubrics and their statistical analysis. Our findings indicated that the scores of the experimental group students improved significantly in question posing, inquiry and modeling skills from the pre-test to the post-test. The net gain scores of the experimental group students were significantly higher than those of their comparison peers in all three examined skills. In modeling skills, experimental group students significantly improved their achievements in making the transfer from 3D models to structural formulae, but only about half of them were able to transfer from formulae to 3D models. By presenting a case-based chemistry assessment tool and content analysis of students’ responses in this paper, we enable teachers and educators to analyze their students’ higher-order thinking skills both qualitatively and quantitatively.  相似文献   

Developing Good Habits of Learning English from Senior One     

黄益琴 《教师》2009,(14)

Senior one is the most important period of the whole senior stage, it h necessary for students to form good habits of learning at the beginning. Based on the discussion of necessity of forming good habits, this paper talks about the methods of cultivating students' good habits of learning and concludes that good habits can benefit them a lot.  相似文献   

中国判例制度运行机制研究          下载免费PDF全文

刘政权  李铁喜 《惠州学院学报》2009,29(1):71-74

中国判例制度的建立是弥补成文法缺陷的需要,是增强法律适用灵活性与社会适应性的要求,是借鉴外国先进经验的结果.中国建立判例制度要立足中国实际,尊重本国文化传统.着重吸取判例制所包含的法律技术成果,注重法律运行的实际效果;要在中国现有法律体系的框架下,充分发挥判例的多重功能,使判例制和成文法相互补充,相互协调,共同促进我国法律现代化的实现.  相似文献   

论诗歌翻译中的文体风格和押韵技巧——评吕志鲁的《英语爱情名诗选译》     

李金妹 《黄石理工学院学报(人文社科版)》2009,26(2):29-32,36

吕志鲁教授的《英语爱情名诗选译》,在诗歌翻译中具有保持文体风格的一致性、押韵技巧运用娴熟这两个显著的特点。诗歌翻译应在不违背原作内容、风格、形象的基础上,相对具有灵活性和创造性,即对结构作相应的调整,从而完美地再现原作的音韵、意境和深沉内涵。  相似文献   

Assessing students’ critical thinking performance: Urging for measurements using multi-response format     

Kelly Y.L. Ku 《Thinking Skills and Creativity》2009,4(1):70-76

The current paper discusses ambiguities in critical thinking assessment. The paper first reviews the components of critical thinking. It then discusses the features and issues of commonly used critical thinking tests and to what extend they are made compatible to the conceptualization of critical thinking. The paper argues that critical thinking tests utilizing a single multiple-choice response format measures only recognition or level of knowledge, and do not adequately capture the dispositional characteristics of test-takers. Multiple-choice response format does not reveal test-takers’ underlying reasoning for choosing a particular answer, nor does it reflect test-takers’ ability to think critically under unprompted situations. Whereas measurement that allows for responses in both multiple-choice and open-ended format makes it possible to assess individuals’ spontaneous application of thinking skills on top of their ability to recognize a correct response. Assessment consists of multi-response format should be pursued for effective evaluation of students’ critical thinking performance.  相似文献   

加强教授学习技能促进学生全面发展——从“怎样写心得笔记”教学谈起     

方兴 《上海师范大学学报(哲学社会科学版)》2009,(2):95-100

文章对“怎样写心得笔记”这一校本课程教学作了较为详尽的介绍,并引发对学生是否应该学习并掌握一些学习技能,学校是否应该教授一些学习技能问题的思考。从教学实践看,学习技能课对学生学习能力和学习水平的提高有着积极的影响,学习技能的学习内容已初步形成但还需进一步完善。希望更多的学校关注这一事关学生未来学习和发展的内容的学习。  相似文献   

Collaborative teaching in a linguistically and culturally diverse higher education setting: a case study of a postgraduate accounting program     

Elaine Evans  Jen Tindale  Dawn Cable  Suzanne Hamil Mead 《高等教育研究与发展》2009,28(6):597-613

The Language for Professional Communication in Accounting project has changed teaching practice in a linguistically and culturally diverse postgraduate accounting program at Macquarie University in Australia. This paper reflects on the project’s interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to diversity in the classroom by tracing its growth and development and describing the way in which it is supporting the integration of professional communication skills and discipline‐specific content within the Master of Accounting program. In particular, the paper demonstrates that discipline specialists working in a continuous and collaborative relationship with English language specialists, to integrate and assess communication skills and enrich the curriculum, leads to better outcomes for students and staff. The paper contributes to a growing literature on approaches that integrate particular graduate attributes into programs with diverse student populations, rather than bolt‐on interventions by language specialists that have limited outcomes.  相似文献   

Work placement experience: should I stay or should I go?   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Kate Bullock  Virginia Gould  Momna Hejmadi  Gary Lock 《高等教育研究与发展》2009,28(5):481-494

The opportunity to experience work placements that complement taught and practical courses in higher education has become a central strand of many undergraduate degree programmes. While there is tacit agreement that such placements are a good thing, in recent years the numbers of students opting for work placements has been declining. This paper uses a mixed method research design to probe the learning outcomes, attitudes and perceptions of undergraduate students who choose not to go on a work placement. Findings highlight some areas of concern that could be considered by institutions of higher education working to enhance good practice in students’ work placement experiences.  相似文献   

开设软式排球选项课的可行性分析——以中北大学为例     

李士荣 《内蒙古师范大学学报(哲学社会科学版)》2009,38(5):142-144

软式排球与硬式排球相比,对场地器材要求低,它安全性强、适应范围广,其技术更易学习掌握,更易在学生中组织比赛,更具有健身性、娱乐性和可观赏性。软式排球融个人技术与集体配合,锻炼与娱乐于一体,具有消除练习者恐惧心理的独特魅力,使得这一运动项目适合在学校开展。  相似文献   

Research as an intercultural ‘contact zone’     

Catherine Manathunga 《Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education》2009,30(2):165-177

Contemporary researchers need to work across many cultural boundaries between ethnicities, between disciplines, between universities and industry, between professional cultures, and between various workplace cultures. While many authors have sought to characterise aspects of this boundary work, there remains little research on how researchers, especially research higher degree students, might be adequately prepared to work sensitively in these cultural borderlands. This article draws upon the post-colonial concept of the ‘contact zone’ to reconceptualise the knowledge and skills required by the successful intercultural researcher. It demonstrates how recognition of and engagement with cultural difference can create deconstructive, productive possibilities for innovative research and new knowledge. The article also examines the consequences of a lack of intercultural sensitivity and equity – the symbolic violence and exploitation present in the contemporary research arena. This recasting of research has significant implications for future research training.  相似文献