Assessment matters: Making assessment easier with the Organizational Effectiveness Model

Savannah C. Heilman and Lance Kennedy‐Phillips describe a comprehensive, step‐by‐step, mixed‐methods assessment model.     

Designing classroom spaces: Making the most of time

Research has shown that children's perception of the space around them is related to the quality of their play behaviors. Summaries of three research studies with preschoolers show that when children perceive themselves large, they enter complex play more quickly and stay for longer periods of time. The quality of children's play behavior changed when children played in small spaces. In these three studies, space was altered by: (a) creating a screened structure in the classroom, (b) changing the scale of the patterns on the wall of a learning center, and (c) altering the size of the block center. Each study is summarized and suggestions for designing classroom spaces are included. Implications of this program of research for increasing attention span and augmenting complex play and problem solving are discussed.     

迎接电影春天的到来

在文化大发展、大繁荣的背景下,电影的春天就要到来。潇湘电影制片厂的责任是做大做强,在思路上要明确改革改制求发展,抓住机制、人才、创新这几个关键,实现打造一支电影湘军的目标。     

迎接远程教育时代的到来——纪念广播电视大学建校30周年

在中国广播电视大学诞生30周年之际,本文概括地总结了电大教育30年来的辉煌历程,从要从邓小平教育理论的战略高度总结广播电视大学30年来的发展;广播电视大学是具有中国特色的新型远程教育大学;广播电视大学30年来上了三个大的台阶;远程特点是远程教育在我国发展迅猛的重要原因;远程教育是我国教育发展的里程碑;远程教育与学校教育的共同发展是我国21世纪教育发展的基本特征;远程教育在我国教育社会化中充当重要的角色;远程教育21世纪必将走向辉煌;实施远程教育工程是发展远程教育、完成远程教育任务、实现远程教育战略目标的重大战略措施;发展远程教育事业是广播电视大学的神圣使命等十个方面展望了电大教育的诱人前景。     

Are the Key Stage Two Reading Tests becoming easier each year?

This article presents and discusses some new research on the National Curriculum Key Stage Two reading tests for years 1998, 1999 and 2000. The research task was to use the original categories designed and declared by the QCA in 1998 to analyse the reading tests in the two subsequent years in order to examine the reliability of the tests. The research shows that in 1999, and again in 2000 the reading tests were progressively easier for the children to answer. This was because the number of questions requiring higher‐order reading skills, particularly those of inference and deduction, has decreased each year, while the number of questions requiring the lower‐order skill of literal information retrieval has increased. In this way the author questions the QCA’s declared ‘rise in reading standards’ from 1998 onwards.     

Making Friends

周雨彤：Hi! My Chinese name is Zhou Yutong. My English name IS Amanda. I＇m on excellent gid In Ronghu Primary School. There are five people in my family, They are my grandpa, my grandma, my father, my mother and I. We are happy together and they all love me. Chips is my favoudte food. I like sports. I want to be good friends with everybody.     

Making Friends

找啊找啊找朋友,找到一个好朋友,敬个礼,握握手,你是我的好朋友！     

Making Friends

Hello, everyone! My name is U Yuxiao. I＇m a lovely girl. I＇m from Jiangsu Province. When I was two years old, I began to study English. I like reading English books very much,     

Making Savings

近年来,受世界经济的影响,各国政府都在想尽办法节省资金。来看看他们是怎么做的吧！     

Making Friends

诸彦萍：Hi, my name is Sally. I＇ m 13. I like singing, dancing,swimming, watching TV and playing computer. When I grow up, I want to be a teacher and give children a lot of knowledge. If I could change the world, I would give people a green environment so thal we could live a better life.     

Making Friends

主持人小语：英语有50万日阐词汇．另有50万专业技术词汇．而一个受过本科教育的英语母语使用者其词汇量为1万左右。因此,在阅读英文材料的过程中时常遇到生词毫不奇怪。除了利用上下文语境和词根.