Context,Cuckoo’s Nest,and the community college

The community college is an excellent place for the creation of a special, more empowering learning context. Unlike the university, where students are supposed to adjust to the world of scholarly erudition, the community college is the crazy academic brother that has the freedom to be different and to liberate students to build upon their own cultures and learning styles.     

巧用spend,cost,pay,take

spend当“花费”讲时,是指花费时间、精力、财力在某事或某物上(Spend sth on sth/Spend sthin do sth),主语为人。She spend a lot of money on clothes.她在买衣服上花了很多钱。She spend a day cleaning up her bedroom.她花了一天的时间打扫她的卧室。cost也指花费金钱、时间、精力、劳力等。常用It或物品作主语,不用人作主语,可以带双宾语,通常不用于进行时态。The book cost me 20yuan.我花了20元买这本书。It cost me 300 yuan to fly to shanghal,坐飞机去上海花费了我300元。Pay当花费讲时,是指为买到或得到的东西付钱。主语…     

Does it pay to attend an elite private college? Evidence on the effects of undergraduate college quality on graduate school attendance

Much attention has recently focused on the rapidly rising costs of a college education, and whether the benefits of attending an elite private college have kept pace with the increasing costs. In this paper we analyze whether undergraduate college quality affects the likelihood that an individual attends graduate school. Using data on three cohorts of students from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 and High School and Beyond, we find that on balance attendance at an elite private college significantly increases the probability of attending graduate school, and more specifically, graduate school at a major research institution.     

Connecting college and work: examining the relationship between students’ college employment experiences and their professional and career attitudes

This study examined the relationship between U.S. students’ employment experiences during college/university and their fourth-year professional career attitudes as defined by the Wabash National Study Professional Success Scale, including obtaining recognition from one’s colleagues for contributions to their field of expertise, having administrative responsibility for the work of others, working in a prestigious occupation, making a lot of money and becoming successful in a business of one’s own. This study considered three types of employment experiences (on-campus work; off-campus work; and completing an internship practicum, field experience, co-op or clinical assignment), as well as the number of hours spent engaged in on-campus and off-campus employment, and whether these measures of student employment were associated with students’ fourth-year professional career attitudes. Results suggest that on-campus work experiences, off-campus work experiences; and completing an internship practicum, field experience, co-op or clinical assignment, as well as the number of hours of employment during college have the potential to influence students’ fourth-year professional career attitudes.     

Integrated,marginal, and resilient: race,class, and the diverse experiences of white first‐generation college students

While first‐generation college students are ‘at risk’, the majority do persist. Using in‐depth interviews with 28 white college students I ask: How do white, first‐generation, working‐class students understand their college experiences, especially in terms of their academic, social, and cultural adjustment? Moreover, what kinds of factors seem to help or hinder their adjustment to college life? I discovered three patterns of adjustment among these students: (1) about half expressed few feelings of marginality and appeared well integrated into campus life; (2) one quarter experienced persistent and debilitating marginality; and (3) another quarter overcame their feelings of marginality en route to becoming socially and academically engaged on campus, with some transforming their feelings of marginality into motivation for social change. I argue that these variations can be understood by looking at how working‐class students’ economic resources may function as an asset, while their whiteness may function alternately as an asset and a liability.     

Latinx students’ experiences with college access and preparation at college preparatory charter schools

Charter schools that target underserved communities, including Latinxs, have proliferated in the U.S., claiming a unique, more autonomous and successful alternative to traditional public schools, often with a promise of increased postsecondary access and preparation. However, there is conflicting evidence regarding their effectiveness on academic outcomes, prompting additional research on charter schools. This study examined the college access and preparation experiences of 14 Latinxs attending college preparatory charter schools within one school system in Texas. Findings highlight how schools assisted students in preparing for college, but challenges in accessing college knowledge and assistance still existed, particularly for undocumented students.     

Quality of alternatives,institutional preference,and institutional commitment among first‐year college students

We tested the hypotheses derived from investment theory that quality of alternatives and institutional preference exert additive and interactive effects on institutional commitment in a sample of 1166 first‐year college students at a large state university, who were surveyed within two weeks of the start of their first semester. As predicted, a hierarchical regression analysis revealed: as quality of alternatives increased, institutional commitment decreased; as preference for the university increased, institutional commitment increased; and as institutional preference decreased, the inverse relation between quality of alternatives and institutional commitment increased. The findings of the present study suggest that first‐year college students who do not rank their university as one of their top three choices and who rate the quality of alternatives as high should be classified as at risk of dropping out and targeted for proactive advising.     

“Sense of place” and college placement

It is generally assumed that young people with lower socioeconomic status (SES) face restricted access to higher education institutions, and particularly to those which are considered to be more prestigious. Differences in student placement in higher education institutions by place of residence are usually explained by their SES. We argue that place of residence is not only a geographical attribute, but also a social factor that influences self-identity and plays a significant role in student placement regardless of their SES. The study was conducted in Israel among first year undergraduate students, and analyzed the effect of living in four residential locality types (cities, small towns, Jewish and Arab villages) on institutional placement. The study focused on the patterns of student placement in institutions, controlling for individual SES and previous academic ability. Findings indicate that place of residence has a net effect on student placement, and it interacts with SES and with previous academic achievements. Less “successful” students, regardless of their SES, are less influenced by their residential locality. These differences in college placement are explained in part by the place of residence, which represents a way of life that creates a shared “sense of place” or “habitus” based on locality.     

在英语教学中乐于share,促进develop

英语教师和学生的发展存在着不均衡性,通过经验、资源、信息等的分享,促进彼此的发展。文中从两大方面六个层面阐述了分享的对象,分享的内容、分享的方法和分享的意义。     

怎样区别使用take,cost,spend和pay

take，cost，spend和pay都有“花费”的意思，但用法不同。笔者在多年的教学中，发现学生不能完全掌握，有部分学生不能够区分清楚，究其原因，还是对这四个词的用法区别和句型结构把握不住。下面说说它们的用法。一、takevt．“需要、花费、占用”的意思。常用于下列句型：1、主语（某事或活动＋takes（＋sb．）＋sometime＋（todosih．））Thesethingstaketime．做这些事情需要时间。Writtingtakeshermuchtime．写作花了地许多时间。Theworktookthemtwoweekstofinish．他们花两周完成了这项工作。2、Ittakes（＋sb．）＋sometime＋todos…     

Private transfers and college students’ decision to work

We estimate the impact of external financial support on the labor supply of students during their tertiary education. Using a dynamic labor supply model and accounting for the endogeneity of income from private transfers, we find a significantly lower likelihood of being employed for transfer recipients. Our results suggest that private transfers lead to a shift in students’ time allocation, lowering their hours devoted to working and increasing their time devoted to studying. We find evidence for a psychological component of receiving transfers through an increase in the perceived risk of failure in academic studies.     

Do gender and physical attractiveness affect college grades?

In this study, data on grades awarded for bachelor and master theses at a large Polish university were used to identify possible discrimination on gender or physical attractiveness. The focus is on the gap between the grades awarded by the advisor (who knows the student personally) and the referee (who typically does not, so that gender is less salient and attractiveness is not observable). This provides an excellent control for actual quality of the work, which is often problematic in previous literature. Observations on nearly 15,000 students are available, of which some 2600 also have their physical attractiveness rated and are included in the analysis. It can thus be checked if the advisor–referee grade gap depends on students’ gender and attractiveness, also in interaction with their genders. Based on stereotypes discussed in the literature one can hypothesise that females are treated relatively favourably by advisors (and males by referees). Likewise, it can be expected that physically attractive individuals’ advisors award them relatively high grades. Overall, we observe some evidence that females indeed get relatively high grades from advisors and no evidence of influence of physical attractiveness.     

Mississippi college students’ attitudes,willingness to intervene and legal knowledge toward sexual assault

Sexual assault on college campuses has been a longstanding problem in the USA. Unfortunately, relatively little has been done to look at the characteristics of these attacks and how they might relate to knowledge of sexual assault policies, participation in sex education courses, beliefs toward sexual violence, and willingness to intervene if an attempted assault is observed. In response to this need, data were collected from college students from four universities in the state of Mississippi. A request to participate in an online, anonymous questionnaire was sent through email and listservs, and a total of 4,994 undergraduate students completed the survey. A significant relationship was found between men’s sexual attitudes and understanding of legal terms and their willingness to intervene if a sexual assault occurred; less legal knowledge and higher rape myth attitudes reduced their probability of being willing to intervene. Conversely, students who had received education at college on how to prevent a sexual assault from occurring were significantly to report being willing to intervene.     

Athletics,clubs, or music? The influence of college extracurricular activities on job prestige and satisfaction

In this study, we investigate how college extracurricular activities influence students’ early occupational outcomes. In particular, we examine how the type and number of extracurricular activities, as well as level of participation, influence occupational prestige and job satisfaction. Employing the three national databases, we compare the relationship between extracurricular activities and occupational outcomes across three different cohorts and different levels of college selectivity in the context of the US. Our results suggest that the type of activities pursued in college is consistently important for occupational outcomes, and different types of activities have significant influence for different cohorts. Extracurricular activities tend to have more labour market benefits for graduates of selective institutions.     

Models and messengers of resilience: a theoretical model of college students’ resilience,regulatory strategy use,and academic achievement

We tested a theoretical model of college students’ ratings of messengers of resilience and models of resilience, students’ own perceived resilience, regulatory strategy use and achievement. A total of 116 undergraduates participated in this study. The results of a path analysis indicated that ratings of models of resilience had a direct effect on students’ perceived resilience and that perceived resilience directly influenced regulatory strategy use (i.e. effort regulation, self-regulation and time management), which influenced academic achievement (as measured by grade point average). The implications of our findings are further discussed, along with avenues for future research.     

Collaborative communication technologies and learning in college courses: which are used,for what purposes,and to what ends?

Web-based communication technologies that enable collaboration and sharing of information among users – such as podcasts, wikis, blogs, message boards, and others – are used commonly in contemporary organizations to increase and manage employee learning. In this investigation, we identify which of these collaborative communication technologies are used in relation to college courses, and with what frequency; we report student evaluations of their use and reasons why students indicate using them. Next, using Keller's ARCS theoretical framework, we examine the role of course-related communication technology use in four dimensions of course-specific motivation. Results indicate that in courses where students perceive that technology is used effectively, motivation to learn is higher than in courses where students perceive technology is used ineffectively – and that technology-related motivation is substantially related to course-specific learning outcomes. Importantly, students reported higher levels of cognitive learning for courses in which technology was perceived as being used effectively than for courses in which communication technology was perceived by students as ineffectively implemented.     

An inquiry-based practicum model: What knowledge,practices, and relationships typify empowering teaching and learning experiences for student teachers,cooperating teachers and college supervisors?

The author examines an inquiry-based teaching/learning model involving diverse members of learning communities. A triad of cooperating teachers, student teachers, and a college supervisor engaged in ongoing and purposeful discourse to explore the teacher–learner (expert–novice) reciprocity, school culture and social relations. In their efforts to broaden and deepen their intellectual exchange, they interrogated their own and one another's beliefs, values, and perspectives about who owns knowledge and how knowledge is distributed/shared. This reflective and reflexive process helped to enhance their knowledge, practices, relationships, and practicum experience.     

Studies at queen's college,Harley street, 1848–1868

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John Stuart Mill's Theory of Education. By F. W. Garforth. Pp. xiii, 269. Oxford: Martin Robertson, 1979. £12.00.

Teachers of Teachers: a history of the Association of Teachers in Colleges and Departments of Education. By Joan D. Browne. Pp. 277. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1979. Boards edition £9.95; paperback edition £4.95.

Understanding Educational Research: An Introduction. Fourth edition. By Deobold B. Van Dalen. Pp. 547. New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Company, 1979. £12.00.

Communicative Syllabus Design. By J. Munby. Pp. vi, 232. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978. £6.95.

Social pressures and curriculum innovation: A study of the Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching Project. By Mary Waring. Pp. viii, 263. London: Methuen, 1979. £4.95.

The University Teacher and his World: A Sociological and Educational Study. By Richard Startup. Pp. ix, 178. Farnborough, Saxon House, 1979. £10.50.

Education and Social Mobility in the Soviet Union 1921–1934. By Sheila Fitzpatrick. Pp. x, 355. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. £15.50.

Planning in Education. By B. W. Vaughan. Pp. vii, 120. Cambridge University Press, 1979. Hardback £9.50, paperback £4.75.

The Effective Use of Reading. Edited by E. Lunzer and K. Gardiner. Pp. 337. London: Heinemann Educational Books for the Schools Council, 1979. £4.50 paper.     

Impacts of an AI-based chabot on college students’ after-class review,academic performance,self-efficacy,learning attitude,and motivation

Educational technology research and development - Review strategies after learning new knowledge are essential for students to consolidate the key points, understand the subject content, analyze...