Classroom Behavior and Learning Environment Differences Between Resilient and Nonresilient..

In education, conceptual work on resilience has recently gained recognition as an important framework from which we can understand why some students become successful in school, whereas similar students from the same disadvantaged family backgrounds and neighborhoods have not been successful in school. The purpose of this study was to compare the classroom instruction and learning environment of resilient and nonresilient students in elementary schools consisting of predominantly minority students. The participants were 4th- and 5th-grade students and their teachers. Near the end of the school year, all the 4th- and 5th-grade students from 3 elementary schools located in a major metropolitan area in the south central region of the United States completed the My Class learning environment survey. Trained observers also systematically observed the resilient and nonresilient students identified by teachers during regular reading classes, language classes, or both. The results from this study indicate that resilient elementary school students perceive a more positive instructional learning environment and they are more satisfied with their reading and language arts classrooms than nonresilient students. In addition, nonresilient students indicated that they have more difficulty in their classwork than both average students and resilient students. The observational results revealed that resilient students spent significantly more time interacting with teachers for instructional purposes, whereas nonresilient students spent more time interacting with other students for social or personal purposes. Resilient students were also observed watching or listening significantly more often than nonresilient students, whereas nonresilient students were observed more often not attending to task. The percentage of time that resilient students were on task was much higher than that for nonresilient students.     

Teachers' Attitudes Towards Mainstreaming and Their Pupils' Perceptions of Their Classroom Learning Environment

In spite of the widespread adoption of policies on mainstreaming, and more recently on inclusive education for children and young people with special educational needs, little is actually known about the relationship between what teachers think about such policies and the type of learning environments that they provide. In this study in New Zealand, a sample of regular primary school teachers (N= 63) were categorised according to ‘high’, ‘moderate’ or ‘low’ scores on a scale which measures their views on mainstreaming policies and practices. The pupils (N= 1729) of these teachers also completed a scale measuring perceptions of their classroom learning environments. Children taught by teachers who espoused highly positive attitudes towards mainstreaming were found to have significantly higher levels of classroom satisfaction and marginally lower levels of classroom friction than children taught by teachers with less positive attitudes. Implications of these findings are discussed for further research on the role of teacher attitudes in the successful inclusion of children and young people with special needs and for policies on the implementation of effective inclusive practice. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Classroom Language Environment and Seniors’ Oral English

The current situation of English teaching cannot keep pace with the requirements of the Senior High School Standards (the Ministry of Education, 2003). Due to the influences of the traditional teaching method, some English teachers still insist on the teacher-centered teaching approaches. The result is that there is less target language (TL) input and TL output in class, and senior students are weak in their oral English. This paper attempts to discuss the importance of language environment in classroom and...     

高级英语课堂中的合作语言学习

合作语言学习是学习者之间有目的、相互合作的语言活动,主要建立在认知理论和建构主义理论基础上,其特色是在以小组为单位的合作学习中,同伴之间的合作互动和个体责任,从而重新构建和深化个体知识。在英语专业的高级英语课堂中有必要加入合作学习策略,以改变目前以教师为主宰的翻译法讲授模式,提供培养学生自主学习能力和使用语言的空间。高级英语课堂中的合作语言学习活动应是涉及到学习者合作、有目的、体验使用语言的任务型活动。     

高职院校公共英语教学中学生学习动机的激发

学习动机一直被认为是语言学习中的一个重要因素。关注学习动机,运用动机策略,可以促进学生英语学习,提高教学效果。本文介绍了有关学习动机理论的最新研究成果,引发对英语教学的启示,并就高职院校公共英语教学中如何激发学生的学习动机、促进英语教学提出了相应措施。     

On Improving the Classroom Environment of English Learning in College

This paper, firstly, acknowledges the importance of classroom environment and the problems existing in the college English classroom. And then, it offers some ways of improving the classroom environment which is very critical to evaluate educational programs and curriculum and provides guidance to teachers who are eager to boost their classroom teaching.     

态度与外语学习的关系(英文)

本文着重探讨了与外语学习相关的态度问题,并谈到了各种不同的对外语学习的态度,对目标语言的态度以及对课程和教师的态度。为了说明态度和外语学习之间关系的本质,文中也谈到了态度及其持久性,态度和课堂行为。作者的结论是积极的态度可激发学习动机从而促使外语学习成功。     

学生英语语言错误的产生与纠正

六十年代以来,大多数语言教师及理论工作者都认为出错是语言学习过程中的一种自然现象。是不可避免的,并逐渐认识到其价值。本文从语言学角度分析了学生在学英语过程中出现的部分错误。并提出一些改正方法。     

Disentangling the Nexus: Attitudes to Mathematics and Technology in a Computer Learning Environment

Gaining insights into students' attitudes and beliefs is a crucial step in understanding how the learning environment for mathematics is affected by the introduction of computers and other technology. We review research into the impact of technology on the teaching and learning of mathematics, although systematic evaluations are sparse. We discuss the relationship between affective variables and performance and having constructed appropriate measures of attitude, we present results from an extensive initial study. The study disentangles affects relating to mathematics and to computing and in doing so identifies attributes which are important where mathematics and computing interact. We report on the application of six Galbraith–Haines scales to 156 students, we discuss the implications of confidence, motivation, engagement and interaction with the technology in the learning environment and we demonstrate that the computing and mathematics attitude scales capture distinctive properties of student behaviour in this respect.     

大学英语课堂环境与英语自主学习能力的关系研究

运用典型相关分析方法对大学英语课堂环境与英语自主学习能力的关系进行研究,结果显示二者显著相关,课堂环境对自主学习能力的影响作用大于自主学习能力对课堂环境的影响作用,课堂环境是影响自主学习能力的一个重要因素。课堂环境的九个因子中,主要是课堂参与、学生责任、任务取向、教师支持影响自主学习中的所有维度,即评估过程、制订计划、明确要求、监控策略和使用策略。课堂环境感知和自主学习能力之间存在匹配类型（感知好能力强、感知中等好一能力中等强）和不匹配类型（感知好能力中等强、感知中等好能力差）。根据以上研究结果,建议要创建和谐课堂,促进学生情感和认知的积极发展;重视课堂互动,促进学生对课堂活动的积极参与;加强“任务”教学,提高学生对“任务”的积极认识;强化策略培训,提高学生使用策略进行学习的水平。     

语言学习策略及其在大学英语教学中的应用

根据语言学习策略相关的著作阐述了语言学习策略背景、定义、及其分类,也探讨了语言学习策略在大学英语教学中的重要性及其具体如何使用。     

契约型学习策略对特殊用途英语学习的影响

通过实验探讨契约型学习策略对特殊用途英语学习成绩和学习态度的积极影响。实验对象是大连海事大学水上专业2007级本科生,跟踪时间为一学年（2007／9--2008／7）。为达到研究目标,入学之初,师生共同完成并签署一份学习契约,学年末对学生进行一次水平测试。此外,还通过问卷调查了解其效果。研究发现,学生们对学习契约的严肃态度和献身精神有效地激发了学习热情,从而在水平测试中取得了比较理想的成绩,学生普遍反映学习契约促进了英语学习,因而契约型学习策略是积极有效的。     

大学数学课堂学习环境特征分析

文章应用自主开发的“大学数学课堂学习环境问卷”,对全国不同地区、不同类型的15所高校100多个班级的一年级大学生进行了调查,并根据调查数据分析了学生感知的大学数学课堂学习环境的特征。在此基础上,进一步讨论了营造良好大学数学课堂学习环境的对策建议。     

计算机网络环境下英语教师的角色定位思考

该文主要讨论计算机网络教学模式对我国大学外语教学的影响以及在计算机网络教学环境下外语教师的角色定位.文章认为,网络将为促进我国外语教学整体水平的提高带来新的契机,外语教师应该及时更新理念、培训技能,成功地实现在这一教学模式下的角色转变.     

浅议课堂教学中教师的“错误”观

在课堂教学中,学生经常会出现各种各样的错误。面对学生的错误,教师所持的态度直接影响着教学的效果和学生错误潜在价值的充分发挥。教师的“错误”观是教师教育观、课程观、学生观的集中反映,也是其教学能力、评价能力的重要体现。教师在课堂教学中面对学生错误时,应该具有科学的“错误”观,如课程资源观、启发契机观、审视教学观、评价信息观。教师应该在这些“错误”观的指导下,采取正确的策略去帮助学生纠正错误。     

English and Mathematics Teachers' Attitudes to Integration

An attitude questionnaire completed by 102 teachers of English and mathematics on the integration of students with special education needs in the mainstream classroom indicated no significant differences in attitude between the two groups. Differences, however, were discernible when teacher training in special educational needs was considered; a situation which has implications for further study and for the inservice and initial training of teachers.     

论语言环境与语言的学习

首先，本文阐明了母语与外语之间的区别，指出其区别是由于不同的语言环境造成的。其次，在主体部分文章论述了母语的习得与学习同外语的习得与学习环境的不同，导致地以下三个方面的不同：1，习得与学习的目的不同；2，习得与学习的心理活动不同；3，习得与学习的过程不同。第三方面的不同充分证明了语言环境对于语言学习的重要性。从而得出结论：一个语言教师应尽可能多地为学生创造学习动用语言的环境，并提出几点针对性措施。