论杜威的"主动作业"、"科目教学"思想

杜威课程论思想的真谛常常被人曲解、被人扩大化,尤其是关于主动作业与科目教学的思想.杜威既大力倡导活动课程,高举活动作业,又力图改造学科课程,不忘科目教学.他试图把主动作业和科目教学、活动课程和学科课程统一起来.     

"电工与电子技术"课程思政教学研究

在"电工与电子技术"课程教学中融入思政元素,不仅是教师立德树人、传承知识的内在要求,也是课程教学的点睛之笔.着眼于"电工与电子技术"课程思政教学体系的构建,对教学目标、教学素材、载体建设及思政教学考核等方面进行了分析,介绍了课程思政教学的实施方案,并指出教师是思政教学的"第一素材",为高校课程育人提供了借鉴.     

"遥感信息系统"课程双语教学探索

文章通过遥感信息系统课程双语教学的具体实践,对该课程实施双语教学的必要性、可行性及实际意义进行分析,讨论了该课程双语教学的教学内容、方法,探索性地提出了遥感信息系统课程的双语教学实践方法。     

"电路分析"课程有效教学初探

针对电路分析课程课时数少、教学内容多,学生感觉难学的教学实际,对电路分析课程教学效果较差的原因进行了分析,结合有效教学的基本理念,对如何进行电路分析课程的有效教学进行了探讨,提出了实现电路分析课程有效教学的方法与途径,对电路分析课程教学具有一定的参考意义.     

"课程思政"理念下传媒院校英语专业"英汉互译"教学的探索

在高校课程教学中融入思想政治教育,已经成为新时期高校课程教学的必然趋势.文章从"课程思政"的内涵入手,以传媒院校英语专业高年级的核心课程"英汉互译"为对象,从教师主体、授课方式、授课素材以及课程考核的角度对课程思政教学的价值内涵和实施路径进行了尝试性的探索.     

"创新教学"课程教学资源建设之我见

“创新教学”课程是教学创新的理论武器,深刻分析“创新教学”课程的教学资源现状是探索、研究“创新教学”课程新体系的根本保证。     

"软件工程"课程教学实施方案

"软件工程"是一门理论与实践并重的计算机软件专业基础课程.在教育部高等学校计算机科学与技术教学指导委员会统一组织下,作者针对软件工程课程的培养目标和教学实施中的关键问题,提出了该课程的教学实施方案.本文介绍了该实施方案的总体框架,结合不同类型的计算机人才培养阐述了课程实施的侧重点,并从课程实验和综合训练两个方面构建了实践教学方案.     

创建"开放式、研究性"课程教学模式

本文以作者在近10年本科生课程教学中运用信息技术进行课程教学模式创新的经历,总结了信息技术用于课程教学模式创新的两个切入点及创建"开放式、研究性"细胞生物学课程教学模式的实践;提出了"研究性教学"的课程教学设计的观点,并对信息技术与课程的有机整合进行了探讨.     

学习反思促进"教学设计"课程教学改革研究

"教学设计"课程是教育技术专业本科生的核心课程,学生学好该课程对以后的发展非常重要.本研究通过对"教学设计"课程教学中学生学习反思现状的情况分析,依据建构主义学习理论,参考学习反思在课程教学中运用的相关文献,提出在教学设计课程教学中,有效运用学习反思策略的相关建议.最后,本研究还通过行动研究构建了"教学设计"课程教学中不同类型学习内容学习反思策略的具体操作过程,希望能对"教学设计"课程教学改革的发展有所借鉴参考.     

"水力学"课程思政教学设计探讨

为了提高"水力学"课程教学质量,文章基于相关背景,首先阐述了"水力学"课程思政教学设计的原则,然后论述了"水力学"课程思政教学设计的实践,最后对"水力学"课程思政教学设计进行了反思.     

Evaluation of an Experimental Course in Race Relations

Universities and colleges have developed many new courses concerned with race relations. Objectives of these courses have been far-reaching and it has been particularly difficult to evaluate their effectiveness. Out-comes are often not clearly described. This study examined student experiences with minority groups before, during, and after taking an experimental course in race relations. We observed differences in the experiences with minority groups of open-minded, moderate, and closed-minded students who took the course, and differences in the experiences with minority groups of students who were more or less satisfied with the course. The sample was made up of 69 percent (N = 66) of the students who completed the course. Students said they had first heard of more of the well known minority individuals and had had more interpersonal relations with members of minority groups before taking the course. Most had visited or heard of more of the community agencies and councils while taking the course. At the conclusion of the course, a large number still had not read most of the books, magazines, and newspapers. Open-minded students had had more experiences with minority groups than had moderates before taking the course. The degree to which students were open or closed minded was also related to their number of non-experiences with both minority group people and minority literature at the conclusion of the course. Surprisingly, closed minded students were more satisfied with the course. More satisfied students read less about minority groups after the course was completed. Finally, the results indicated no significant differences in the experiences before, during, and after the course of students who were more and less satisfied with the course.     

Influences on peer evaluation in a group project: an exploration of leadership,demographics and course performance

Collaborative learning strategies are widely used in higher education to deepen learning, promote team-building skills and achieve course learning objectives. Using peer evaluation is an important strategy to ensure that engaged and active students are rewarded for their efforts, and to discourage loafing within groups. However, less is known about what biases may influence students’ peer evaluations. In this paper, we investigate what variables students may (consciously or unconsciously) use to evaluate their peers. We explore the role of sex, race, course performance and group leadership on peer evaluation. We also investigate whether these variables correlate with students’ final course grade. We found that students who reported being leaders in groups were evaluated higher than peers who reported being followers, and that course performance positively correlated with peer evaluations. White students received higher peer evaluations than students of colour. This difference reflects trends in group leadership and course performance, with more white students than students of colour reporting being leaders in groups and receiving higher grades.     

Just-in-Time Teaching Exercises to Engage Students in an Introductory-Level Dinosaur Course

The Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) technique allows students to be engaged in course material outside of the classroom by answering web-based questions. The responses are summarized and presented to students in class with a follow-up active learning exercise. College students enrolled in an introductory-level general education geoscience course were surveyed over a two-semester period on their engagement level during lecture and perceived learning of course content. Data show that students are able to reflect on their prior knowledge and construct new knowledge with weekly graded JiTT exercises. Despite increasing and competing pressures outside of the classroom, students reported increased learning and engagement in a course with required weekly assignments.     

应用统计学课程教学改革的探讨——基于389名学生的调查分析

应用统计学课程是高校经济管理类专业的基础必修课程,其主要目的是为了培养学生分析和解决社会经济管理领域实际问题的基本技能。尽管应用统计学的着眼点是应用性,但是根据实地调查的结果,得到教材缺乏应用性、课堂教学内容和教学手段单一、应用范围模糊、学生学习兴趣不浓等问题。本文通过对这些问题分析,提出了编写适应市场需要的应用统计学教材、制定适合市场经济体制的教学计划、采取互动式的教学方法以及改革单一的考核方式等改革途径和措施。     

网络课程在实验课程教学中的应用与实践——以《中药药剂学实验》教学为例

网络课程在高校教育教学中发挥着不可替代的作用。本文以《中药药剂学实验》网络课程建设与教学为例,从网络课程素材内容的设计、网络课程平台在教学中发挥的作用、实施效果和存在的问题,对网络平台在实验课程教学中的应用进行分析和探讨。结果证明,网络平台有利于教师和学生点对点教学,激发学生学习动机;让学生提交多媒体电子版实验报告,能提高师生和学生间的交流互动;借助网络平台有利于学生总结与回顾知识。通过调研学生使用网络平台的情况可知,网络课程在实验教学中应用,对学生学习兴趣及技能训练具有促进作用。     

Race-Specific High School Course Intensity and Student’s Post-secondary Education Attainment

Post-secondary educational attainment is an increasingly important prerequisite to many valued outcomes. This paper examines the association of racially-specific high school course of study with student’s postsecondary educational attainment using ELS 2002–2012 and a comprehensive measure of course intensity derived from students’ patterns of course-taking. Results support a partial presence of racially-specific association of high school course of study. We also find that only Asian-American and American Indian/Alaskan Native students in the middle course intensity and Asian-American students in high course intensity ranges are more likely to obtain at least a 4-year college degree than same-race students in the low course intensity group. However, the same pattern is not evident for White, African-American, multi-racial, and Hispanic students, indicating that they do not experience the same benefit from academically rigorous courses of study. Also, educational expectations do not mediate the relationships among race, course of study, and postsecondary educational trajectory differently for students of different racial groups, i.e., they do not play a larger role in mediating the relationship between course of study and postsecondary educational trajectory for White students.     

Online course selection: using course dashboards to inform student enrollment decisions

This article explores the potential of course dashboards as a front-end strategy for decreasing online course dropout rates. Scholarship has addressed course attrition once students are enrolled in online courses. However, supporting academic success by assisting students in the making of effective decisions about which online courses to take has received relatively little attention. Students in undergraduate-level online courses from varied disciplines rated the utility of course information types and three course dashboard prototypes. Qualitative feedback was also collected. Various types of information related to the time investment necessary to successfully complete the course were given priority. With regard to information displays, students preferred moderate-to-high amounts of well-organised information, presented with a careful balance of text and visual images. Comments from past students also favoured course dashboard elements.     

Consensus-based course design and implementation of constructive alignment theory in a power system analysis course

This article presents the implementation of the constructive alignment theory (CAT) in a power system analysis course through a consensus-based course design process. The consensus-based design process involves both the instructor and graduate-level students and it aims to develop the CAT framework in a holistic manner with the goal of including different perceptions. The considerations required to implement this approach are described in detail. To examine the effect of this approach, three different course evaluations were conducted by querying the students during different stages of the course. These evaluations show that most of the students find a benefit for their learning in the implementation of CAT within the new course design. These observations are supported by a comparison of the students’ performance in the new course and the previous one. Finally, the revised two-factor study process questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F) is utilised to identify the students’ learning approach towards the course. The aim is to correlate the students’ approach with their final grade to assess if students adopting a deep learning approach are rewarded with higher marks and vice versa, that is, to check if the CAT implementation was successful. Meanwhile, some of the R-SPQ-2F limitations, which affect the quality of the results, are identified and discussed. Additionally, to facilitate the practical usage of R-SPQ-2F, an algorithm was developed by the authors to rank the students’ approach towards the course. The results of the new ranking algorithm demonstrate positive correlation with the students’ final grade, which is an indication of the effective CAT implementation.     

论高职高专英语泛读教学改革

泛读课是英语教学中重要的专业基础课,阅读能力是测试学生英语水平的一个重要标准。然而,学生在泛读的学习过程中仍存在很多问题,如何改革泛读课教学,使学生更好地提高阅读能力显得尤为重要。通过分析高职高专泛读教学的现状,对高职院校的英语泛读教学提出一些设想及建议。     

Implementing the flipped classroom: an exploration of study behaviour and student performance

The flipped classroom is becoming more popular as a means to support student learning in higher education by requiring students to prepare before lectures and actively engaging students during lectures. While some research has been conducted into student performance in the flipped classroom, students’ study behaviour throughout a flipped course has not been investigated. This study explored students’ study behaviour throughout a flipped and a regular course by means of bi-weekly diaries. Furthermore, student references to their learning regulation were explored in course evaluations. Results from the diaries showed that students’ study behaviour in the flipped course did not appear to be very different from that of students in a regular course. Furthermore, study behaviour did not appear strongly related to student performance in both the flipped and the regular course. Exploration of student references to their learning regulation in the course evaluations showed that some students experienced the flipped course design as intended to support their learning process. Other students, however, demonstrated resistance to changing their study behaviour even though changing study behaviour is expected in order to benefit from the flipped classroom. Further research on the relationship between students’ learning regulation and actual study behaviour and course results is necessary to understand when and why implementing the flipped classroom is successful. Recommendations that may help more effective flipped classroom implementation include considering the prior history between students and instructor(s), the broader curriculum context, and frequent expectation communication especially with large numbers of students and non-mandatory lecture attendance.