Investigating the Efficacy of a Core Kindergarten Mathematics Curriculum to Improve Student Mathematics Learning Outcomes

This study examined the efficacy of a core kindergarten mathematics program, Early Learning in Mathematics (ELM), a 120-lesson program with four content strands: (a) number operations, (b) geometry, (c) measurement, and (d) vocabulary. The study utilized a randomized block design, with 129 classrooms randomly assigned within schools to treatment or control conditions. Measures of achievement were collected in the fall (pretest) and spring (posttest) in kindergarten and in the winter of first grade (follow-up). Although students in ELM classrooms did not differ significantly from students in control classrooms, we expected and found that the effects of ELM depended on students’ initial achievement. Initial achievement moderated condition effects for Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA) scores (p =.0039), but not the Early Numeracy–Curriculum-Based Measurement (p =.1887). We found no effects on follow-up first-grade scores from the Stanford Achievement Test Tenth Edition Problem Solving subtest (p =.9737) or Procedures subtest (p =.6336).     

幼儿园教师数学学科教学知识现状研究——以一位熟手型教师为例

采用课堂观察法和访谈法研究一位熟手型幼儿园教师的数学学科教学知识现状,结果发现：（1）数学内容知识方面,教师重视幼儿数学内容知识学习的衔接性和全面性。（2）数学教学策略知识方面,教师在教学中鼓励幼儿自由操作和探索,常采用直观材料演示的教学策略。（3）幼儿的知识方面,教师更为关注幼儿已有数学知识的经验准备,对本班幼儿有较全面的了解。（4）数学教学情境知识方面,常以创设游戏情境的方式开展教学活动,能为幼儿的数学知识学习创设问题情境。     

情境学习视角下的幼儿园数学教育实践探究

幼儿园课程改革促使幼儿园的数学教育教学活动在理念、目标、内容结构、组织形式上开始了变革。在此背景下,研究者分析了情境学习理论对幼儿园数学教育的重要意义,基于对幼儿园数学教育现状的把握,提出情境学习理论运用于幼儿园数学教育教学中的策略。     

Using Web-based Pedagogical Tools as Scaffolds for Self-regulated Learning

The purpose of the present study was to confirm previous research findings that different categories of Web-based pedagogical tools (WBPT) (e.g., collaborative and communication tools, content creation and delivery tools) supported different self-regulated learning (SRL) processes (e.g., goal setting, self-monitoring), and to further examine which WBPT were most effective in supporting student SRL while completing course assignments. The sample surveyed consisted of 65 students enrolled in three distributed courses. A mixed methods methodological approach was implemented. As expected, quantitative analyses confirmed that different WBPT supported different SRL processes. In addition, analyses of qualitative data collected revealed that WBPT were highly effective in activating the use of SRL processes necessary to support specific types of learning tasks required for completion of course assignments. Educational implications for using WBPT as scaffolds for SRL are discussed.     

教育神经科学的未来:建构学习发展路径的工具

在教育神经科学领域,我们需要可靠的脑科学知识为学与教奠定坚实的基础。在教学实践中,应该尊重学生的兴趣以及他们独特的学习通路。在教育神经科学中,我们已经创建了一种通用的量表来评估孩子们的认知发展以及他们在校学习,这种评价重视对学生学习的支持与促进。在教育神经科学的研究中,重要的是,科学家与教育工作者相互合作,建立研究型学校,将心智、脑与教育领域的知识联系起来,以支持并促进学生的学习。     

幼儿园数学情境教学实施探讨

数学情境教学是一种"知情教学",包含情境化和去情境化的过程,充当连接抽象数学知识与幼儿生活的功能。当前幼儿园数学情境教学存在着"去数学化"、脱离幼儿生活经验、情境创设不自然等问题,建议通过系统学习情境教学理论,整体把握和设计数学情境教学,选择贴近幼儿生活经验的内容,创设真实、自然的数学情境四条路径解决问题。     

情境学习在数学课堂中的案例分析——情境创设与合作交流真的那么重要吗

情境学习提倡为学生提供真实的活动和任务,提倡与共同体成员的合作交流.情境创设与合作交流在数学课堂教学中有其局限性,情境创设应更多地结合知识特征,合作交流应以充分的个人思考为基础.     

Designing Curriculum-Based Mathematics Professional Development for Kindergarten Teachers

This study examines the influence of a year-long mathematics professional development program on Kindergarten teachers’ beliefs, content knowledge, instructional practices, and their students’ achievement. The professional development program is grounded in the theoretical construct of learner-centered professional development and focuses on supporting teachers’ integration of standards-based pedagogies aligned with the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics. Data analysis included examining 15 Kindergarten teachers’ mathematics content knowledge, their beliefs about mathematics, their enactment of student-centered pedagogies, and student achievement on curriculum-based assessments. Findings indicated that teachers adopted more student-centered pedagogies and embraced more student-centered beliefs about mathematics teaching during their time in the project. Further, Kindergarten teachers also demonstrated gains in their mathematical content knowledge, and those content knowledge gains were linked to gains in student achievement.     

专家型数学教师数学教育观及影响因素探究——一个个案研究

采用半结构式访谈和问卷调查深入探讨了1位专家型数学教师的数学观,数学学习观和数学教学观及其相关影响因素。本研究发现该专家型数学教师主要认为:(1)数学是培养学生思维和数学能力的载体,是源于生活和用于生活的,是学生学习、考试的一个科目;(2)学习数学需一定天赋,学生自主参与、归纳总结是数学学习最佳的方式,数学思维和分析解决问题的能力是学生数学学习的主要部分和应达到的水平之一;(3)数学教学的目标在于培养学生的数学思维、分析解决问题的能力,成功的数学教学应注重学生的参与和课后落实。中国传统文化、数学教育传统、新课程理念以及教师的工作环境等都对其观念系统有一定的影响。     

打造体验式学习数学课堂的策略探析

体验式学习是一种突出学生主体地位、增强学生认知感悟、促进学生知识和能力共同发展的教学手段,可以激发学生对数学学习的兴趣,促进学生自主探究能力的提高,培养学生的逻辑思维与解决问题的能力。教师应从创设教学情境、优化合作探究、编创数学游戏、组织实践活动等方面,探析打造体验式学习数学课堂的教学策略,提高教学质量。     

对我国当前幼儿园数学教育政策的反思

本文尝试比较了新中国成立后不同时期的幼儿园数学教育政策，在纵向比较中总结当前政策有关幼儿园数学教育目标、内容和方法等方面规定的特点，并对这一政策背后的理论基础及其适宜性进行了反思。     

知识建构社区课堂互动分析工具的设计与应用

如何评价和改进社区成员之间的互动,一直是国内外知识建构研究的重点与难点问题之一。文章以H大学"教育技术学专业英语"课程为例,基于弗兰德斯互动分析系统,重新构建了知识建构课堂互动分析系统。该系统改进与优化的地方包括:精简教师言语部分,增加自由人角色编码等;丰富学生言语部分,细化学生提问-应答编码等;沉寂细分为思考性和混乱性沉寂。课堂应用结果表明:KBIAS能够反映互动主体从教师权威机械到师生民主平等;体现互动模式从单向线性到立体多维的转变;呈现出互动问题从静态预设到动态生成。     

构建以“科学”为主线的幼儿园综合主题课程

幼儿园综合主题课程是在对我国沿袭了几十年的传统分科课程的批评与质疑基础上产生的新课程模式,但这种新的课程模式在当前的幼儿教育实践中却面临着诸多问题.因此,如何在理论与实践上完善这一课程模式已成为我国学前教育理论界亟待解决的课题.科学教育作为五大领域的统帅与灵魂,它与各领域的联系是最为密切、最为直接的.构建以"科学"为主线的幼儿园综合主题课程不仅是必要的,而且是可行的.     

Use of Action Learning as a Vehicle for Capacity Building in China

This article describes the use of action learning and action research in the development of management training institutions and management development experts in China. A case study is reported here which was based on a technical cooperation project between Switzerland and China which took place from 1994 to1996. The aim of this project was to build up the Chinese Government's institutional capacity in support of its policy to modernize its public administration and to strengthen its management of public enterprises. Conclusions from this case analysis illustrate that it is possible to operationalize action learning and action research methodologies successfully in China and to bring about organizational, managerial, professional, and personal development. It also illustrates needed adaptations of applying these management development strategies in the context of an international transfer of know-how. Learning took place at two related domains, i.e., at the domain of Chinese organizers, trainers, and managers who participated in the project and at the domain where the two partner institutions of the project interacted. More work is needed to better understand how to accelerate the development of facilitators and to manage structural and cultural constraints when one applies action learning and action research methodologies to large and complex systems in transitional economies within an Asian cultural environment.     

Supporting Early Childhood Social-Emotional Well Being: The Building Blocks for Early Learning and School Success

The period of early childhood sets the stage for how well children view themselves, each other, and their world. Shared positive emotional experiences between caregivers and children serve as building blocks for the development of social and emotional well-being in infants and toddlers. Incorporating the three principles of promotion, prevention, and intervention within a systems framework (child–parent–environment) will enable early childhood practitioners to foster the emotional health and well-being of all children and families, especially those individual children who are more vulnerable due to the presence of multiple risk factors. The primary intent of the authors of this paper is to discuss the importance of attending to the social and emotional well being of very young children as a primary focus of early learning and school success.     

发展性数学学习方式的思考

数学学习过程是一个混合体,是一个选择的过程,围绕怎样选择,又是一个研究、体验、反思的过程,数学学习充满选择性、研究性、体验性和反思性.简要论述了数学学习方式的特点、数学学习模式.     

幼儿在积木游戏中的数学学习研究综述

积木具有高度的开放性、可塑性及灵活性等特点,对幼儿数学经验的早期积累有较明显的促进作用.本文对幼儿在积木游戏中的数学学习的相关研究作了梳理,以期为积木游戏的后续研究提供参考.