Abandoned But Not Forgotten: Revisited

Abstract

The authors evaluated the impact of the environmental education program NatureScope in regular classrooms where it was used as a curriculum supplement. Teachers used the materials in the classroom for 8 weeks. A pretest/posttest design produced few significant differences between groups exposed to the materials and the control groups.     

童年在变化,童年没消失

针对技术至上主义者在电子传媒时代惊呼童年消失了的观点,本文从人类文化、个体发展和儿童认知特点等方面进行分析,指出童年在变化,但儿童期并没有消失.一切儿童文化产品都应遵循儿童发展的基本规律.例如,一部好的动漫作品就应该是儿童心灵幻想的伴奏曲.     

从“乐而不淫，哀而不伤”谈“A而不B”类句式的意义

“乐而不淫,哀而不伤”等“A而不B”类句式在先秦儒家话语中大量存在,构成了独特的民族文论和文化景观。这一句式的意义在于：在语言资源有限的前提下,使二．个命题既经济又稳固,并且富有包孕性;它不仅在“说什么”的思想意义上,也在“如何说”的形式意义上显示了先秦儒家学者的智慧。     

说不可说——论"解释"的困惑

文章认为,“言词”与“意义”的关系问题一直是众多思想家探究的哲学命题。“言词”从其发端以降,就被纳入不断地注解和阐释中,从而导致了多种“意义”的生成。“意义”作为对对象价值的把握,因为“言词”的介入而得以明晰。“言词”与思想、观念一样,都是一种存在,它们在彼此构架和创造。文章从分析“言词”与“意义”的关系出发,通过探讨“话语”、“文本”和“时空历史”,认为:理解者的偏见、先在、前结构、不同视角等造成了解释的多样形态,每一种形态的存在都有其合理性。而理解者解释“言词”、“话语”、“文本”、“历史”的过程,也就是解释自我的过程。但说与不可说浸透于整个解释过程中,人类将永远面临“说不可说”的尴尬。     

Using Portfolios for External Assessment: An Experiment in Portugal

This article describes some of the conclusions reached from an experiment using portfolios for art external assessment at the end of secondary education (age 17+) conducted in five Portuguese schools in 2001–2003. Several positive outcomes were found. Students found portfolios to be motivating and fostering constructive learning, dialogue and co‐operation between students and teachers. The new assessment procedures developed communities of assessors enabling some increased consistency of examination results and positive professional development opportunities. However some weaknesses were detected such as potential bias related to the degree of teacher aid and practical problems as, for example, time‐consuming in‐service teacher training.     

人文教育与科学教育:融合更需贯通

大学人文教育与科学教育之间的融合是一个永恒的课题。无论从大学教育发展的历史来看,抑或是从受教育者主体结构看,以及从人文与科学两种知识形态看,人文与科学都应该而且能够融合。但是融合并非终极目标,两者之间更应该贯通。因此,融合人文教育与科学教育,更需贯通两者,培养两者之间的通感是当前大学教育亟待解决的重要课题。     

Using Portfolios of Student Work in Instruction and Assessment

The tern portfolio has become a popular buzz word. Unfortunately, it is not always clear exactly what is meant or implied by the term, especially when used in the context of portfolio assessment. This training module is intended to clarify the notion of portfolio assessment and help users design such assessments in a thoughtful manner. We begin with a discussion of the rationale for assessment alternatives and then discuss portfolio definitions, characteristics, pitfalls, and design considerations.     

成长记录袋的创建与使用

成长记录袋有意识地收集学生的作品或有关证据,以反映学生在某一领域的努力、进步与成就。任课教师创建和使用成长记录袋一般要经过明确目的和用途、对内容选择提供指导、明确学生角色、确定评分程序和标准、交流和使用等几个主要步骤。在当前的评价实践中,学校和教师还要注意谨慎选择成长记录袋的应用领域、将成长记录袋的应用与教学有机结合、给教师和学生足够的自主权并加强教师培训。     

Portfolios in First Grade: Four Teachers Learn to Use Alternative Assessment

Educational assessment is experiencing significant changes which affect classroom practices. This article describes an in-depth qualitative study of the implementation of portfolio assessment by four first grade teachers. Creative activities and valuable insights were given by these teachers which allow for successful implementation of portfolios in the classroom. These teachers found three major benefits of portfolios: (1) a means of communicating more effectively with families, (2) a tool to motivate, encourage, and instruct students in the skills of self-assessment, and (3) a mechanism to monitor and improve their own instruction in the classroom.     

Student-Directed Assessment of Knowledge Building Using Electronic Portfolios

Despite emphasis and progress in developing collaborative inquiry in computer-supported collaborative learning research, little attention has been given to examining how collective learning can be assessed in computer-supported collaborative learning classrooms, and how students can have agency in assessing their own collaborative process. We propose that assessments should capture both individual and collective aspects of learning and be designed in ways that foster collaboration. We describe the design of student-directed electronic portfolio assessments to characterize and “scaffold” collaborative inquiry using Knowledge Forum?. Our design involved asking students to identify exemplary notes in the computer discourse depicting knowledge building episodes using four knowledge building principles as criteria. We report three studies that examined the designs and roles of knowledge building portfolios with graduate and Grade 12 students in Hong Kong and Canada. The findings suggest that knowledge building portfolios help to characterize collective knowledge advances and foster domain understanding. We discuss lessons learned regarding how knowledge building may be fostered and provide principles for designing assessments that can be used to evaluate and foster deep inquiry in asynchronous online discussion environments.     

利用写作档案评价促进学生课外写作自主性的实践探索

本文阐述了如何利用学习档案评价促进学生课外自主写作积极性的办法,以解决学生写作过程中出现的诸如“无话可说”、“怕写作”、“不情愿写”等问题。研究结果表明,批判性地使用该策略确实能促进其自主学习能力的提高,给学生带来成就感、自信与热情,使他们思路开阔清晰、写作流畅,反思能力得以提高,但同时也存在诸如教师反馈不及时、习作作者身份不确定等有待改进的问题。     

成长记录袋在大规模、高利害评价中的应用

成长记录袋是一种新兴的质性评价方式。除课堂评价外,国外已尝试将其应用于大规模、高利害评价。这种做法的好处主要体现为对教学和教师专业成长的促进,而弊端则集中在信度、效度等问题上,我国在中考改革中引入成长记录袋必须积极、稳妥地进行。     

成长记录袋在特殊儿童学习评价中的应用

成长记录袋是一种新兴的质性评价方式,具有质性描述、目的明确、主体参与等特点,在特殊儿童学习评价中有其独特优势,可以作为特殊儿童学习评价的重要形式之一在实践中加以应用。创建与使用成长记录袋要遵循一些基本程序与要求,包括明确目的、确定内容、鼓励特殊儿童参与、确定评分办法、交流与使用。     

例谈作图对培养学生能力的作用

我们在教学过程中,几乎没有哪一堂课不需要作图,没有哪一次检测离得开作图,作图是物理学习的一种习惯,然而只认识到这一点是不深刻的,因为作图不仅仅是一种习惯,更是一种能力。有的问题如果作不出准确的物理图景,就会陷入山重水复疑无路的境地,一旦作出了准确的物理图景,便会体验到柳暗花明又一村的美妙。最能体现作图能力意境的章节是带电粒子在磁场中的运动,现举几例阐述之。例1如图1所示,电子源S能在图示纸面上360°范围内发射速率相同的电子(质量为m、电量为e),MN是足够大的竖直挡板,与S的水平距离OS=L,挡板左侧是垂直纸面向里,磁感…     

我为什么能读懂却听不懂英语——影响英语听力理解的因素之再探讨暨模型的提出

外语听力理解的能力在语言运用能力当中具有至关重要的地位。然而,许多学习者都有我为什么能读懂却听不懂英语?这样的疑问。本研究回顾了相关文献,就影响学生英语听力理解的因素进行再探讨,试图从新的、更加微观的角度对这一问题加以分析,进而提出影响因素模型,提出下一阶段研究方向和研究内容。     

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