Affiliation to school: measures and interventions

The degree of affiliation which pupils develop towards their schools is an important factor in their engagement and success. It has also been a matter of concern at the time of transfer from primary to secondary school. This article describes the development of a brief method for identifying the degree of affiliation which pupils feel, and also identifying any points of concern. Data from 670 pupils in a London secondary school is reported. Concerns about pupils’ experience of transfer are often addressed through interventions which are teacher-centred. An account is given of a pupil-centred intervention to improve affiliation, and its apparent long-lasting effects. There also seems to be an improvement trend over years, reflecting the school’s paying attention to this theme.     

中学物理解题的方法指导

物理教学要达到熟练解决物理问题的能力,必须深刻理解物理基本知识,熟练掌握解题方法仔细审题,弄清题意,找准物理规律;通过联想,建立物理模型;借助数学工具,根据物理规律列出方程;统一单位,正确计算;综合分析,验证答案.正确的解题方法来自于对知识的透彻理解和灵活的思维,并在实践中不断总结升华,以提高物理解题能力.     

如何指导成人高等学校毕业论文的几点思考

毕业论文的写作是成人高等学校专本科各专业教育教学计划中一个极为重要的综合性实践教学环节,这个教学环节体现了专业培养目标和要求。本文从学生和指导教师的不同角度分析了毕业论文写作和指导中的常见问题,并就如何指导成人高等学校毕业论文谈了几点思考和看法,旨在提高成人高等学校毕业论文的指导和写作水平。     

坚持以科学发展观指导高校图书馆工作

论述了坚持以科学发展观指导高校图书馆工作的战略意义,从6个方面探讨用科学发展观指导高校图书馆工作的方法和途径。     

Biglan's dimensions: Are the perceptions empirically based?

The clusters of disciplines originally developed by Biglan have been useful guides in classifying or categorizing academic departments. Questions remain, however, as to the validity of the Biglan clusters among a wide range of colleges and universities.This study provides evidence which supports the validity of the Biglan categories by showing how faculty salaries and instructional staffing patterns differ among departments along the dimensions described by Biglan.     

优化中学体育考试的措施与策略

中学体育考试是一项在室外进行的动态考试,规模大,开放程度高,组织工作复杂,操作难度大,实施不好就会使它失去严肃性.优化体育中考,不仅给学生创造良好考试条件,检查体质水平,而且要激发学生体育学习兴趣,提高身体素质,更要引导社会、学校、教师、家长深度重视学生身体健康.     

初中语文阅读教学中引导学生习作的有效策略

众所周知,语文写作能力和语文阅读能力都是初中学生语文学习过程中至关重要的两项学习内容。阅读和写作贯穿了学生整个语文学习时期,两者相辅相成并共同提高,学生的语文能力才能稳步提高并达到一定水平。本文就初中语文阅读教学中引导学生学习写作的有效策略进行探究。     

加强中职师资培养培训的举措

目前,中职学校专业教师数量不足和质量不高的问题同时存在,非对口专业教师任教现象比较普遍。师资问题已成为制约和影响中等职业教育质量提高和快速发展的瓶颈。河北师范大学职业技术学院是中职专业教师培养、培训的院校和全国重点建设的职教师资培训基地。“十五”以来,我们坚持“三性”（职业性、技术性、师范性）、“四双”（双师型素质、双技能训练、双证书制度、双基地建设）办学特色,通过全日制和函授专升本教学为中职学校培养了大批的、各类型的教学。我院主要通过以下举措加强中职师资的培养培训工作。     

Strategic responses to school accountability measures: It's all in the timing

The adoption of state accountability testing in the 1990s coincided with the movement of some school start dates from September into August. Using data from Wisconsin, this paper connects these phenomena, showing that some low-scoring districts advanced their school start dates to allow their students more time to prepare for exams. I use a 2001 Wisconsin state law that restricted districts to start dates after September 1st to identify the effects of this extra time on student achievement. Extra classroom days are associated with small increases in Math scores for 4th graders, but not average reading or language scores. Extra classroom time may also have increased third grade reading scores for students in the upper portion of the ability distribution.     

小学生交往能力的现状分析与培养策略

随着社会的不断发展 ,作为社会人的少年儿童 ,从小具备规范、正确的交往方式 ,具有良好的交往素质 ,才能面临更加激烈的社会竞争与挑战 ;建立广泛联系 ,才能适应多层次、多方位、多角度、多种类的现代交际网络和复杂的社会生活。因此 ,加强小学生交往能力的现状分析 ,确立其培养策略 ,有着极其深远的意义     

The use of standardized residuals to derive value‐added measures of school performance

Measures of school performance based on pupil attainment are becoming more sophisticated, with DfES piloting ‘contextualized value‐added’ measures. However, most such measures are based on simple sums of residuals about ‘expected’ values, but it is clear from national data that distributions of performance are not symmetrical and of constant variance. A method is explored which takes account of the exact shape of the performance distribution to produce ‘standardized residuals’ which can be aggregated to the school level and give consistent measures on a fixed metric. Examples are given based on national data.     

Teaching social studies to learning disabled high school students: effects of a hypertext study guide

This study investigated the effectiveness of a computer-based study guide using hypertext software to increase textbook comprehension among four learning disabled students enrolled in a remedial high school social studies class. The program provided four levels of instructional cues that matched students to their highest level of independent interaction with a textbook passage, based on item-to-item responses to computer-generated questions. Using alternative forms of a 45-item multiple-choice test, a pre-test/post-test design was arranged, with a retention test given after a 30-day period. Fifteen questions were designated as control items by placing them in the 45-item tests but not in the computer treatment. The computer program consisted of three separate lessons administered across consecutive class sessions, with each followed by a written 15-item multiple choice test containing 10 computer questions and 5 control items. Results indicated a significant gain for pupils on computer items from pre-test to post-test and from pre-test to retention test, while no significant change occurred on control items across measures. A single-case analysis revealed a consistent relationship between gain scores on computer items, reading time on computer, and the number of instructional cues required by students. Two types of non-linear pathways that teacher might consider when constructing study guides are discussed.