Thinking Strategies: Its Effectiveness in the Teaching of Multiplication Facts to Low Achievers of Mathematics

Many students have found the learning of multiplication a difficult task. Without mastering multiplication facts, a student will always resort to fundamental strategies which may be undesirable in problem-solving. Many teachers and educators agree that learning basic facts in the four operations are the fundamental steps that precede learning harder facts. Referring to the aspect of computational errors, Knifong and Holton (1975) indicated that computational errors accounted for 49% of the total errors made by 35 students who sat for the Metropolitan. Achievement Test. Suydam (1975) and NCTM (1977) stressed the importance of basic facts even though calculators and lately computers have been introduced into the school curriculum. The purpose of this study was to investigate the methodology of teaching basic facts which would alleviate the problems of teaching these facts to low achievers of Mathematics. A review of studies on thinking strategies shows that very few were carried out in learning the thinking strategies, particularly in multiplication using low achievers as the target. The success of using thinking strategies to teach multiplication number facts to most students does not imply its success in teaching all students. One of the intentions of this study is to investigate what strategies are useful in helping the low achievers in learning mathematics.     

Teaching multiplication facts to students with learning problems

The present study investigated the effectiveness of a constant time delay procedure in teaching multiplication facts to fifth- and sixth-grade students identified as learning disabled, behavior disordered, or educable mentally handicapped. Four students were taught oral responses to 30 multiplication facts using a constant 5-second (s) delay procedure. Data on the number of minutes of direct instruction time, as well as the number and percent of errors, trials, and sessions to criterion, were collected. Results indicated that the near-errorless learning procedure was effective in teaching multiplication facts to students placed in special education.     

《自动控制原理》课程的探究式教学研究

文章以《自动控制原理》课程为例进行了一系列探究式教学改革措施：通过项目驱动推进学生的探究学习意愿及创新意识,利用＂台阶式＂问题的互动学习模式培养学生的批判思维能力,同时结合先进辅助教学手段及合理的评价体系促进学生的学习参与度与主动性。实践表明,探究式教学模式能帮助学生在学好专业知识的过程中有效提高自身的创新应用能力,更好地满足实现社会对应用创新型人才的需求。     

基于项目的高校外语教学设计——以纪录片制作项目为例

基于项目学习的产生背景和理论基础,设计了一种项目化学习的课堂教学模型——学习记录片的制作,并通过教学实践,论证了纪录片制作这种项目化学习的重要优势：学习模式自主化、团队化;学习过程真实化、创新化;学习形式多元化、多媒体化;学习效果可见化、成就化。开展项目化教学,契合语言学习的特征和规律,对全面提高英语教学质量和实施素质教育都有着重要的现实意义。     

Exploring the effects of online team-based learning and co-regulated learning on students' development of computing skills

As more and more educational institutions are providing online courses, it is necessary to design effective teaching methods integrated with technologies to benefit both teachers and students. The researcher in this study designed innovative online teaching methods of team-based learning (TBL) and co-regulated learning (CRL) to improve students' computing skills. The participants in this study were 124 undergraduates from three classes taking a compulsory course titled “Applied Information Technology: Data Processing.” There were three blended classes involved in this empirical study. The first group (EG1), which received the treatment of online TBL and CRL, and the second group (EG2), which received the treatment of online TBL only, were the experimental groups. The last group, which received the traditional teaching method, served as the control group. Before the experiment started, the author conducted a pretest to confirm that the differences of students' computing skills among the three groups were not significant at the beginning of the course. Based on the analysis of the post-test, the results indicate that students who received the intervention of online CRL had significantly better computing skills for using Excel by semester-end than those without. However, the intervention of online TBL did not contribute to better learning effects in this study. Based on the findings in this study, the author points out implications for teachers, schools, and educators, particularly for those responsible for courses focusing on solving ill-structured problems and those students who have typically received traditional didactic pedagogy for many years.     

建构主义学习理论在英语教与学中的应用

结合英语教学的特点与笔者在教学上的切身体会,本文分析了教师教学及学生学习与建构主义理论之间的关系,阐述了建构主义学习理论下教师和学生的角色,系统论述了建构主义理论在英语教与学中的应用,及该理论对培养学生自主学习的终身习惯的创新意义。     

成人高等教育网络学习资源建设的实践与探索

加强成人高等教育网络学习资源的建设和利用,可以有效提高成人高等教育教学质量,也是现代化教育的必然选择。文章结合笔者所在专科院校成教网络学习资源建设中的实际情况,就资源整合、校企合作共建、开发模式、资源管理监控等问题做了重要探讨。     

互动式电子教科书在课程学习中的应用与评价分析——以阿拉伯语视听说课程为例

阿拉伯语本身特色鲜明,与常见的英语学习有很大不同,使得阿拉伯语学习基本上还是以传统的面授武教学为主.新媒体技术的发展,使得语言学习可以借鉴其中的创新技术.互动式电子教科书较之传统的电子课件或教学软件,在媒体整合和交互操作上优势明显.该研究以互动式电子教科书在阿拉伯视听说课程中的使用为例,探讨了媒体整合学习模式在阿拉伯语教学中的实现方式,并对教学效果进行了跟踪评价和分析,最终实践结果表明学生对互动式电子教科书认可度非常高.     

基于资源的混合式学习的教学设计研究

混合式学习是将传统面对面教学优势和在线学习优势相结合的一种学习模式,它不仅扩大了学习者参与学习的机会,延伸了课堂教学时间,而且支持了学习者的自主学习和个性化学习。但混合式学习的优势并非自然而然产生的,它离不开精心地设计与实施。源于此,文章提出了一种基于资源的混合式学习教学设计过程模式,然后运用此模式对华中师范大学《现代教育技术》实验课的一个专题"多媒体教学设备使用和维护"进行了教学设计,并对其应用效果开展了行动研究,实证表明该模型具有一定的合理性和可行性,能够较好地指导混合式学习实践的开展。     

Content teaching: innovative and traditional practices

Innovative teaching is sometimes perceived as opposite of traditional teaching, since it is regarded as student-centred and takes on the form of guided construction. This distinguishing feature led to an expectation that traditional teaching practices will be replaced with innovative ones for the purpose of fostering learning. The goal of the present research is to examine this issue by taking a closer look at teaching practices within an innovative learning environment, and their implications for teachers and teacher educators. Our qualitative research was conducted in a secondary school which has implemented such a learning environment. The data analysis is based on sociolinguistic discourse analysis. The findings reveal a variety of teaching practices, which allows teachers to choose the most suitable one for a particular learning requirement. We conclude in proposing to adopt a more complex approach to teaching, and to relinquish the dichotomy between traditional and innovative teaching practices. Theoretical and practical implications of this proposal are presented in the discussion.     

学生口语交际能力培养的多元智能支持浅探

口语交际能力是高职学生普遍关注的能力之一。如何开展有创意、有成效的语文教学,从多元智能理论的视角,探讨了利用学习中心调控教学过程,全面提高高职学生口语交际能力的培养。     

Characterizing a highly accomplished teacher’s noticing of third-grade students’ mathematical thinking

This study investigated a highly accomplished third-grade teacher’s noticing of students’ mathematical thinking as she taught multiplication and division. Through an innovative method, which allowed for documenting in-the-moment teacher noticing, the author was able to explore teacher noticing and reflective practices in the context of classroom teaching as opposed to professional development environments. Noticing was conceptualized as both attending to different elements of classroom instruction and making sense of classroom events. The teacher paid most attention to student thinking and was able to offer a variety of rich interpretations of student thinking which were presented in an emergent framework. The results also indicated how the teacher’s noticing might influence her instructional decisions. Implications for both research methods in studying noticing and teacher learning and practices are discussed.     

一种推动自主学习的英语课堂教学新模式——清华大学试点班教学报告

本文描述了笔者探索大学英语课堂新教学模式的试点班教学。文中指出大学英语教学的重点是培养学生的自主学习能力。笔者认为大学英语课堂教学应由教师向学生讲解传授语言知识转变为由教师帮助学生树立自主学习的信念 ,激发学生自主学习英语的兴趣和积极性 ,引导学生思考学习策略 ,培养学生自主学习英语的习惯和能力 ,启发学生在学习中注意积累适合自己的学习策略。     

The misuses and effective uses of constructivist teaching

Constructivism has emerged as a very powerful model for explaining how knowledge is produced in the world as well as how students learn. Moreover, constructivist teaching practices are becoming more prevalent in teacher education programs and public schools across the nation, while demonstrating significant success in promoting student learning. In this essay, the author takes a serious look at constructivist teaching practices highlighting both the promises and potential problems of these practices. The author argues that constructivist teaching has often been misinterpreted and misused, resulting in learning practices that neither challenge students nor address their needs. He outlines some of the ways in which constructivism has been misconstrued and analyzes several ways in which constructivist teaching has been misused. The author also presents two examples that illustrate the effective use of constructivist teaching and explains what makes them successful.     

文化对学习风格的影响

本文着重从认知的角度对文化与学习风格之间的关系进行分析．作者认为．文化对学习风格起着重大的影响．了解文化与学习风格之间的关系将有助于掌握学生的学习过程发展．这不但可以改善教师的教学效果．也将提高学生的学习效果。     

Implementing New Pedagogical Models: Using Undergraduate Teaching Assistants in a Violence and Gender Learning Community

This article describes the use of undergraduate teaching assistants in a Violence and Gender learning community. After an introduction to the learning community structure and content, we describe the rationale for exploring this innovative pedagogical model. We present our strategies for recruiting, selecting, and preparing the undergraduate teaching assistants for this experience and illustrate how we collaborated as a teaching team. Finally, we present an evaluation of this model, using the teaching assistants' reflections on this experience, a survey of and interviews with students enrolled in the learning community, and our own assessment of this experience.     

非英语专业研究生英语教学的新特点及其应对性研究

目前,非英语专业研究生英语教学中呈现出多元化、个性化及信息化等特点,作为教育工作者,应从不同侧面探讨解决这一新挑战所要采取的应对措施。这一应对性研究为研究生英语教学提供了一条创新的教学理念,目的是适应现代社会对研究生的最新要求。     

数学学习困难学生的元认知特点及教学策略

元认知是个体对自己认识活动的自我意识和自我监控,元认知发展水平是影响学习困难学生的重要因素之一。认真探讨数学学习困难学生的元认知发展特点,提出如何促进数学学习困难学生的元认知发展的教学策略。     

大众数学理念下的高职数学教学改革策略

基于大众数学理念,提出了高职数学教学改革策略:教学中以与学生年龄特征相适应的大众化的方式呈现数学内容;加强与学生所学专业联系;借助现代教学手段着重培养学生数学应用能力;重点训练学生应用数学思想方法;培养学生用计算机解决实际问题的意识和能力;改革考核方式;提高学生学习数学的自我效能感和信心。     

有效解决小学数学教学中的“夹生饭”

数学是工具学科,数学学得好与坏,将直接影响其它各门学科的学习。而小学数学教学中的＂夹生饭＂是导致小学生以后数学学习的一个重要障碍,结合自己多年的学习和教学生涯,认为搞好课堂小结是小学数学教师有效解决教学中＂夹生饭＂的有效途径之一。