试答钱学森之问：加强高校师生互动——基于控制生师比和班级规模的探讨

回答钱学森之问必须考虑师生互动这一重要因素,师生互动对于杰出人才培养的重要性不仅有理论支撑,也得到了实践证明。生师比和班级规模作为影响师生互动的两个重要外部指标,分别从宏观和微观两个层面共同反映师生互动的效果。＂985高校＂作为培养杰出人才的领头羊,其与美国顶尖大学仍有较大差距。通过借鉴美国顶尖大学办学经验,结合学校现状,985高校应缩小生师比、控制班级规模。     

班级规模对本科生评教结果影响的实证分析——以A大学为例

通过A大学本科生评教资料,对班级规模和学生评教打分之间的关系进行实证分析,发现评教分数和班级规模之间线性相关总体并不显著。将班级规模分类检验,7-21人以及95人以上的班级,两者呈现显著正相关,而占据主体地位的其它规模的班级,班级规模和评教分数之间相关性较弱。表明班级规模并不是影响学生评教结果有效性的重要因素。     

关于大学生课堂互动的研究——以华中科技大学为例

通过对华中科技大学370名大学生的问卷调查,考察了不同类型课程中大学生课堂互动的状况及存在的差异,并根据调查结果,对加强大学生课堂互动提出了若干建议.     

浅谈班级规模对教育效果的影响

班级规模对教育效果的影响很大。国内外有关研究表明：规模越大,教育效果越差,规模适中,教育效果最好。因此,教育工作者应适当安排班级规模,以提高教育效果。     

The stability of teacher performance in the same course over time

Traditional reliability studies report the stability of teaching performance, as measured by student course/instructor evaluations, as ranging from .40 to .90, depending upon the study. Recently, generalizability theory has been applied to these rating data to more specifically pinpoint sources of error in student course evaluations. The purpose of the present study is to (1) familiarize the reader with some of the work that has been done with student rating data using generalizability theory and (2) to illustrate the use of the theory on a problem that in the past has been examined using traditional reliability estimates. Specifically, the paper addresses the stability of teacher performance across time in the same course.     

美国小班教学综述

小班教学是美国教育改革中一项重要的课题,一些研究人员对这一课题进行了卓有成效的研究,许多州开展了小班教学实验或者推行与此相关的计划。美国小班教学的理论研究与实践表明：实施小班教学能够使教师给予每一个学生更多的关注时间,从而提高他们的学习成绩。     

You've Got to Be Taught

ABSTRACT

The Council on Social Work Education's Handbook on Accreditation and Procedures (1991) reiterates the council's previous mandate for incorporation of knowledge of racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity throughout both the undergraduate and graduate social work curriculum. This article presents an integrative cognitive and affective learning framework for multicultural social work education. The model encourages students' addressing the significance of their racial, ethnic, and cultural heritage and emphasizes the effects of this education and enrichment in developing an ethnic-sensitive social work practice.     

Clinical Professors for Teacher Education

It is not unusual to find elaborate schemes for compelling and assessing class participation. Although participation can take many forms, in practice it is most synonymous with discussion, which, at its core, is about student engagement. But with what should the students be engaged? When we make class participation a requirement and assess it, students must then produce evidence. But of what? The author examines the intentions behind class participation, considers the means and associated meanings of its implementation, and suggests new ways for professors to think about and justify it, with our productive learning outcomes in mind.     

Student evaluation of courses: what predicts satisfaction?

The main goals of course evaluations are to obtain student feedback regarding courses and teaching for improvement purposes and to provide a defined and practical process to ensure that actions are taken to improve courses and teaching. Of the items on course evaluation forms, the one that receives the most attention and consequently the most weight is the question, ‘Overall, I was satisfied with the quality of this course.’ However, no attention has been placed on examining the predictors of students being ‘satisfied with the quality of this course’ overall. This study attempts to address this gap. The findings show that while student characteristics and reasons for enrolling in a course are predictors of overall satisfaction, it is the evaluation questions that predict the majority of the variation in course satisfaction. The findings also reveal that faculty‐selected optional questions are stronger predictors of overall satisfaction than compulsory questions.     

Assessing academic program and department effectiveness using student evaluation data

The use of aggregated student evaluations of their courses and course elements (e.g., subject functionality, affect, difficulty, graded assignments) is suggested as an efficient and useful means of obtaining program and department assessments. Given that the instruments used to collect student evaluations are valid (if they are not, they should not be used for any purpose), then averaging class data is likely to provide a valid and reliable index of program and department effectiveness as evaluated by students.Program and department assessment data are presented and discussed for a large northeastern professional school. Large and significant differences in the ratings of program elements were found. Although many of the elements designed into the program by the administration and faculty were perceived as operational by the students, some discrepancies between the design and student perceptions existed. Substantial departmental differences were also found which indicated areas of strength and weakness both within and across departments. The potential usefulness of the assessment for internal change and development is discussed.     

So how big is big? Investigating the impact of class size on ratings in student evaluation

Australian universities have a long history of use of student satisfaction surveys. Their use has expanded and purpose changed over time. The surveys are often viewed as distorted by external influences such as discipline context, class size and year level of participants. This paper reports on the results of a large-scale investigation interrogating the influence of class size on student satisfaction ratings. The investigation was conducted at a large, comprehensive, research-intensive Australian university. It drew on the data from a survey administered to all students in all units of undergraduate and postgraduate study conducted across the university over four semesters. Data were collated into four class size categories. This categorised data were subjected to statistical analyses. This paper discusses the approach taken, the results of the analysis and their implications for student evaluation of teaching and learning.     

网络课程学习平台的交互机制设计及其应用

影响网络学习的一个重要因素是学习过程中的各类交互,而学习平台的交互机制对提供交互手段和促进有效交互起着非常重要的作用。在分析网络课程学习平台的交互现状和网络学习特点的基础上,提出并设计了网络课程学习平台的交互机制,主要包括学习交互机制(如任务引导式交互机制、\"协作+自主\"交互机制)和激励保障机制(如积分机制、学级修炼机制、\"学习之星\"考核机制和开设\"学习商城\")。同时,将这些机制具体应用到网络课程中,对平台的结构和交互机制进行了设计。实践应用证明,合理的交互机制设计,能够促进平台的健康运行和内部活力,提升交互效果,能够激发学生的学习积极性,提高学生的参与度和竞争意识。     

高校学生评教工作存在的问题与对策

目前高校学生评教工作中主要存在评教指标体系设计不科学、评教实施过程不严谨、评教往往是一次性的、评教结果缺乏反馈等问题。而设计科学合理的评教指标,规范学生评教的过程,改一次性评教为两次或多次是解决问题的关键。