The history of Cat and Mouse

Long long ago, a cat and a mouse were good friends. They ate together, played and slept together. They were the best friends in the woods.[第一段]     

The history of Cat and Mouse

Long long ago,a cat and a mouse were good friends. They ate together, played and slept together. They were the best friends in the woods. 　But one day, they weren't friends forever. Fairies wanted to campaign for the 12 symbolic animals associated with a 12-year cycle. The cat and the mouse both went to campaign at the appointed time. The morning in the second day the mouse was boring: Should I go to the campaign with the cat?And should I go to call him?The cat was a lazy animal: He was still sleeping now. And the mouse didn't want to call him up. Finally the mouse was the first animal in the 12 symbolic animals associated with a 12-year cycle. But the cat was not. So today cats always want to catch mice and eat them. Because they remember this history: Mouse forsook cat!     

The gains and the pitfalls of reification — The case of algebra

Algebraic symbols do not speak for themselves. What one actually sees in them depends on the requirements of the problem to which they are applied. Not less important, it depends on what one is able to perceive and prepared to notice. It is this last statement which becomes the leading theme of this article. The main focus is on the versatility and adaptability of student's algebraic knowledge.The analysis is carried out within the framework of the theory of reification according to which there is an inherent process-object duality in the majority of mathematical concepts. It is the basic tenet of our theory that the operational (process-oriented) conception emerges first and that the mathematical objects (structural conceptions) develop afterward through reification of the processes. There is much evidence showing that reification is difficult to achieve.The nature and the growth of algebraic thinking is first analyzed from an epistemological perspective supported by historical observations. Eventually, its development is presented as a sequence of ever more advanced transitions from operational to structural outlook. This model is subsequently applied to the individual learning. The focus is on two crucial transitions: from the purely operational algebra to the structural algebra of a fixed value (of an unknown) and then from here to the functional algebra (of a variable). The special difficulties experienced by the learner at both these junctions are illustrated with much empirical data coming from a broad range of sources.     

The Discussion of the Character of Santiago in“The Old Man and The Sea”

"The Old Man and The Sea"is Hemingway latter years’masterpiece,with which he was awarded the Nobel prize in1954.As the protagonist of the novel,Santiago plays a vital role to the novel’s motif.Hemingway expresses his attitudes toward the life through the image of Santiago.The paper intends to explore the character of Santiago from different facets and angles.In the end,we reach a conclusion that Santiago is a strong-willed man with a young,indestructible soul,he is kind,sensitive as well as hardworking.In a ward,he is a perfect Hemingway hero.     

On The Conceptions of Time and Order in Faulkner’s The Sound and The Fury

The publication of the famous novel The Sound and The Fury projects the long-enduring reputation of William Faulkner as a household American writer in every nook and cranny of the world.Just in this novel,Faulkner employs the literary device of stream of consciousness and makes a good play with time and order to his own joy,which makes it an outstanding literary feature in the novel.In this essay,the unusual conceptions of time and order in the novel are tentatively probed mainly from the following three perspectives:1) the initiative for Faulkner creating the novel as a novel against time and order.2) the disordered arrangement as an artistic device——the optimum key to delivering the story.3) the potential order underlying the seeming disorder in the novel.     

The Creation of Easy and Stress-free Classroom

This research paper concentrates on creating easy and stress-free classroom in English teaching.The paper talks that teachers should adopt pupil-centered teaching methodology and employ every means of teaching such as listening and speaking;acting;singing songs;playing games;role-playing.     

The Champion and The Victim of The “Wild lndulgences” of Life and Nature——Jack London and His Novels′ Creation

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The persistence of students’ academic effort: The unique and combined effects of conscientiousness and individual interest

The present study was designed to test the CONscientiousness × Interest Compensation (CONIC) model in a longitudinal setting (four time points; N = 3,880 students). For this purpose, we first examined the power of conscientiousness (measured with student and parent reports) and interest in predicting perceived academic effort in three school subjects (Math, German, and English). In a second step, we investigated whether conscientiousness and interest interacted in a compensatory pattern as predicted by the CONIC model. Results showed that conscientiousness and interest significantly and positively predicted future perceived academic effort. In addition, conscientiousness and interest interacted in a compensatory manner, such that interest was less important for perceived academic effort in students who were high in conscientiousness (and vice versa).     

The School and the Reduction of Inequality∗

ABSTRACT

The need to develop reasoning skills in children through discussion is generally acknowledged by curriculum aims. There is, however, a lack of any definite teaching strategy to fulfil this need. Matthew Lipman's Philosophy for Children programme has had success in this area. As with other ‘collaborative enquiry‐based’ approaches to learning, it depends upon a teaching strategy which enhances children's self‐esteem. This seems a necessary ingredient for the development of rationality, critical awareness and autonomy in children. Inadequate teacher training is suggested as a major reason for the failure of ‘collaborative’ approaches greatly to influence educational practice. With a shift away from the ‘authority/knowledge‐based’ paradigm and the provision of effective teacher training, it is considered that our educational institutions could become more democratically organised, and we would move closer to realising the liberal ideal of developing human potential to the full.     

The Faces and Facets of English in Malaysia

引言: 一个语言多元化的国家——马来西亚,其使用的英语也有当地的特色,有一定的社会性。并且,与标准英语相互并存,各有其存在于当地的原因。     

The Development of Sonnet： Form and Pleasure

This essay through discussing the development of sonnet focus on the delight and pleasure of poetry. In great poetry the form is a living organism which grows from the civilization surrounding the poet as well as from his individual talent, and poetry puts more emphasis on the musical properties of language. So a study of poetic form and rhythms is significant. Sonnet is one of the most ubiquitous of Enghsh fixed forms, although it is not the native form of English poetry. Sonnet has a neat form and a rigid rhyme scheme which undergoes changes in its development.     

The Characteristics of Speech Act Theory and TEFL

In this presentation, a brief introduction sgiren to the speech act theory through examples.Lights are thrown on the importance of speech act theory in TEFL to develop the students communicative competence.     

The Story of Hellen and Her Teacher Annie

1. Hellen Keller had become deaf andblind at the age of one and a half.Strugglingin the world of silence and darkness, sheacted almost like an animal.It was her friendand teacher Annie Sullivan who led her outof darkness.Later Hellen became a famousAmerican blind writer.     

The Defects of 2.13H and its Improvement

This paper discussed the reasons for 2.13H CCDOS with MS DOS uncompatible, cive resolved methods, solved well problems of some English softwares, which can't execut under 2.13H CCDOS.     

The relationships and impact of teachers’ metacognitive knowledge and pedagogical understandings of metacognition

We know that metacognitive students are successful in school (Sternberg Instructional Science 26:127–140, 1998). However, despite the recognition of the role of metacognition in student success, limited research has been done to explore teachers’ explicit awareness of their metacognition and their ability to think about, talk about, and write about their thinking (Zohar Teaching and Teacher Education 15:413-429, 1999). Therefore, the current study investigates teachers’ understanding of metacognition and their pedagogical understanding of metacognition, and the nature of what it means to teach students to be metacognitive. One hundred-five graduate students in education participated in this study. The data analysis results, using mixed research method, suggest that the participant’s metacognitive knowledge had a significant impact on his/her pedagogical understanding of metacognition. The results revealed that teachers who have a rich understanding of metacognition report that teaching students to be metacognitive requires a complex understanding of both the concept of metacognition and metacognitive thinking strategies.     

The Multiple Irony and Conflict in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

As one of the most representative works of James Thurber,The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is more prone to be recognized as an entertainment work,and its literary value is somehow partially understated.This paper is trying to analyze the multiple irony and underlying conflict the work conceived by the careful scrutiny.     

The Ecology and Situation of the Hainan Subspecies of Silver Pheasant

TheauthorsstudiedtheecologyofSilverPheasantmainlybythemethodofobservingatfixedspotswithbaitsinBaWangLingNatureReserveinHainanIslandduringthemiddleofl986throughtheendofl993,theyfoundthattheexlstenceoftheHainansubspeciesofSilverPheasant(Lophranycthemerawhiteheadi)wasfacingdangerousthreatening.ThenumberofindividualsofthecoloniesofHainanSilverPheasantwaslow.1～6ingeneral,averaged3.27±1.49on48colony-time;chicksineachcolonywerefairlyfew,commonly1～6chickscarriedbytheirparents,averaging2.33±1…