Teaching Critical Thinking in Undergraduate Science Courses

This paper reports on the design and evaluation of a project aimed at fosteringthe critical thinking abilities and dispositions of first year students at anAustralian university. Novel paper and pencil problems were designed tofoster the range of critical thinking abilities identified by Ennis (1991). Most ofthese critical thinking tasks relate to applications of chemistry and physics ineveryday life. Some of the tasks were developed from information and/orideas obtained from critical incident interviews with scientists in private andgovernment organisations. The first year university students were required toattempt the tasks in co-operative groups and to interact in these groups in waysaimed at fostering the dispositions of Ennis' ideal critical thinker (Ennis 1996).The project was evaluated from discussions with groups of students, fromcomments of tutors who observed the students working in groups and from aquestionnaire. Evidence obtained from these data indicated that many studentsconsidered their thinking skills were enhanced by their experience of attemptingthe tasks in small co-operative groups.     

Using Concept Maps in Teaching Operations Management Courses

Teaching quantitative subjects such as operations management (OM) can be quite challenging. In this article, we present a novel approach that uses simplified concept maps for teaching OM. This application of concept maps was investigated to determine if it helps students to answer questions and to solve OM problems more effectively. Our study used a controlled experimental design with students divided into two groups, one taught using concept maps and another group taught using traditional techniques. Student learning was measured with pre‐ and posttests consisting of both multiple‐choice and constructed‐response items. The performance of the two groups was compared using an independent samples t‐test and analysis of covariance to control for the covariate “pretest.” The results indicate that use of simplified concept mapping significantly improved student learning of OM course material. We therefore recommend its adoption as an active‐learning pedagogical technique that can lead to positive change in the OM classroom.     

旅游管理课程中情境教学初探

情境教学适合旅游管理课程教学,它具有提高学习效率、激发学习兴趣、了解学生个性、培养学生创新能力、健全学生人格、激励教师学习等优势.运用情境教学,教师必须做到:了解学生已有经验与知识,多方面做好教学准备,为学生寻找贴近生活的情境,创设和谐气氛,掌握教学调控艺术,并积极采取多种手段配合情境教学的创设.     

应用型本科院校物流管理类课程考核方式改革实践与研究

物流管理类课程作为物流和管理类专业的常规课程,其现有传统考核方式因为过于单一等缺点,越来越备受诟病,改革势在必行。文章就应用型本科院校的特点,从有别于研究型院校的视角,紧扣"应用"二字,从知识、能力、素质等方面,设计出三个层级共计26项详尽考核指标。指标具有实用性和可操作性,对类似院校的课程改革具有一定的借鉴价值。     

管理类本科课程灵活性教学的系统优化研究

分析了现代管理类知识的"非良构"特征及其对管理类课程本科传统教学模式的挑战;基于认知灵活理论,提出了创设管理类课程超文本知识系统,提高教师灵活性教学的责任意识、专业素养和授课技能,适当采用团队式教学、改革教学进度和教学大纲,建立以激励学生为导向的高校招生与考试制度等管理类本科课程灵活性教学模式及其系统优化策略。     

新建本科院校科研管理路径研究

近几年，我国高等教育事业有了较大发展，一批专科院校合并后建成 了本科高等院校。而新建本科院校在科学研究及科研管理工作上与老牌本科院校相比存在相当的差距，缩小差距，弥补不足，发挥优势，是高校科研管理工作者应当着重研究和解决的问题。     

大学生消费思潮的问题及对策

近年来大学生消费行为发生了显著变化，本文试对当代大学生消费过程中出现的热点及问题进行研究和剖析，并对如何引导提出了可行性建议。     

旅游管理专业本科课程体系设置的思考与建议

在介绍目前我围高校旅游管理专业本科课程体系现状的基础上,分析了其在实际运行中存在的主要问题,即过分强渊专业应用,忽视基础理论;大量课程重复设置,学科交叉严重;技能课设置分散,占用学时;选修课设置缺乏创新,所占比例小。并结合实践对旅游本科课程体系设置提出了若干建议：加强学科专业基础课教学,为学生打下较深的理论基础;减少技能课比例,改为短期实习和培训;创新改革选修课课程,适当增加其比例;提高对研究性教学的认识,积极开展科学研究;加强和完善旅游专业教师队伍建设。     

研究型大学本科实验教学管理的探索

根据研究性大学的特点,对本科实验教学的体系、管理模式、资源利用进行了探讨,对高校本科实验教学改革具有一定的借鉴作用.     

本科管理类课程三位一体柔性课堂教学模式研究

课堂教学是本科教育的基本组织形式,创新课堂教学模式是提高课堂教学质量的系统化措施.基于此,在分析当前本科管理类课程课堂教学模式存在问题的基础上,构建了本科管理类课程基于知识传授、技能训练、能力培养三位一体的柔性课堂教学模式,并明确了该模式的创新特色,最后提出这一课堂教学模式的实际运行需要教师、学生、教学管理、学生管理四方面的共同努力.     

开放式教育视野下管理学课程的教学探讨

要转变当前高职高专＂管理学＂课程设计不符合职业教育的特点,必须采用开放式教育理念,从教学目标、教育氛围、教学内容、教学模式等方面打破封闭的＂围墙＂。     

Test-Enhanced Learning: The Potential for Testing to Promote Greater Learning in Undergraduate Science Courses

Testing within the science classroom is commonly used for both formative and summative assessment purposes to let the student and the instructor gauge progress toward learning goals. Research within cognitive science suggests, however, that testing can also be a learning event. We present summaries of studies that suggest that repeated retrieval can enhance long-term learning in a laboratory setting; various testing formats can promote learning; feedback enhances the benefits of testing; testing can potentiate further study; and benefits of testing are not limited to rote memory. Most of these studies were performed in a laboratory environment, so we also present summaries of experiments suggesting that the benefits of testing can extend to the classroom. Finally, we suggest opportunities that these observations raise for the classroom and for further research.Almost all science classes incorporate testing. Tests are most commonly used as summative assessment tools meant to gauge whether students have achieved the learning objectives of the course. They are sometimes also used as formative assessment tools—often in the form of low-stakes weekly or daily quizzes—to give students and faculty members a sense of students’ progression toward those learning objectives. Occasionally, tests are also used as diagnostic tools, to determine students’ preexisting conceptions or skills relevant to an upcoming subject. Rarely, however, do we think of tests as learning tools. We may acknowledge that testing promotes student learning, but we often attribute this effect to the studying students do to prepare for the test. And yet, one of the most consistent findings in cognitive psychology is that testing leads to increased retention more than studying alone does (Roediger and Butler, 2011 ; Roediger and Pyc, 2012 ). This effect can be enhanced when students receive feedback for failed tests and can be observed for both short-term and long-term retention. There is some evidence that testing not only improves student memory of the tested information but also ability to remember related information. Finally, testing appears to potentiate further study, allowing students to gain more from study periods that follow a test. Given the potential power of testing as a tool to promote learning, we should consider how to incorporate tests into our courses not only to gauge students’ learning, but also to promote that learning (Klionsky, 2008 ).We provide six observations about the effects of testing from the cognitive psychology literature, summarizing key studies that led to these conclusions (see

Science and Values in Undergraduate Education

Science & Education - While a conception of science as value free has been dominant since Max Weber defended it in the nineteenth century, recent years have witnessed an emerging consensus that...     

新建本科院校学科建设浅探

大学是以学科为基础建构起来的学术组织,学科建设是高校工作的龙头。在分析学科建设的基本内涵以及新建本科院校学科建设面临的主要问题的基础上,对新建本科院校如何加强学科建设进行了探索。     

互联网+时代体验式案例教学法在管理类课程教学中的实践

互联网+的时代,管理类学生自主学习、多途径获取知识能力及其创造思维能力和自控能力的训练比让其获取知识显得更为重要。体验式案例教学法正适应了这一时代需求,为管理类课程本科教育教学效果的改善、教学质量的提高提供了新的思路。