The revised test of visual-motor integration: Its relation to the test of visual-motor integration and bender visual-motor gestalt test for regular education students

Comparisons were made among three tests of visual-motor integration: The Revised Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI-R), the Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI), and the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test (BG). BG age equivalent scores were significantly higher than those obtained for either the VMI-R or VMI. Although the BG age scores were greater than the respective chronological age, such was not the case when CA was compared to either the VMI-R or VMI. The VMI-R yielded higher scores than did the VMI. Highly significant correlations were found among all variables.     

The use of the developmental test of visual-motor integration as a group screening instrument

This article investigates teacher use of the Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration (VMI) as a screening instrument with groups of young school-age children. Individual vs. group administrations of the VMI yielded comparable scores for kindergarten children. In addition, the scoring agreement between instructional staff (first-grade teachers and resource teachers in the area of Learning Disabilities) and a school psychology extern was investigated. Correlational data yielded only a fair degree of agreement (0.68 to 0.73); this finding coupled with the concerns of teachers regarding the clarity of scoring criteria statements argues for some refinement of the scoring system in order to improve consistency in scoring.     

A correlational analysis between the PPVT-R and Woodcock-Johnson achievement cluster scores for nonreferred regular education and learning disabled students

Both forms of the PPVT-R, along with the reading, mathematics, and written-language subtests of the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Test Battery were administered concurrently and in counterbalanced order to 28 nonreferred regular education and learning disabled students. With the exception of correlations between form M and the reading and written-language subtests for the LD group, values did not reach significance. Alternate form reliability coefficients for the RE and LD groups were .70 and .65, respectively. Mean standard scores for forms L and M were comparable for the RE group, but form L yielded a significantly higher score than M for the LD population.     

人教版义务教育三年制初一数学教科书(试用修订版)简介

本文介绍根据教育部颁布的<九年义务教育全日制初级中学数学教学大纲>(试用修订版)修订的义务教育三年制初一数学教科书(人教版)的修订要点.     

Variability of classification by the matching familiar figures test as a function of grade level medians

This study examined the variability of classification by the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF) as a function of grade level medians. The MFF was administered to 52 kindergarten and 60 first-grade children, and classification was completed using two sets of medians. The first procedure involved classification based on medians for response time and errors computed from the combined MFF scores of the kindergarten and first-grade children. The second procedure involved clmsification of the same children based on separate medians for each grade. A x² analysis indicated that MFF classification was highly dependent upon which sample medians were used; 18%(N = 20) of the sample failed to maintain the same classification across both procedures. Analysis also revealed that for the majority (65%) of the children change in classification was due to the change in the median error cutoff. The implications of these findings for future MFF research involving young children and the need for standardized norms for the MFF are discussed.     

构建大学生就业、创业教育一体化理论

提高大学生就业率、提升教育研究水平,需要一种繁琐性思维方式支撑,也就是构建大学生就业、创业教育一体化理论下。构建大学生就业、创业教育一体化理论,是符合我国社会发展实际要求,提高教育行业教育质量,对于教育行业改革工作具有重要作用。     

Bullying and victimisation rates among students in general and special education: a comparative analysis

Bullying and victimisation remains a pervasive problem within the nation’s schools. International research has indicated that students who are enrolled in special education curricula are victimised and perpetrate more bullying than their general education peers. Few empirical studies have examined bullying and victimisation rates among American schoolchildren within special education programmes. The current study examined rates of bullying and fighting perpetration and victimisation among middle‐school students (n = 7331) and high‐school students (n = 14,315) enrolled in general education and special education programmes. As hypothesised, students in special education reported greater rates of bullying and fighting perpetration, and victimisation than general education students. Students who were in self‐contained classrooms reported more perpetration and victimisation than those in inclusive settings. Fighting perpetration was similar for younger and older students in special education settings, whereas fighting perpetration was lower for older students, versus younger students, in general education.     

Participation and exclusion: A comparative analysis of non-traditional students and lifelong learners in higher education

The dramatic growth in student numbersassociated with the shift from elite to masssystems across virtually all developedcountries is central to current transformationsin terms of structure, purpose, social andeconomic role of higher education. As a part ofthis process of expansion and heterogenization,new groups of students who, for a complex rangeof social, economic and cultural reasons weretraditionally excluded from orunder-represented in higher education, mightbe expected to participate in increasingnumbers. The paper develops the concept ofnon-traditional learners and demonstrateshow an examination of ways in which highereducation systems respond to such learners canprovide a fruitful basis for a comparativeanalysis of change in higher education acrossten countries – Austria, Australia, Canada,Germany, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden,United Kingdom, and the United States. Theprimary emphasis in the study was on theinstitutional and policy issues which appearedto either inhibit or support participation bynon-traditional learners. On this basis sixfactors were identified which seemed to beparticularly influential with regard to theparticipation of non-traditional students andthe associated moves towards a lifelonglearning mode of higher education.The evidence suggests that, while progress canbe reported on a number of dimensions incomparison with a similar analysis ofparticipation by adults students in the samecountries undertaken just over a decadeearlier, high participation rates do notautomatically imply that the functions ofhigher education in social selection andreproduction are obsolete, or that issues ofaccess and equity can be regarded as featuresof the past.     

Interrater reliability of the original and a revised scoring system for the developmental test of visual-motor integration

This study investigated the interrater reliability of teachers' and school psychology ex-terns' scoring of protocols for the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI). Previous studies suggest that the scoring criteria of the VMI are ambiguous, which when coupled with raters' lack of scoring experience, as well as limited knowledge of testing issues, contributes to low rater reliability. The original manual scoring system was used by four trained teachers with no VMI experience and by four experienced raters. A VMI scoring system, revised to eliminate ambiguous scoring criteria, was used by an additional four teachers inexperienced with the VMI and by four experienced raters. High reliability coefficients (>.90) were found for all raters, regardless of the scoring system employed. The influence on interrater reliability of factors such as training, nature of the training setting, characteristics of the raters, and ambiguity of scoring criteria is discussed.     

Perception of nonverbal social cues by regular education,ADHD, and ADHD/LD students

The current study examined the ability of children diagnosed as having Attention‐Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) with and without a learning disability to perceive nonverbal social cues in comparison to their non‐ADHD peers. In addition, teacher ratings of students' social perceptions were obtained. Participants in the study were 45 students between the ages of seven and ten years who were identified as 1) ADHD only, 2) ADHD with a learning disability (ADHD/LD), and 3) a control group with no diagnosis. The Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy(DANVA) and the Social Perception Behavior Rating Scale(SPBRS) were used to measure social perceptions. The DANVA was administered twice to each child in the ADHD and ADHD/LD groups: once while the ADHD and ADHD/LD participants were on medication and once off medication. The ADHD/LD group demonstrated significant difficulty in comparison to their peers in perceiving paralanguage cues effectively. The ADHD/LD group also showed significant improvement on the Postures and Paralanguage subtests during on‐medication conditions. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

A comparative analysis of the efficiency of national education systems

The present study assesses the performance of 54 participating countries in PISA 2006. It employs efficiency indicators that relate result variables with resource variables used in the production of educational services. Desirable outputs of educational achievement and undesirable outputs of educational inequality are considered jointly as result variables. A construct that captures the quality and quantity of educational resources consumed is used as resource variables. Similarly, environmental variables of each educational system are included in the efficiency evaluation model; while these resources are not controllable by the managers of the education systems, they do affect outcomes. We find that European countries are characterized by weak management, the Americans (mainly Latin Americans) by a weak endowment of resources, and the Asians by a high level of heterogeneity. In particular, Asia combines countries with optimal systems (South Korea and Macao-China); countries with managerial problems (Hong Kong, China-Taipei, Japan and Israel); others where the main challenge is the weak endowment of resources (Jordan and Kyrgyzstan), and, finally, others where the main problem is in the long run since it concerns structural conditions of a socioeconomic and cultural nature (Turkey, Thailand, and Indonesia).     

高职学生机测中“命题说话”项失误分析及对策

普通话机测后出现了很多新问题,特别是第四题＂命题说话＂项,被测人失分增加,严重影响了测试成绩。针对机测后被测人第四项＂命题说话＂失误原因提出了相应的对策。     

中国梦融入大学生思想政治教育的相关探讨

中国梦作为理想信念教育中的重要内容,将其融入在大学生思想政治教育中,是思想政治教育的时代主题和现实需要。在大学生思想政治教育中融入中国梦时,需要科学掌握中国梦的内容与内涵,加强爱国主义教育和人生价值教育,促进高等教育事业的现代化与可持续发展。本文对中国梦融入大学生思想政治教育的相关内容进行分析和探讨。     

中德学前教育比较分析

对中德学前教育机构设置、课程设置、教学组织形式及学前学校教育与家庭教育的关系这四个方面进行比较的基础上,分析了造成中德学前教育差异的原因,结合德国学前教育的优点,对我国学前教育提出四条建议,以期为我国当前学前教育改革提供有益借鉴。     

Hypertext computer study guides and the social studies achievement of students with learning disabilities, remedial students, and regular education students

Hypertext is a relatively new term for today's teachers, who work hard to stay abreast of the quickly changing field of computer technology in education. Hypertext as an educational tool is very different from traditional computer-assisted instructional software, offering the reader immediate access through its computer format to supplemental information. Two related studies were conducted to design and field-test hypertext computer study guides. In Study 1, 40 students (10 with learning disabilities, 15 remedial, and 15 regular education) worked in three different treatment groups (lecture, lecture/computer study guide, and computer study guide). Study 2 involved the five lowest achieving students (two with learning disabilities and three remedial) from Study 1 in an A-B-A design. Results indicated that (a) the computer study guide treatment was as effective as lecture, (b) the lecture/computer study guide treatment was as effective as lecture, (c) posttest scores were higher for the computer study guide group, and (d) retention test scores were higher for the computer study guide group.     

The role of the A* grade at A level as a predictor of university performance in the United Kingdom

In summer 2010, the A* grade at A level was awarded for the first time. This grade was introduced to help higher education institutions to differentiate between the highest achieving candidates and to promote and reward greater stretch and challenge. Exploring data from the Higher Education Statistics Service and making use of multilevel regression models, this research investigated for the first time the relationship between achieved A* grades and performance at the end of three-year courses in higher education institutions in the United Kingdom. The results of this work showed that, when prior schooling and other background characteristics were accounted for, the number of A* grades was a good predictor of achieving either a first or at least an upper second class degree. Specific subject-level analyses revealed that the number of top grades in some A level subjects was associated with good degree outcomes in specific degree subject areas.     

高等教育个人成本投资与机会成本比较分析

试用无投资风险度与带风险度的投资决策模型,采用信息论的熵值作为度量投资方案的不确定性程度(投资风险)的数量指标,计算比较两者净现值与预期收益,指出如何权衡高等教育与机会成本两者之问的关系.这种研究在我国目前高等教育人数上升、就业形武严峻及预期收益不确定的趋势下,有积极的现实意义.