Assessment training effects on student assessment skills and task performance in a technology-facilitated peer assessment

This study examines the impact of an assessment training module on student assessment skills and task performance in a technology-facilitated peer assessment. Seventy-eight undergraduate students participated in the study. The participants completed an assessment training exercise, prior to engaging in peer-assessment activities. During the training, students reviewed learning concepts, discussed marking criteria, graded example projects and compared their evaluations with the instructor’s evaluation. Data were collected in the form of initial and final versions of students’ projects, students’ scoring of example projects before and after the assessment training, and written feedback that students provided on peer projects. Results of data analysis indicate that the assessment training led to a significant decrease in the discrepancy between student ratings and instructor rating of example projects. In addition, the degree of student vs. instructor discrepancy was highly predictive of the quality of feedback that students provided to their peers and the effectiveness of revisions that they made to their own projects upon receiving peer feedback. Smaller discrepancies in ratings were associated with provision of higher quality peer feedback during peer assessment, as well as better revision of initial projects after peer assessment.     

Rater accuracy and training group effects in Expert- and Supervisor-based monitoring systems

This study evaluated rater accuracy with rater-monitoring data from high stakes examinations in England. Rater accuracy was estimated with cross-classified multilevel modelling. The data included face-to-face training and monitoring of 567 raters in 110 teams, across 22 examinations, giving a total of 5500 data points. Two rater-monitoring systems (Expert consensus scores and Supervisor judgement of correct scores) were utilised for all raters. Results showed significant group training (table leader) effects upon rater accuracy and these were greater in the expert consensus score monitoring system. When supervisor judgement methods of monitoring were used, differences between training teams (table leader effects) were underestimated. Supervisor-based judgements of raters’ accuracies were more widely dispersed than in the Expert consensus monitoring system. Supervisors not only influenced their teams’ scoring accuracies, they overestimated differences between raters’ accuracies, compared with the Expert consensus system. Systems using supervisor judgements of correct scores and face-to-face rater training are, therefore, likely to underestimate table leader effects and overestimate rater effects.     

完善高职“订单培养”机制的研究

“订单培养”作为高职教育发展的一种重要形式,无论在理论上还是在实践上都得到了社会各方面的广泛认同。但在实施过程中,在模式的优化、长远就业与“订单培养”、“订单培养”中各方当事人的权利和义务及风险化解与责任分担、“订单培养”中“订单”的规范化、非劳动密集型专业与“订单培养”等诸多问题上尚需不断地丰富和完善。     

A context-adaptive teacher training model in a ubiquitous learning environment

In view of the discrepancies in teacher training and teaching practice, this paper put forward a context-adaptive teacher training model in a ubiquitous learning (u-learning) environment. The innovative model provides teachers of different subjects with adaptive and personalized learning content in a u-learning environment, implements intra- and inter-group collaboration to facilitate knowledge construction and in-depth study, and promotes reflection with the help of the supervising teacher's review and summarization. To test the effect, the model was applied to a general teacher training. Participants were then given questionnaires and interviews were conducted to assess the effectiveness of the model and attitude. Results showed that the model promoted teachers’ learning effectively, achieved the combination of teacher training and teaching practice. Moreover, teachers held positive attitude toward the model.     

Course withdrawals: A probit model and policy recommendations

Withdrawals from college courses prior to the assignment of grades, but after the add-drop period, are analyzed. In a probit model student withdrawals appear to occur randomly with notable exceptions. The more experience a student has in college, the more likely it is that he or she will withdraw from any given course. Students who have withdrawn from courses in the past tend to withdraw again. Student motivation measures are related to the withdrawal decision. Physical and mental disabilities affect withdrawals only in certain courses while athletes are no more likely to withdraw from courses than nonathletes. Finally, there appear to be economies of scale in teaching: The more students an instructor teaches in other courses, the less likely it is that students will withdraw from the course under consideration. The number of students enrolled in the course, however, is not significantly related to withdrawals.     

本科工程训练平台下数控教学模式探讨

本科工程训练课程中的数控实践教学为学生提供了初步认识数控机床操作和加工的训练,在此平台下利用设备资源发挥自身特点和优势开展多形式教学,为学生提供不断学习和提高的条件,有利于学生的培养和技能提升,以适应当前教学发展的需要。     

教师教育模式问题研究

在21世纪，对照国际教师教育模式的发展趋势，我国教师教育模式尚存在一些弊端。其改革一方面必须结合我国的具体国情，另一方面还要借鉴世界各国教师教育改革的成功经验，在此基础上，理性地规划出我国教师教育模式改革与发展的具体思路。     

Steering a course towards eudaimonia: the effects of sail training on well-being and character

Sail training voyages have been shown to enhance self-constructs and inter-personal and intra-personal skills. It is suggested through this case-study approach with twelve 14 year-old crew participants that such an experience contributes towards well-being and character development in emerging adulthood. An audit of voyage-based experiences generated an inventory of 58 authentic activities and participants completed questionnaires immediately post-voyage (T¹) and six months later (T²) to rate the significance of each activity. The highest rated activities reflected Maslow’s lower order of needs with a two-thirds correspondence at T¹ and T². Helming (or steering the vessel) was ranked as the most significant activity by participants in both time periods, although participants had questioned their ability to do this before the voyage. Helming is suggested to activate cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains in an authentic adventure education experience that contributes to hedonic well-being and may provide a course towards eudaimonia.     

复合应用型:我国公安本科人才培养的主导模式

面向21世纪的公安高等教育应以培养复合应用型的公安本科人才为主导模式。传统的公安人才培养模式存在着较大的缺陷,不利于培养新型的公安人才,必须从培养目标、内容、途径等方面加以重新构建。     

浅析高校体育硕士研究生的培养模式

当前硕士研究生规模在不断扩大,其质量和水平出现了参差不齐的现象,硕士研究生的质量成为亟待解决的问题,本文着重从培养模式的现状和发展趋势的角度来探寻提高研究生培养质量的途径。     

法律人才培养模式改革刍议

适应社会发展的需要和培养卓越法律人才的要求,应改革通才式的法律人才培养模式。本文介绍了法律人才培养模式的相关概念,分析了我国法律人才培养模式的现状和存在的问题,提出了构建学术型、实务型、综合型法律人才的分类培养模式。     

离散型随机变量的统计规律性研究

随机变量的统计规律是一个复杂的概念。通过对典型实例的分析研究,揭示出一维离散型随机变量的形成过程及其变化规律。具体描述了样本点与随机变量之间的对应关系及事件与随机变量取值之间的等价关系,得出掷硬币正面出现的“总次数”近似服从正态分布,据此可刻划“掷硬币正面出现”这一随机现象的统计规律性．     

Learning,behaviour and reaction framework: a model for training raters to improve assessment quality

This paper proposes a training model for raters, with the goal to improve the intra- and inter-consistency of evaluation quality for higher education curricula. The model, termed the learning, behaviour and reaction (LBR) circular training model, is an interdisciplinary application from the business and organisational training domain. The following three novel features adapt it to the context of tertiary education: individualised training, training on-demand and continual training. To demonstrate the applicability of the LBR model, we conducted a case study of raters involved in an undergraduate course at a Taiwanese university. A comparative analysis of intra- and inter-evaluation consistency showed the model to be an effective training instrument.     

土木工程专业应用型人才培养模式的探讨

培养应用型人才是我国高等教育从精英教育向大众教育发展的必然产物,也是知识经济飞速发展和市场对人才多元化需求的必然要求。随着科学技术的不断发展,各学科各领域对实际问题的研究日益精确化与定量化。要培养出合格的、社会需求的、具有土木工程专业背景的高级工程技术人才,走应用型人才培养模式成为必然。     

Explaining effects and side effects of school inspections: a path analysis

There are large differences between schools with regard to how they are affected by a school inspection. This study provides quantitative evidence about the extent to which perceived effects and side effects of an inspection are related to the inspection’s judgement on the school, to features of the inspection, and to school features. This study draws on quantitative data collected from 2,202 teachers in Flemish primary and secondary schools that had recently been inspected. Using path analysis, it investigates the existence and strength of relationships between the perceived effects and side effects of inspection, on the one hand, and the perceived inspection quality, the perceived school’s policy-making capacities, and the inspection judgement, on the other hand. The analysis reveals that most effects and several side effects are predominantly explained by the perceived inspection quality. Emotional side effects during inspection are best predicted by the school’s policy-making capacities.     

硅基电感模型中衬底涡流效应和分布效应分析(英文)

提出了衬底涡流影响因子和分布效应发生频率的概念,该概念能够准确地反映衬底涡流效应和分布效应与衬底电阻率、电感线圈长度等参数的关系.一个制作在低阻硅和高阻硅衬底上的6圈,线圈长度为3060μm的电感,其衬底涡流影响因子分别为0.3和0.04,分布效应发生频率分别为1.5 GHz和14.5 GHz.实验表明,低阻硅上该电感的等效电路模型必须包含衬底涡流效应和分布效应;而高阻硅上该电感的等效电路模型可以不包含衬底涡流效应和分布效应(测试范围为0.1～12 GHz),其简化等效电路模型仍具有较高的精度,误差在7%之内.     

Transfer of PREPaRE school crisis training: Moderating effects of trainee characteristics

The National Association of School Psychologists developed the PREPaRE School Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training Curriculum to help schools plan for and prevent school crises and to help mitigate the effects after a crisis occurs. In this study, 279 participants who attended the PREP aRE training between 1 and 24 months before the survey date completed measures assessing work environment, trainee characteristic, and training design variables as well as the transfer of PREP aRE-specific knowledge and skills. Utilizing structural equation modeling, unique effects of Work Environment and Trainee Characteristic variables on knowledge and skill transfer and the extent to which Trainee Characteristics moderate effects of the Work Environment were assessed. Results indicated a significant moderating effect such that trainees who were less motivated compared to those who were more motivated demonstrated greater transfer when they worked in more supportive, open, and rewarding environments. Overall, results from this study provide evidence to support addressing many individual and contextual variables to improve the transfer of PREP aRE-specific knowledge and skills. Implications for practice are discussed.     

基于CDIO理念的应用型港口物流管理人才培养模式研究

通过对CDIO人才培养理念的分析,结合现代港口物流的发展特点,论述了应用型港口物流管理人才的能力结构和培养目标;以此为基础,构建港口物流管理人才培养的课程体系和实践教学体系,提出与之相适应的教学手段和评价方法,并从师资队伍建设和教材建设等方面进行探讨,以保障应用型港口物流管理人才的培养质量.     

探索旅游管理专业人才培养的新模式

旅游业是"十一五"期间发展最快的行业之一,但旅游业在发展过程中也凸显了一些问题。本文针对我国旅游业的发展现状,说明了旅游管理专业人才培养的重要性,并分析了旅游管理专业人才培养在课程设置、实践教学、人才培养目标方面的问题,从而提出了"知识文化+技能+诚信"这一新型人才培养模式。     

数控开发人才培养模式的探讨

本文在深入分析高质量数控技术人才的社会需求基础上,提出了数控开发人才培养的教学内容和教学方法。