Ready or Not: The Academic College Readiness of Southeast Asian Americans

The educational experiences of Southeast Asian Americans, particularly Cambodian Americans, Hmong Americans, Laotian Americans, and Vietnamese Americans, are characterized by numerous challenges, which can be attributed to their migration history, socioeconomic status, and English proficiency. By the end of 11th grade, a high percentage of Southeast Asian American students are not college ready. The educational challenges of Southeast Asian Americans have been overshadowed by the model minority stereotype. Educational policies targeting issues affecting the education of Southeast Asian Americans and teacher preparations that focus on getting Southeast Asian American students to be college ready could help change the educational story of this population.     

An investigation of the Gregorian chronology of early Islamic history : A Pilot Study

This pilot study presents a lunar and Gregorian chronology of the Sira, that is the biography of the prophet Muhammad. The paper discusses the problems surrounding the chronology of very early Islamic history, namely, the pre‐Hijra era. This history is not covered by the Hijra calendar, and therefore, historians dated its events using other primitive dating systems, resulting in considerable difficulties and inaccuracies when comparing Gregorian dates of this early Islamic history. In order to overcome this problem and establish an accurate chronology of the early Islamic history, the introduction of a new lunar calendar (the Muhammadi calendar) which starts with the birth month and year of the prophet Muhammad, and covers all Islamic history including the pre‐Hijra era, is suggested. The Muhammadi calendar was used to study the earliest three versions of the Sira. All dated events of the Sira were compiled from these sources and presented, for the first time, according to their historical order. The Muhammadi dates of these events were then calculated. For the first time, a computer program was designed to convert the Muliammadi dates to their Christian equivalent. The program was then used to compute the Gregorian dates of the events of the Sira.     

Review article

Ducellier, A., Kaplan, M., Martin, Bernadette, avec la collaboration de Françoise Micheau. Le Moyen Âge en Orient. Byzance et l'Islam. Des Barbares aux Ottomans. Paris: Hachette Histoire Université, 1990.     

第21届世界大学生冬运会越野滑雪男子项目比赛考察报告

世界大冬会有小冬奥会之称,是世界优秀青年选手的竞争,参赛选手多是未来奥林匹克之星.从第21届大冬会越野滑雪男子项目比赛成绩的分析对比中,进一步认清当前我国越野滑雪男子项目在世界、亚洲所处位置并找出存在问题;分析了未来几年世界、亚洲越野滑雪男子项目发展趋势及新的变化和特点;探索了我国越野滑雪男子项目发展的有效途径,对备战2006年第20届都灵冬奥会和2007年长春第6届亚冬会具有参考意义.     

1994～2002年我国软式排球科研状况分析

运用文献资料、数理统计、逻辑分析等方法,对1994～2002年间34种国内公开期刊上发表的软式排球论文进行分析发现,科研数量逐年增加;研究领域不断扩大;研究方法不断增多;研究内容主要涉及教学与训练、宣传推广、规则、技、战术等方面;健身娱乐方面的文章研究较少,对技、战术的研究深度不够,论文时滞周期太长,研究成果应用性不强等等.     

中外男子跳远技术的发展趋势

通过对中外男子跳远技术的发展趋势的比较和分析,发现我国男子跳远运动员的平跑速度较慢,起跳能力较差,腾起角相对较小,是造成我国男子跳远成绩偏低的重要因素.笔者认为,在今后的跳远训练中,应在保持较高速度利用率的基础上,合理增大腾起角,提高平跑速度,完善起跳技术.     

中国发展体育俱乐部的若干问题思考

文章通过对欧洲体育俱乐部组织结构类型的剖析,探讨我国在发展体育俱乐部过程中应该注意的问题。文章认为：我国业余运动训练体制不应该盲目地追求多渠道发展,盲目地全方位建立体育俱乐部,盲目地增加运动竞赛的种类。要提倡“拿来主义”,积极稳妥地推进单项协会实体化改革,大力发展社区体育,充分运用竞赛扛杆的作用,调动群众参加体育活动的积极性。