The Development of Measures of Individual Differences in Self-Regulatory Control and Their Relationship to Academic Performance

Two studies are reported describing the development and validation of the Strategic Flexibility Questionnaire (SFQ): a self-report instrument aimed at eliciting students’ beliefs about the need for, and conditional nature of, self-regulatory control over learning. In Study 1, 281 first-year university education students completed a 40-item pilot questionnaire. Factor analysis of responses revealed a 21-item instrument indicating three types of control beliefs: adaptive executive control, inflexible executive control, and irresolute executive control. In Study 2, the predictive validity of these conceptions was tested against the academic performance of 105 third-year university education students. Results indicated that students reporting adaptive executive control beliefs were more successful academically, while those students reporting inflexible or irresolute control beliefs were significantly less successful academically.     

论《战国策》对《三国演义》创作的影响

《三国演义》无论是所排比的史料，还是创作主体罗贯中，都一定程度地打上了《战国策》的印迹。特别在“尚胆”精神、“尚计”谋略意识以及纵横术方面，小说都受《战国策》的影响，而小说中许多虚构的精彩之处，也无不晃动着《战国策》的影子。     

我国体育学院男排运动员攻击性心理的量化研究

主要采用心理问卷法,探讨了不同级别男排队员,以及不同位置、主力与非主力队员的攻击性差异;并利用睾酮指标探讨了不同级别男排队员攻击性强弱的差异.结果表明,不同级别运动员在攻击性强弱及指向上存在差异,不同位置队员、主力与非主力队员在攻击性指向上存在差异。     

The Uncertain Future for Digital Visual Collections in the University

Digital documents in the networked information environment fundamentally change the ways that visual materials can be used in education and scholarly discourse. These new uses raise questions about research library strategies with regard to digitized visual materials as a part of their collections, challenge assumptions underlying intellectual property rights for images and their scope, and offer ways in which visual literacy can become a more integral part of the common educational experience.     

Gardening as a cognitive activity

Gardening and children are a natural combination; children love to play in the dirt, and are fascinated by growing things. The benefits of having a garden can go beyond the fresh vegetables and flowers, a lot can be learned in the process. Although skills involved in planting and caring for the garden and acquiring a rudimentary knowledge of biology are obvious benefits, many other cognitive skills can be introduced or reinforced with a garden project.Deborah G. Ventis is Associate Professor of Psychology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburgh, VA.