崭新的婚礼

“如果那是幸运,那也不是我希望艾琳得到的那种幸运。”老实说,当我们的艾琳告诉我她准备结婚时,我的心情并不好。唉,我知道他是个翩翩少年或是诸如此类的人,但我还是极力表现出些许热情,使得她不会问我他怎么了,也不会继续缠着我,说她不算年轻,可以嫁人了。这些天,我感到身心非常疲倦,以至于一个孩子转身扑向我时,我被弄得筋疲力尽。不管怎样,既然我自已不到20岁就结婚了,那么我有什么资格要求她再等     

Exploring Correlation Coefficients with Golf Statistics

This article explores the relationships between several pairs of statistics kept on professional golfers on the PGA tour. Specifically, two measures related to the player's ability to drive the ball are compared as are two measures related to the player's ability to putt. An additional analysis is made between one statistic related to putting and another that measures how effectively the player tends to reach the green. An analysis of which statistic has the most impact on a player's score is also included. The article concludes with an interesting extension relating the statistics of professionals to the performance of an amateur golfer.     

The Keys to STEM: Australian Year 7 Students’ Attitudes and Intentions Towards Science,Mathematics and Technology Courses

Research in Science Education - Educational researchers have long noted the apparent link between positive student attitudes and a student’s desire to continue their study of particular...     

Responding on a multiple variable-time variable-time schedule as a function of component duration

Five pigeons pecked lighted keys for food reinforcers delivered by a multiple variable-time 30-sec variable-time 2-min schedule. The duration of the components varied from 5 sec to 16 min. The rate of responding generated by the more favorable component schedule decreased as component duration increased to an intermediate value and then increased with additional increases in duration. The decrease confirmed a prediction of additive theories of behavioral contrast. The rate of responding generated by the less favorable component did not increase as component duration increased. This decrease may represent a floor effect or it may violate a prediction of one additive theory of contrast.     

Exploring college students’ cognitive patterns during reasoning*

This research aimed to investigate the nature of cognitive processes when college students reason about evidence on global climate change (GCC). Twenty-six undergraduate students participated in this qualitative study, where they were interviewed to evaluate competing arguments on key issues related to GCC and discuss their own perspectives. Constant comparative analysis of data from think-aloud protocols and semi-structured interviews revealed three patterns of reasoning: minimum reasoning, constrained reasoning, and deliberative reasoning. Minimum reasoning demonstrated that participants predominantly favoured arguments which supported their own beliefs, with limited reasoning about the relative correctness of opposing arguments. Constrained reasoning showed participants’ emphasis on surface features of evidence on GCC rather than its scientific underpinnings. In contrast, deliberative reasoning involved more sophisticated cognitive efforts in coordinating evidence and claims, and a key characteristic of this pattern was in-depth statistical and causal reasoning. The current findings added to our understanding of college students’ reasoning processes when they are faced with controversial issues like GCC. This work contributed to current efforts in using cognitive research to inform science and environmental education, and laid a foundation for future endeavours in promoting scientific reasoning and argumentation in climate change education.