A Flow Theory Perspective on Learner Motivation and Behavior in Distance Education

Motivating learners to continue to study and enjoy learning is one of the critical factors in distance education. Flow theory is a useful framework for studying the individual experience of learning through using computers. In this study, I examine students’ emotional and cognitive responses to distance learning systems by constructing two models to test the students’ flow states. The first model examines the cause and effect of the flow experience when students use distance learning systems. The second model considers the impact of three types of interaction on the flow experience. A questionnaire‐based field survey is used to test the two models. Data from 253 distance learning students are examined under each of the two models. The results from Model 1 indicate that flow theory works well in a distance learning environment. The results from Model 2 point out that learner–instructor and learner–interface have a positive relationship with flow experience, whereas learner–learner interaction has not shown a significant relationship with flow experience.     

从创新型科技人才的成长规律看高校创新人才的培养

从创新型科技人才成长规律来看,高校在培养创新人才方面应重视学生批判性思维能力的培养;更新教育思想,提倡创新教育;加强教育改革创新;建设高素质的教师队伍;营造和谐的人文环境和自由的学术氛围,这是高校培养创新人才的必由之路.     

From students to teachers: using surveys to build a culture of evidence and inquiry

In an effort to make decisions about teacher education policy and practice that were informed by research and evidence, participants in Boston College's ‘Teachers for a New Era’ Evidence Team (http://www.teachersforanewera.org) designed a portfolio of assessments and studies. This article describes one project in the portfolio – a series of surveys that trace teacher candidates' experiences over time and track shifts in these experiences as respondents progress from students during the pre‐service period to teachers in the first few years of work in the profession. The article illustrates how various constituencies in the teacher education programme and the larger university used survey data to guide practice, shape policies, and raise new questions about the curriculum, relationships with schools, and the performance of teachers and their pupils. The article argues that these surveys helped to create a new ‘culture of evidence and inquiry’ within which decisions about local policy and practice were made in the teacher preparation programme and the larger university.     

Longitudinal effects of RtI implementation on reading achievement outcomes

Because several studies have investigated student outcomes in schools implementing Response to Intervention (RtI), relatively little research has investigated the impact of implementation on students’ long‐term achievement outcomes (i.e., several years after exposure). The purpose of this study was to describe one elementary school's RtI implementation process and to examine students’ long‐term reading comprehension outcomes following their exposure to various phases of implementation. Four cohorts of students who experienced different implementation phases (i.e., a baseline condition or Phases I, II, or III of implementation) during Grade 2 were subsequently followed across Grades 3, 4, and 5 to examine their outcomes on two reading comprehension measures. Results indicated that students who experienced the early phases of RtI implementation (i.e., Phases I and II) during Grade 2 generally had higher mean comprehension scores in Grades 4 and 5 than students in the baseline condition. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.     

多媒体技术在体育教学中的应用与探讨

多媒体技术的发展体现了现代教育技术发展的需要,而现代教育技术对高校体育的发展有何作用,如何把多媒体技术应用到体育教学中来是现在高校体育教学所面临的新问题.文章对高等院校体育课程中用多媒体辅助体育教学的若干理论与实践问题进行了探讨.     

论WTO环保规制与隐性绿色壁垒

目前,环境措施对市场准入的影响越来越大,必须对WTO环保规制引发的隐性绿色壁垒问题予以关注,以便寻求适合的制衡机制和对策。     

浅析我国中小学教育中的情感教育

情感教育是教育活动的重要组成部分,尤其在对少年儿童的教育中发挥着重要作用。情感教育有着悠久的历史,对我国当前的中小学教育更有着十分重要的现实意义。为了更好地在中小学教育中运用情感教育,可以从教师、学生和环境三方面着眼,实施情感教育。     

A Cross‐Cultural Study of Art Teacher Education in Taiwan and England

This aim of this research was to investigate art teacher education in Taiwan and England to gain insights into two art education systems with a view to improving art teacher education in Taiwan. To achieve this aim, a cross‐cultural study using a multi‐method approach was adopted and data was collected over three years of full‐time study in England and four academic years of reflection on teaching in art teacher education in Taiwan. This research revealed how complex and hazardous it is to state categorically what the similarities and differences really are between two art teacher education systems, especially in a subject as ill‐defined as art. Nonetheless, this study did produce some important differences in the two art teacher education systems in aspects of (1) government regulations and institutional provision, (2) theoretical underpinning, (3) art curriculum policy and delivery, and (4) cultural differences affecting art teachers' attitudes and values.