ERIC/ECTJ Annual Review Paper

This is the eighth ERIC/ECTJ Annual Review Paper, preparation of which was supported by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources, Syracuse University. The material in this article was prepared pursuant to a contract with the National Institute of Education, U.S. Department of Education. Contractors undertaking such projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their judgment in professional and technical matters. Points of view or opinions do not necessarily represent the official view or opinion of the NIE. Nor, as the authors note, should the views be interpreted as the official position of the University of Iowa’s Visual Scholars Program.     

Manipulative Use and Elementary School Students’ Mathematics Learning

Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) 1998/1999, we examine the relationship between elementary students’ (K–5) manipulative use and mathematics learning. Using a cross-sectional correlational analysis, we found no relationship between manipulative use and student mathematics achievement. However, using a longitudinal analysis, we documented a positive relationship between manipulative use and student mathematics learning during their elementary school years (K–5). From a teaching and learning perspective, these findings provide important evidence of the influence of long-term manipulative use on students’ overall learning. From policy and methodological perspectives, these findings provide evidence for the importance of modeling student learning (as opposed to achievement) when studying the effectiveness of instructional strategies.     

大众化教育时期高校教学质量保障与监控新探——以湖南高校为例

高等教育的大众化,一方面,给地方院校的发展带来了空前机遇,各院校的规模和效益实现了前所未有的蜕变;另一方面,人才培养质量问题也变得越来越严峻。湖南相当多高校内部各个部门各自为政,教学质量保障与监控不到位,影响人才培养的质量。要构建富有弹性的教学质量保障和监控体系,进一步加大教学投入,强化教学管理,推进教学改革,着力培养学生的实践能力和创新精神,为经济社会培养大批高素质专业人才和高层次拔尖人才。     

谈高职商务英语专业课程体系建设

高职商务英语专业课程体系建设应以培养定位,即具有外语能力的商务型实用人才为目标.建立以商务理论常规教学、应用性实践教学、英语技能学习为中心环节的实践课程体系,强调学生的实际操作能力培养,并将教学与社会职业资格鉴定有机结合.     

新媒体冲击下大学生生活方式的嬗变

在新媒体的冲击下,大学生学业生活方式呈现网络依赖的加剧,交往生活方式受到网络社交的熏染正引发信任危机,消费生活方式表现为网购消费、时尚消费和情感消费,闲暇生活方式呈现网络化和泛娱乐化的特征,婚恋生活方式更是遭受物化的扭曲。重构和引导大学生生活方式必须以社会主义核心价值体系作为指导思想,以抢占新媒体阵地,提升高校德育的话语权为首要任务。     

高职院校如何强化学生思想政治工作

加强和改进高职院校学生思想政治工作，要与高职院校中心工作紧密结合，与立足做好当前工作、尽快改善薄弱环节相结合，与深化学校教育教学改革相结合，与理顺工作机制、健全制度、强化管理相结合，与改善办学条件和硬件设施、优化育人环境、解决学生的实际问题相结合，与政府部门高度重视、全社会大力支持相结合；还要应扎实抓好思想建设、队伍建设、制度建设、校园文化建设、硬件设施建设等基础性工作。     

面向互动教学的多媒体教室建构方案

当今的课堂教学需要互动式的教学模式,现代化技术的发展能为院校开展课堂互动教学提供技术保障。但现有的多媒体教室在构建中并不完善,存在教学中缺少互动等问题。通过对问题的分析,提出了适合互动教学的多媒体教室应具备的功能及建构原则,提出了面向互动教学的多媒体教室建构方案,为院校更好地开展课堂互动教学提供服务。     

Engaging Actively with Issues in the Responsible Conduct of Science: Lessons from International Efforts Are Relevant for Undergraduate Education in the United States

Numerous studies are demonstrating that engaging undergraduate students in original research can improve their achievement in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields and increase the likelihood that some of them will decide to pursue careers in these disciplines. Associated with this increased prominence of research in the undergraduate curriculum are greater expectations from funders, colleges, and universities that faculty mentors will help those students, along with their graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, develop an understanding and sense of personal and collective obligation for responsible conduct of science (RCS). This Feature describes an ongoing National Research Council (NRC) project and a recent report about educating faculty members in culturally diverse settings (Middle East/North Africa and Asia) to employ active-learning strategies to engage their students and colleagues deeply in issues related to RCS. The NRC report describes the first phase of this project, which took place in Aqaba and Amman, Jordan, in September 2012 and April 2013, respectively. Here we highlight the findings from that report and our subsequent experience with a similar interactive institute in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Our work provides insights and perspectives for faculty members in the United States as they engage undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral fellows, to help them better understand the intricacies of and connections among various components of RCS. Further, our experiences can provide insights for those who may wish to establish “train-the-trainer” programs at their home institutions.     

成教学院实验室安全管理体系的建设

从威教学院实验室面临的安全问题入手,探讨了实验室安全管理体系建立与开展的内容,从而确保实验室安全,创造出一个安全愉快的教学、科研和学习的环境.     

中国法制建设与图书馆立法

本文对我国的法制建设和有关图书馆的若干政策法规进行了简单回顾，在指出图书馆立法的困惑与不足的同时，强调必须加强图书馆立法的力度，旨在呼吁我国图书馆法早日诞生。