巧用句法知识突破英语阅读理解难关

本文从句法知识的角度来分析句子,从而简化句子结构,以便英语学习者能够快速、准确地把握句子的意思,从而更好地理解整篇文章的内容,提高阅读理解的准确率。在英语学习中,掌握和运用好句法知识,对阅读理解的提高有着重要作用,这也是一种有效提高学习者英语水平的方法。     

“影响因子百分位”与h指数、累积h指数对期刊的评价效力分析

【目的】以SSCI信息科学与图书馆学期刊为例,分析JCR最新公布的期刊评价位置指标——影响因子百分位与h指数、累积h指数等位置指标的相关性及其对期刊的评价效力。【方法】 计算SSCI信息科学与图书馆学期刊2015年的2年、5年、7年、10年的h指数和累积h指数,在WoS中下载各刊2015年的5年影响因子、特征因子和影响因子百分位,对上述指标做Spearman相关性分析。【结果】 各引证时间窗口h指数和累积h指数及影响因子百分位间均呈显著正相关（均为P=0.000）,各指标与5年影响因子、特征因子间均呈显著正相关（均为P=0.000）。【结论】 影响因子百分位与h指数、累积h指数对期刊的评价效力一致,均在一定程度上反映了期刊的学术影响力。     

Tasks and trajectories in learning to teach

University‐based teacher‐education programmes in the USA confront mounting pressure to demonstrate that graduates will have a significant and positive impact on student achievement. Such pressure has forced teacher educators to wrestle with the question of what constitutes compelling evidence that teacher candidates will indeed have such an impact. This paper presents the deliberations and resulting investigation of a team of university faculty members seeking to account for preservice elementary‐school teachers’ learning and development. It offers a preliminary articulation of a trajectory of learning, and a critique of the tasks and the programmatic experiences from which this trajectory is constructed.     

Measuring patients' communication apprehension about interacting with physicians: Instrument development

The purpose of these studies was to develop an instrument to measure patients' perceived communication apprehension in patient/physician interactions. In the first stydy, a five item Patients' Report of Communication Apprehension with Physicians (PRCAP) was developed. The scale appears to be a reliable, unidimensional scale which shows a moderate positive correlation with the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA), a moderate negative correlation with willingness to communicate (WTC), and a moderate negative correlation with self‐perceived communication competence (SPCC). In the second study, designed to assess the predictive validity of the PRCAP, those who scored one standard deviation above the mean on the PRCAP reported being less satisfied with their interactions with physicians than those who scored one standard deviation below the mean on the PRCAP. It appears the PRCAP is a reliable and valid instrument that can be employed to pursue issues involving the role of CA in patient/physician interactions.     

Developing reading comprehension through collaborative learning

The present study explores the development and promotion of reading comprehension in primary school students, in the context of the implementation of an educational programme called ‘Learning Together’ (LT). The programme, which centred on collaborative learning activities, was designed to promote oral and written communication in primary school Mexican children. Analyses revealed that children who participated in the LT programme, in comparison with students in a control condition, produced higher‐quality written summaries of texts they had read, both when working in teams and when working individually. This suggests that the LT participants appropriated and transferred the text comprehension strategies promoted, so that they could apply these strategies effectively not only in collaborative contexts but also independently, that is, in a self‐regulated and autonomous fashion. The theoretical and practical implications of the work are discussed in relation to understanding and promoting oracy and literacy processes in primary school students.     

信息化创新教学高端访谈

教育信息化浪潮中,高等教育改革蓬勃发展,国家出台了各种利好政策;在这种大背景下,涌现出一批教育改革"冲浪人",他们在教学一线,亲身实践最新的智慧教学、混合式教学.在本篇学术访谈中,几位教育专家以各自在智慧教学领域中的出色成果为抓手,探讨时下高等教育信息化的热点问题:如何打造国家级精品慕课?如何建设线上线下混合式一流课程?如何将人工智能应用在教学之中?智慧教学环境中教师身份如何转变?每位专家结合实际教学案例分析问题并给出具体策略建议,希望对正在进行教育改革探索的老师们更多启发.     

‘The sky is the limit’: higher education,gender and empowerment in the Bedouin community in the Negev in Israel

This article addresses the meaning that female Bedouin from the Negev in Israel give to higher education. I shall focus the discussion on the processes in which personal and social contexts merge into one another. Although there has been an increase in the number of investigations of the ways in which Bedouin women in the Negev in Israel participate in the public sphere, a survey of the literature reveals that no investigations have been conducted on the meaning educated women attribute to higher education during the course of their lives. Through an analysis of ten in‐depth interviews carried out between 1998 and 2001, this article examines issues such as gender, empowerment and social mobility amongst young Bedouin women in Israel.