Predicting transition and adjustment to college: biomedical and behavioral science aspirants’ and minority students’ first year of college

The purpose of this study is to explore key factors that impact the college transition of aspiring underrepresented minority students in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, in comparison with White, Asian students and non-science minority students. We examined successful management of the academic environment and sense of belonging during the first college year. Longitudinal data were derived from the Higher Education Research Institute’s (HERI) 2004 Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Freshman Survey and the 2005 Your First College Year (YFCY) Survey. Using a reformulation of the integration model (Nora, Barlow, and Crisp, 2005), we find concerns about college financing, negotiating family support and responsibility, and campus racial dynamics (perceived and behavioral) affect student adjustment and sense of integration in the first year. This study was made possible by the support of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH Grant Number 1 RO1 GMO71968-01. This independent research and the views expressed here do not indicate endorsement by the sponsor.     

Tandem Biocatalysis by CotA-TJ102@UIO-66-NH2 and Novozym 435 for Highly Selective Transformation of HMF into FDCA

2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid(FDCA) is a potential biorenewable chemical for applications including plastics, polyamides, drugs, etc. The selective biosynthesis of FDCA from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural(HMF) by a specific enzyme poses a great challenge. In this study, we reported an efficient strategy to produce FDCA from HMF by the tandem biocatalysis of laccase(Cot A-TJ102@UIO-66-NH_2) and Novozym 435. For the first step, a nanoparticle metal–organic framework was synthesized as a carrier to immobilize Cot A-TJ102@UIO-66-NH_2, which was assigned for the production of 5-formyl-2-furancarboxylic acid(FFCA) and featured an enzyme loading of 255.54 mg/g, specific activity of 135.90 U/mg, and solid loading ratio of 99.65%. Under optimal conditions, an ideal FFCA yield of 98.5% was achieved, and the Cot A-TJ102@UIO-66-NH_2 presented a high recycling capacity after 10 cycles. For the second step, Novozym 435 was applied for the further conversion of FFCA into FDCA, presenting a high FDCA yield of 95.5% under the optimized conditions. Novozym 435 also exhibited a high recyclability after eight cycles. As a result, the tandem biocatalysis strategy provided a 94.2% FDCA yield from HMF, indicating its excellence as a method for FDCA production.     

教师信息技术培训的现状及建议

随着信息技术的发展,教师的信息技术培训工作变得越发重要,但是目前我国的教师信息培训工作还存在很多问题。本文通过分析现状,在培训内容、教学方式、教学内容及形式、考核等方面提出了相关的建议。     

Innovative moments and narrative change in career counselling: a case study

International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance - This case study of an undecided university student has two aims: to assess the effect of life design career counselling on...     

Various ways to determine rational number size: an exploration across primary and secondary education

European Journal of Psychology of Education - Understanding rational numbers is a complex task for primary and secondary school students. Previous research has shown that a possible reason is...     

俄罗斯现行教育质量评估体系述评

教育质量问题日益成为21世纪世界各国教育发展的核心问题。为了适应新时期市场经济体制转型和教育管理体制改革的需要,俄罗斯从"国家-社会"角度正努力构建一个更为完善的全俄教育质量评估新体系。本文在分析全俄教育质量评估体系形成动因的基础上,对新体系的基本构成、功能和前瞻性任务进行了全面述评。     

一种认知无线电自适应双门限能量检测算法

针对传统频谱感知方法易受噪声波动影响的缺点,提出了一种认知无线电自适应双门限能量检测算法.该算法基于双门限能量检测,通过比较认知用户接收的能量值和预定义的门限值,判断当前信道状态并自适应地选择一轮感知或两轮感知.推导了所提算法的检测概率、虚检概率和感知时间的性能表达式,并采用蒙特卡洛仿真得到信噪比与检测概率、感知时间的...     

21世纪以来俄罗斯推动义务教育城乡均衡发展的政策述评

在《2010年前俄罗斯教育现代化构想》、《国家教育优先发展方案》和《我们的新学校》框架下,俄罗斯推进义务教育城乡均衡发展的政策主要包括改善农村学校条件、提高农村教师地位、保障儿童受教育机会三个方面。其特征是注重高质量基础上的教育均衡,遵循平等的补偿原则,追求多样化的教育均衡。     

Educational knowledge generation from administrative data

Most universities use Information Systems (IS) to perform their daily administrative activities (student enrollment, data files, accountancy, etc.), and an integrated Learning Management System (LMS) to support teaching and learning. However, although a lot of effort has been put into deploying these computerized systems, the data that they provide are not fully exploited from an educational perspective. In this paper we describe a case in which these data have been used to identify relevant relations between the general use of the LMS, the existence of teaching innovation programs and the quality of education. The method used can be easily generalized and employed in other different contexts, to derive meaningful information on the impact that some variables may have over others.