Improving the Acquisition of Novel Vocabulary Through the Use of Imagery Interventions

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of imagery interventions on the vocabulary acquisition abilities of second grade students. A total of 15 students were randomly assigned to three different intervention conditions: Word Only, which involves the simple verbal presentation of a vocabulary word; Dual Coding, in which a picture was paired with the vocabulary word, and Image Creation, in which students were told to create a mental picture of the vocabulary word in their mind and draw it on paper. These students were taught a total of 21 vocabulary words: seven animal and habitat words, seven musical instrument terms, and seven science terms. A Latin square design was used, in which each group of students rotated through each of the interventions, being exposed to a different treatment condition for each category of words. Participants were measured on the number of words they were successfully able to acquire through the use of experimenter designed comprehension measures. While no statistical significance was shown between the interventions across the word categories, a significant difference was found between the Image Creation and Word Only interventions within the science terms category. Students also reported that the imagery interventions facilitated the ease with which they learned the words. The findings have implications for increasing the success of classroom instruction, specifically for presenting novel vocabulary words to early elementary learners using imagery methods.     

A tale of three campuses: Unearthing theories of residential life that shape the student learning experience

Frank Shushok Jr., T. Laine Scales, Rishi Sriram, and Vera Kidd share some initial thoughts about responses to their Campus Residential Experience Survey. Do you recognize your institution?     

档案袋评价:关注学生学习与成长的评价

档案袋是对学生学习与成长过程的追踪记录,指的是通过对档案袋的制作过程和最终结果的分析而对学生发展状况所作出的评价.与传统评价方法相比,它对于调动学生学习的积极性,促进学生的有效学习与成长等具有重要的意义.     

Rotenone induces more serious learning and memory impairment than α-synuclein A30P does in Drosophila

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a heterogenous disease caused by multifactorial etiology. PD is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra and the accumulation of Lewy bodies. In this study, two Drosophila PD models by exposing Drosophila to rotenone (sporadic PD models) are proposed, and the human α-synuclein A30P protein (family PD models) in Drosophila is expressed respectively. Both models recapitulated the main human PD symptoms including the loss of dopaminergic neurons...     

自闭症谱系障碍儿童睡眠问题的研究:回顾及思考

睡眠问题在自闭症谱系障碍儿童中有高发生率,与他们的核心特征存在错综复杂的关联.睡眠问题属于失眠症的范畴,潜在病原包括神经生物学、心理及行为和家庭环境等因素,对儿童的影响体现在社会交往与沟通、行为表现及认知和个人成长及家庭等方面,现有治疗措施主要有行为干预、药理治疗和其他疗法,最后对自闭症谱系障碍儿童教育与康复提出几点建议.     

动态网站的ASP漏洞

ASP的漏洞有的是程序自身的缺陷,也有一部分是由于ASP调试服务器的漏洞所造成的。针对不同的漏洞,可以采用不同的方法修补,本文重点讨论引号漏洞和Access数据库下载漏洞这两个方面的问题,提高数据库的安全性。     

大西洋两岸的巴赞

经典电影美学中最重要的理论家——巴赞在英美电影美学和欧洲电影美学中有着不同影响。通过这些不同影响来描述当代西方电影美学发展的两种不同方向,及其造成的不同效果,对于亟待发展的中国电影产业和中国电影美学提供了重要的启示。     

浅谈多媒体教学课件的制作过程

本文主要在多媒体教学课件的制作过程方面进行了探讨，初步总结出了将教学内容与媒体表现形式紧密结合的方法。