Effects of organizational pictures and modality as a feedback strategy on learner comprehension and satisfaction

One of the strongest instructional interventions documented in educational literature is the use of feedback to influence learning outcomes. However, there is lack of empirical research specifically pertaining to the use of multimedia in the feedback message. The purpose of this research was to test whether organizational pictures and modality as a feedback strategy had an effect on learner comprehension and satisfaction. The research design was a 2 Multimedia (Picture Present vs. Picture Absent) × 2 Modality (Narration vs. On-screen Text) × Trial (Trial 1 vs. Trial 2) with Multimedia and Modality serving as between-subject conditions and Trial serving as a repeated measure. One-hundred fifteen university students participated in the study. Findings show statistically significant increases in comprehension scores from Trial 1 to Trial 2 assessments for all four treatment conditions. Learners in the Picture present conditions were statistically more satisfied with the learning experience. Additionally, we used eye-tracking to verify the extent to which the pictures were used in the feedback message. A discussion and recommendations for future research and feedback design are provided.     

Neoliberalism,the public sphere,and a public good

This essay considers the challenges that neoliberalism raises for conceptual models and practices of a multiple public sphere. Engaging difference and attending to inequality, a multiple public sphere facilitates the circulation of a dynamic public good that may articulate mutual standing and relationships among people to enable the construction of a collective “we” for coordinated action. Weakening relationships among people and devaluing coordinated action, neoliberalism envisions a public of atomistic individuals who compete with one another for comparative advantage. Flattening difference and obscuring inequality, a neoliberal public presumes a universal subject that obscures its own particularity and discounts the uneven burdens faced by those who cannot seamlessly identify with its mode of subjectivity. Further, for a neoliberal public, inequality serves as the condition and end of competition. Resistance to neoliberalism may arise in the networked locals of a multiple public sphere, as advocates reclaim connections that neoliberalism seeks to deny.     

社会转型期成人继续教育趋势

世纪之交，我们步入全面发展的转型期。社会的全面发展需要教育的全面发展，教育亟需成人继续教育的发展。就社会与个人发展与社会组织发展需要，政府大力提倡成人继续教育；成人继续教育的特色与面临的问题；尤其是成人继续教育的发展进行了探讨。     

CBE视角下工程管理专业校企合作创新人才培养模式研究

为了满足工程管理专业新时期人才培养的行业需求,本文分析了工程管理专业人才培养的负外部性表现,将CBE理念下的校企合作模式引入工程管理人才培养中,构建以"基础教学—综合实践—研究创新"为主线的"学习+实践+创新"三位一体校企合作人才培养模式,推动我国高等教育的可持续发展。     

我国高等职业教育发展困境分析与对策

高等职业教育在发展中遇到了一些瓶颈问题,如不解决,高等职业教育将不能实现可持续发展.文章从层次与定位、生源、投入、师资和资格证书等五个方面着手进行了分析,指出了存在问题的根源并提出了相应的对策.     

幼儿园教师性别教育观念现状研究

幼儿园教师的性别教育观念对幼儿性别角色的形成具有重要影响.本研究以99名幼儿园教师为研究对象,采取问卷法和访谈法探讨了幼儿园教师对性别教育的含义、重要性、内容和方法的理解以及性别教育过程中出现的问题和困惑.研究表明,大多数教师对性别教育的理解不全面、不科学:对性别教育内容了解不多;对男孩的教育比对女孩的传统,大多数教师不了解双性化教育.要转变幼儿园教师的传统性别教育观念,必须加大社会对性别教育的重视程度;相关部门应抓紧制定有关性别教育的规范性指导纲要;幼儿园应多组织教师进行有关性别教育的学习和探讨.     

例谈理综实验复习备考策略

从2001年开始的新一轮高中课程改革至今已有八年了,按课程改革后的新教学大纲和新教材进行高考化学命题考试,全国大部分地区已进行了五年(2004-2008),今年是第五个年头。我们对这五年全国高考"理科综合"中的化学实验题(共12套,2004年卷Ⅰ是旧课程卷未列入)进行了对比分析,从中看到五年高考化学实验题贯穿了课程改革的理念,并     

社会资本对大学生创业意向的影响

创业意向是预测创业行为的关键指标,激发大学生创业意向是高校创业人才培养的核心目标.依据社会资本理论和心理资本理论构建影响大学生创业意向模型,采用问卷法对10所高校的2025名大学生进行创业意向调研,探究社会资本与大学生创业意向的关系,考察心理资本和主动性人格对不同社会资本水平大学生创业意向的影响路径,结果表明:①社会资本显著正向预测大学生创业意向;②心理资本在社会资本与大学生创业意向关系中起部分中介作用;③社会资本、心理资本与创业意向关系模型受主动性人格调节,调节的是社会资本对创业意向的直接路径,以及社会资本—心理资本—创业意向中介链条的后半段路径.     

SECI模型下高职教师学科教学知识的发展路径研究

学科教学知识(PCK)是教师从教必须具备的,在教学实践中形成又反馈于实际教学的知识。明晰其发展路径,有助于促进教师教学能力和课堂教学效果的提升,促进教师的专业化发展。采用质性研究方法,在阐释高职教师学科教学知识结构的基础上,运用野中郁次郎SECI模型理论中关于知识发展的社会化、外在化、融合化、内化四个阶段的划分,对高职教师的课堂观察及访谈资料进行分析,提出高职教师学科教学知识的动态化发展路径:即教师通过职前教育、企业工作及课堂观摩获取初始的学科教学知识,并通过教学实践及教师协作不断将其发展与提升;借助比赛及专题培训等活动催化、扩充其宽度及深度;继而在行动中反思及对行动的反思中将学科教学知识进一步深化吸收,内化到个人知识库以指导教学实践。其发展路径是循环往复、螺旋上升的,以多种形式贯穿于教师职前职后专业成长的整个过程中,高职教师在多样的活动及教学实践中不断充实完善自身的学科教学知识。