Kindergarten Transition Preparation: A Comparison of Teacher and Parent Practices for Children with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

The transition to kindergarten represents an important developmental milestone for children and may pose unique challenges to children with disabilities, their families, and teachers. The primary goal of the current study was to investigate teacher concerns regarding the transition to kindergarten as well as teacher and parent-reported transition preparation practices and involvement for a sample of children with autism spectrum disorders (n = 19) and children with other developmental disabilities (n = 76). Teachers reported significantly more concerns for children in the ASD group than for children in the DD group, although there was no difference in total involvement in transition practices between groups. Although teacher and parent involvement in transition preparation was generally high, generic less individualized practices often were utilized. Study findings are discussed in the context of future research directions to help facilitate kindergarten transitions for young children with disabilities.     

Teachers�� emotions and professional identity in curriculum reform: A Chinese perspective

In educational research, emotion has attracted substantial attention since the mid-1990s. While there are many studies of teacher emotion in educational change in the West, there is a remarkable dearth of such studies in China. This qualitative study attempts to address this issue by examining teachers?? emotional experiences in the national curriculum reform of senior secondary education in China. Results indicate that teachers revealed complex emotional responses to the reform. These emotions were related to teachers?? perceptions about the use of new textbooks, teaching approaches, and, more importantly, the uncertain changes in college entrance examinations. Three types of teachers with different emotions and professional identities are identified in the reform (i.e., the losing heart accommodators, the drifting followers, and the cynical performers). These findings highlight the Chinese perspective on teacher emotion and provide some implications for the management of curriculum reform and teacher emotion in the Chinese context.     

高中物理学习困难的成因分析及对策研究

物理难学,这似乎已成为高中学生的共识。笔者经过大量调查研究发现造成这种状况的原因很多,单就学的方面而言,大多数同学主要是由于怕学、厌学或不会学物理。调查结果显示,物理学习困难的学生,在进入高中前就对物理学习心存惧怕,其中有30%左右的同学,一遇到困难就轻言放弃;另有50%左右的同学对物理学习虽也信心不足,但一开始还是下定决心要学好物理,他们在物理学习上化了大量时间、精力,不可谓不刻苦,不能说没努力,但由于缺乏兴趣,学习物理对他们来说是一种被迫行为,体会不到学习中的乐趣,时间一长,必然觉得学习枯燥无味,变成了一种苦差事,…     

The Effects of a Kit-Based Science Curriculum and Intensive Science Professional Development on Elementary Student Science Achievement

The science achievement of 226 5th graders from districts that have a kit-based inquiry science curriculum supported by intensive professional development (PD) is compared with data from a group of 173 5th graders from other districts that use nonkit science materials and do not have systematic science PD for teachers. Within the kit-based project, the sample of project teachers is stratified to select teachers with a high number of science PD hours versus those with few hours. While there were no significant differences in the mean total scores for kit-based students with low PD versus high PD teachers, the kit-based classrooms scored significantly higher than students in nonkit classrooms on both the pretest and posttest, though there were significantly more minutes of science instruction in the nonkit classrooms. Finally, nonkit teachers taught more units of shorter length and reported lower levels of preparedness to use reform pedagogical approaches.     

Patterns of Social Interaction of Mainstreamed Preschool Children: Hopeful News from the Field

Much of the research on social interaction in mainstreamed settings has focused on “reverse mainstreamed” or special environments in contrast, the present study observed 600 social interactions in 19 regular preschools. Three findings emerged: a) retarded children are substantially integrated into the emotional and social life of the peer group, but not fully integrated into peer group verbal life; b) there is an inverse relationship between teachers’ initiation of social interaction with retarded children and the degree to which the latter are integrated into peer group life; and c) teachers provide retarded children with more verbal enrichment and emotional protection than these children receive from their peer group. On balance, these findings are fairly encouraging, suggesting that to a considerable extent mainstreaming is working in preschool classrooms.     

生物学教学中学生思维训练实验报告

分析了我院高职生《医学生物学》失分的主要原因，制定了思维训练的实验方案，通过整合教材、优化组合教学媒体、实施“以问题为中心”的教学模式、开设选修课、改革考核内容和方式，让学生学在其中、思在其中、乐在其中，提高了学生思维能力和生物学学习质量。     

邓小平战略思维的形成与发展

战略思维就是关于全局性思维。邓小平战略思维反映了在和平与发展的时代条件下 ,我国改革开放和社会主义现代化建设新时期的时代精神。邓小平战略思维是对我国社会主义胜利和挫折历史经验的科学总结 ,是改革开放和现代化建设的新鲜经验的总结 ,是对其它社会主义国家兴衰成败历史经验的总结 ,是对世界经济发展新经验和科学技术革命新成就的概括和吸取。研究邓小平的战略思维无论是对邓小平理论的丰富和拓展 ,还是对面向未来的中国发展战略的把握 ,都具有重要的理论和现实意义。     

Connectedness among taiwanese middle school students: a validation study of the hemingway measure of adolescent connectedness

Theories of adolescent connectedness suggest that adolescents strive to become connected by engaging with and valuing the people, activities, and worlds in their social ecology. The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a measure designed to assess these worlds of connectedness among 320 junior high school students in Taiwan. The subscales and composite scales evidenced satisfactory reliability and concurrent validity. A hypothesized three-factor, higher order structural model of connectedness was cross-validated. Girls were generally more connected than boys. Both connectedness to school and to friends explained more variance in connectedness to self than did family connectedness. There was mixed support for separation-individuation processes. The measure appears promising in terms of future research on adolescent social development in the Asia Pacific.     

美国中考试题的特点及其对中国的启示

本文通过分析美国的中考试题,阐述了试题中的几个特点并提出了对中国中考改革的几点启示.