An investigation of Taiwan University students' perceptions of online academic help seeking, and their web-based learning self-efficacy

This study was conducted to investigate Taiwan University students' perceptions (including experience, confidence and preference) of online academic help seeking (OAHS) and students' level of web-based learning self-efficacy (WLSE). Two instruments, OAHS questionnaire, consisting of information searching, formal and informal query scales, and WLSE questionnaire, including general and functional scales, were then validated through collecting the responses from 300 university students. Results indicate reciprocal relations between experience, confidence and preference in students' online academic help seeking behaviors. Students' academic help seeking behaviors were related to their general self-efficacy in a web-based course setting. Students' functional WLSE was related to their perceptions of information searching for OAHS. Findings of this study also imply that students' experience of seeking help from informal online channels is prominent when they participate in a web-based course.     

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPETENCE SCALE FOR LEARNING SCIENCE: INQUIRY AND COMMUNICATION

The objective of this study was to develop an instrument to measure school students’ competence in learning science as part of a large research project in Taiwan. The instrument consisted of 29 self-report, Likert-type items divided into 2 scales: Competence in Scientific Inquiry and Competence in Communication. The Competence in Scientific Inquiry scale contained 4 subscales: presenting questions and hypothesis, planning, experimenting and data gathering, and data analyzing, interpreting, and concluding. The Competence in Communication scale contained 4 subscales: expressing, evaluating, responding, and negotiating. Students were recruited randomly from primary, junior, and senior high schools in different regions of Taiwan to validate the instrument and establish its reliability and validity. The results of the analyses indicate that the instrument, scales, and subscales have reasonable internal consistency; that the theoretical structure was supported by empirical data; and that the subscales are homogeneous. These results indicate that it is an appropriate tool for measuring students’ competence in learning science. Implications and suggestions for further studies are included.     

Facing multiculturalism’s challenges in Korean education and society

Multicultural policy in South Korea faces variants of challenges endemic to multiculturalism. These challenges are “dilemmas of difference,” “variable terms of inclusion,” and “legitimacy.” In Korea, these challenges arise in a setting in which ethnic diversity is of relatively recent origin, an ideology of ethnic homogeneity is prevalent, and official multicultural policy is limited in its reach to those who are designated as “multicultural families,” that is families in which one spouse is Korean and the other an immigrant, usually the wife, and their offspring. The exclusion of migrant workers and their families from Korea’s multicultural framework poses a core contradiction in Korean multicultural policies. This contradiction must be resolved if multiculturalism in education and other spheres is to promote equality and provide a foundation for national integration on terms that are equitable to the diverse constituents of Korean society. Inevitably, this will require a redefinition of what it means to “be Korean.” Even if multicultural policies fall short in their immediate effects on those toward whom they are directed, multiculturalism represents a significant shift in the discourse of Korean identity and will be terrain on which the status of diverse groups in Korea will be contested.     

高校教育信息化建设的定位探析——以江苏高校淮海工学院为例

信息化已经成为全球各行各业发展的必然要求,信息化建设水平也已成为衡量一所高校教学、科研、管理水平的重要标志。文章在介绍"国家对教育信息化建设的最新要求"和"江苏省对高校教学信息化建设的最新指导意见"基础上,阐述了高校教育信息化的发展趋势,分析了淮海工学院教育信息化建设的现状和存在的问题,并由此进一步指出了普通高校教育信息化建设应坚持的共性发展定位。     

The building of weak expertise: the work of global university rankers

University rankers are the subject of much criticism, and yet they remain influential in the field of higher education. Drawing from a two-year field study of university ranking organizations, interviews with key correspondents in the sector, and an analysis of related documents, I introduce the concept of weak expertise. This kind of expertise is the result of a constantly negotiated balance between the relevance, reliability, and robustness of rankers’ data and their relationships with their key readers and audiences. Building this expertise entails collecting robust data, presenting it in ways that are relevant to audiences, and engaging with critics. I show how one ranking organization, the Times Higher Education (THE), sought to maintain its legitimacy in the face of opposition from important stakeholders and how it sought to introduce a new “Innovation and Impact” ranking. The paper analyzes the strategies, methods, and particular practices that university rankers undertake to legitimate their knowledge—and is the first work to do so using insights gathered alongside the operations of one of the ranking agencies as well as from the rankings’ conference circuit. Rather than assuming that all of these trust-building mechanisms have solidified the hold of the THE over its audience, they can be seen as signs of a constant struggle for influence over a skeptical audience.     

电动车能量再生技术

1　Introduction　Therateddistanceisoneofkeyfactorstolimitthedevelopmentofelectricvehicle (EV)sinceEVwasin vented .Itisawayforincreasingtherateddistancetoputtheadvancedenergyregenerationtechnologyintouse .Manyexperimentsprovethattheactualrateddistanceofaelectricscooterunderthecityroadsur roundingsisabout 35 - 45kmwhileitisabout 5 5 - 6 5kmunderthestandard proving ground .Moreover ,JapanToyotaalsoprovedthattherateddistancecouldbeincreasedby 2 0 %whenusingtheenergyregenera tionsysteminEV .Soi…     

《特殊教育提升计划(2014—2016年)》进展报告

2014年1月8日国务院办公厅向各省、自治区、直辖市等转发了《特殊教育提升计划(2014-2016年)》文章以此为主要对象,结合各地出台的"特殊教育提升计划实施方案",分别从出台背景、价值取向、重点任务对《计划》进行解读,在解读的基础上,了解其实施进展情况:特殊教育学校课程标准制定工作开展顺利;特殊教育教师专业化得到进一步加强;2014年特殊教育招生数及在校生数有所增加;特殊教育经费投入显著增加;各地高度重视"实施方案"的制定。     

休闲体育主体性研究

休闲体育是个体摆脱现实生活中的种种限制,感受心灵愉悦,体验自我存在,获得生命自由的主体性活动。当前社会"麦当劳化"和消费主义盛行,人们的休闲体育丧失了主体性、创造性和自由,不能使人们获得全面发展。为此,人们只有增强自己的主体性,才能在休闲体育中获得充分发展。     

Erosion behavior and mechanism of boronised steels

Boronising of steels is a hardening process to get high surface hardness. The erosion resistance of boronised steels was researched with the use of four kinds of erodent, i.e. glass, alumina, quartz and silicon carbide. The erosion rate increases rapidly with erodent hardness and severe erosion occurs with high impacting angle range of hard particles. SEM analysis indicated that chipping is caused by repetitive impacting of glass and quartz, whereas by alumina and silicon carbide impacting, chipping, and that plastic flow take place simultaneously and the erosion rate reaches the peak value when the impacting angle is above 60°.     

一类有向欧拉图的优美性

研究了有向欧拉图，证明了，优美的必要条件，并且证明了和的优美性．