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.     

旗袍：对女性身体的符号学分析

旗袍作为中国现代女性经典服装,不仅仅是披在女性身体之上的外衣,更是披在社会文化之上的外衣。对于男性这个“他者”而言,旗袍更多的是一种性的符号,是他者欲望注视之下对女性肉体的一种新的包裹方式。在父权与女权之间,旗袍提供了一个相互斗争与妥协的场所。女性赢得了自身地位的提升,但却仍然逃脱不掉男性他者的欲望之眼。但从女性自身的角度来看,旗袍的出现是女权文化的一种表征,所展现的是一种“文化身体”,是一种女性独立、自由的符号。在当代,更是女性独特而迷人的性别魅力的符号。     

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。     

媒介环境及其对创造性人才成长的影响

媒介环境是由大众传媒构成的影响人的发展和社会发展的外部条件,其实质是信息丰富、变化迅速的现代信息环境。随着大众传媒的飞速发展,媒介环境以其信息容量大、传播路径宽、传播速度快、受众范围广等优势对创造性人才的成长产生了广泛而深刻的影响。在媒介环境的影响下,创造主体应提高其接收信息、鉴别信息、选择信息与处理信息的能力,排除消极信息的干扰,有效利用各类积极信息,促进其创造力的发展。     

论图书馆在城市文化建设中的地位与作用

图书馆是城市文化的重要构成部分,它的文化性质与城市文化有着直接的对应关系,在提倡把我国建设成＂学习型社会＂的文化战略中,图书馆有着重要的地位与作用。     

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．     

中国对外直接投资发展历程与结构特征分析

自1979以来，我国对外直接投资发展迅速。本文对中国对外直接投资发展历程进行了系统总结，并对中国企业对外直接投资在行业、区位、投资主体和投资方式等方面的结构性特征进行了分析。     

"五·四"女子教育平权运动价值意义述略

五四运动唤醒了我国妇女解放运动的沉寂面，妇女们在批判封建旧思想、旧道德的同时，开始为自身解放呐喊。当时社会上进步的人士普遍认为“教育上的平衡为一切平衡的渊源”，把女子教育平衡作为解决妇女问题的根本方法，提出了改革女子教育宗旨，大不开女禁和男女同校等教育平等主张，为近代妇女解放打开了新的局面。     

在"圣"的空间中的精神苦旅--对张承志创作的矛盾性思索

张承志的精神追寻与精神困惑始终相互交织在一起。通过梳理出其创作的轨迹、不变的因子及终旅中的得与失，可以发觉诸多矛盾性因素，新的提升与新的局限并存，可以感受到物化时代精神追寻的艰难。