Graphic organizers and their effects on the reading comprehension of students with LD: a synthesis of research

Previous research studies examining the effects of graphic organizers on reading comprehension for students with learning disabilities (LD) are reviewed. An extensive search of the professional literature between 1963 and June 2001 yielded a total of 21 group design intervention studies that met the criteria for inclusion in the synthesis. Using graphic organizers (i.e., semantic organizers, framed outlines, cognitive maps with and without a mnemonic) was associated with improved reading comprehension overall for students with LD. Compared to standardized reading measures, researcher-developed comprehension measures were associated with higher effect sizes. Initial gains demonstrated when using graphic organizers were not revealed during later comprehension tasks or on new comprehension tasks.     

A comparison of physical and sexual abuse: histories of sexual and non-sexual offenders with intellectual disability

OBJECTIVES: To review patterns of physical and sexual abuse in cohorts of sexual offenders and nonsexual offenders with intellectual disability. METHOD: Forty-six sexual offenders were compared with 48 male nonsexual offenders in relation to their experiences of sexual and physical abuse in childhood. Comprehensive assessments were taken over a period of at least one year, and were conducted independently by a range of professionals. RESULTS: Thirty-eight percent of the sexual offenders and 12.7% of the nonsexual offenders had experienced sexual abuse, while 13% of the sexual offenders and 33% of the nonsexual offenders had experienced physical abuse. CONCLUSIONS: Sexual abuse seems a significant variable in the history of sexual offenders, while physical abuse seems a significant variable in the history of nonsexual offenders. The results support the view that the "cycle of abuse" is neither inevitable nor an adequate explanation of future offending.     

科学精神赞

党的“十六大”吹响了我国人民在新世纪的战斗号角。“十六大”的主题是:高举邓小平理论伟大旗帜,全面贯彻“三个代表”重要思想,继往开来,与时俱进,全面建设小康社会,加快推进社会主义现代化,为开创中国特色社会主义事业新局面而奋斗。全面建设小康社会的具体目标,则是“在优化结构和提高效率的基础上,国内生产总值到2020年力争比2000年翻两番,综合国力和国际竞争力明显增强……     

Young children's use of video as a source of socially relevant information

Although prior research clearly shows that toddlers have difficulty learning from video, the basis for their difficulty is unknown. In the 2 current experiments, the effect of social feedback on 2-year-olds' use of information from video was assessed. Children who were told "face to face" where to find a hidden toy typically found it, but children who were given the same information by a person on video did not. Children who engaged in a 5-min contingent interaction with a person (including social cues and personal references) through closed-circuit video before the hiding task used information provided to find the toy. These findings have important implications for educational television and use of video stimuli in laboratory-based research with young children.     

老有所……

2500多年前.孔老夫子在《礼记·礼运篇》里论及他的“大同”思想时,说了“老有所终”,也就是说老年人有个“善终”,安度晚年,悠闲自得,高高兴兴地活,痛痛快快地“入土为安”。 我们亲爱的党——光荣、伟大、正确的中国共产党,有马克思列宁主义、毛泽东思想、邓小平理论、江泽民“三个代表”学说的完整意识形态体系,指引我们无坚不摧,无攻不克,无往不胜。作为一名退休的党员教师,我深深体会到党对离退休人员的尊重、关怀和爱护,我觉得我们党把孔子的“老有所终”诠释为“老有所教”、“老有所学”、“老有所为”和“老有所乐”,也是“始终代表广大人民群众的根本利益”的一种体现。     

崇高的理想 壮丽的诗章——喜读《翠绿的群山——肖伟昌诗词欣赏》

肖伟昌是一位优秀的党政工团干部,又是一位充满激情的诗人、音乐家、演说家。在演讲育人的共同事业中我们结下了深厚的友谊。最近从我们中华教育艺术研究会副理事长、《教育艺术》主编郭海燕教授处见到了他的新作——《翠绿的群山:肖伟昌诗词欣赏》(广东高等教育出版社)一书,拜读之余,感触颇深。