Curriculum Design of a Flipped Classroom to Enhance Haematology Learning

A common trend in higher education is the “flipped” classroom, which facilitates active learning during class. The flipped approach to teaching was instituted in a haematology ‘major’ class and the students’ attitudes and preferences for the teaching materials were surveyed. The curriculum design was explicit and involved four major components (1) the preparation of the students; (2) the weekly pre-class work; (3) the in-class active learning strategies and (4) closing the learning loop using formative quizzes. Each of these components is discussed in detail and was informed by sound pedagogical strategies. Several different sources of information and several freely available software tools to engage the students are discussed. Two iterations are reported here, with improved pass rate for the final examination from 47 to 48 % in the traditional class to 56–65 % in the flipped classroom approach. The majority of students (93 and 89 %) came to the class prepared, after viewing the screencasts and engaged fully with the activities within the face-to-face time. The students perceived that solving case studies (93 %) was the most beneficial activity for their learning and this was closely followed by the production of essay plans (71 %). The majority of students recommended that this approach be repeated the following year (69 and 75 %).     

A Methylome‐Wide Association Study of Trajectories of Oppositional Defiant Behaviors and Biological Overlap With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

In 671 mother–child (49% male) pairs from an epidemiological birth cohort, we investigated (a) prospective associations between DNA methylation (at birth) and trajectories (ages 7–13) of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and the ODD subdimensions of irritable and headstrong; (b) common biological pathways, indexed by DNA methylation, between ODD trajectories and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); (c) genetic influence on DNA methylation; and (d) prenatal risk exposure associations. Methylome‐wide significant associations were identified for the ODD and headstrong, but not for irritable. Overlap analysis indicated biological correlates between ODD, headstrong, and ADHD. DNA methylation in ODD and headstrong was (to a degree) genetically influenced. DNA methylation associated with prenatal risk exposures of maternal anxiety (headstrong) and cigarette smoking (ODD and headstrong).     

Child Development and the Social Demography of Childhood

This article provides background information and a practical guide for including demographic information in developmental research. First, it portrays historic demographic trends reflecting critical ways in which the family and economic environments of children have been, and continue to be, transformed in the United States. Second, it presents current demographic statistics to provide a basis for researchers to compare their special study population to the general population of children and to formulate specific hypotheses about ways in which their result might differ for children in various demographic situations. Third, it offers an Appendix with standardized wording for a minimum set of questions needed to measure the demographic characteristics and environments of children. The Appendix provides researchers the technical capacity to collect such data, so they can develop and test hypotheses about how family and econmic environments shape child development processes and outcomes.     

关于国际法学科开设英汉双语教学的思考

随着中国与世界各国经济往来的日益频繁,中国经济发展迫切需要大批既懂经济、懂外语。又熟悉WTO规则和国际惯例的复合型专业人才。在国际法学科中开展双语教学,正是对这种需要的积极回应。然而,我国目前的外语(主要是英语)教学模式难以适应经济发展对国际法学科人才的要求。本文着重就如何加强和改善国际法学科双语教学展开探讨。     

论高校固定资产的管理

高校的固定资产是国有资产的重要组成部分，是高校开展一切经济活动的物质基础。随着经济的发展，高校固定资产在管理上存在的问题也越来越明显。本文主要从高校近年来固定资产管理情况入手，对高校固定资产管理方面存在的问题提出相应的解决办法，从而进一步提高高校固定资产管理工作现代化、规范化、科学化水平，推动高校固定资产管理工作，使之更加适应学校发展的要求。     

茅盾与王统照的人生比较

本文比较研究两位方学家在家庭文化与素质教育、人生道路与居住地域、政治活动与社会交际、编辑生涯与甘当人梯、婚姻爱情与不幸遭遇等方面的同异。通过详细回顾，考察确认其在文化史上的贡献与地位；进而论证人才成长的共同规律。     

Redefining the ResponsibiIities of Teachers and the Social Position of the Technical Communicator

As we increasingly recognize the social nature of technical communication, our responsibilities as teachers need to be redefined. Three levels of responsibility are suggested: at the theoretical level, we should study technical communication as a historically emergent social practice; at the pedagogical level, we need to incorporate social and historical perspectives into technical communication courses and curricula; at the level of social action, we should participate in defining and creating new sites of practice for technical communicators. Several suggestions are offered for helping students locate or develop alternative sites of technical communication practice.     

Perceived and Measured Needs Levels of Counselor Education Students

Because the counseling profession places high value on counselors possessing accurate self-awareness, this study investigated the differences and relationships between counselor education students' self-perceived and measured needs levels. A sample of 107 counselor students estimated their needs levels and then completed the Personality Research Form (PRF). Significant differences between their perceived and measured needs levels were found for 10 of the 14 PRF scales. Wide variations were evident in both perceived and measured needs levels. Significant correlations between perceived and measured needs levels percentiles for all 14 scales indicated consistency in over or under estimation of needs levels. Age and number of quarter hours completed were generally unrelated to accuracy of needs level estimation.     

文学语境中的称呼语翻译研究:身份视角

文章结合社会学和语用学视角下的身份观,以《红楼梦》《儒林外史》及其杨宪益夫妇译本为研究对象,考察和分析文学语境中称呼语"身份意识"在原著及其译本中的实现。研究发现,尽管译者一直在试图努力忠实原文,但在意义和口吻上都一定程度地违背或不尽贴合原文,这导致称呼语所蕴含的"身份意识"在汉英语际转换过程中发生了信息过载、缺失和变异等。称呼语的翻译并不是纯粹的语言转换,译者进行翻译时应在充分考虑读者认知语境的基础上,借助社会语言学、语用学和跨文化交际等众多学科知识,采取适当翻译策略。     

角色凸显与丑角复活--莎士比亚《第十二夜》中丑角分析

本文试图从莎士比亚的最具代表性的浪漫主义喜剧《第十二夜》中的角色入手，具体研究喜剧中角色的产生、特别是小丑这一人物在角色凸显中的复活及其背后暗含的深层寓意。