Deaf parents and pediatric cochlear implantation: an exploration of the decision-making process

The study examined factors in deaf parents' decision between cochlear implantation (CI) and traditional hearing aids for their child. The subjects were 6 Flemish children ages 5-9 years with severe/profound congenital hearing loss, with at least 1 deaf parent. The researchers, who conducted thematic content analysis of qualitative data collected through parent interviews, found that with the exception of a family with 1 hearing parent, parents gave priority to Deaf identity, sign language, and ethical issues in deciding between CI and hearing aids. Medical risks were also mentioned. The researchers conclude that the decision-making processes of the parents involved factors that have also been found among hearing parents, as well as aspects that have not been reported to play a role in hearing parents' decision making. A further conclusion is that deaf parents' perspective merits attention in professional practice and empirical research.     

Adolescents,Egocentrism, and Mortality

Adolescents are often described as egocentric, but a major source of this external behavior is the internal fear of adolescents have about feeling invisible, being different, and even their own mortality. Facing this fear through a curricular focus on death can help to combat this behavior. This can be accomplished through novel studies of books that include an honest discussion of death as a part of life and writing activities like composing self-obituaries. When used correctly, the subject of death can help students to develop goal-setting habits, better understand themselves and learn how to focus on the life that lies before them.     

Preschoolers’ Motivation to Over-Imitate Humans and Robots

From preschool age, humans tend to imitate causally irrelevant actions—they over-imitate. This study investigated whether children over-imitate even when they know a more efficient task solution and whether they imitate irrelevant actions equally from a human compared to a robot model. Five-to-six-year-olds (N = 107) watched either a robot or human retrieve a reward from a puzzle box. First a model demonstrated an inefficient (Trial 1), then an efficient (Trial 2), then again the inefficient strategy (Trial 3). Subsequent to each demonstration, children copied whichever strategy had been demonstrated regardless of whether the model was a human or a robot. Results indicate that over-imitation can be socially motivated, and that humanoid robots and humans are equally likely to elicit this behavior.     

韩国的科技计划评估和研究机构评估

各国政府借助国家计划加强了对社会经济的干预，科技评估也日益成为国家科技管理中不可缺少的重要手段。以韩国为例，介绍了韩国的科技计划评估体系、执行机构，并探讨了对政府研究机构的评价。     

Exploring groups’ affective states during collaborative learning: what triggers activating affect on a group level?

Educational technology research and development - During collaborative learning, affect is constantly present in groups’ interactions, influencing and shaping the learning process. The aim of...     

The design of learning spaces matters: perceived impact of the deskless school on learning and teaching

Learning Environments Research - This exploratory case study examined the kinds of activity that a ‘deskless school” (i.e., flexible physical school spaces) engenders among pupils and...     

Metacognitive experience on Raven’s matrices versus insight problems

Metacognition and Learning - Participants rated Intuition, Suddenness, Pleasure, and Certainty accompanying their solutions to items of a popular fluid intelligence test – Raven’s...     

生物学硕士研究生创新能力培养模式的探索与实践--基于三方协同育人模式

当前,生物学硕士研究生培养存在培养目标定位不清、课程内容的先进性与前沿性不够突出等方面的不足,制约了研究生创新能力的培养。以重庆师范大学生物学硕士研究生培养为例,创建了基于"生物产业化学院""生物行业企事业单位""生物技术协同创新中心"三方平台的协同育人模式,建立科教结合、产学融合、校企合作的协同育人机制,搭建三方育人平台,拓展育人途径,联合共建适应生物产业需求的研究生创新能力培养体系,创新丰富了协同育人内涵,在提高研究生创新能力方面取得了明显成效。     

基于面阵CCD的轮毂形位参数检测方法

铝合金轮毂是一个直接关系到车辆行驶安全性和舒适性的重要部件,轮毂的形位参数是工业设计中的关键所在.针对传统测量方式费时、费力、精度低的缺点,本文提出了一种基于面阵CCD成像和计算机图像处理技术的高精度形位参数检测方法.通过区域分割、边缘检测、亚像素插值等图像处理手段.同时结合光学畸变校正模型,实现了轮毂形位参数的非接触、自动化测量,实测精度可达0.01mm.