岁月荷兰

笔者是一个荷兰球迷,喜欢橙色的激情和攻势足球,对荷兰联赛也充满着热爱,如果让我用一句话来形容荷兰联赛便为：“小荷才露尖尖角”。荷兰联赛培养出了一批又一批的世界希望之星,     

A Comparison of Literature Citations in Faculty Publications and Student Theses as Indicators of Collection Use and a Background for Collection Management at a University Library

The study describes the methodology of a comparative citation analysis, discusses the results of its application to the analysis of published works and student theses at a single research university and evaluates the findings as a background for the management of a university library collection.     

思想品德“高效课堂”教学反思

"高效课堂"是采用"先学后导、自主合作、问题评价"的教学模式,在老师的引导下,通过学生自主学习、小组合作、展示交流等教学手段,引发学生浓厚的兴趣,促使师生、生生多维互动,使学生获取知识,启发思维、增长能力,从而提高课堂教学效果。     

Organic Creativity in the Classroom: Teaching to Intuition in Academics and the Arts. Piirto,J. (Ed.). (2013)

A thoughtful overview of Gifted Education, Judy W. Eby Joan F. Smutney White Plains, NY: Longmans, 1990 224 pp.     

Quality reference service: A preliminary case study

A general reference department achieved a high score on the Wisconsin-Ohio Reference Evaluation Program. Intensive use of electronic resources, a good reference collection, good architecture, administrative support, and, most importantly, adequate time provided by the consultation model contributed, in this case, to high-quality service.     

Postsecondary education for students with learning disabilities

Increasingly, students with learning disabilities are attending community colleges and traditional 4-year colleges and universities. This article presents the results of a review of the literature on services available or recommended for students with learning disabilities. The results suggest that postsecondary institutions have begun to provide a wide array of services to these students. There is little empirical evidence, however, on the effectiveness of those services. An agenda for future research is also discussed.     

The design,implementation, and evaluation of a digital interactive globe system integrated into an Earth Science course

The aim of this study is to design and implement a digital interactive globe system (DIGS), by integrating low-cost equipment to make DIGS cost-effective. DIGS includes a data processing unit, a wireless control unit, an image-capturing unit, a laser emission unit, and a three-dimensional hemispheric body-imaging screen. A quasi-experimental study was conducted to evaluate the learning effectiveness of our system. A total of 105 junior high-school students from Taiwan participated in this 8-week experiment. The students were divided into three individual groups of 35 students each, with one control group and two experimental groups (EG1 and EG2). The results of one-way mixed design ANOVA indicated that participants in the experimental group, who used the DIGS, outperformed the other two groups, in the post-test as well as in the delayed test. These findings demonstrate that the proposed DIGS can effectively enhance the performance of the learners in an Earth Science course.     

语文教学之症结与出路

语文水平和语文修养是一个人最基本的素养,中小学语文教育在培养高素质人才方面负有重任。当前语文教学陷入困境的原因主要有三点:语文教育定位不明确;从教材编写到具体的教法上,都存在不尽如人意之处;考试评价不够科学。针对以上问题,首先要明确语文教学的目的、任务,解决好语文教育的定位问题;课文的选用必须考虑学生的特点和需求;改变讲解语文课文的套路,将课文与语文实践、语文知识结合起来;逐步完善考试方式。     

“Above must be above,and below must be below”: enactment of relational school leadership in Vietnam

Over the past 20 years, relational theories of leadership have gained increased traction in the global discourse in educational leadership. This is observable in the increased frequency with which scholars have begun to construct leadership within the sociocultural and institutional systems of different societies. This study addressed the question, “How is effective school leadership constructed in the multi-faceted education context of modern day Vietnam?” We employed a multi-site case study research design to collect qualitative data from several stakeholder groups in three Vietnamese schools. Analysis centered on describing and synthesizing how principal leadership was constructed in these settings. This study “contextualized school leadership” by describing how leadership themes of managing relationships, preserving harmony, and teacher empowerment were shaped by institutional, political and socio-cultural forces in Vietnamese society. The findings support the importance of contextualizing leadership in order to understand differences in how “effective school leadership” is constructed and understood across different societies.     

Including students’ diverse perspectives on classroom interactions into video-based professional development for teachers

Video is often used in professional development courses to sensitize mathematics teachers to students’ thinking and issues of classroom interaction. This article presents an approach that incorporates students’ perspectives on mathematics classroom interactions into video-based professional development in order to enhance teachers’ reflection on diverse awareness of students concerning demands within mathematics classroom interactions. This approach is theoretically justified by the empirical research on equal participation in classroom interaction and practically elaborated by video material from Grade 5 students. Empirical snapshots from design experiments with teachers demonstrate that teachers’ sensitivity can be enhanced.