Reading skills in three orthographies: The case of trilingual Arabic–Hebrew–English-speaking Arab children

This study is an investigation into theinterconnections among three languages, Arabic,Hebrew and English, each of which has adifferent orthography. Hebrew and Arabic havemore in common with each other than withEnglish; they are considered ``shallow'orthographies if vowelized and ``deep'orthographies if unvowelized. The reading,language, and working memory skills of 70trilingual Israeli-Arab students, aged 14–15,were assessed. Arabic was their maininstructional language in school, and Hebrewand English were studied as required subjects.All these adolescents studied Hebrew from thethird grade and English from the fourth grade.They were administered word and pseudowordreading, language, orthographic, and workingmemory tests in Arabic, Hebrew, and English. Inspite of differences among these threelanguages, the majority of the children showedadequate proficiency in three languages. Asignificant relationship was found between theacquisition of word and pseudoword readingskills, working memory, and syntactic awarenessskills within and across the three languages.Trilingualism of this nature seems not to havenegative consequences (and may even havepositive consequences) for the development oforal language and reading skills in the threelanguages in spite of their differentorthographies.     

南水北调(中线)工程库区移民安置方式及政策建议

分析了南水北调中线工程库区移民的特点、水源工程对库区环境的特殊要求，论述了该工程库区各移民安置方式的利与弊，并据此提出了南水北调中线工程库区移民安置应以远距离农业安置为主，疏散安插县内农村及投靠亲友和人力资源非农化转移安置为辅的方针，同时提出了几点政策建议。     

USB技术释析

USB( Universal Serial Bus) ,“通用串行总线”接口 ,是一种简单的计算机外围接口标准。它具有即插即用、方便扩展等优点 ,已成为计算机的必备接口。本文论述了 USB的系统拓扑结构、数据传输方式及USB接口的应用和发展前景。     

南水北调中线工程丹江口库区的环境评价与预测

南水北调中线工程是21世纪初动工兴建的一项跨流域调水的特大工程,主要是解决北方地区工农业缺水、城镇供水.汉江丹江口水库为中线工程水源地,建成后预计年均从丹江口水库调水将达145×108m3,为此大坝将增高14.6m,因此工程对库区环境影响不可避免.通过用定性和定量结合的方法,分别对库区水环境、气候和水土流失情况进行了环境评价和短期预测,并得出如下结论:(1)水环境短期内具有局部改善整体恶化的趋势;(2)气候会向冬暖夏凉逐步转变;(3)水土流失情况在库区有所降低.     

太平天国妇女参政为官新论——兼论妇女参政为官不能作为太平天国解放妇女的主要论据

太平天国女官的来源和途径主要靠地缘、血缘裙带和恩赏等方式升迁。女官的工作职责、内容和作用还只是作为太平天国政坛上的"勤杂工"而参政为官。大部分女官除了在女馆、女营管理方面发挥一定作用外,几乎没有人居于决策领导者地位,根本不能参与机要或共谋军政大事。女官在太平天国的整个职官体系中,作用微不足道,地位无足轻重,权力名存实亡。不能将太平天国妇女参政为官现象,作为太平天国男女政治平等和妇女解放的依据。     

宽带综合业务数字网(B-ISDN)

宽带综合业务数字网 (B -ISDN)是窄带综合业务数字网 (N -ISDN)发展的高级阶段。它的基本组成部分是一个采用异步转移模式 (ATM)交换的能实现固定比特率 (CBR)和可变比特率 (VBR)的端至端连接的通讯网。B -ISDN的通信服务除了能提供N -ISDN所提供的各种通信服务外 ,还能提供交换型服务和分配型服务 ,并有自己的服务特点。B -ISDN的智能化为它的应用与发展提供了广阔的前景。     

Does Mathematics Remediation Work?: A Comparative Analysis of Academic Attainment among Community College Students

Postsecondary remediation is a controversial topic. On one hand, it fills an important and sizeable niche in higher education. On the other hand, critics argue that it wastes tax dollars, diminishes academic standards, and demoralizes faculty. Yet, despite the ongoing debate, few comprehensive, large-scale, multi-institutional evaluations of remedial programs have been published in recent memory. The study presented here constitutes a step forward in rectifying this deficit in the literature, with particular attention to testing the efficacy of remedial math programs. In this study, I use hierarchical multinomial logistic regression to analyze data that address a population of 85,894 freshmen, enrolled in 107 community colleges, for the purpose of comparing the long-term academic outcomes of students who remediate successfully (achieve college-level math skill) with those of students who achieve college-level math skill without remedial assistance. I find that these two groups of students experience comparable outcomes, which indicates that remedial math programs are highly effective at resolving skill deficiencies.

振膜阻尼式料位器的原理及应用

本文所述的料位器是利用振动阻尼的原理研制的。其外形为圆柱形,它是由振动膜(用金属薄板制作)、驱动器(也是换能器)、电子电路等组成。其特点是:感应面(振动膜)是一个与外壳镶为一体的金属平面。安装使用时即可探入设备内部,也可与设备内壁成一平面,不受湿度、粉尘、污物的影响。经特殊加工可应用于特殊环境,检测不同物料的定点位置。通过在大连第一和第三粮库的烘干塔上使用表明,用振动阻尼的原理制作的料位器,在复杂恶劣的环境中检测粉粒物制的定点位置,性能稳定可非。是现已采用的料位器所不能比拟的。     

"免费摸奖"行为法律分析

“免费摸奖”行为在经济，化相对薄弱的农村存在较为广泛。由于其行为的欺骗性，使人们不容易认清其违法性。微观上给消费和其它经营造成损害，宏观上是对市场经济秩序的破坏，给社会造成新的不稳定因素。对此行为应依法制止，使其回到正确经营道路上来，维护消费，经营和国家的利益。     

Going beyond Kirkpatrick's Training Evaluation Model: The role of workplace factors in distance learning transfer

Abstract

This article emanates from a longitudinal study of the impact of a distance education programme for teacher training on graduates' job performance, in which the authors built on the findings of a previous pilot study. After using Kirkpatrick's Training Evaluation Model in a previous study, one of the authors found there to be a strong relationship between graduates' completion of the programme and their performance at school. However, the model does not probe factors that impede on transfer of learning. Quite a number of the graduate participants indicated that they were faced with this problem. In order to further probe this phenomenon, the authors fused Baldwin's Transfer of Training Model with the second level of Kirkpatrick's model by using a mixed-methods enquiry. It became clear that the organizational climate of schools has a strong influence on the transfer of learning in the workplace. Suggestions are presented on how educators and school managers can work together effectively.