From Book to Screen: Adopting Cinematic Adaptations of Literature in the EFL Classroom to Hone Students’ Critical Thinking Skills

In light of the paramount value placed on critical thinking (CT) in higher education and the scarcity of research into the use of cinematic adaptations to this end, this study investigated the incorporation of film into the source literature to hone students’ cognitive skills in the areas of analysis, inference, evaluation, induction, and deduction. Participants were 50 third-year students of English as a foreign language (EFL) enrolled in a university in eastern Algeria for academic year 2015–2016. During the fall semester, the treatment group (n = 24) and the control group (n = 26) took a regular literature course. In the spring semester, the treatment group took a film-literature course and the control group, a reading-only course that drew on Facione's IDEAS critical thinking model. The California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST) was used as a pretest and posttest. Empirical findings indicated that both groups performed on par in all cognitive areas of CT with the exception of inference, wherein the film group outperformed the reading-only group in this dimension.     

关于家庭暴力的社会认知机制研究

家庭暴力已成为一个世界性的社会问题,然而我国学者对家庭暴力的研究多集中在现象的描述、原因的探讨和完善立法等方面,因而从社会心理学角度探究家庭暴力的认知机制对揭示家庭暴力的实质具有重要意义。心理学研究指出,家庭暴力的产生及其对子女的影响而导致的暴力轮回都是认知结构上的偏差所导致,所以从改变认知结构入手的认知行为疗法将是防止家庭暴力的直接和有效的策略。     

认知语境下的新型话语误解

近年来认知语境成为了倍受瞩目的理论,在话语理解的分析中得到了广泛的应用,然而话语误解尤其是由于科技的进步、时代的发展而出现的话语误解的新形式却很少有人提及.本文尝试从认知语境的角度,用认知语境的建构因素对几个典型的新型话语误解进行分析.     

信息技术中介的探究式学习环境设计

探究式学习往往是一个问题解决的过程。本文围绕着问题解决学习所需的支撑性要素,从活动理论和情境认知学习理论的视角分别对问题、相关案例、认知工具、学习共同体和资源几方面进行了论述,由此提出了一个信息技术支持下的探究式学习环境设计的基本构架。     

数学概念的理解问题

对数学概念的理解问题是数学学习理论中的重要理论问题．就刻划数学概念理解的重要概念——数学概念的心理表征和数学概念理解的认知基础进行分析，从而对数学概念的理解问题有更深入的认识。     

“计算机科学哲学”研究论纲

为了应答计算机对传统和现时哲学观念的冲击和挑战,适应计算机科学自身进一步发展的内在需要,建立一门以计算机科学的哲学问题为对象的新科学哲学———"计算机科学哲学",已日益成为必要与可能。计算机科学哲学是关于人脑(或心智)与计算机(或机器)的相互作用关系的过程、机制及其规律的研究。其方法主要有现象学方法、进化论方法、启发式方法和跨学科方法。     

Towards a Participatory Multimedia Learning Model

The purpose of this paper is to present a participatory multimedia learning model that can be used in designing multimedia learning environments that support an active learning process and creative participation. Participatory multimedia learning can be defined as learning with systems that enable learners to produce part of the learning materials themselves. The aim of the model is to represent the human information processing system and to support the transformation of free cognitive resources into a germane cognitive load needed for knowledge construction. The paper also elaborates on the results of an empirical study examining the effectiveness of student-generated illustrations. Finnish elementary school students (N = 187) learned about the human immune system by interacting with multimedia learning materials. Students performed better on a retention test when they generated their own illustrations by drawing and when explanations were presented as animations, compared to students who received only textual material or generated illustrations from images offered.     

道德情感教育中的"同情"与"移情"

“同情”和“移情”是两个既相联系又有区别的概念，对“同情”和“移情”的研究是道德情感研究发展的一条主线．本文分析了从“同情”到“移情”所代表的道德情感研究重心向认知的偏移对道德情感教育的理论和实践的发展所产生的影响．     

The effects of cognitive strategy instruction on Chinese reading comprehension among Hong Kong low achieving students

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive strategy instruction (CSI) on Chinese reading comprehension of Hong Kong low achieving students. A total of 88 Grade 7 students from four intact Chinese language remedial groups were randomly assigned to treatment and control conditions. Students in the treatment group received a 6-week Chinese CSI Program in their regular Chinese language lessons. The findings in this study generally supported that the Program had a positive impact on the reading development of low achieving students. Students who received strategy instruction made superior gains in comprehension performance, used more strategies during their reading process, had more knowledge about, strategy use, and showed a more positive attitude toward the reading instruction than did their peers who received traditional Chinese language instruction. Students’ improvements on their strategy use and reading comprehension were maintained 4 months after the termination of the Program. However, the positive treatment effects of the Program were not transferred to other school subject materials, and students’ reading motivation did not have significant changes after the Program. Factors contributing to the success of the Program as well as its limitations are discussed.