Learner profile stability and change over time: the impact of the explicit strategy instruction program “learning light”

Abstract

This study examined the stability and change in secondary school students’ learner profiles after receiving an explicit strategy instruction (ESI) to foster their text-learning strategy use. A randomized quasi-experimental repeated measures design was set up with one experimental condition – receiving an eight-lesson-teacher delivered instructional treatment – and one control condition. Four learner profiles (i.e., integrated strategy users, information organizers, mental learners, and limited strategy users) were corroborated at three measurement occasions in a sample of 444 students. Cluster movement analysis identified positive changes in students’ learner profiles over time. Both short- and long-term results were promising.     

农科开放教育农村教学支持服务系统的现状分析与对策

本文就河南举办农村开放教育的情况，针对教学支持服务需求开展调查，结合教学实践，提出了因地制宜建立多种教学资源、开展多种形式教学活动的教学支持服务系统构建对策。     

The design and development of the dragoon intelligent tutoring system for model construction: lessons learned

This paper describes Dragoon, a simple intelligent tutoring system which teaches the construction of models of dynamic systems. Modelling is one of seven practices dictated in two new sets of educational standards in the U.S.A., and Dragoon is one of the first systems for teaching model construction for dynamic systems. Dragoon can be classified as a step-based tutoring system that uses example-tracing, an explicit pedagogical policy and an open learner model. Dragoon can also be used for computer-supported collaborative learning, and provides tools for classroom orchestration. This paper describes the features, user interfaces, and architecture of Dragoon; compares and contrasts Dragoon with other intelligent tutoring systems; and presents a brief overview of formative and summative evaluations of Dragoon in both high school and college classes. Of four summative evaluations, three found that students who used Dragoon learned more about the target system than students who did equivalent work without Dragoon.     

英语学习者平行语料库的建设及应用

本文探讨英语学习者英汉平行语料库的建设原则及其在教学中的应用,以期在真实语料的基础上研究学习者汉语思维对写作的影响,在学习者平行语料库的基础上分析母语迁移在学习者语言发展中的作用。     

成人高校学生外语自主学习能力的培养

自主学习就是学习者对自己的学习负责的能力。外语习得成功离不开自主学习,而成人高校学生自主学习意识十分淡薄,自主学习能力需要进一步培养。因此了解自主学习的含义,结合成人特点培养其自主学习能力,提高学习效率,对我国成人教学改革具有十分重要的意义。     

成人英语词汇学习的立体模式

成人英语词汇学习是一个动态、立体的系统化过程,要求空间上输入与输出交替进行,以提高记忆数量和质量.在时间上高频反复操练,减少遗忘数量,减慢遗忘速度.同时,应根据成人记忆特点,灵活掌握各种记忆技巧.     

从语用的角度看英语"禁忌话题"

文章对一份针对NSs展开的语用调查问卷中有关“禁忌话题”的信息作了展示和分析,调查结果显示大多数NSs的观点与我国一些研究者的观点存在一定的差异。在比较差异的同时,文章尝试从语用的角度对英语外语教学中的禁忌话题展开探讨和讨论。     

Strategies in Teaching English to Large Classes in the Universities

It is widely admitted that teaching English to a large class has certain disadvantages over a small class. But in many schools even universities in China, large class teaching is still a common practice. English teachers in many universities in China often have a lot of teaching difficulties and problems. Therefore, it is necessary for those teachers to understand the main principles and learn Some basic strategies for large class English teaching in order to improve their teaching. This paper aims to suggest some guidelines for large class EFL teachers.     

大学生英语自主学习能力的构建

英语教学单靠教师的传授是远远不够的。只有调动学生的自主学习能力,才能适应社会发展的需要。学生自主学习能力的构建是英语教学成败的关键。本文探讨了构建大学生英语自主学习能力的重要性,界定了自主学习的概念,分析了影响大学生英语自主学习能力的原因,最后提出了构建其英语自主学习能力的方法。     

构建策略型学习者问题解决能力培养模式

有关问题解决和学习策略的研究是当今教学心理学中的重要的研究领域,随着社会的发展和科技进步,面对知识经济的挑战,社会对具有创新精神与实践能力的人才需要的不断增长,学会学习已成为全社会关注的焦点。帮助受教育者学会学习,掌握有效的学习策略,使之成为策略型学习者,增强其问题解决能力,已成为每个教育工作者亟待解决的一个重要课题。