基于数据挖掘的学生投入模型与学习分析

学生投入是高等教育质量和学习成果的重要影响因素,对于高等教育评估与改革具有积极作用,受到了国内外研究者的广泛关注。文章以构建学生投入模型为基础,采用典型相关分析和数据挖掘方法相结合,识别学生投入的相关因素,并对学生学习行为进行分类研究。分析发现学生投入与学生家庭背景、学生入学前特征、学校特征及课程作业之间存在着显著相关关系,不同的学生投入及其学习行为表现有助于加深学校对学生学习行为的了解,更好地研究学习规律的新趋势,为审视高校以生为本、以学为中心的人才培养措施和多元性发展,提供了重要的参考与支持。     

信息素养教育现状调查与改革思路

由于传统的信息素养教育侧重于计算机操作技术的传授,因此涉及的信息素养知识的深度和广度是有限的。而实施信息素养教育与专业课程教学整合的模式,能将学生专业技能的发展与信息素养的教育有机结合起来,为信息时代高校学生的终身学习奠定坚实的基础。     

Children’s play behaviour and social communication in integrated special day-care groups

This paper considers the role of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO), the teacher responsible for the implementation of policies relating to the teaching and learning of children with special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream schools in England and Wales. SENCOs also have a role to play in the inclusion of children with learning difficulties/disabilities in mainstream schools. Yet research indicates that despite the revision of the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice in 2001, many SENCOs are still overwhelmed by the operational nature of the role with little support, time or funding to consider more strategic aspects of inclusion and SEN. The article draws on research by the author and offers the voices of SENCOs from two unitary authorities in the north of England which suggest that where the SENCO is supported by senior management within the school, the role can be a powerful one in relation to inclusion. It concludes by arguing that the role of the SENCO needs to be re‐conceptualized, redefined and remunerated as a senior management post within mainstream schools. If this were to be enforced by national policy, every mainstream school could have at least one powerful advocate for the inclusion of children with learning difficulties/disabilities.