HyperStudio for Grade-One Students

Summary

With current advancements in hypermedia, innovative software is being developed with educators in mind. A prime example is HyperStudio, where the user has the ability to manipulate and control the union of sounds, graphics, and automation. In this article, we describe the interactions of a grade-one HyperStudio expert teaching a novice HyperStudio classmate how to use the program as a means to publish her story.

Data were collected through videotaping, QuickTime movies, and observations. The data were analyzed to discover emerging patterns between the two students, the researcher, and the computer. The two students evolved from an unequal power structure of peer tutoring to a more collaborative structure, where the once novice became an equal partner in the publishing process.     

论高校计算机普及的入门教育

高校计算机教育分为计算机专业教育和非计算机专业教育两个不同的层次,应从教学目的,教材编排、课程设置及教学方法等方面对两者加以区别,才能有效地解决非专业学生学习计算机入门难的问题。     

从国外教育评价制度看我国基础教育评价体系的建立

基础教育评价体系是基础教育质量保障和人才培养的基础,国际组织和一些发达国家在开展基础教育质量评价方面做了大量工作,推动了各国基础教育的整体发展。为提高我国基础教育质量,借鉴国外经验建立我国基础教育评价体系已经成为时代的要求,本文作者在介绍国外评价体系的基础上,结合我国国情就基础教育评价体系的建立进行了探讨,希望能为我国基础教育评价体系建立贡献一份微薄之力。     

The Domain-Specificity of Elementary School Teachers’ Judgment Accuracy

Teachers’ diagnostic competence for accurately judging students’ achievement is essential for instructional practice and professional decisions. To promote their judgment accuracy, it is important to know if this is a general or domain-specific skill. We investigated teachers’ judgment accuracy in German language (one subdomain: reading) and mathematics (two subdomains: geometry; stochastics) and examined differences across domains (i.e., German and mathematics) and across subdomains (reading; geometry; stochastics). We examined the judgment accuracy of 59 German elementary school teachers who teach both German and mathematics, judging the achievement of 1227 students in the three subdomains. We conducted multilevel analyses with a subsample of 39 teachers and 787 students and calculated different accuracy components (i.e., rank, level, and differentiation) to examine the comparability of our results. In line with prior research, findings revealed that teachers’ judgments were fairly accurate. However, there were significant differences between teachers’ average judgment accuracy in different subdomains (between-person comparisons) and no or only a weak relation between individual teachers’ judgment accuracy in different subdomains (within-person comparisons). Findings support the notion that teachers’ judgment accuracy of student achievement is domain-specific with respect to the investigated subdomains. Practical implications for the promotion of teacher judgment accuracy are discussed.     

Parent-child cohesion,self-esteem,and academic achievement: The longitudinal relations among elementary school students

This study addressed the longitudinal reciprocal relations among parent-child cohesion, self-esteem, and academic achievement in elementary school students. A total of 659 students from Grades 4–5 in China (M_age = 10.09 years, 46.3% female) was investigated on five occasions across 12 months. The results indicated that: (a) For the direct reciprocal relations, mother-child cohesion and academic achievement reciprocally enhanced each other; self-esteem and academic achievement transactionally facilitated each other; father-child cohesion and self-esteem reciprocally enhanced each other; self-esteem facilitated mother-child cohesion, but not vice versa. (b) For the indirect relations, father-child cohesion and students’ academic achievement facilitated each other indirectly via self-esteem; students’ academic achievement influenced mother-child cohesion indirectly via self-esteem, but not vice versa. These results delineated the dynamic system among these study variables, and also revealed that father-child cohesion and mother-child cohesion showed both similarities and differences. Implications for educational practices were discussed.     

The Benefits of Using Sociodrama in the Elementary Classroom: Promoting Caring Relationships Among Educators and Students

In the current age of academic rigor, standards and accountability, the fostering of caring relationships in the classroom may not always be a priority. Expressing care for another person is a skill that can be taught and nurtured through a supportive educational environment. Sociodrama encourages each of its participants to develop self-confidence and self-expression through risk-taking and exploration in activities that explore real life personal feelings and situations. By using sociodrama as a means for exploring issues in the classroom it is possible to celebrate participants’ individuality and to create caring and nurturing relationships among educators and students. This article examines the research describing the benefits of including sociodrama in the elementary curriculum.     

小学骨干教师反思意识的调查与分析

反思对教师职业发展能起到推动和促进的作用。了解教师自己对反思的认识是培养教师反思能力的工作前提。本研究采用访谈法对北京市7所小学的28名骨干教师的反思意识进行了调查，发现当前小学骨干教师对反思的认识处于经验阶段，缺乏系统的理论认识。教师教育研究和培训应当为广大教师提供足够的反思理论知识，帮助教师澄清关于教学研究的观念，使反思能够在教育教学中充分发挥作用。     

浅论信息技术与小学科学整合的教学研究

随着时代的进步与发展,小学科学早已被学校当成培养学生创新能力、创新思维以及动手能力的一门课程。尤其是把信息技术与小学科学整合起来,既能使教学方式更加灵活、多样,内容更加丰富、充实,也能改变传统小学科学教学模式,激发学生兴趣,唤醒学生的创新意识,为新时代小学生全面发展奠定基础。     

Bad boys,good girls? Implicit and explicit attitudes toward ethnic minority students among elementary and secondary school teachers

Teachers’ attitudes toward ethnic minority students might differ by students’ gender and the type of school teachers are working in because of different motivations for teaching and different school practices. Hence, the aim of the current research was to investigate elementary (n = 82) and secondary school (n = 82) teachers’ implicit and explicit attitudes toward male and female ethnic minority students. Teachers worked on either a male or a female Implicit Association Test and filled out a gender-specific questionnaire for measuring explicit attitudes. The results showed that elementary and secondary school teachers had negative implicit attitudes toward ethnic minority students, independent of students’ gender. Whereas secondary school teachers were implicitly more positive toward boys, elementary school teachers were implicitly more positive toward girls. Elementary school teachers were more enthusiastic about teaching ethnic minority boys than girls. The findings provide the first insights into differences in attitudes between elementary and secondary school teachers.     

分块矩阵初等变换及其应用

章介绍了分块矩阵的初等变换的概念，分块矩阵初等变换与分块矩阵乘法之间的联系，以及分矩阵初等变换的应用。