Assessment,Grade Level and Learning

Researchers have identified assessment as a very crucial influence on the learning strategies adopted by students. The present study carried out on Secondary 2, Secondary 4, and Junior College 2/Pre-University 3 students shows that the Singapore students did not favour the Surface Approach in their learning of English and Mathematics. The nature of the discipline and the cognitive demands of the examinations carried considerable importance for students in their choice of learning strategies. Despite the heavy emphasis on excelling in examinations, students did not rely solely on surface and achieving strategies to attain their goals.     

“Montrose” child life protection unit: A treatment and assessment model in child abuse intervention

In New South Wales, Australia, the Department of Youth and Community Services is empowered by statute to deal with cases of child abuse and neglect. Its child protection services include the Montrose Child Life Protection Unit which is designed to support and complement the work of both the Intake Service, Field Service and most importantly the work of child protective facilities in the community. The service has intake crisis counselling and call out resources; maintains a central register; provides a facility for crisis residential care for children and families, diagnostic assessment, and a day programme. The emphasis in service delivery in New South Wales in the area of child protection is on multidisciplinary intervention. The Department of Youth and Community Services is involved in promoting interagency cooperation and co-ordination. Over and above a philosophy that underlies service delivery is the Montrose Unit's involvement in sensitising the community to the difficult and often demanding role of parenting. Montrose represents an attempt to create an environment where parenting myths can be examined from a reality base and strategies implemented for reeducation.     

School monitoring and quality assurance in the New Zealand school system

This article reports on the New Zealand education quality assurance and school monitoring system, including its framework, and responsibilities of agencies. It first gives an outline of the education system in New Zealand, and then introduces the role of school charters and levels of schooling. To ensure the quality of schools, the methods of school self-review and external reviews of schools are used by the New Zealand government. Schools are given a list of obligations that they have to follow. Assessment policies and the school curriculum are designed to support learning. Fubuki Sakura formerly called William Leung     

浅议我国环境影响评价中的公众参与存在的问题及完善办法

阐述了我国环境影响评价中公众参与的发展现状,分析了我国环境影响评价中公众参与存在的问题,并提出了完善公众参与制度的措施.     

SMA纤维比选的试验研究

目前,民航规范中SMA沥青混合料的纤维素经验掺量为0.3%-0.5%。本文通过实际的例子对民用机场跑道中使用的SMA沥青混合料进行一系列的路用性能试验研究,包括析漏、肯特堡飞散、车辙、抗水损害、低温稳定性能等试验,以确定推荐SMA沥青混合料的最佳纤维掺量。并对几种不同的木质纤维素进行了比对试验,使得纤维素的选择有一套完整的理论基础。     

企业并购中目标企业的选择及估价方法的探讨

我国目前兼并市场的主流,主要是国有企业的有偿兼并和国有资产在国有单位之间的无偿划转.如何对并购进行选择,用什么样的方法进行选择就成为投资的一个重要课题.文章主要是从如何选择被兼并企业及其价值估价两大方面进行分析与研究.     

澳大利亚维多利亚州“信息技术课程标准”述评和启示

澳大利亚维多利亚州的"信息技术课程标准"有着自己显著的特点。通过介绍该课程标准的理念,目标和课程结构,重点论述了它的课程重点、学习成果和评价指标。结合我国信息技术教育现状,提出了两点启示。     

多维模式的形成性评估促进大学英语听力教学的实践研究

大学英语学习的培养目标是培养学生英语综合应用的能力,特别是听读能力,多维模式的形成性评估有助于英语听力教学的改进与提高。根据新的《大学英语课程教学要求》（课程要求2004）,以大学英语的课程改革为契机,以北京服装学院的大学英语听力教学改革为范例,试图探索一种具有示范性的大学英语听力教学的形成性评估的新模式。     

I explain,therefore I learn: Improving students’ assessment literacy and deep learning by teaching

Partnership in higher education emphasises an active role for students in both teaching and learning. This pedagogical culture is likely to make students assessment literate and engage them in deep learning. In this study, Iranian students experiencing learning-by-teaching (LbT) in private language institutes were interviewed to compare their perceptions toward assessment and learning with their counterparts without this experience. Findings show that LbT fosters students’ assessment literacy and deep learning. Results also reveal that by teaching other students, quasi-teachers promote a broader understanding of assessment and grade practices in comparison to other students. Unlike their counterparts, quasi-teachers de-emphasised grades and showed a greater focus on learning. Moreover, explaining the materials to other students provided them with a deeper cognitive process resulting in deeper learning. These results underscore the perceived importance of partnership in higher education.     

基于网络的多元形成性评价研究

形成性评价是开放教育教学过程质量控制的一个重要途径。从开放教育课程学习目标,即知识性学习目标、学习能力目标和情感性目标出发,构建了多元形成性评价指标体系、管理运行机制及系统架构。并根据多元形成性评价系统架构,设计了题库和作业库结构,提出了基于六维约束的自动组卷算法。针对真实数据集进行的大量实验表明,该算法具有较高的效率,从而为多元形成性评价系统的成功应用奠定了基础。随着互联网的飞速发展,社会性评价、发展性评价以及个性化、智能化评价将是形成性评价的发展方向。