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.     

混合式学习理念在《计算机网络》教学中的应用

《计算机网络》课程是一门不断发展的应用型课程,针对当前《计算机网络》教育面临的新形势和新任务,结合宿州学院《计算机网络》教学的实际情况,提出在《计算机网络》课程教学中开展基于混合式学习的教学模式,以推动《计算机网络》教学的深化变革。     

在联合中走向变革:学习科学与教育技术创新发展的新景观

通过对AECT2010国际年会主旨学术报告主题的解读,揭示了学习科学研究新的战略支点——赛博学习,阐述了赛博学习新的技术基础——赛博基础设施和思想方法——控制论与复杂性科学,总结了当代学习研究之新力量学习科学崛起的五大成功之道。在对学习科学与教育技术携手共进之艰难旅程进行回顾的基础上,展望了二者以赛博基础设施新平台为基础,以赛博学习为战略支点在联合中走向变革的光明前景。     

设计最优化学习环境:OECD研究的视角

设计最优化学习环境是面向21世纪的"适应性教育"所提出的要求,它有助于学习者形成"适应性能力"。OECD的研究认为,要善于提炼新学习的基本特征,这就是主动建构、自我调节、情境相依和协同努力。与此相连的新学习本质观主张:在学习过程中学习者应积极投身于学习活动中,持续努力,确保成功;重视学习者已有知识,强化知识组织,形成合理的知识结构与线索,形成一种完整的知识图景;遵循信息加工能力的限制条件,重视学习中动机、情感与认知的动态交互;培养学习者理解概念、通晓程序和自我调节的协调能力,致力于达到学习迁移的效果。为此,设计最优化学习环境的基本原则是:生本教学、自我调节;注重交往、善用合作;关注动机、情知相依;利用旧知、因人施教;富有挑战、减负增效;紧扣目标、不断反馈;学科融合和内外互通。     

合作活动学习:教育硕士课程的教学样式创新

针对讲听式学习的弊端,合作活动学习作为教育硕士课程的一种新的教学样式得以创生,并形成了学生经验驱动型、学科经验驱动型和教师经验驱动型三种具体类型。经过实践探索,合作活动学习效果显著,具有增强学生的研究意识与能力、促进学生的学习投入以及活跃和拓展学生的思维等优势。     

图书馆构建学习型组织的实践与探索

结合工作实际,从安庆师范学院图书馆近5年来为什么要学习,怎样学习,学了些什么,学习带来哪些收获等4个方面,对构建学习型图书馆进行理论探索和实践上的总结。     

任务型学习在英语泛读的应用

根据Ellis的“输入与互动假设”理论,倡导在英语泛读教学过程中开展“对话性互动”和“变化性互动”,应用“任务型学习”,并结合课堂实践,设计了教学实例,这一实践实现了“以学生为主体,教师为主导”的新教学模式,具有多元性、人文性、合作性和反馈性的特点。     

Health-related fitness knowledge growth in middle school years: Individual- and school-level correlates

BackgroundHealth-related fitness knowledge (HRFK) has been an essential concept for many health and physical education programs. There has been limited understanding and longitudinal investigation on HRFK growth. This longitudinal study examined HRFK growth and its individual- and school-level correlates in middle school years under 1 curriculum condition: Five for Life.MethodsParticipants were 12,044 students from 47 middle schools. Data were collected at both individual/participant and school/institution levels. Individual-level variables included gender, grade, and HRFK test scores. School-level variables included percentage of students receiving free and reduced meals (FARM), student-to-faculty ratio for physical education, and school academic performance (SAP). We used hierarchical linear modeling to examine HRFK 3-year growth in relation to individual- and school-level correlates.ResultsThe average HRFK score at 6th grade for females was 42.81% ± 1.32%. The predicted HRFK growth was 17.06% ± 1.02% per year, holding other factors constant. A 1-standard deviation increase in FARM correlated with a 14.68%-point decrease in predicted test score (p = 0.02). A 1-standard deviation increase in SAP was associated with an 11.90%-point increase in HRFK score. Males had a significantly lower growth rate than females during the middle school years (0.78%/year, p = 0.02).ConclusionThe result showed that both individual- and school-level variables such as gender, FARM, and SAP influenced HRFK growth. Educators should heed gender differences in growth curves and recognize the correlates of school-level variables.     

基于jsp-vrml-java技术的网上虚拟情境性学习平台的建构

虚拟现实技术在营造虚拟情境方面有着其它技术不可比拟的优点,在建构主义学习理论的指导下,将java语言的普适性,jsp技术的交互性与虚拟现实建模语言(vrml)巧妙结合,构造出情境化的网上学习环境,实现了学习者网上学习的自主化、自适应化和有意义化。     

网上交谈对英语学习的激励作用初探

网络在教学中的普及促生了网上交谈在英语课堂的应用。本文通过实验数据对网络交谈和小组面谈的激励作用进行了比较分析,结果表明前者的激励作用较强,学生在网上交谈的分配和目标语的产出更为合理;学生也表示更喜欢网上交谈。因此,我们认为网上交谈可以作为英语教师组织课堂活动的一项有效补充。