Library and Information Services to the Arabic‐Speaking Community: A Survey of Michigan Public Libraries

Public Libraries tout that they serve diverse communities, even having collection development policies, programs, and service that recognize their dissimilar neighborhoods. The authors of this article, having noted the influx of Arab‐speaking populations from Iraq and other Middle East countries to the United States, sought to find out the extent to which this population was receiving library service. The investigators discovered that four Michigan counties comprise a significant Arab‐speaking population; in fact, that population base is surpassed only by that of the Middle East countries and Paris, France. The researchers constructed a survey, based on a successful model used with libraries serving Spanish‐speaking populations and applied it to the Michigan libraries in the counties with a significant Arab‐speaking population. The results reveal that the Arab‐speaking neighborhoods, at least at the time of the survey, were not very well served (except in a few instances) by their public libraries.     

多元智能理论与大学英语教学

上世纪80年代美国著名心理学家霍华德．力口德纳提出了多元智能理论，这一理论日益受到世界各国教育界的广泛重视。多元智能观与现代外语教学理论关系密切，其内涵也比任何一种教学法都更加丰富。     

对幼儿园“多元智能做中学”整合课程开发的思考

幼儿园“多元智能做中学”整合课程既有“全球化视野”,也注重“本土化行动”。课程设计的整体思路力图体现“主题连续体,纵横大贯通”,教师教学力求做到“计划课程具体到位,生成课程灵活创新”,保证教师合理有效地开展计划课程,鼓励教师积极主动地不断生成课程。幼儿园课程不仅是教师引导幼儿进行的集体探究活动,同时也是教师引导幼儿进行的个别探究活动。     

基于多元智能理论的大学英语泛读作业设计研究

当前大学英语泛读作业存在许多问题,不能有效地促进英语学习。多元智能理论认为每个学生都有自己的优势智能领域,有自己的学习类型和方法。通过两次实验证明以多元智能理论为基础,对大学英语泛读作业进行设计和研究,可以充分发挥学生的潜能,达到较好的英语学习效果。     

多元智力理论研究应走向理性与客观——试析西方学者对多元智力理论的反思

针对近几年国内教育界广泛兴起的“多元智力”热，本文对多元智力理论及其在我国教育实践中的运用进行认真反思：剖析加德纳教授对多元智力理论的反思，进而剖析西方学者对多元智力理论的早期反思、2004年以来对多元智力理论的整体反思和具体反思、这说明，我们应该多元地理解、多元地讨论和多元地运用多元智力理论。     

A comparison of difficulty and discrimination values of selected true-false item types

Thirty-eight undergraduate students were randomly assigned one of two alternate forms of a 144-item true-false midterm examination. Whenever a statement appeared on one form as true and positively stated, it appeared on the alternate form as false and negatively stated. Similarly, a false and positively stated item on one form was true and negatively stated on the other. The subject matter of the two forms was identical and the four kinds of true-false items were equally represented on each form. Difficulty and discrimination indices were computed for each of the four item types. The statistical results showed negatively stated items were more difficult, but no more discriminating, than positively stated items. Also, false items were not statistically more difficult than true items, but were significantly more discriminating. It was concluded that test constructors should include more false items than true items in their instruments and that all items should be stated positively.     

Extracting invariable fault features of rotating machines with multi-ICA networks

INTRODUCTIONRotatingmachinessuchaselectromotor,dy namotor,turbocompressor,etc .areimportantequipmentsinmanyindustryfields.Peoplehadbeenpayingconsiderableattentiontotheircon ditionmonitoringandfaultdiagnosis (Xu ,19 98) .Theoretically ,anyfluctuationofforc…     

Optimal time for mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in rats with myocardial infarction

Background:Bone marrow mesenehymal stem cell(MSC)transplantation is a promising strategy in the treatment of myocardial infarction(MI).However,the time for transplanting cells remains controversial.The aim of this study was to find an optimal time point for cell transplantation.Methods:MSCs were isolated and cultured from Sprague-Dawley(SD) rats.MI model was set up in SD rats by permanent ligation of left anterior descending coronary artery.MSCs were directly injected into the infarct berder zone at 1 h,1 week and 2 weeks after MI,respectively.Sham-operated and MI centrel groups received equal volume of phosphate buffered saline(PBS).At 4 weeks after MI,cardiac function Was assessed by echocardiography;vessel density Was analyzed on hematoxylin-eosin stained slides by light microscopy;the apoptosis of cardiomyocytes Was evaluated by terminal deoxynucleotidy1 transferase-mediated dUTP nick end-labeling(TUNEL) assay;the expressions of proteins were analyzed by Western blot.Results:MSC transplantation improved cardiac function.reduced the apoptosis of cardiomyocytes and increased vessel density.These benefits were more obvious in l-week group than in 1-h and 2-week groups.There are more obvious increases in the ratio of bc1-2/bax and the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)and more obvious decreases in the expression of cleaved-caspase-3 in 1-week group than those in other two groups.Conclusion:MSC transplantation was beneficial for the recovery of cardiac function.MSC transplantation at l week post-MI exerted the best effects on increases of cardiac function,anti-apoptosis and angiogenesis.     

和谐发展是素质教育的根本目标

教育有两重价值，即促进人的发展和促进社会的发展，这就决定了教育对社会生活主体的人和社会本身负责任。素质教育如何将上术寅值得 的发展有机地统一起来呢？应从素质教育的价值取向、个性与共性的关系、培养途径等方面进行思索和论述。     

课程开发与课程评估一体化--多元智力理论的实践取向

多元智力理论在实践中有一个非常典型的取向--课程开发与课程评估一体化,本文从三个角度分析了这一取向的实践情况.分别是借助"通过多元智力来教"实现课程开发与课程评估一体化;借助"为多元智力而教"实现课程开发与课程评估一体化;多元智力与传统教育目标分类学结合实现课程开发与课程评估一体化.