A tale of two tests: The role of topic and general academic knowledge in traditional versus contemporary scenario-based reading

We compared high school students’ performance in a traditional comprehension assessment requiring them to identify key information and draw inferences from single texts, and a scenario-based assessment (SBA) requiring them to integrate, evaluate and apply information across multiple sources. Both assessments focused on a non-academic topic. Performance on the two assessments were moderately correlated (r = 0.57), but the SBA was more difficult (Study 1; n = 342). The two assessments similarly depended on basic reading skills but diverged in the relation to academic knowledge and (non-academic) topic knowledge (Study 2; n = 1107). Academic knowledge was highly predictive of traditional comprehension, but less so for SBA. Topic knowledge was more predictive of SBA than traditional comprehension. Thus, the two assessments tap into similar constructs related to comprehension; however, the level of topic knowledge is more important for performance on scenario-based, multiple-source reading tasks, whereas academic knowledge is more important for traditional reading comprehension tasks.     

多重数字水印技术

数字水印技术在保护数字产品版权等方面起到了重要的作用。随着计算机和因特网技术的飞速发展,对数字水印技术的要求也越来越高,多重数字水印就是应时而生的一种技术。本文从图像与文本两大方面分析总结了多重数字水印的现有算法,讨论了其应用及优缺点并提出了多重数字水印下一步的发展方向,对其进一步研究有着重要的意义。     

基于交叉免疫算法的多用户检测器

基于传统的免疫算法,提出了一种多种群并行遗传交叉免疫的多用户检测器,其在加快收敛速度的同时避免了因近亲繁殖容易造成早熟收敛的缺陷.仿真结果表明:所提出的检测器在误码率方面有良好的性能.     

How children living in poor areas of Dar Es Salaam,Tanzania perceive their own multiple intelligences

This study was carried out with 1,857 poor children from 17 schools, living in low-income areas of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. All children took the ‘Student Multiple Intelligences Profile’ (SMIP) questionnaire as part of a bigger project that gathered data around concepts and beliefs of talent. This paper sets out two aims, first to investigate the structural representation of the self perceived multiple intelligences for this set of children and second to discuss how the best fit model might reflect children’s culture and their school experiences. After carrying out exploratory factor analysis, a four factor first order model was shown to have a good fit. A higher order factor solution was investigated owing to the correlation of two latent constructs. In order to provide some insight into the multiple intelligences construct the relationship between the SMIP items, student test outcomes and attitudes to learning were examined. The item groupings were explored through African cultural beliefs around intelligences indigenous to African communities.     

信息熵在多项选择题质量分析中的应用

多项选择题是各种测试中使用的较为广泛的题型之一,施测后对题目各选项的有效性做出判断可为评价测试质量提供重要参考依据。本文由分析多项选择问题的信息熵入手,给出多项选择题等价选法个数d的计算公式。同时,对多项选择题之间的质量比较问题,给出了使用相对熵的比较方法。     

Multiple description coding with spatial-temporal hybrid interpolation for video streaming in peer-to-peer networks

INTRODUCTION Multimedia services over the Internet are be- coming popular due to the widespread deployment of broadband access. However, the conventional cli- ent-server architecture severely limits the number of simultaneous users, especially for bandwidth inten- sive applications such as video streaming. P2P net- works, on the other hand, offer a solution to the scalability problem. As a node joins a P2P network, it not only consumes resources but also contributes its bandwidth or comp…     

论教育评价理论与实践的基本走向

当前,有关教育评价理论与实践的概念逻辑性不强,并且有些概念的提法有失偏颇,针对此种现象,本文从教育理论的特点出发,在此基础上,着重探讨教育评价各组成部分在这些理论的影响下的基本走向。     

Cooperative co-evolution based distributed path planning of multiple mobile robots

This paper proposes novel multiple-mobile-robot collision avoidance path planning based on cooperative co-evolution, which can be executed fully distributed and in parallel. A real valued co-evolutionary algorithm is developed to coordinate the movement of multiple robots in 2D world, avoiding C-space or grid net searching. The collision avoidance is achieved by cooperatively co-evolving segments of paths and the time interval to pass them. Methods for constraint handling, which are developed for evolutionary algorithm, make the path planning easier. The effectiveness of the algorithm is demonstrated on a number of 2D path planning problems.     

The pedagogical potential of drawing and writing in a primary science multimodal unit

In consideration of the potential of drawing and writing as assessment and learning tools, we explored how early primary students used these modes to communicate their science understandings. The context for this study was a curricular unit that incorporated multiple modes of representation in both the presentation of information and production of student understanding with a focus on the structure and function of carnivorous plants (CPs). Two science teacher educators and two first-grade teachers in the United States co-planned and co-taught a multimodal science unit on CP structure and function that included multiple representations of Venus flytraps (VFTs): physical specimens, photographs, videos, text, and discussions. Pre- and post-assessment student drawings and writings were statistically compared to note significant changes, and pre- and post-assessment writings were qualitatively analysed to note themes in student ideas. Results indicate that students increased their knowledge of VFT structure and function and synthesised information from multiple modes. While students included more structures of the VFT in their drawings, they were better able to describe the functions of structures in their writings. These results suggest the benefits for student learning and assessment of having early primary students represent their science understandings in multiple modes.     

辐角函数的研究

利用集合来定义辐角函数，研究幅角函数的存在性、连续性、可微性等性质。