Learning to mark: exemplars,dialogue and participation in assessment communities

The problems of shifting from norm-referenced assessment to criterion-referenced assessment have been identified by several scholars in recent years. These important critiques touch on a number of areas, but neglect a key question about how assessors learn to accomplish what Shay calls a ‘socially situated interpretive act'. Research that does exist tends to focus on salaried, full-time academics. This overlooks the heterogeneity of the academic labour force in higher education and the substantial contribution made by contract (hourly-paid) lecturers, particularly in applied disciplines such as Business and Management. This study explores how nine newcomers to a UK Business School – including salaried and contract staff – attempt to understand local assessment practice. We use a situated learning lens to analyse their diary entries and interviews about their experiences of learning to mark. Drawing on scholars such as Sadler, we examine the suggestion that exemplars are important for newcomers coming to understand local assessment practice. We argue for the fundamental importance of dialogue about exemplars and other aspects of practice, both to develop inter-subject understandings of assessment ‘anchor points' and also to foster among newcomers (and especially contract lecturers) a greater sense of participating in, and being valued by, the local assessment community.     

酒店服务业LCA清单分析及实证研究

运用生命周期评价的思想,对酒店服务业进行生命周期清单分析,旨在识别和评价酒店服务业的主要环境负载,为酒店服务业环境问题的解决和推进生命周期评价在酒店领域的应用提供有益参考.     

对排球技术评定考试方法的研究

排球技术评定考试方法的改革，主要是针对减少技术评定的主观性研究。在查阅了大量相关的文献资料后，制定了技术考试评定方法的细则，研究了扣分的幅，通过对新方法与传统方法的现场和录像评分的数据统计分析，得出新方法比传统方法对成绩评定，更为例题。     

水上交通加权安全评价中权重向量的异常分析

为提高指标权重在水上交通安全评价中的准确性,提出一种基于DBSCAN算法的权重向量异常分析方法.该方法选取加权评价法为研究对象,以DBSCAN算法为检测方法,对水上交通加权安全评价中的权重向量进行异常分析.实例表明,在130组数据中,异常权重向量共3组.从数据分布情况看,异常向量与正常向量有比较明显的差异,说明此方法能有效识别异常向量,是可行的.该方法对权重向量集进行分析后,可防止异常权重向量的干扰,提高评价结果的质量.     

审稿控制研究

从审稿实践和科学选择角度研究了“为什么”以及“怎么样”进行审稿控制的问题,且拟构了审稿控制系统。讨论了审稿控制的特点、原则、方法、软件及应用例,揭示了编者素质是审稿控制的关键因素。     

数字时代新建本科高校合格评估图书资料指标的设定

数字化时代,电子文献越来越受到青睐,随着高校图书馆文献信息保障方式的多元化,电子文献收藏成为部分高校的主流。鉴于此,文章指出今后新的高校合格评估方案,应当取消生均图书量的规定,增设读者满意度、馆藏利用率以及电子文献馆藏总量等指标,提高馆藏质量,适应时代发展需要,以有效避免过去因评估而引起的种种弊端的再次发生。     

Introduction to the special issue on teaching and learning in information retrieval

We present an overview of the special issue in this paper. The main objective is to provide information for lecturers on how to improve the student experience, using current knowledge in the field. To this end we present an overview of six papers covering areas as diverse as tools and methods used to support teaching and learning, pedagogical challenges in teaching mathematics for search, etc.     

Library Instruction Assessment in Academic Libraries

SUMMARY

Determining the best methods of assessment for a library instruction program in a large research university can be a challenging task. Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell University Library has pilot-tested three methods of formative and summative assessment for its library instruction program-attitudinal, outcomes-based, and gap-measure-and determined not only key areas of improvement for the program, but also the benefits and drawbacks of each method of assessment. Attitudinal assessment has guided program improvement in areas of marketing and user satisfaction but does not provide the measurement of learning that outcomes-based assessment covers. The latter can be difficult to achieve in single-session, short-term instruction, while gap-measure assessment can provide a more nuanced view of both patron and instructor attitudes toward learning outcomes, if not actual data on achievement of the objectives themselves. The authors have determined that a combination of these three different types of assessment can address the shortcomings of a single method alone and provide a better measure of the program as a whole.     

科技期刊审稿专家的评价和改进措施

【目的】通过对审稿专家的评价进而提出优化审稿专家的措施。【方法】 选取《中华微生物学和免疫学杂志》2011—2015年267位审稿专家7756条审稿记录,统计267位专家的审稿数量、审稿时滞及审稿结论。【结果】 通过统计和分析,5年间审稿篇次>31篇的66位专家是期刊的核心审稿专家,其中,审稿时滞在3周以内的专家占92.5%;审稿时滞上,就所有专家而言,74.2%的能在3周内审回稿件;审稿结论上,拒审占5.0%,无具体审稿意见或审稿意见过简无针对性的占10.5%。【结论】 要保证期刊的核心专家队伍,必须从专家和编辑两个层面进行改进。对专家适当取舍,保证核心审稿专家的数量;同时编辑应做好服务工作,重视专家的知识回报。     

浅谈《电路基础》课程改革

本文根据邢台职业技术学院电气自动化专业的实际情况,讨论了专业基础课《电路基础》课程改革的过程,从符合学生学习能力、满足专业课程学习需要出发,确定《电路基础》课程的学习目标,选择学习内容,转变教学方法,改革考核方式。并在实际教学过程中根据学生实际情况不断调整、完善课程的改革,最终使课程讲授更适合目前的学生接受。