The Barnum Effect and Chaos Theory: Exploring College Student ACOA Traits

The literature both supports and challenges the notion that adult children of alcoholics are a distinct and homogenous group. College students (n = 200) were placed into one of four categories: Adult Children of Alcoholics, Adverse Childhood Event Group, Alcohol and Adverse Childhood Event Group, and the No Adverse Event Group. Participating college students then completed instruments that measured drug and alcohol use, adult children of alcoholics traits, defensiveness, impulsivity, and resistance to change. Differences surfaced on two instruments, the Drug Abuse Screening Inventory and the Children of Alcoholics Scale. Adult children of alcoholics were overrepresented as CAST+ and underrepresented as CAST–. The Alcohol and Adverse Event groups were underrepresented in the DAST+ category.     

幼儿收藏行为的价值、特点及指导建议

4岁是幼儿开始有真正意义的收藏的年龄.幼儿的收藏行为与成人有本质的不同,它是幼儿的需要和兴趣的满足.幼儿的收藏过程蕴含着丰富的教育价值,在成人正确的引导下,会使收藏行为成为一种促进幼儿发展的教育手段.     

自闭症儿童家庭援助教育理念探析——以唐山市星之光自闭症培训机构为例

论文在前人研究的基础上,采用参与式观察与访谈相结合的研究方法,对唐山市星之光自闭症培训机构进行深入研究,了解其家庭援助教育理念,并从该理念下教师和家长的角色转变、家庭援助的具体策略等几个方面进行了探讨和分析,以期为自闭症儿童的教育工作提供一些有价值的参考。     

论音乐教育对儿童发展的价值

音乐教育是儿童教育中一个不可缺少的组成部分,对儿童的发展有着独特且不可替代的价值。音乐教育对培养儿童的音乐能力、促进儿童的生长发育、促进儿童的社会化进程有着重要的价值。     

The Centre for Studies in Science Education at the University of Leeds

The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of aesthetic science activities on improving elementary school at-risk families’ children's positive thinking, attitudes toward science, and decreasing their anxiety about learning science. Thirty-six 4th-grade children from at-risk families volunteered to participate in a 12-week intervention and formed the experimental group; another 97 typical 4th graders were randomly selected to participant in the assessment and were used as the comparison group. The treatment for experimental group children emphasized scaffolding aesthetic science activities and inquiry strategies. The Elementary School Student Questionnaire was administered to assess all children's positive thinking, attitudes toward science, and anxiety about learning science. In addition, nine target children from the experimental group with the lowest scores on either positive thinking, or attitudes toward science, or with the highest scores on anxiety about learning science in the pre-test were recruited to be interviewed at the end of the intervention and observed weekly. Confirmatory factor analyses, analyses of covariance, and content theme analysis assessed the similarities and differences between groups. It was found that the at-risk families’ children were motivated by the treatment and made significant progress on positive thinking and attitudes toward science, and also decreased their anxiety about learning science. The findings from interviews and classroom observations also revealed that the intervention made differences in children's affective perceptions of learning science. Implication and research recommendation are discussed.     

浅谈儿童图书馆建筑功能设计

儿童图书馆的建筑功能设计应确立多元化、人本化和开放性的设计理念，并在功能布局、功能分区和功能流线的设计中充分体现这种理念，并营造出良好的儿童特征的氛围和环境，以获取适应时代发展的、符合儿童图书馆形态需求的现代化功能设计。     

少儿图书馆与青少年网络阅读

网络是当代高科技的产物，是为人类的交流服务的，网络阅读对青少年是利是弊，一时成为社会关注的焦点。文章根据青少年网络阅读的现状，分析网络阅读对青少年健康成长的积极影响和负面影响，提出少儿图书馆加强青少年网络阅读的措施。     

美国儿童社会领域教育中历史资源的选择与运用

在美国儿童社会领域教育中,融入历史学科知识的价值在于帮助儿童了解事物的发展性、变化性和联系性;选择历史内容的准则是以儿童的兴趣爱好为基础,并加以强化;实施历史教育的策略是考虑儿童的知识经验,挖掘家庭和社区资源,开展多种形式的活动.     

幼儿双侧肢体运动对智力潜能开发作用的实验研究

学龄前儿童通过有针对性的双侧肢体的协调活动,可以改善不利侧肢体的“偏利”现象,提高幼儿身体协调性和左右侧肢体运动技能发展的均衡程度,起到开发幼儿心理潜能(如提高反应能力)的作用,运动技能的提高促进了智商的相应改善。科学、有效的方法,使幼儿的运动技能和智力的潜能得到充分的开发。     

还少年儿童一个绿色的网络空间

网络世界里的不良信息影响着少年儿童的健康成长。作为集公益性、教育性、知识性、娱乐性于一体的图书馆有责任为孩子开辟一个绿色的网络空间。国内图书馆在建设少年儿童网站方面取得了一定成果，但许多图书馆的少年儿童网站还有待进一步改善。