Latent Profiles of Reading and Language and Their Association With Standardized Reading Outcomes in Kindergarten Through Tenth Grade

The objective of this study was to determine the latent profiles of reading and language skills that characterized 7,752 students in kindergarten through tenth grade and to relate the profiles to norm-referenced reading outcomes. Reading and language skills were assessed with a computer-adaptive assessment administered in the middle of the year and reading outcome measures were administered at the end of the year. Three measures of reading comprehension were administered in third through tenth grades to create a latent variable. Latent profile analysis (LPA) was conducted on the reading and language measures and related to reading outcomes in multiple regression analyses. Within-grade multiple regressions were subjected to a linear step-up correction to guard against false-discovery rate. LPA results revealed five to six profiles in the elementary grades and three in the secondary grades that were strongly related to standardized reading outcomes, with average absolute between-profile effect sizes ranging from 1.10 to 2.53. The profiles in the secondary grades followed a high, medium, and low pattern. Profiles in the elementary grades revealed more heterogeneity, suggestive of strategies for differentiating instruction.     

Developing identity and agency as an early career academic: lessons from Alice

This paper draws on Lewis Carroll’s character of Alice as a metaphor for interrogating identity construction and agency amongst early career academics, a process which can seem like Alice’s pursuit of the White Rabbit in a strange land. Keeping in mind the effects of neoliberalism on the tertiary sector, we recognise the centrality of personal lives in decision-making about academic careers and the shaping of professional identities. We also foreground how communities of practice not only build agency amongst ECAs but can also be supported by academic developers.     

South African contributions to LGBTI education issues

ABSTRACT

South Africa stands out in the African region for its protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) rights. This article examines South Africa’s contributions to local policy for LGBTIs and to work on LGBTI issues in education policy and education rights progress internationally. It also considers broader South African contributions to the theorisation of gender and sexuality. Data derive from an analysis of 102 interviews with key informants participating in high-level global networking for LGBTI students’ rights, and documentary analysis showing how stakeholders characterise South African contributions to transnational LGBTI education work. Informants identified how such contributions have a strong human rights emphasis, furthering post-colonial resistance to simplistic gender and sexuality classification schema imposed via imperial colonising dynamics. While South African work in this area has also promoted and facilitated research, it has at times been limited by ambivalence from its leadership. The nation’s early adoption of constitutional rights, relationship rights and educational equity provisions as acts of decolonisation contribute valuable African LGBTI work examples to the region. Their success encourages further funding for South-South transnational LGBTI education work.     

卞孝萱先生与郑板桥研究

卞孝萱先生学识渊博 ,是享誉海内外的文史专家。虽年届耄耋 ,著作等身 ,而犹精神矍铄 ,笔耕不辍。为恭贺先生八十华诞 ,我们编选一组文章 ,以展示先生的学术风范     

关于电子专业基础课的教学探讨

本文从引导学生树立自信心,激发学生学习兴趣,培养学生创新能力等方面入手,改变传统的教学观念,在教学手段及方法上做了一些改革,收到一定成效.     

树立正确政绩观,打造务实亲民政府

领导干部的政绩观正确与否,直接关系到领导干部能取得什么样的政绩,关系到政府的办事效率,关系到政府在人民群众心里的形象。领导干部要树立正确的政绩观,打造亲民政府,实现和谐社会。     

谈学分制下图书馆青年馆员队伍建设

通过分析学分制下影响图书馆青年馆员队伍建设的主要因素，提出了建设一支稳定的高素质的图书馆青年馆员队伍的一些措施。     

高校学报对于学科发展的价值初探

高校学报是以反映本校教学科研成果为主的综合性学术理论刊物 ,学报的内容特色最直接地反映了学校的学科特色。学报通过其在学术交流、学科阶段建设、学科生长点的培养等方面所体现的独特价值 ,推动着学校的学科建设     

文化使命感与问题意识--王水照的学术成就和治学方法

王水照的人生道路历经坎坷和磨难,学术生涯几经波折和反复,但仍然取得了很高的学术成就,其贡献主要体现在以下五大领域:一是苏轼研究,二是散文研究,三是宋词研究,四是专题性的综合研究,五是钱锺书研究。他肩负高度的文化使命感,带着强烈的问题意识进入传统学术和现当代文化的现场,以深邃的阐释学意识,用清透精当的语言,为唐宋文学描绘出深广的文化背景、思想图景和学术地图,做到了历史与逻辑的统一,从而凸显出学术的主体性、特殊性和个体性。     

颜之推与隋唐语文规范

颜之推经历了从南北朝末到隋朝统一的社会转型期，他以语言学家的学术眼光关注社会语言文字的发展变化，自觉地从事语言文字规范的研究和应用，从理论和实践上为隋唐时期的语文规范事业奠定了基础。他的后代子孙遵承祖训，继承并发扬了颜氏家学传统，创建并完善了隋唐时期的字样之学，使汉字的楷书系统定于一尊，影响至于现代。颜氏家族在中国农业文明社会鼎盛期从事语文规范的历史经验，值得当代语文规范工作研究和借鉴。