Validation of the elementary social behaviour assessment: teacher ratings of students’ social skills adapted to Norwegian,grades 1–6

This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Elementary Social Behaviour Assessment (ESBA), a teacher-report measure of students’ social skills and academic engagement adapted for use in Norwegian schools. At two times, 8 weeks apart, 151 teachers rated 793 students in Grades 1–6 on the ESBA and the Social Skills Rating System Teacher’s form (SSRS-T). Exploratory factor analysis with the first assessment suggested one or possibly two factors. Confirmatory factor analysis with the second assessment confirmed the one- or two-factor models but did not offer strong evidence for one over the other. The ESBA demonstrated good to excellent reliability. Strong concurrent and predictive correlations with the SSRS-T established criterion validity. The school and teacher levels explained only a limited amount of the total variance in ESBA scores, suggesting that teachers rate students quite similarly. The Norwegian-adapted ESBA paralleled the reliability and validity evidence from US samples.     

‘Feeling bad’ or ‘being bad?’ The trapping effect of effort in academic failure in a Confucian cultural context

A predicament faced by students who fail academically in East Asian Confucian societies, such as Taiwan, is being obscured by students’ outstanding performances in international academic assessments. This article proposes that there is a trapping effect of effort for these students. They are trapped in a dilemma between ‘feeling bad’ (emotional distress) for exerting too much effort and ‘being bad’ (negative image) for making little effort. Such a dilemma may be worse in the domain of academic achievement than in non-academic domains like the arts, with the former being more directly related to children’s dutiful fulfilment of parental expectations. Two consecutive studies – a scenario experiment with 700 subjects and a survey on past experiences of failure with a sample of 190 – were conducted. The results supported our hypothesis that effort becomes a double-edged sword for students who failed. They are more likely to either ‘feel bad’ or ‘be bad’ after failing academically compared to performing poorly on non-academic activities. Implications of the findings are further discussed.     

毛泽东同志的“减负”思想及启示

毛泽东同志在减轻学生负担、关注学生身心健康方面作了大量论述,对新中国成立后的教育发展影响很大。毛泽东同志“减负”思想的基本出发点是要学生生动活泼地、主动地发展,其科学内核包括精简课程设置和教材;反对注入式教学方法,提倡启发式教学方法;改革考试和评价方法。毛泽东同志的“减负”思想,对当前我国教育改革有重要的启示。     

秦牧散文的文体特征

秦牧的散文是一种智力的文体，在体式上继承了“五四”闲话体散文的特点，但又对之进行改造，并吸收了抒情散文叙事如画，感情浓郁的妙处，创造出将抒情、叙事、议论融为一体的新文体。     

美国传统名校是怎样捍卫学术诚信的——普林斯顿大学本科生学术规范管理制度评述

普林斯顿大学本科生的学术规范管理非常富有特色,这体现在其强调学生自律的管理理念、严格而细化的管理规范、科学的管理程序与对学术失范行为实施公开惩处等方面.普林斯顿的学术规范管理使该校本科生从入校起就接受严格的学术规范教育,逐渐认同并自觉身体力行学术规范与要求,从而使优良的学术传统能在普林斯顿大学代代相传,成为后代学人学术不断产出的重要基础.     

顾颉刚的学术追求

顾颉刚先生追求的“为学术而学术”道路,不仅体现在他学术研究中有一种勇于开拓创新的精神,一种锲而不舍的韧性,而且体现在他组织禹贡学会,辛勤地培养青年学子的活动中;而这种追求之所以受到阻碍,使顾颉刚深入彷徨,苦闷,就在于受到“经世致用”思想和“左”倾的阶级斗争理论以及传统意识形态等对学术研究的消极影响。     

对学术期刊规范化编排的思考

学术期刊实施规范化编排能够扩大期刊的知名度和影响力，提高学术论的利用率，使学术期刊在新兴媒体的挑战下获得新的发展机遇。学术期刊在实际工作中遇到许多客观上的障碍，如版面紧、作写作习惯、编辑工作量加大、主管部门评刊标准等等，这是规范化标准不能彻底执行的重要因素。山西财经大学学报编辑部在规范化编排方面总结出了一些成功的值得借鉴的经验。     

Impact of degree program satisfaction on the persistence of college students

Many theories on college retention recognize the significance of student satisfaction as a positive factor in students’ persistence. Yet, there are few theories that address the relationship of degree program satisfaction to study behaviour and dropout. This paper explores the impact of degree program satisfaction on academic accomplishment and dropout. The impact of degree program satisfaction was studied within a multitheoretical framework. The results of the study show that student accomplishment not only depends on differences in academic ability but also on degree program satisfaction. Decreased degree program satisfaction appears to diminish both study motivation and study behaviour. The authors discuss some implications for current educational practice.     

A large-scale test of the relationship between procrastination and performance using learning analytics

Abstract

Many studies have found a relationship between students’ self-reported procrastination and their grades. Few studies have used learning analytic data as a behavioural measure of procrastination in order to predict performance, and there is no systematic research on how this relationship may differ across assessments or disciplines. In this study we analyse nine years’ worth of institutional electronic submission records, a total of 73,608 assignment submissions, to examine the relationship between submission time and grades across assignments, students, courses, and disciplines in higher education. A significant negative relationship was found overall, with students who submitted closer to the deadline obtaining lower grades, however the size of the relationship was negligible, accounting for less than 1% of the variance in grades. The relationship varied significantly depending on student, assignment, course and discipline.     

学术期刊的失范及其体制性原因浅议

在学术期刊繁荣的背后隐藏着严重的体制性弊端，这是当前我国学术期刊失范和学术期刊学术公信力、学术声誉不断下降的根本原因。虽然暂时还不能改变学术期刊存在体制，但充分认识学术期刊的体制性弊端，并积极寻求对策，把学术期刊体制性弊端所造成的负面影响降到最低限度则是应该做，而且必须做的工作。