Spontaneous spatial strategy use in learning from scientific text

Two studies explored the role of the spontaneous use of spatial note-taking strategies (i.e., creating maps and drawings) and spatial ability in learning from a scientific passage. In Study 1, college students read and took notes by hand on a 10-paragraph scientific passage about the human respiratory system. Students tended to use verbal strategies such as lists (on 48% of the paragraphs), outlines (29%) and running text (15%), but also used spatial strategies such as maps (28%) and drawings (11%). Regression analyses indicated that spatial ability and the use of spatial strategies (maps or drawings) significantly predicted learning outcomes, with spatial strategy use explaining additional variance beyond spatial ability. In Study 2, students read the same scientific passage and took notes either by hand on paper (paper group), by hand on a large whiteboard (whiteboard group), or on a laptop computer (computer group). A similar general pattern as Study 1 was found for the paper group, but this pattern was not found for the computer or whiteboard groups, suggesting that the relationships found in Study 1 might depend on the note-taking medium. Results also indicated that students in the paper and whiteboard groups spontaneously used more spatial strategies, whereas the computer group tended to use verbal strategies (i.e., words only), suggesting that different note-taking contexts encourage different strategies.     

Exploring Verbal,Visual and Schematic Learners' Static and Dynamic Mental Images of Scientific Species and Processes in Relation to Their Spatial Ability

The current study compared different learners’ static and dynamic mental images of unseen scientific species and processes in relation to their spatial ability. Learners were classified into verbal, visual and schematic. Dynamic images were classified into: appearing/disappearing, linear-movement, and rotation. Two types of scientific entities and their related processes were investigated: astronomical and microscopic. The sample included 79 female students from Grades 9 and 10. For the purpose of the study, three instruments were used. The Mental Images by Guided Imagery instrument was designed to investigate participants' visualization of static and dynamic mental images. The Water-Level Task was adopted to estimate participants' spatial ability. The Learning Styles Inventory was used to classify participants into verbal, visual and schematic learners. The research findings suggest that schematic learners outperformed verbal and visual learners in their spatial ability. They also outperformed them in their vividness of microscopic images; both micro-static and micro-dynamic images; especially in the case of appearing/disappearing images. The differences were not significant in the case of astronomical images. The results also indicate that appearing/disappearing images received the least vividness scores for all three types of learners.     

艺术设计的诗意走向何方

艺术设计的诞生是工业社会下生产的产品、人的生活用品的诗化过程。     

数学教学中学生创新能力的培养

创新是一个民族的灵魂，培养学生的创新意识和实践能力，全面提高学生的整体素质是教育改革的主要目标．本文从构建宽松、民主的教学氛围；正确处理“双基”教学与创新能力培养的关系；重视知识的形成过程的教学以及在教学中如何重视学生思维能力的培育等几个方面谈了自己的认识．     

毕业论文指导过程中学生创新能力培养问题的探讨

创新能力是本科毕业生应当具备的基本能力之一，本文从当前毕业论文的创新性不足入手，分析其形成原因，并探讨在毕业论文指导环节加强创新能力培养的具体方法和操作步骤。     

高职教育统计专业应注重技能培养

在统计课教学中，要设置基本技能标准，积极改进教学方法，强化实践教学环节，以此来增强学生基本技能，以实现高职学生的培养目标。     

大学英语四级写作存在的问题及练习技巧

英文写作是衡量学生英语综合水平和应用能力的一个重要指标，也是大学生英语考试中最薄弱的一环。本文分析了学生四级作文中出现的问题，并对如何提高写作技巧略作探讨。     

青虚中的缪斯舞姿--论我国当代网络诗歌的创作艺术

我国当代网络诗歌蔚为壮观,创作上除继承了网络出现之前的中外传统诗歌的经验,在题材选择、遣词造句、谋篇布局、风格色彩等等艺术构思方面又显示出自己的独特之处,既更具有强烈的个性化色彩,更注重下意识的挖掘,更强调表现复杂的内心世界。     

文学翻译与语言文化

文学翻译是一门艺术，作为一名翻译工作者，既要熟练掌握驾驭母语和译作语言的技巧，又要具备一定的民族文化紊养。用文学语言翻译文学语言，用形象翻译形象，使译文读者和原作读者同样感受到文学作品的艺术感染力和丰富的想象力，同样获得审美上的愉悦和欣赏的共鸣。