Student satisfaction with Canadian music programmes: the application of the American Customer Satisfaction Model in higher education

The purpose of this project is to empirically investigate several antecedents and consequences of student satisfaction (SS) with Canadian university music programmes as well as to measure students’ level of programme satisfaction. For this, the American Customer Satisfaction Model was tested through a survey of 276 current Canadian music students. The results indicate that customer satisfaction is strongly affected by programme quality, is slightly impacted by its perceived value but is not influenced by prior student expectations. Satisfaction strongly increases programme loyalty and positive word‐of‐mouth, marginally raises tuition change loyalty, and slightly decreases complaining behaviour. Contrary to expectations, tuition‐related constructs play only a minor role in the model. Therefore, money is a marginal factor in the educational environment; this empirically demonstrates the flaws underlying the premises of the students‐as‐customers metaphor. The resulting satisfaction index may facilitate the comparison among institutions. It was also found that the level of SS with Canadian music programmes was somewhat lower than those with services in other industries.     

浅析不同因果关系的英语表达

因果关系的英语表达多种多样,本文根据因果关系的不同形式对英语表达方式进行分析和总结,并指出只有在熟悉各种因果关系形式的正确表达的基础上,对事件的起因进行判断和分析,找出何为诱因、何为成因,才能使因果关系的表达更加精准贴切。     

LTI因果系统零状态响应与卷积

对于线性时不变(LTI)因果系统,其系统单位冲激响应h(t)应满足h(t)=h(t)u(t),尽管卷积公式有∫∞-∞x(τ)h(t-τ)dτ=∫∞-∞h(τ)x(t-τ)dτ,但是,上式中h(t-τ)是非因果,所以,公式∫∞-∞x(τ)h(t-τ)dτ不满足实际物理系统。通过实际信号作用于系统的讨论和分析,揭示了在任意时刻的系统零状态响应和满足实际物理系统的卷积∫∞-∞x(τ)h(t-τ)dτ的物理意义。     

中国英语媒体传播效果研究

本文借助实证调查法 ,从正反两方面分析了中国大陆英语媒体的传播效果 ,认为中国英语媒体的发展已取得了很大成绩 ,其作用不可替代 ,但还存在受众定位趋同等问题。文章同时还探讨了中国英语媒体传播效果欠佳的成因———如媒体理念、可信度、非产业化运作以及语言和文化等因素     

装备经费规模与结构优化的影响因素及内部关系

分析影响装备经费规模与结构优化的主要因素,建立装备经费规模优化、全寿命角度装备经费结构优化和军兵种间装备经费结构优化三个因果关系图对各影响因素进行探讨,得到了各种因素相互影响的反馈机制和内在规律,为定量研究装备经费规模与结构优化提供基础。     

连词“缘”的语法化及相关问题考察

"缘"是中古时期新兴的一个表因连词,它的语法化经历了一个由表"凭借、依据"义的动词到工具介词再到表因连词的过程。这个语法化之所以能够完成,内部因素和外部因素的共同作用是一个不可或缺的重要条件。而且这种演变完全是在汉语内部完成的,与语言接触无关。     

"社会信用"缺失弊端和成因分析研究

针对目前市场经济信用状况的现实，阐明社会信用缺失所带来的种种危害，并在此基础上分析了中国社会信用缺失的深层原因，最后给出解决问题的对策和出路。     

Using an analogy to model causal mechanisms in a complex text

Two experiments examined the role of analogy inthe development of a situation model of atarget passage. Specifically, we examinedwhether an analogous source text could improvecomprehension and inferencing about causalmechanisms in the target. An ``analogy group'studied a fictional pseudo-scientific passageunder the guidance of an analogous passage(also fictional) which shared causal structureswith the target. A ``statement group' studiedthe target under the guidance of an abstractstatement that characterized the target causalstructures. A ``target-only group' received noadditional material. All groups received tasksthat assessed their representation of thetarget. In Experiment 1 (N = 92) participantswere asked to list the most important objectsand relations in the passage. In Experiment 2(N = 80) participants were directly asked aboutthe target causal structures. In bothexperiments, responses of analogy subjects weremore likely to include given and inferredinformation that comprised the target causalmechanisms. Analogies in which a sourcepassage models causal mechanisms correspondingto those of a target passage appear to promotebetter representation of the details of targetcausal mechanisms, allowing a more fullydeveloped situation model of the target.     

志愿服务参与能培育大学生非认知能力吗——基于追踪调研和双重差分技术的因果分析

已有众多研究基于人格特质理论和经验学习理论,揭示了志愿服务参与和大学生非认知能力存在双向因果关系。本文基于湖南省高校大学生发展追踪调查数据,采用双重差分法检验志愿服务参与和非认知能力的因果关系,以揭示志愿服务参与究竟是筛选还是培育了大学生的非认知能力。研究结果证实了志愿服务参与对外向性和尽责性有筛选作用,对宜人性有培育作用,对情绪稳定性和开放性既没有筛选作用,也没有培育作用。这些结果表明高校志愿服务主要通过人格特质机制筛选了学生的非认知能力,对非认知能力的培育作用有限,促使我们重新审视高校志愿服务如何发挥实践育人的功能。     

大学生英语写作中连接衔接特征的实证研究

基于Halliday的语篇衔接理论,对197名河南科技大学非英语专业大二学生的四级模拟作文中的好作文和次作文就连接衔接特点进行了抽样统计分析。结果表明,好作文和次作文中增补连接和因果连接的使用频率存在显著差异,好作文中的增补连接词和因果连接词的使用更为丰富多样。两类作文中转折型连接词的使用频率都较高,但词汇使用单一,主要是but和however,但是两类作文中都存在着时间型连接词过少使用的情况。