Fine Motor Control is Related to Cognitive Control in Adolescents with Down Syndrome

The connection between human cognitive development and motor functioning has been systematically examined in many typical and atypical populations; however, only a few studies focus on people with Down syndrome (DS). Twelve adolescents with DS participated and their cognitive control, measured by the Corsi-Block tapping test (e.g., visual working memory), the Auditory Memory span test (e.g., verbal working memory) and the Tower of London test (e.g., cognitive planning), and motor control, measured by the Purdue Pegboard (e.g., fine motor control), were measured in this study. Results indicate that if people with DS have better performance in fine manual dexterity, they will have better performance in cognitive planning and verbal working memory abilities. The co-activation hypothesis of the prefrontal area and the cerebellum may support this positive relationship. Hence, it is suggested people with DS will obtain benefits in cognitive control by participating in further motor intervention.     

The Place of English Revisited

In this essay I explore the constraints and opportunities confronting me as a newly qualified teacher and how these affect my pedagogy. I have reflected on my own development from beginning to newly qualified teacher and considered how such forces have shaped my identity as a teacher, my values and my approach to the job. As part of my exploration of my practice and the values I hold, I have revisited ‘The Place of English’, an essay I wrote midway through my Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) year; I have reconsidered how the current climate of educational reform and my subsequent experience have altered or strengthened these initial perceptions. In what follows I have reflected critically on two episodes of teaching and learning with my Year 10 class, my most challenging group, in order to further understand the way in which I have responded to the responsibilities and pressures placed on a classroom teacher. These pressures, I suggest, are intensified by the preconceptions of age and gender within my school and implicit more widely in the traditional values of our culture. The fragments of my practice that I have explored reveal tensions that gesture at a gap between educational theory, first-hand professional experience and governmental policy. They present an argument to resist the temptations of oversimplified, linear conceptions of teaching and learning, and maintain the place of English as a subject of creativity, exploration and expression that, at its heart, values both individual and collective student voices and identities.     

司法警察在人民法院执行体系中职能之思考

随着司法警察队伍规范化建设进入实质性攻坚阶段,队伍建设也不可避免地面临着一些瓶颈问题,如何改变现状,走＂内涵式＂发展道路,使警队的发展更专业化、更职业化,成为摆在司法警察队伍面前的一个重要难题。文章结合法院实际工作,从强化司法警察执行功能入手,全面建立起司法警察作为执行主体的体系,从而真正实现司法公信力的提升和有效解决＂执行难＂。     

高校学术问责制构建中的相关问题探讨

伴随着我国高等教育规模的扩张,高校从事教学科研工作的学术人员数量大增。作为我国科学研究的一支重要生力军,高校学术人员一方面有力推动了我国整体科技发展的水平和质量,另一方面,在学术领域也滋生了学术失范现象。由此,构建高校学术问责制的理论探讨应运而生,但要进入实践领域,应当充分考虑以下三个相关问题：高校学术失范现象大量滋生的归因问题、学术自由欠缺下高校学术问责制实施的风险问题、学术问责中的责任认定问题。     

国外政党党内法规制度建设的经验及启示

为提高党的执政能力,国外政党注重党内法规制度建设,积累了一些好的经验,主要有：制定详细配套、简明实用的党规党纪;领导干部以身作则,带头遵守党规党纪;建立健全监督机制,突出监督机构的独立性和权威性;严格执行党规党纪.中国共产党在加强党内法规制度建设时,不能盲目照搬照抄他国做法,而要坚持从我国社会主义初级阶段的国情出发,借鉴国外政党加强党内法规制度建设的有益做法,实现马克思主义中国化,不断完善具有中国特色的党内法规制度建设之路径.     

我国大学治理结构的滞后与重塑

大学治理结构基于行政权力、学术权力与市场权力的不同特点分为三种类型,这为我国大学目前存在滞后现象的外部治理结构与内部治理结构提供了有力的参考。重塑大学治理结构,需要明确大学治理目标,重构现代大学治理理念,注重大学治理结构变迁过程中市场作用,注重强制性变迁和诱致性变迁之间的适时转化。     

善治视阈下地方政府决策程序的法治化研究

通过分析地方政府决策程序法治化的意义及地方政府决策程序存在的问题,提出了从立法、合法性审查和制度保障等方面实现地方政府决策程序法治化的具体措施,以期对我国地方政府决策机制的完善有所裨益。     

在新形势下如何做好期刊主编工作

在社会主义市场经济条件下，期刊主编必须面对难题，提高自身修养，创造一定的物质条件，准确定位策划、科学经营管理，是做好主编工作的必要环节。     

试析民办高校的发展动力

任何事物的发展都离不开"力"的作用。民办高校发展的动力,主要是党和政府制定的有关政策法规的驱动力、国家经济和社会发展的牵引力、与国内同行竞争的刺激力、国际名校的吸引力,以及民办高校自身所具有的内动力。内动力是民办高校发展的根本动力,而决策机制及执行效力则是民办高校内动力诸要素中最重要的因素。在"同是一片天"的前提下,各民办高校在日趋激烈的新的竞争中能否立于不败之地,归根结底在自己本身。     

中华医学会系列杂志总编问卷调查分析报告

调查问卷以总编对杂志编辑工作的参与和评价为主要内容，共向32l位总编、副总编发放，回收有效问卷226份，有效回收率70％。通过对调查数据的分析发现：1)总编对杂志编辑工作的参与程度适中，且总编比副总编的参与程度更高；总编对杂志编辑工作的满意度相对较高，特别是对编辑的满意程度平均超过60％。2)总编对杂志编辑工作的参与主要表现在审定稿方面，对编辑部其他工作的参与度较低；对杂志编辑工作的满意度则主要体现为对编辑的满意度，特别是对编辑的工作态度比较满意；3)进一步的统计分析发现，总编对杂志编辑工作的参与程度越高，则对编辑工作的满意度越低。