Peer-Collaborator Preferences of African American and White Sixth-Graders in Mathematics Classrooms

Abstract

This study focused on academic and social correlates of collaborator preferences of African American and White sixth-graders in mathematics classrooms in fall and spring. Students’ appraisals of emotional risk were examined as a moderator. Nomination procedures identified collaborator preferences, group affiliations, and social centrality; students self-reported engagement and emotional risk; school records provided achievement scores. Results indicated students preferred group affiliates, but not exclusively, as collaborators. Students with greater centrality, achievement, and engagement received more nominations. In the fall, high achievers received more nominations when appraisals of risk were high; whereas, engaged students whose appraisals of risk were low received more nominations. Results are interpreted in relation to coordinating social and academic factors in peer collaboration.     

Enhancing the facilitation of online groups in higher education: a review of the literature on face-to-face and online group-facilitation

There still appears to be a gap between what online learning promises and what it can deliver in terms of student learning. Developments in online pedagogies and professional learning appear to lag behind the developments in technology and the promised benefits of technological transformation may not be realised. In this paper, we bring together perspectives that highlight vital aspects of online group-learning by reviewing the group-facilitation literature and the latest online learning literature to interrogate the pedagogical theories and practices currently used in online group-learning in higher education. We specifically focus on the interpersonal interactions between teachers and students, which are described in the online learning literature using the terms instructor immediacy, teaching presence, and social presence. We note differences in the literature regarding how teacher presence is interpreted and enacted and we expound the importance of the personal characteristics of the online teacher. Finally, we provide some signposts that might help course designers and teachers to improve online group learning: the intentional use of effective online learning pedagogies; a deeper understanding of what constitutes teacher presence; and strategies to enact that teacher presence with online groups. Recommendations for further research in online group facilitation are provided.     

论历史教学的课堂语言要求

语言表达是教师的一项基本功。历史教学中教师的课堂语言,必须讲求科学性并做到形象生动,还要感情充沛,语言简练、干净、明确。     

武警院校大学物理教学改革探索

大学物理学作为武警院校培养各类军事指挥人才的必修基础课程,在武警院校人才培养体系中居于非常重要的地位。文章结合武警院校教育教学的重要意义,对大学物理教学存在的问题进行分析,以期为武警院校大学物理教学提供一定的参考价值。     

浅谈信息时代的教学

本文从信息时代对人才素质结构的要求、网络及网络教学的特点出发，分析了网络教学的开展给学校教学带来的新变化、新特点；最后提出了网络教学的学习模式。     

高校原典精读课教学中的师生互动——语言学精读课教学方法探索

本文就近年来复旦大学开设的"《普通语言学教程》精读"、"《语言论》精读"两门课程的教学实践,探讨高校原典精读课程多层次师生互动的教学方法.     

新课程背景下高中化学高效课程的构建

以厦门市首届中小学、幼儿园教师教学技能大赛高中化学组典型案例作为研究样本,从以学定教、整合教学资源、校本资源开发三个方面建构高中化学高效课堂。     

Editorial H-score as a metric of inner authenticity for national scientific journals—Pilot study for the field of pedagogy

There is evidence that national scientific journals are important for local communities despite their limited audience due to national languages and topics, like in pedagogy. However, it is not easy to assess the level of scientific rigour of local journals, as most do not have available scientometric data and are often published in minority languages. We hypothesize that a possible manifestation of a latent trait of inner authenticity of the scientific journal (meaning the journal is accepted by a community interested in developing the field which conducts internationally accepted research) could be H-index of the editorial board members. To test this approach, we evaluated H-index and gender of editorial board members (n = 490) from 17 Czech and Slovak national science-oriented scientific pedagogical journals which were not indexed or indexed in Erih+ or Scopus, and compared this with the five lowest-rated journals from the same field indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) database. The H-index of editorial board members was somewhat higher in indexed journals with those from WoS showing higher scores, and the number of board members with no discernable H-index was far greater in non-indexed journals. Editorial boards of journals indexed in WoS were mostly male, compared to a dominance of women on boards of non-indexed journals. Acknowledging the limited sample, it appears that the H-index of editorial board members may be a way to value national scientific journals.     

大学英语教师修正性反馈信念与课堂教学行为关系研究

教师教学信念影响其教学行为,也是预测教师教学质量和教学效果的最有效指标。文章运用课堂观察、深度访谈和刺激性回忆法,聚焦于三位英语专业精读课教师的教学信念和课堂行为,通过对所得数据进行定量和定性分析发现：由于个体差异,不同教师所持的教学信念互不相同,他们的课堂教学行为也存在巨大差异;同一教师持有内部相矛盾的信念,但这种个人内部矛盾的信念会随着教学经验的丰富和专业知识不断程序化而减弱;由于教学环境和教师所调用的知识的不同,同一教师的教学信念和教学行为之间虽具有一定的联系,但二者之间具有很大的差异。这就要求广大教师要不断反思自己的教学,积极开展行动研究,注意发展和完善自己的教学信念体系,努力促进专业知识的程序化,以应对复杂多变的课堂教学环境。     

课堂教学目标的确定——基于美国中小学教材的考察

不同的学派存在不同的关于教育目标的理论研究,其中布卢姆的教育目标分类及其修订版对教育目标的实践行为具有深远的影响。美国教材编写者在制订教学目标时,认真研究教育目标分类学的内容,结合学生和学科特点,使用比较标准的目标动词。美国教材中关于教学目标的叙述,既有目标动词+内容方式,也有问题方式和叙述方式,这对于我国中小学教学目标的设计具有借鉴意义。