Creating Better Learners Through Learning Science: A Sample of Methods

This article proposes the incorporation of learning science into the programming and operation of public libraries. Learning science, a multidisciplinary field spanning cognitive science, psychology, neuroscience, economics, anthropology, and linguistics, has identified proven methods for enhancing learning at any age. The article highlights some of the tools and insights that are most relevant to libraries in their role as centers for informal learning.     

语感训练模式下的英语角课程化实践

在语感训练模理论的基础上, 我们进行了一个学期的英语角课程化的实践并取得了一定的成果。我们认为有效输出对于二语习得是至关重要的, 而英语角课程化是促进在校生语言输出的最佳途径。     

Handwriting isolated cursive letters in young children: Effect of the visual trace deletion

This study assesses the handwriting of isolated cursive letters in five-year-old children and the effect of a modification in visual feedback. Sixty-four children copied twelve cursive letters with an inking pen and a non-inking pen. Reducing visual feedback decreased the mean number of penlifts, and increased mean velocity and fluency. However, it increased the size of the letters (trajectory length) and reduced their quality. We suggest that processing visual feedback of the emerging visual trace may interrupt the fluency of the movement, while writing without seeing the trace may place greater emphasis on motor control and the use of somatosensory feedback. This study supplies reflection about sensory feedback and the moment when it should be provided in handwriting instruction. Practitioners should be aware that variation in the writing environment (surface, tools …) modifies sensory feedback and affects handwriting learning (gesture and outcome) in different manner.     

The effect of anticipated achievement feedback on students' semantic processing as indicated by the N400 cloze effect

The present study examined the effects of anticipated achievement feedback on students' semantic processing on the neural level, using event-related brain potentials (ERPs). Participants (N = 79) anticipated either self-referential or normative achievement feedback regarding an announced upcoming test. Additionally, their performance expectations (low vs. no expectations) were orthogonally manipulated. Subsequently, students' on-line semantic processing was assessed by measuring the N400 cloze effect, a component in the EEG signal of which the amplitude is associated with semantic processing. Within the low performance-expectation condition, no effect of anticipated feedback on semantic processing was found. Within the no-performance-expectation condition, participants anticipating self-referential feedback showed a more widely distributed N400 cloze effect than participants anticipating normative feedback. The results confirmed the hypothesis that the mere expectation of a particular type of feedback can affect students' semantic processes.     

Implementing Conferences in College English Writing Class:The Effects of the Negotiated Input

The current study is to examine the interactional effects of writing conferences focusing on negotiated patterns of revi?sion in a college English writing class. Fifteen participants were required to w...     

An Overall Study on Automated Writing Evaluation

Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) program is designed to provide instant scores based on automated writing scor?ing engine along with diagnostic feedback. Five main AWE programs are introduced, four i...     

浅论科学研究对医院发展的贡献

采用文献研究法、定性分析法和定量分析法,对目前国内外部分医院科研现状进行分析,总结医院的科研现状和发展规律,分析医院科研对医院的贡献,为提高医院科研水平提供参考依据。结果表明:医院科研给医院带来的贡献包括科研产出和科研声誉;医院开展科研,在SCI发文量和专利获得量上,给医院带来了巨大的贡献;同时,良好的科研会提高医院在医院排行榜上的位置,提高医院声誉。     

运算放大器工作状态的判断及分析

在电子技术教学中,分析运算放大器系统时,应根据运算放大器系统的反馈情况,判断它的工作状态;分析工作状态时,要充分考虑运放系统是处于线性区还是饱和区。线性区可按虚短或虚地原则处理,饱和时不能按虚短原则处理,应用“虚短”和“虚地”时应注意“虚短”是“虚地”的特殊形式。     

从输入输出理论看大学英语教学改革

本文以语言输入输出相关理论为基础,就大学英语教学改革实践,提出两点建议:(1)将传统的以精读为主的教学模式改为以泛读为主,同时采用难度适当的国内英文报刊为主要教学材料,取代传统的教材;(2)加大翻译教学比重;由此加强英语教学与现实生活的联系,为学生创造英语运用的条件和环境,从而改变目前大学英语教学中教学脱离实际,学生兴趣低迷的不利状况,更好地实现大学英语的教学目的。     

电路板设计中的若干技术问题探讨

本文叙述了电路板设计中各步骤的注意事项及如何在较短时间内设计出符合用户需要、质量可靠的电路板 .