Using a modified argument-driven inquiry to promote elementary school students’ engagement in learning science and argumentation

This study explored the effects of a modified argument-driven inquiry approach on Grade 4 students’ engagement in learning science and argumentation in Taiwan. The students were recruited as an experimental group (EG, n?=?36) to join a 12-week study, while another 36 Grade 4 students from the same schools were randomly selected to be the comparison group (CG). All participants completed a questionnaire at the beginning and end of this study. In addition, four target students with the highest and the other four students with the lowest pretest engagement in learning science or argumentation to be observed weekly and interviewed following the posttest. Initial results revealed that the EG students’ total engagement in learning science and argumentation and the claim and warrant components were significantly higher than the CG students. In addition, the EG students’ anxiety in learning science significantly decreased during the study; and their posttest total engagement in learning science scores were positively associated with their argumentation scores. Interview and observation results were consistent with the quantitative findings. Instructional implications and research recommendations are discussed.     

适应基础教育新课改要求的高师教育对策探索

概要论述了我国基础教育新课改的基本情况;论证了高师教育改革的必要性;提出了高等师范院校应采取的改革对策:实行宽口径专业教育;加强人格的塑造;增加、完善教育理论课程;强化教育实践技术与技能训练.     

How children's creative visual imagination and creative thinking relate to their representation of space

This article explores how creative visual imagination and creative thinking can help children to construct mental models of space. A mixed-method study, integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches and involving 98 five-year-old children (54 girls and 44 boys) demonstrated that creative visual imagination, rather than creative thinking, is linked with the knowledge and understanding of space. These results support the notion that creative visual imagination contributes to improvements in children's understanding of basic astronomical concepts. Interestingly, creative thinking was not associated with understanding and knowledge of cosmic phenomena in models taking into account creative imagination. The qualitative analysis showed differences in children's representations of space. We discuss the consequences of these findings for science education, particularly the teaching of elementary astronomy.     

关于欠发达地区农村小学教师教学能力的调查

本调查以农村小学校长,各市、区和县小学教研室教师,农村小学教师及小学高年级学生为调查对象,就农村小学教师的教学能力进行调查。调查方式采用问卷、访谈、随机听课等方式,取得了第一手资料,并分析调查结果,结论是:农村小学教师教学能力有待于提高。     

弧形混凝土结构温度应力计算研究

对弧形混凝土结构温度应力的计算研究表明，弧形结构的环向应力沿高度方向基本一致，可以简化为拱单元计算，拱单元的支座约束可以用“等效暗柱”来计算；结构两侧温差对弧形结构的环向应力的影响较轴线温差变化的影响更大，控制温度裂缝主要是控制结构物两侧的温差．通过设置滑动层，减小结构的抗侧移刚度。则弧形混凝土结构可以作无缝设计．     

小学教师"三二分段"培养模式研究

本文探索"三二分段"小学教师培养模式,即通过综合化的课程设置,转变学生的学习方式,突出学生实践能力的训练,努力培养适应我国基础教育改革的专业化的小学教育新师资.     

初等函数统一算法的几个问题

本文拓广了初等函数统一算法，并证明了算法的收敛性．作了误差估计。     

带电导体静电场等值面边值问题的边界积分方程

利用强极值原理将带电导体静电场内、外等值面边值问题化为几个常规的椭圆型Dirichlet边值问题,并建立它们相应的第一类Fredholm边界积分方程,由这些方程解的线性组合可构成原问题的解。     

微分方程的通积分与初等超越函数公式的推导

利用微分方程的通积分及其积分因子去研究和解决某些初等函数中的公式推导问题的探讨，这是利用高等教学知识研究和解决有关初等数学中的问题的一个范例。     

篮球专项力量训练的研究

篮球运动员的力量训练应注重弹跳力、腰背部肌肉力量、小腿肌群力量和手臂、手腕、手指力量的发展.该研究从篮球专项力量训练的理论基础、训练方法的选择、需要注意的问题等方面进行了分析,为篮球专项力量的训练提供了重要参考.