What traits do academics value in student writing? Insights from a psychometric approach

The number of students studying for university qualifications through the medium of English and for whom English is not their first language has increased significantly in recent years. This, along with efforts to widen access to those under-represented in higher education, has brought into focus the question of what academics see as constituting a ‘good’ piece of student writing. In this small-scale pilot study, Thurstone’s method of paired comparisons was used to establish a scale for ranking six essays in terms of how favourably each was viewed by academic lecturers when compared with every other essay in the set. Kelly’s repertory grid technique was subsequently applied to interviews conducted with the same lecturers to establish which traits they associated with the upper and lower end of the scale. Findings suggest that this methodology represents a promising approach to establishing what academic tutors regard as the key elements of good writing and thus provides an indication of what English teachers might fruitfully focus on in their teaching of the skill.     

History as performance: pupil perspectives on history in the age of ‘pressure to perform’

The development a standard-based curriculum in History can be related to the school reforms where ‘performance’ are crucial principles. The aim is to analyse pupils’ perspectives on the relation between their views on historical knowledge and the national test in History and grading. When the pupils in this study – directly after taking a national test in History – were asked to reason about what historical knowledge is, another subject emerged: a collective memory subject. History as ‘performance’ emerges clearly in connection with the pupils’ discourse on grades and History, which has an emphasis on ‘working’, ‘writing’, and ‘doing homework’ to get a better grade in History. The disciplinary knowledge content specified in the curricula does not correspond to pupils’ experiences of what the central historical knowledge is in national tests and grading. It is apparent that disciplinary knowledge content is ‘under pressure’ in the age of performance.     

高职英语口语评价体系的现状及对策研究

通过对高职院校英语口语教学评价体制现状的阐述和分析,得出改革目前口语评价的重要性,并指出应把形成性评价与传统的终结性评价相结合,从评价功能、评价内容等方面对当前口语评价体制进行改革,来改善英语口语教学效果,促进学生全面发展.     

西方广告商与媒体的关系对中国媒体的启示

西方广告商对媒体施加了直接和间接的压力,其后果是媒体公信力的丧失和报道的同质化。在我国,广告商对媒体的控制虽未达到西方的水平,但却呈现愈演愈烈的趋势。因此政府和媒体要及时采取措施,防微杜渐。     

软件学院信息系统设计与开发课程教学改革探索

信息系统设计与开发是一门综合应用型课程,传统教学模式并不适合该课程的教学.分析了信息系统设计与开发课程教学目前存在的问题,从多方位教学相结合、项目驱动式教学、综合量化考核、教材资源整合等方面进行了教学改革探索,收到了良好的教学效果.     

浅析我国刑事诉讼非法证据排除规则

刑事诉讼中的非法证据排除规则是针对侦查机关违法侦查行为而创设的一种限制制度,其实现或排除程度是一国惩治犯罪和保障人权两大目标博弈的结果.要真正确立非法证据排除规则,必须建立具有可操作性的程序性裁判体制,并从其主体、范围界定到举证责任分配、证明标准等方面进行制度设计.     

创先争优大力构建“五带头”的大学生党员模范作用评估机制

大力构建“五带头”的大学生党员模范作用评估机制,可使大学生党员先进性得到最大程度地的发挥,直接带动其他非党员同学共同进步,达到创先争优的真正目的。因此,从带头“学习、工作、服务群众、遵纪守法、弘扬正气”五个方面提出建立“五带头”的学生党员模范作用评估机制,真正发挥大学生党员的模范带头作用。     

企业税务风险管理探析

自2009年5月国家税务总局颁布《大企业税务风险管理指引（试行）》以来,越来越多的企业关注税务风险管理。通过对税务风险的定义和税务风险内外部成因的分析,以增值税为例,探讨企业税务风险的识别及其应对策略,以更好地防控企业税务风险。     

本科有机化学实验教学评价方法探索

为了客观地评定学生有机化学实验成绩,探索新的有机化学实验量化评价方法,采用"全程监控"加期末抽查评定法对学生进行全面评价,实践结果表明,本方法对促进实验教学质量的提高具有重要意义.     

2010年秋季百花湖浮游动物多样性调查

2010年秋季,调查了百花湖浮游动物的物种多样性。共采集到浮游动物20种,隶属于13个属。其中轮虫最多,共计9种,隶属于5个属,占种类组成的45％;其次是桡足类7种,隶属于4个属,占35％;枝角类4种,隶属于4个属,占20％。优势种类有长额象鼻滔（Bosmina longirostris）．颈沟基合潘（Bosminopsis deitersi）．角突网纹涵（Ceriodaphnia cornuta）．螺形龟甲轮虫（Keratella cochlearis）、广布中剑水蚤（Mesocyclopsleuckarti）,蒙古温剑水蚤（Thermocyclops mongolicus）。结果表明：百花湖浮游动物分布均匀,群落相对稳定,水体清洁。