Institutional repository software platforms at undergraduate libraries in the United States

For primarily undergraduate institutions, institutional repositories can become effective tools for communicating and showcasing faculty and student research, facilitating open access initiatives, or supporting new scholarly communication practices. Choosing the right software platform is crucial to the success of a repository initiative. The literature suggests that there are only two or three software platforms heavily used in undergraduate libraries. This article aims to give a landscape of the repository platforms used in sixty-seven undergraduate libraries in the United States in late 2013; it also includes the results of a short survey about current institutional repository software platforms and users/administrators’ satisfaction.     

笛声从远处飘来——肖邦《牧童之笛》的音乐解读及演奏

《牧童之笛》是费列德里克.肖邦所作钢琴《练习曲》OP25中的第一首,被认为是肖邦钢琴风格的出色范例。它采用带再现的复三部曲式,情绪明朗,充满了青春欢乐;钢琴织体与和声丰富多彩,非常精致,个性特征异乎寻常;技术性与音乐形象两者结合完美。全曲演奏要着重双手相反的感情处理,气氛和音色要控制细致,使旋律与丰富多彩的伴奏和声浑然一体,创造极优美的音乐形象。     

澳大利亚TAFE学院职业技术培训的特点和借鉴意义

该文分析了澳大利亚 TAFE学院的职业技术培训的特点 ,同时对照中国高教改革的背景总结了其对中国高教改革的借鉴意义。     

工会经费使用绩效性初探

如何提高工会经费使用的绩效性,是当前工会经费管理值得探讨的课题。本文通过对工会经费收入的现状、使用存在的问题进行分析,阐述了提高工会经费使用绩效性的必要性及主要措施。     

钢梁与钢筋混凝土桥墩的新型刚节点联结形式及其静载反复试验

提出了一种新型的桥梁钢梁与钢筋混凝土桥墩的刚节点联结形式．刚节点内部构件间的连接全部采用高强度螺栓连接方式且施工方便，能够较理想地将上部结构弯矩传递到下部结构，剪力传递钢板承受了大部分的水平剪力．通过静荷载反复试验获得了有关这种新型结构性能方面的有效数据，试验结果表明该结构内部应力传递路径明确，并具有良好的抗震性能．有关结构的强度和塑性变形的计算及试验结果均表明，这种结构即使在发生很大变形的情况下，也能保持良好的能量吸收功能且没有出现因应力集中而发生的局部曲屈现象．由于避免使用了价格昂贵的支座，采用这种新型组合结构形式不但具有良好的抗震性能，同时可以降低桥梁的建设成本．     

试论社会转型期我国政府绩效评估的路径选择

政府绩效的核心问题是公共责任的实现程度与效果,表现为一系列量化与非量化指标,绩效评估是对这些指标的综合反映。在传统和现代的挤压下,我国政府绩效评估的基础呈现鲜明特色。在社会转型期,着眼于实践"科学发展观"的要求,绩效评估要求准确界定政府职能,科学设立评估指标,追求以低成本、高效能的方式为社会提供公共产品和服务,并以公共责任为本打造"绩效政府"。     

Developing academics’ assessment practices in open,distance and e-learning: an institutional change agenda

Abstract

Universities across the globe are attempting to change assessment practice to address challenges in student engagement and achievement. Integral to this objective are strategies to develop academics’ assessment practice. These frequently focus on attendance at formal Continuous Professional Development events and/or implementation of institutional blueprints. This editorial article uses a case study from the Open University (UK) to explore an alternative ‘communities of practice’ approach to the improvement of assessment arguing that academics’ professional expertise is best deepened through participation in authentic activities of teaching and scholarship. The discussion identifies what is involved in such an approach including the role of an enabling principles-based framework, the constraints on implementation and the implications for HE leaders.     

PowerPoint slide provision and student performance: the moderating roles of self-efficacy and gender

Research on the pedagogical value of providing students with PowerPoint (PPT) slide handouts has produced mixed results. One reason for the inconsistent findings may be that most studies in this stream of research have neglected to examine individual differences. In the current study, we aimed to advance research on the pedagogical value of providing students with access to PPT slide handouts by examining whether self-efficacy and gender influence the effect of PPT slide provision on academic performance. We found no evidence to suggest that the provision of slide handouts has broad, unconditional pedagogical value. Instead, we found that both self-efficacy and gender moderated the extent to which the availability of the handouts enhanced or hindered students’ performance. As predicted, both students high on self-efficacy and males performed significantly better when they were provided with handouts. Conversely, students low on self-efficacy performed significantly worse when the handouts were provided. Female students also trended toward lower performance when the handouts were provided. Additionally, we found that students who were provided with PPT handouts perceived their instructor as more effective, and that this relation was mediated by students’ feeling of preparation. Finally, students also considered the provision of PPT handouts more valuable to their learning and course performance than one-to-one interactions with the professor. Implications for research and practice are discussed.     

钢琴曲《喷泉》的音乐特征与演奏分析

钢琴曲《喷泉》的音乐本体;浪漫主义音乐特征和丰富的演奏技巧;为演奏者和欣赏者提供参考。