Effects of embedding a problem-posing-based learning guiding strategy into interactive e-books on students’ learning performance and higher order thinking tendency

Owing to the popularity of tablet computers and smart phones, e-books have become an important medium for both formal and informal learning. However, conventional e-books are mainly designed to provide information in the form of multimedia, implying that students spend most of their time memorizing and comprehending what they read from e-books, while seldom engaging in higher order thinking. In this study, a problem-posing framework is proposed for developing an interactive e-book for guiding students to observe and pose questions. An experiment on an elementary school natural science course was conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. The participants were 46 fourth-grade students. From the experimental results, it was found that the problem-posing-guiding interactive e-book can significantly improve the students’ learning achievements, critical thinking tendency, and deep motive. It was also found that the proposed approach did not increase the students’ cognitive load owing to the provision of proper supports during the problem-posing process, which has generally been identified as a challenging task.     

Student views concerning evidence and the expert in reasoning a socio‐scientific issue and personal epistemology

This study investigated their views concerning evidence and expert opinion of 10th‐grade students, accessed by an open‐ended questionnaire in the context of a socio‐scientific issue: the cause of flood disasters, and personal epistemology identified by the Learning Environment Preference Questionnaire (LEP). Students' responses to the open‐ended questions showed that when thinking about the flood issue, most students rely heavily on direct and numerical data to draw their conclusions, while experts represented a source of conclusive information. The LEP scores indicated that, in terms of epistemological development, students were mostly at the stage of the ‘multiplicists’ in Perry's model. The statistical analysis suggested that view towards evidence and expert were associated with personal epistemology.     

思路为要——高等职业教育改革与发展刍议之二

高职教育教学改革的思路包括专业建设、专业教学改革和课程教学改革的思路。明确专业建设的思路要求合理设置专业,准确定位专业,科学规划专业。明确专业教学改革的思路要求转变教育观念,培育教学改革主体,依据社会需求设计人才知识、能力与素质结构并构建相应的教学体系,以产学研结合的多种形式构建人才培养模式。明确课程教学改革的思路要求根据专业培养目标确定课程教学目标,进而确定课程考核的内容与形式,进而确定课程教学的内容与形式。     

犹太教纯洁化观念下的“共同体想象”再分析

犹太教基于"纯洁化"的生活形式的追求而指向的"共同体想象"就其本质而言具有世界性意义,这一点使其在后现代视野中具有了与基督教"上帝观"(后现代条件下)之内涵达成沟通的可能,即通过二者之间的"对话"具有达成关于未来生活设想的"共同意见"的可能性,而这可以为后现代社会下的人类整体未来走向提供有益的思想借鉴。     

Weighing up the Influence of Context on Judgements of Mathematical Literacy

Mathematical literacy, viewed as a set of ideas involving applications of mathematics to real-world contexts, has recently featured in curricular discussions about the aims for mathematics education. This article explores the effect that differences in the way that a mathematical task is contextualised can have on students’ mathematical arguments and, therefore, on their perceived levels of mathematical literacy. Seventy-two students’ responses to three similar measurement tasks are described according to Kaiser and Willander’s levels of mathematical literacy. The arguments used for assigning each level of mathematical literacy are then investigated for the presence of specific macro- and micro-linguistic features. The context of the task affects what students perceive to be most relevant approaches to use, which are reflected in the arguments they give; this, in turn, affects external judgements of their level of mathematical literacy.     

法学案例教学法的应用创新

虽然我国法学教育中早就使用了案例教学法，但我们并没有理解案例教学的真谛，在案例的选择、教学的目的、手段等方面存在着一些误区。我们应结合法学教学模式的转变，对案例教学法进行创新，在案例教学过程中注重对学生法律思维能力和实践应用能力的培养。     

设计教育与计算机辅助设计教育应注重创意思维的培养

随着社会的进步，科技飞速的发展，计算机辅助设计在艺术设计中广泛普及，设计文化已经成为一个国家和民族兴盛发达的标志。如何在设计教育与计算机辅助设计教育中加强以培养创意思维为中心的素质教育，是我们教育工作者面临的一项重要任务。本文从教学实践出发，强调设计的灵魂是创意，设计教育是培养综合素质的教育，计算机是辅助设计表达思想理念和表现手法最好的工具。     

浅析中西思维方式的异同

人类思维遵循着共同的规律,但中西的思维方式又各有自己的特色。中国传统思维方式重中庸重整体重直觉重求同,而西方则尚竞争重个人重逻辑。只有认真比较二者的不同,才能发现它们未来发展的趋势,从而促进它们进一步交流,有机结合为现代科学的思维方式。     

思维科学的几个基本问题探究--兼论钱学森思维科学的学术思想

思维科学有其特有的研究对象与内容、研究任务与方向，它们具有客观的真理性，排斥主观随意性。思维科学同样离不开马克思主义哲学的指导。思维科学学会必须坚持学术民主，不搞一言堂。这些重大的学术理论问题，应当引起广大的思维科学工作者和学术界的重视与讨论，这样才能进一步开展好思维科学的研究工作。     

激发数学学习兴趣的教学探索

结合具体的实例,论述了在高等数学教学过程中调动学生学习积极性和激发学生学习兴趣的一些方法。