Professional knowledge or motivation? Investigating the role of teachers’ expertise on the quality of technology-enhanced lesson plans

In an expertise study with 94 mathematics teachers varying in their relative teacher expertise (i.e., student teachers, trainee teachers, in-service teachers), we examined effects of teachers' professional knowledge and motivational beliefs on their ability to integrate technology within a lesson plan scenario. Therefore, we assessed teachers' professional knowledge (i.e., content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, technological knowledge), and their motivational beliefs (i.e., self-efficacy, utility-value). Furthermore, teachers were asked to develop a lesson plan for introducing the Pythagorean theorem to secondary students. Lesson plans by advanced teachers (i.e., trainee teachers, in-service teachers) comprised higher levels of instructional quality and technology exploitation than the ones of novice teachers (i.e., pre-service teachers). The effect of expertise was mediated by teachers' perceived utility-value of educational technology, but not by their professional knowledge. These findings suggest that teachers’ motivational beliefs play a crucial role for effectively applying technology in mathematics instruction.     

Diversity Literary Awards: A Tool for Assessing an Academic Library’s Collection

Abstract

Diversity literary awards and other sources were used to create a list of high-quality titles written by and about underrepresented groups. This list was used to assess the diversity and inclusiveness of the library collections of a land-grant university in the Pacific Northwest and compare it to peer institutions. Gaps in the collection and acquisition processes were identified and will be used to improve the processes to increase the number of diverse titles added to the library’s collections.     

Recording the war effort: immigrant communities in Latin America and the memory of the Great War

ABSTRACT

This paper aims to analyse the initiatives undertaken by some immigrant communities residing in Latin America to record their mobilisation around the First World War. After the armistice, European communities in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and other countries gathered detailed information about their activities during the conflict, published as profusely illustrated books of remembrance, offered to their governments as proof of their loyalty. The article intends to establish the peculiar nature of these publications as records of the war effort, and analyse the agents and processes of their elaboration, and their role as commemorative but also as archival documents.     

科学解释在知识创新中的作用

科学解释是科学家用科学规律来消解自然之谜的知识创新活动，它在知识创新中的作用表现在：第一，科学解释具有预测未知现象的存在中未来事态发展趋势的功能；第二，它在建构新颖理论体系的过程中起着特别重要的作用。     

我国开展女子十项全能运动的必要性及实施策略

运用献资料、逻辑归纳、对比分析、专家访谈等方法，分析奥运会田径项目发展趋势，指出男女田径项目设置将最终走向数量、形式上完全融合，提出我国提前开展女子十项全能运动的原因、意义及实施措施，旨在为我国田径运动更好地开展及竞技运动水平的快速提高提供参考依据。     

学校体育对中小学生心理健康教育影响作用探讨

通过文献资料研究、社会调查、专家访谈和比较分析等研究方法，对我国部分地区中小学生心理健康状况进行了调查分析，并运用体育学、保健学、教育学和心理学等学科理论知识与研究成果，探讨了学校体育对中小学生心理健康教育影响的积极效应与促进作用。     

奇效骨伤散在治疗老年运动性骨损伤中的应用

老年运动性骨损伤是近期逐渐增多的疾患 ,本门诊部近 1年半以来接诊此类病人 38例 ,应用外敷自拟奇效骨伤散为主进行治疗 ,可迅速使骨折端达到牢靠连接 ,解除制动进行功能锻炼 ,肢体功能恢复快。与常规骨损伤疗效相比 ,疗程显著缩短 ,具快捷安全、方便经济、适用范围广等特点。优良率达 10 0 % ,且无明显并发症及后遗症。     

体育教育专业排球必修课教学实验研究——新、旧教学大纲教学效果比较

为全面提高排球必修课教学质量 ,对体育教育专业必修课教学大纲进行了修改 ,并对新、旧教学大纲同时进行教学实验 ,实验结果表明 :新教学大纲对学生更好地掌握排球基础理论知识、提高技战术水平、培养教学训练工作能力及组织比赛能力等方面优于旧大纲 ;学生随着实践能力的提高 ,技术和理论成绩也得到相应的提高。     

体育与(健康)课程中的心理健康教育

本文阐述了体育 (与健康 )课程中实施心理健康教育的意义及该课程对心理健康的影响 ,并对体育 (与健康 )课程中实施心理健康教育的途径进行了探讨 ,为全面推进素质教育 ,提高学生心理健康水平提供参考。     

女排运动员的身心特征及训练要求

从女排队员人体解剖、生理机能、心理状态、技战术特点及发展趋势等方面阐述女排队员的特征及训练原则，为女排运动训练及比赛提供一定的理论依据。