Before,During, and After Examination: Development of Prospective Preschool Teachers’ Mathematics-Related Enjoyment and Self-Efficacy

This article examines the stability of Norwegian prospective preschool teachers’ enjoyment of mathematics and their mathematics-related self-efficacy before, during, and after a teacher-education examination. In addition, the stability of the two constructs across countries was examined through a comparison with Germany. The data revealed partial stability (technically speaking, metric invariance) of enjoyment but not of self-efficacy. Self-efficacy increased significantly before and after the examination without decreasing enjoyment, which may be a result of increased learning time. Prior mathematical knowledge predicted the level and development of enjoyment and self-efficacy in both countries. Many Norwegian students reported low mathematics-related enjoyment and self-efficacy, including negative developments. It may be important to provide positive experiences of mathematical activities during preschool teacher education.     

数学课堂提问应注意的若干问题

根据教育理论,结合教学实际,就数学问题的设计、问题的表述及提问的控制进行讨论与分析,旨在提高课堂提问的质量与效率。     

柳州市公众获取科技信息的渠道及对科学技术职业的态度——2006年柳州市公众科学素养调查研究报告之二

电视是柳州市公众获取科技信息的最主要渠道,造成公众没有参观过各类科普设施的主要原因是"本地没有",柳州市公众参与过各类科普活动的程度不高.在柳州市公众心目中,教师的职业声望最高,而医生则是公众期望子女从事的首选职业.     

Double Jeopardy: Testing the Effects of Multiple Basic Skill Deficiencies on Successful Remediation

Prior research has established that the depth and breadth of remedial need in basic skills (math and English) exhibited by a student at college entry are strongly and negatively associated with the likelihood of achieving college-level competency in those subjects (i.e., successful remediation). This well-documented finding is built upon a body of work employing either simple bivariate analyses or regression analyses that assume additive effects. Yet, there are reasons to suspect that multiple basic skill deficiencies, rather than exhibiting additive effects alone, may exhibit a negative multiplicative interaction effect on the likelihood of successful remediation. In this research, I test the hypothesis that the negative effect of math deficiency increases in magnitude with decreasing English competency. Although the data support this hypothesis, I find that this interaction does not have substantive importance in the face of the powerful direct effect of math deficiency on the likelihood of successful remediation in math. Direct all correspondence to the author at the Department of Sociology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 48202 (peter.bahr@wayne.edu). I am indebted to Tim Brown, Willard Hom, Myrna Huffman, Tom Nobert, Mary Kay Patton, and Patrick Perry of the Chancellor’s Office of California Community Colleges for their assistance with the data employed in this study, and to Dr. John C. Smart and the anonymous referees of Research in Higher Education for their recommendations concerning improving this work.     

文科高等数学教学改革的认识与实践

大学文科高等数学的教学改革势在必行。针对目前的教学现状，就如何加强教材建设、教学方法的改革、师资队伍的建设以及学生学习评价体系的建立等方面作了有益的探索和实践。     

体验式学习法在数学教学中的应用刍论

小学阶段的数学教学需要更多化抽象为具体的教学手段,体验式学习法能够契合学生的身心特点,对提升学生的学科素养有积极意义。文章阐述体验式学习法的含义与特征,并从三个方面论述体验式学习法的具体运用策略。     

沪港澳中学数学课堂教学之比较

沪港澳中学数学课堂的主要共性有:指令性讲解为主;较为重视课堂练习;强调问题之间的内在联系;强调讲清概念;强调对算法的讲解、练习以及总结.主要差异有:上海课堂的效率最高,并有一定时间为学生提供探究性学习的机会;香港课堂练习时间最多,但练习的问题中,重复性和低复杂性的问题最多;澳门课堂练习时间最少,而练习的问题复杂性较高等.     

An ‘appropriate’ test taker: the everyday classroom during the national testing period in school year three in Sweden

This article draws on data from a bigger project where we explore what is taking place in the daily life of classrooms during the national testing period in mathematics for 9–10-year-old children in Sweden. Data were produced by observations, video-recordings and interviews with children. The article shows on a micro level how assessment trends, on a macro level, affect children. It further focuses how children through different repertoires of time position themselves as ‘appropriate’ test takers.     

小学数学教师教学困难的调查研究

教学困难导致低效教学行为,阻碍教师专业成长。研究教师教学困难可以为完善师资培训、教学研究及教师教育体系提供咨询与指导,其目的是促进教师的专业发展与教学效能的提高。因此,在进行新一轮基础教育课程改革实验中,探讨教师教学困难的特征。表现形式、影响因素,分析不同个性教师的教学行为,对课程改革实验的健康推进更具有现实意义。