Science and Mathematics Efficacy Beliefs Held By Practicing and Prospective Teachers: A 5-Year Perspective

A compilation of results from three studies, conducted over a 5-year period, compare and contrast efficacy beliefs held by prospective and practicing teachers toward science and mathematics instruction. Particular attention is directed toward confidence and accountability factors. The theoretical background is derived from Bandura's model as well as the locus of control construct. Recommendations for teacher education programs are offered.     

Students' level of boredom,boredom coping strategies,epistemic curiosity,and graded performance

The authors examined the relationships among students' levels of boredom, boredom coping strategies, epistemic curiosity, and graded performance regarding mathematics lessons, with the intention to explore the mediating roles of boredom coping strategies and epistemic curiosity in the relationship between the level of boredom and graded performance. A total of 557 students from a small city located in the Western Black Sea region of Turkey voluntarily participated in the study. Of them, 211 enrolled in an Anatolian high school and 346 enrolled in a science high school. Results showed that the level of boredom, boredom coping strategies, epistemic curiosity, and graded performance were significantly related to each other. Results also showed that deprivation-type epistemic curiosity and interest-type epistemic curiosity played significant mediating roles in the relationship between the level of boredom and graded performance. Notably, the mediating roles of interest-type epistemic curiosity and deprivation-type epistemic curiosity differed across gender groups.     

21世纪中国的数学教学

本文探索了新世纪数学教学的目标、内容、组织形式和评价等方面的新趋势     

Perceived Parental Influence on Mathematics Learning: A Comparison Among Students in China and Australia

This paper explores the perceived parental influence (PPI) on mathematics learning among over 700 students across three year levels (Years 5, 7, 9) in China and Australia. It was found that the PPI of students was less strong as year levels increased in both countries. Students in China had stronger perceived parental encouragement and higher perceived parental educational expectation than students in Australia. The PPI of students from different home language backgrounds was also investigated. Students in China demonstrated stronger perceived parental encouragement and parental expectation than English speaking students and other language speaking students in Australia, and they also demonstrated stronger perceived parental expectation than Chinese speaking students in Australia, and similar perceived parental encouragement. Within the three groups of students in Australia, Chinese speaking students and other language speaking students demonstrated similar levels of perceived parental encouragement and expectation, but they both demonstrated a higher level of perceived parental encouragement and expectation than English speaking students. Possible reasons for the similarities and differences between the different groups of students were discussed.     

论高校系秘书的公关角色

文章从高校系秘书的岗位职责出发,分析了高校系秘书的“公关角色”以及公关角色应该具备的能力。即公关信息的调研能力;公共关系工作的策划能力、沟通能力和协调能力。     

加强和改进大学生思想政治教育工作的实践与探索

高校学生工作部门在加强和改进大学生思想政治教育工作中,如何结合自身特点,发挥自身优势,探索有效途径和方法,是学生工作部门和工作者必须思想的重要课题。我们把思想政治教育与解决学生实际问题相结合,与第二课堂教育相结合,与队伍建设相结合,与学校管理改革相结合,为提高大学生思想政治教育工作实效性和建立长效机制进行了实践和探索。     

对<数学课程标准>的几点认识与思考

阐述了对《数学课程标准》的认识以及贯彻《数学课程标准》应注意的一些问题．     

宋代数学发展浅析

宋代是我国古代数学发展的黄金时期,其数学教育为宋元数学的巨大成就奠定了基础.宋代数学教育的高度发展和理学思想的兴起是宋代数学发展的主要原因.     

新技术下的中专教学教材探索

新技术（计算机、计算器、网络）使学生更接近数学概念和拥有数学经验，使数学探索、数学实验以及提高概念的学习效果成为可能。