Peer facilitated writing groups: a programmatic approach to doctoral student writing

Very few empirical studies have investigated programmes in which doctoral students act as peer facilitators in faculty writing groups. We report on the development of a centrally delivered doctoral student writing programme in which twenty student participants were mentored and provided with the resources to initiate their own faculty-based doctoral writing groups. ‘Legitimate peripheral participation’ was used as a conceptual lens to interpret the data collected during the establishment and evaluation of the programme. All student participants in the preparatory training course, which was developed in consultation with postgraduate students and research supervisors, went on to become doctoral writing peer facilitators of peer writing groups. Insights from seven of these showed how a well-structured and supportive programme harnessed the benefits of peer learning by bringing personal rewards to participants and building institutional capacity around doctoral research writing literacies.     

家族与文学——论谢氏家族文学兴盛的原因

魏晋时王、谢并称,而谢氏明显以文学见长。这一点,与谢氏的家族背景有极大的关系。开创者谢安携子侄宴集,讲论文义,是文学兴盛的重要原因。而玄理的辨析、“纵情丘壑”的家风,对谢氏家族在山水诗中独特的贡献,也起到了不容忽视的催化作用。     

英语口语教学初探

通过总结口语教学中的经验，提出口语教学的目的，以及为达到目的而采取的一些有效方法。     

李清照漫议

李清照是中国古代最负盛名的女词人,其生活、创作经历以"靖康之难"为分水岭,分为前、后两个时期.她的词能将个性化的抒情和完美的意境结合在一起,自成一家,被后人誉为"易安体"、"婉约正宗".     

基于博客的大学英语写作教学同学互评模式探讨

博客(Blog)是一种新型的网络沟通方式和知识管理工具。通过建立班级博客、博客群组、班级作品集和写作学习资源库等途径构建基于博客的英语写作教学同学互评模式,将有效地利用博客这一新型的教学平台,改善传统的写作教学模式,让同学参与到作文的评改活动中,促进学生写作水平的提高。     

当前高校开展朋辈心理咨询的现状及问题

开展朋辈心理咨询是高校进行大学生心理健康教育的重要途径,也是我国心理咨询工作本土化的积极尝试和探索。高校在这方面取得了一些成就,实践表明有效的朋辈心理咨询是必要的。同时这项工作还存在诸多发展问题。     

《史记·乐书》校勘商榷

中华书局点校本《史记》,由顾颉刚先生领衔点校,取得了很高的学术成就,是迄今为止最权威的《史记》版本。然因时代条件的局限,本书校勘仍存在不少问题。就《乐书》而言,主要问题有以下几个方面：当改未改;张文虎《札记》成果吸收不充分;改动底本,但未标示校改符号;排印致误。     

克服中学生四种心理障碍提高政治课的讨论质量

讨论,是实施政治课教学的一个重要环节,是促进教学目的实现的有效手段,也是学生自我教育的一种好形式.讨论要求教师在教学中要引导学生克服从众心理、随意心理、逆反心理、回避心理四种心理障碍,这样讨论的质量才能得到提高.     

Linkages between cognitive and social dialogue patterns during collaborative small-group discussions

BackgroundCollaborative small-group discussions have the potential to promote reading comprehension, critical thinking, and argumentation. However, few studies have gone beyond cognitive processes to understand the social characteristics of dialogue and their potential contributions to students’ cognitive processing in turn-by-turn dialogic exchanges.AimsThis study closely examined dialogues between speakers and addressees regarding their levels of cognitive processing (i.e., cognitive dialogue patterns) and social processes reflecting social cohesion (i.e., social dialogue patterns). The aims were to understand, first, the relations between students' cognitive dialogue patterns and their social dialogue patterns, and second, the relations between students' cognitive dialogue patterns and peers’ social dialogue patterns.SampleThis study included 4070 speaking turns generated by 120 fifth-graders in 60 small-group discussions.MethodsStudents participated in small-group discussions, called Collaborative Social Reasoning. Dialogue between pairs of group members formed social networks, based on which Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs) were specified.ResultsFindings showed that speakers' social dialogue patterns were associated with their cognitive dialogue patterns. However, receiving social dialogue patterns from peers did not always predict students’ advanced types of cognitive dialogue patterns.ConclusionsThis study demonstrated that cognitive and social aspects of small-group discussions are intricately linked, and that encouraging social cohesion does not guarantee that students will engage in collaborative and critical discussions.     

Increasing the uptake of peer feedback in primary school writing: findings from an action research enquiry

This article reports on how an action research strategy was used to increase children's uptake of feedback during peer assessment in primary school writing. Several different strategies were used in the study that had been successful in increasing students’ uptake of peer feedback in contexts such as higher education. In order to evaluate how successful these actions were, several different data collection methods were drawn upon to triangulate findings including children's work, observations, informal interviews and mind mapping. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data generated. Findings are consistent with those from research in other settings which suggest that pupils make better use of feedback if: it is task-involving and useful; there is sufficient time given for them to act on it and discuss it with their peers; and they are asked to reflect on how it has been used to improve the quality of the assessed work.