Executive functioning predicts academic achievement in middle school: A four-year longitudinal study

Executive functioning (EF) is a strong predictor of children's and adolescents' academic performance. Although research indicates that EF can increase during childhood and adolescence, few studies have tracked the effect of EF on academic performance throughout the middle school grades. EF was measured at the end of Grades 6–9 through 21 teachers' and 22 teacher assistants' assessments of 322 adolescents from disadvantaged backgrounds who attended an urban, chartered middle/high school. Assessment of EF was done through the completion of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). BRIEF global executive composite scores (GEC) predicted both current and future English/language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and Spanish annual grade point averages (GPAs). The effect of BRIEF GEC scores often overshadowed the effects of gender, poverty, and having an individual education plan; the other, non–BRIEF-related effects retained slightly more impact among teacher assistant–derived data than teacher-derived data. The strong relationships between BRIEF GEC scores and these GPAs also remained constant over these 4 years: There was little evidence that EF changed over the measured grades or that the relationship between EF and grades itself regularly changed. The findings indicate that EF scores during early middle grades can well predict academic performance in subsequent secondary-school grades. Although methodological constraints may have impeded the abilities of other factors (i.e., poverty) to be significantly related to GPAs, the effects of EF were strong and robust enough to prompt us to recommend its use to guide long-term, academic interventions.     

Barriers to implementing classroom management and behavior support plans: An exploratory investigation

Teachers are responsible for delivering classroom‐management plans and behavior support plans; however, many struggle to implement them consistently. Low levels of treatment integrity may be the result of various implementation barriers. No study has been conducted to examine teachers’ experience of these barriers within the context of specific interventions. This exploratory study involves the analysis of barriers reported during implementation planning by 33 teachers responsible for delivering classroom‐management plans or behavior support plans. Teachers most frequently indicate struggling to respond to problem behaviors and manage competing responsibilities. Strategies suggested to ameliorate barriers most frequently include re‐teaching the intervention and scheduling implementation.     

Individual Development Plans in the Swedish Comprehensive School: Supporting High Quality Learning and Equity,or Rote Learning and Social Reproduction?

In Swedish compulsory school, individual development plans (IDPs) are mandatory for all students up to 6th grade. The purpose is to summarize and facilitate pupils’ learning and tune instruction to national standards. In this study, 233 IDPs drawn up for 5th grade pupils were analyzed with focus on qualities that have been found to impact students’ learning and learner identities. The results show that the IDPs rarely display the qualities that would make them effective as tools for enhancing students’ learning, and that there is a gender difference in the quality of the documents, as well as differences regarding the pupils’ academic background.     

可拓方法在市场营销中的应用

在开展市场营销活动中,对企业用共轭对法进行结构分析,利用相关网法进行相关分析及可拓方法应用的步骤,最后应用可拓方法制定企业的营销方案,以确定可行的营销策略.     

煤炭行业专网VOIP改造方案分析

煤炭行业专网语音和数据业务的分离增加了通信的成本,为了降低语音通信的成本,在煤炭专网上实现VOIP是必要的.考虑煤炭行业通信的实际情况,提出了煤炭行业专业VOIP改造方案,并分析其优缺点.     

合作学习在体育教学中的应用推广研究

按照查阅文献资料、座谈调研、试点校实验、应用推广的研究工作思路，在北京市100余所中小学展开体育合作学习应用推广研究。参与教学实验的体育教师撰写366份体育合作学习课堂教学方案，录制41节体育合作学习课堂教学录相片，制作38付体育合作学习教具，撰写并发表论文35篇，12节体育合作学习课例入选国家课程资源库。     

Which worked better for Mississippi State: standing orders or an approval plan?

When Mississippi State University Libraries established a university press approval plan, the Collection Development Department was asked to decide whether to cancel existing standing orders with seven university presses or block these presses from the approval plan. Books were received through both avenues for eight months so that cost, timeliness of delivery, and receipt of titles most appropriate for the Libraries’ needs could be compared. Findings showed a 4.72% cost savings with the approval plan, but 82% of the titles were received earlier through the standing orders. Of books received through the standing orders, 29% were not received through the approval plan, with more than half not matching departmental profiles. Return privileges with the approval plan meant unsuitable titles could be returned, a significant advantage not possible with the standing orders. As a result of the study, the libraries chose to cancel the standing orders and receive books selectively through a university press approval plan.     

福建省第十二届运动会田径比赛行业组短跑冠军陈岩赛前恢复训练计划

短期集训以成为当今业余田径运动员训练的主要特征,采用恢复训练为主的短期训练计划,可以使运动员的竞技状态得到较快的恢复。福建省十二届运动会田径比赛行业组短跑冠军陈岩的赛前恢复训练计划是个成功的范例,其训练计划制定,小周期训练内容安排方法等,对业余短跑运动员赛前短期集训计划安排有许多可借鉴之处。     

Scandinavian Approaches to Gender Equality in Academia: A Comparative Study

This study investigates how Denmark, Norway, and Sweden approach issues of gender equality in research differently. Based on a comparative document analysis of gender equality activities in six Scandinavian universities, together with an examination of the legislative and political frameworks surrounding these activities, the article provides new insights into the respective strategies for governing and promoting the advancement of women researchers. In doing so, it exposes some interesting disparities among the cases and shows how Norwegian and Swedish gender equality activities revolve around a broader span of different approaches than the Danish. The study draws upon existing knowledge on the efficacy and implementation success of diversity policy programmes to gain a more profound understanding of implications of these differences.     

基于卓越工程师培养的高等工程教育课程体系的构建

以"卓越计划"为背景,从培养目标、课程体系、课程内容、课程实施和课程考核五个方面,分析目前我国高等工程教育课程体系中存在的主要问题,进而对高等工程教育课程体系的构建进行研究与探索,以期为高等工程教育新课程体系的构建提供参考。