Investigating the relationship between pre-service physics teachers' professional knowledge,self-concept,and interest

This study investigates the relationships between professional knowledge, self-concept, and interest of pre-service physics teachers. In order to support student learning and interest development alike, teachers need a profound professional knowledge and respective motivational orientations. Developing both professional knowledge and motivational orientations in teachers is therefore a key challenge of teacher education. Prior research has focused on the development of content knowledge (CK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) within teacher education, but the role of motivational orientations such as self-concept and interest have mostly been neglected areas of study. As individuals develop domain-specific motivational orientations, they compare their achievement in an external frame to the achievement of their peers, and they compare their achievements in an internal frame across domains. The effects of these psychological processes on domain-specific motivational orientations are described by the generalized internal/external frame of reference model (GI/E model). We assessed the professional knowledge (CK and PCK) and motivational orientations (self-concept and interest) of N = 200 pre-service physics teachers from 12 teacher education institutes in Germany. To investigate the predictions of the GI/E model, we utilized structural equation modeling. In line with the GI/E model, the analysis revealed that pre-service teachers use social comparisons. Pre-service teachers with a higher CK/PCK also showed a higher CK/PCK self-concept. We also identified instances of internal comparisons as we found that a high level of CK corresponds with a lower PCK self-concept. While we could not identify the same effects from professional knowledge on interest, self-concept mediated the effects from professional knowledge on interest. The results suggest that interdependencies between professional knowledge and motivational orientation should be given more consideration in teacher education research and should also be addressed more explicitly in teacher education.     

Unpacking teachers’ intentions to integrate technology: A meta-analysis

The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is a key model describing teachers' intentions to use technology. This meta-analysis clarifies some of the contradictory findings surrounding the relations within the TAM for a sample of 45 studies comprising 300 correlations. We evaluate the overall fit of the TAM and its structural parameters, and quantify the between-sample variation through meta-analytic structural equation modeling. The TAM fitted the data well, and all structural parameters were statistically significant. On average, the TAM variables explained 39.2% of the variance in teachers' intentions to use technology. Several sample, measurement, and publication characteristics, including teachers’ experience and the representation of the TAM variables, moderated the relations within the TAM. Overall, the TAM represents a valid model explaining technology acceptance—however, the degree of explanation and the relative importance of predictors vary across samples. Implications for further research, in particular the generalizability of the TAM, are discussed.     

数学建模在高等数学教学中的应用实例

数学建模的思想已经渗入理科各个学科,而数学建模真正走进课堂还需要认真探讨与实践。分析了高等数学教学中结合数学建模思想的重要性与可行性,联系高等数学教学中的一个内容即微分方程问题,探讨了高等数学教学与数学建模的有机结合.     

关于费马解的一个同余方程

设p为奇素数,a为整数,若ap-1≡(1mod p2),则a名为费马解。根据华罗庚给出的几个特殊的费马解,可以探求费马解的一般方法。利用初等方法及原根的性质研究同余方程xp-1≡(1modpl),l≥1的可解性,可以得到该同余方程的一切正整数解和费马解。     

基于偏微分方程的线性函数数据建模应用研究

通过线性函数数据建模,以偏微分方程理论为依据,使用Visual C#作为编程设计语言,通过串行通信口送入大量实验数据,并对海量数据进行实证分析,由此获取线性方程的数据建模方法,得到相应程序算法模型,在Visual C#环境下编写程序进行调试分析与测试,并详细介绍了该方法的具体设计过程,给出了关键程序代码,同时给出了利用该方法进行数据处理的一个实例。对于利用采样的海量数据获得线性函数的相关研究有一定的参考价值。     

关于Mordell方程y^2=x^3＋k

设l,l1,l2,…,ls为任意整数,n为正整数,n1,n2,…,ns为任意非负整数．用初等数论方法证明了：如果k满足k=（4l＋2）^3-Пi=1^s（4li＋1）^2ni或k=（4l＋3）^3-2^2nПi=1^s（4li＋1）^2ni,则Mordell方程y^2=x^3＋k无整数解．     

二维量子阱中单电子量子比特的性质

通过求解能量本征方程,得到弱磁场作用下的二维势阱中电子的本征能量及其波函数,进而以基态和第一激发态波函数构造了一个量子比特.数值计算结果表明,量子比特内电子的空间概率密度随空间坐标和时间的变化而变化,在阱的边缘处出现的概率值为零,在其他位置相对较大;各个空间点的概率密度均随时间做周期振荡,振荡周期与阱宽有关,与外磁场无关,它随阱宽的增加而增大.     

粘性层流流体速度分布的数值计算方法

介绍了如何运用数值计算方法来求解粘性层流流体的速度分布,通过坐标系转化理论、连续性方程、Navier-Stokes方程导出有关速度的非线性微分方程,运用数值计算方法分别对对称性速度流体和非对称性速度流体进行数值求解,其结果对深入了解粘性流体运动的基本规律有着重要的现实意义。     

Childhood trauma as a mediator between emotional intelligence and recidivism in male offenders

BackgroundPrior researches have implicated a relationship of recidivism with childhood trauma (CT) and emotional intelligence (EI). However, the internal mechanism by which CT and EI influence the recidivism has not been examined.ObjectiveThis study aimed to map the road from CT and EI to recidivism in Chinese male offenders.Participants and settingThree thousand one hundred and eighty-one Chinese adult male offenders participated in this study and completed Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and Wong Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS). Recidivism was quantified by the number of convictions according to official records.MethodsAfter controlling for age, education levels, family criminal history, and nature of offence, logistic regression sanalysis was performed to examine the effects of CT and EI on severity of recidivism. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was applied to explore the mediation model between CT, EI and recidivism.ResultsLogistic regression model shows a significant effect of CT (OR = 1.008, p < 0.01), rather than EI, on recidivism. SEM supported a full mediating effect of CT in the relationship between EI and severity of recidivism.ConclusionsOur findings suggest that EI has no direct effect on the recidivism, but exerts indirect influence on the recidivism through the mediating role of childhood trauma.     

Using students’ feedback for teacher education: measurement invariance across pre-service teacher-rated and student-rated aspects of quality of teaching

Comparing self-perceived quality of teaching to students’ perception can be used in higher education to improve the quality of teaching of pre-service teachers in teacher education. However, comparing these measurements from different perspectives is only meaningful if the same constructs are being measured. To shed light on this comparison’s meaningfulness, we scrutinised whether aspects of quality of teaching are measured in the same way across pre-service teachers and their students by means of measurement invariance analyses. To do so, 272 pre-service teachers in teacher education rated aspects of their quality of teaching, and were rated by their 4851 students. Measurement invariance across these perspectives was tested in multilevel structural equation models. Strong measurement invariance held for two aspects of quality of teaching; for the third, one item lacked weak measurement invariance. Pre-service teachers perceived their quality of teaching lower than their students. In conclusion, aspects of quality of teaching can be compared across perspectives, and teacher education should encourage pre-service teachers to use students’ feedback as a valuable resource for improving their quality of teaching.