Elementary school children’s understanding of science: The implementation of an extracurricular science intervention

The promotion of students’ achievement and competence in the so-called STEM disciplines is one cornerstone of current educational research and practice. In particular, as early as elementary school, the fostering of an adequate understanding of science is a normative goal of science education. It facilitates students’ science learning and enables them to understand the nature and development of scientific knowledge. Based on the relevance of the promotion of young children’s understanding of science, a corresponding science intervention was recently developed and successfully evaluated in a first study under highly controlled conditions. The goal of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of this intervention when implemented in practice. One hundred seventeen third- and fourth-grade students and 10 trained course instructors participated in this study. We applied a randomized block design with waitlist control groups and repeated measures. The results revealed that children assigned to the intervention compared with children assigned to the waitlist control group showed better inquiry-related methodological competencies (a better understanding of the scientific inquiry cycle and experimentation strategies) and a higher need for cognition. The findings point to the successful implementation of the intervention and are compared with the results of the first study.     

从教与学的良性循环探讨大学英语课堂教学互动

在以学生为主体的课堂上,教与学是一种互动的形式。在英语教学中,教师应当善于且有效地实施互动模式,加强师生间交流,促进教与学的良性循环。     

基于系统动态学方法的弱信号生命周期建模与仿真

[目的/意义]为增强弱信号的内涵研究，对其全生命周期过程下的各阶段要素以及要素间的联系进行探寻，以期获得一定程度上的理论贡献，同时也为相关组织在开展弱信号管理实践时提供理论指导。[方法/过程]在对弱信号概念研究现状进行梳理的基础上，结合意义构建理论给出了弱信号概念界定。随后，通过与信息生命周期、新兴议题生命周期进行类比，提出弱信号生命周期理念。进而采用系统动态学方法开展系统思考，使用因果回路图进行系统建模，运用存量流量图进行仿真模拟。[结果/结论]弱信号生命周期包含4个阶段：侦测、关联、传递、抉择，相应的系统动态学模型所具备的现实性得到验证，且通过情景模拟确认了4个关键辅助变量：外界噪声干扰程度、弱信号分析效率、组织内相互信任程度、决策者信任程度。在整体研究的基础上，给出弱信号管理过程中可能会遇到的障碍以及应对策略。     

Components of Variance of Scales With a Bifactor Subscale Structure From Two Calculations of α

Since Cronbach's (1951) elaboration of α from its introduction by Guttman (1945), this coefficient has become ubiquitous in characterizing assessment instruments in education, psychology, and other social sciences. Also ubiquitous are caveats on the calculation and interpretation of this coefficient. This article summarizes a recent contribution (Andrich, 2015) on the use of coefficient α which complements these many caveats. It shows that in the presence of a simple bifactor structure of a scale where unique components of variance are homogeneous in magnitude, three components of variance and the common latent common correlation among the subscales can be calculated from the ratio of two calculations of α, one at the level of the items, the other at the level of the subscales. It was suggested that these two ready calculations and their interpretation, and the reporting of all four indices in the analysis of scales with a subscale structure, would reduce the misinterpretation of this coefficient. An illustrative example of the application of the calculations is also shown.     

对“训练周期”理论的重新审视

马特维耶夫的“训练周期”理论应属于训练的指导思想，而不是具体的训练方案。竞技状态和训练安排出现的周期性，是科学的规律，训练中必须遵循。但“训练周期”理论不能作为具体的训练安排，由于运动训练受许多因素的制约，其任何一种因素发生变化，必然导致整个训练过程实施周期发生改变。因此，必须依据训练的实际变化适时对训练周期进行适当的调节，同时，周期的划分和具体的训练方法应该依项目特点等情况来安排。     

论翻译能力的构成因素

本从个体翻译过程的角度分析了个体翻译能力的构成因素，其目的是为翻译教学提供必要的理论依据。个体的翻译能力主要由翻译才能、翻译语能、翻译熟能和翻译智能四个方面的能力构成。翻译才能指处理语言所表达的意义的能力；翻译语能指处理语言外在形式的能力；翻译熟能与翻译过程的自动化速度有关，而翻译智能则与理解交际意图和逻辑推理能力有关。     

关于蒙牛公司成长性的实证应用研究

成长性作为企业努力追求的目标之一，一直是理论界关注的焦点，然而目前某些本来具有良好成长性的企业会突然面临现金短缺的危机。笔者以企业融资结构理论为基础，以高速成长型企业蒙牛公司为例。运用一种有效的财务计算方法，既能有效预测企业的成长速度，又能帮助企业克服因高速成长所带来的现金短缺问题。     

Ott循环中温度的Lorentz变换

在介绍汤川秀树理想实验的基础上，指出其存在的不足，并对其进行修正，从而再次得到运动参考系中物体温度降低的P—E理论结论。     

食用茉莉花香味成分的GC/MS分析

采用水蒸气蒸馏-乙醚萃取法对云南引种食用茉莉花中芳香性成分进行了提取，并用气相色谱-质谱联机技术对其中化学成分进行分析鉴定．共鉴定出46种芳香性有机成分，占茉莉花挥发油提取物总含量的99．9005％．通过对食用茉莉花芳香性成分的分析，为茉莉花香精香料的开发提供了依据．     

中国商业银行竞争力分析

2001年中国已成功加入世界贸易组织,标志着中国银行业逐步进入全面竞争的时代。国有商业银行不仅面临着国内同业的竞争,更面临国际强手的严峻挑战。＂知己知彼,百战不殆＂,客观地评价国有商业银行的竞争力,发挥所长,弥补所短,以赢得生存与发展空间,对我国银行业的发展和国民经济的发展具有重要意义。本文以实际数据为研究基础,运用主成分分析法,对中国商业银行的竞争力状况进行综合分析,探索提高中国国有商业银行竞争力的有效途径和改革措施。