Influence of improved teaching practices on student satisfaction ratings for two undergraduate units at an Australian university

To track the quality of instruction delivered at the University of Western Australia, the university surveys all units using its Students’ Unit Reflective Feedback (SURF) metrics, and faculties use these metrics to benchmark student satisfaction. Consequently, teaching staff are actively encouraged to adopt teaching practices that will increase the average levels of these metrics. Using a ‘before-after’ approach, we compared these metrics before and after the implementation of improved teaching practices that addressed specific weaknesses identified through student responses for two undergraduate units. Despite the implementation of improved teaching practices, SURF scores did not increase significantly for the two units assessed, due possibly to the components of the academic programme covered by the SURF questions, the field-based nature of the units, and the difficulty in measuring an increase in the SURF scores of units which already score highly. This poor sensitivity of the SURF metrics to the implementation of improved teaching practices could have implications for their use for performance assessment by the university.     

高等师范院校学生两项资助政策的研究

按国家有关政策的规定，师范生享受专业奖学金和免缴学杂费、住宅费的待遇。通过调查25个省、市、自治区的35所师范院校近几年执行上述两项资助政策的实际情况，提出改革现行资助政策的设想：收费政策与其他院校并轨；在学资助与职后资助并举，以职后资助为主。     

Starting and Sustaining an Undergraduate Research Program: The SURIEM Experience at Michigan State University

Abstract

Mentoring undergraduate students in research is both rewarding and challenging. In this paper we present how we established a summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in the mathematical sciences at Michigan State University. A goal of our REU is to include students who are at an early stage of their study of mathematics. We share our experiences in recruiting students, designing research projects, and mentoring our participants. We discuss the challenges we faced and the solutions we found while working with a diverse group of undergraduate students from across the nation.     

谈高校动态电子学籍档案的建立

本文系统阐述建立动态电子学籍档案能提高学籍档案的管理效率、检索速度和查准率,充分发挥学籍档案的信息功能,学籍档案数字化是档案信息上网的基础,建立动态电子学籍档案是建设数字化档案馆的一种探索,对其他各门类档案的数字化也具有一定的借鉴作用。     

浅议师生间的文化冲突

教师与学生群体间的文化冲突在学校最为普遍和常见,并主要表现为代际文化冲突和目标文化冲突,其实质则是文化角色冲突、文化价值冲突和文化内涵冲突。要处理好这种文化冲突,应在保留师生间建设性文化冲突的同时,积极整合两者间的对抗性冲突。     

略论高校学籍管理

本结合学籍管理在高校工作中的地位和作用，探讨了学籍管理应遵循的基本原则，并针对性地提出学籍管理工作中应注意的若干问题。     

当代大学生越轨行为探析

本从当代大学生的社会公德、校规校纪和犯罪层面上的越轨行为进行剖析，以准确把握和了解大学生的道德观念和遵纪守法状况，为当前高校学生管理提供理论支持。     

当代大学生思想道德文化状况分析

本文作者在近两年工作中就学生的信仰、理想、对社会的认识、生活态度（物质和精神），择业观念，自我定位等等多个方面进行了多次调查分析及总结，从中可以分析出当代大学生的价值取向，思想状况及动态。     

社会资本与教育公平

在现代社会影响教育公平的诸多因素中，社会资本因素是一类重要的社会因素。在当今市场化的社会发展形态中，存在大量与学生受教育过程密切相关的社会资本失衡现象。社会资本的不平等对于学生的受教育机会公平、社会化处境、教育质量公平、乃至职业与社会地位获得均产生了显著影响。中国市场化的社会转型过程中有必要关注社会资本对教育公平的影响。     

从APOS理论看高中生对函数概念的理解

APOS理论由美国数学教育家杜宾斯基提出.APOS理论强调学生对数学概念的建构要经历操作阶段、过程阶段、对象阶段和图式阶段.我国高中生在函数概念的建构过程中,大部分学生达到操作阶段和过程阶段,很少的学生达到对象阶段,一部分学生达到图式阶段.在对象阶段,随着年级的增长,学生的认识程度在提高;在函数概念的建构各阶段,重点学校的学生认识程度整体上好于普通学校.