浅谈新时期大学生社会实践活动存在的问题

大学生“三下乡”社会实践活动已经全面展开,内容丰富,形式多样。广大学生应积极地投入到服务于社会主义新农村与和谐社会的建设中去。但新时期社会主义新农村建设的过程中出现了一些问题,需要引起高度重视并给予解决。     

高职非英语专业学生英语学习策略和学习动机关系的调查研究

本文通过对高职非英语专业学生英语学习策略、学习动机二者之间关系的研究发现:学生总体的策略使用水平处于中等,最常使用的策略是情感策略和补偿策略,最不常使用的是社会策略和元认知策略;学生总体的学习动机强度处于中等水平,英语学习动机多为融合型动机和工具型动机,具有内部动机的学生为数极少;融合型动机、工具型动机、内部型动机与策略总体使用均为显著相关;六类策略与动机总体均为显著相关;融合型动机与认知策略的相关性最高;学习动机影响学习策略的使用及学习成绩。     

变易理论在大学数学课堂教学中照顾学习差异的启示

变易理论指出,要正确认识某事物,就应该分离出该事物的关键特征,运用变易图式加以对比,可以有效达到对关键属性的辨析。以"变易理论"作为大学数学教学设计的理论指导,可以有效改善教与学,照顾学习差异帮助学生掌握学习内容,有利于教学质量的提高。     

公选课《微生物与人类》的教学探索与思考

基于公选课的开设目的,根据开设公选课《微生物与人类》的教学实践,介绍了该门课程教学内容的设置,对教学过程中影片教学法、案例教学法、问题导向式教学法等教学方法的实施进行了探讨,并对教学考核的实施进行了阐述。     

一带一路背景下南亚东南亚来华留学生学习动机对学业成绩的影响研究

对留学生的个人特征、学习动机与学业成绩进行比较分析,学习动机主要从学习成就、职业价值、社会取向成就、技能成就四方面进行调查研究。采用随机抽样的方法选取100名学生,利用SPSS 19.0对样本数据进行分析,结果表明:年级、年龄及性别对留学生的学习动机水平和学业成绩均无显著性影响;不同学科对学生学业成绩有一定影响;学业成绩与学习动机呈显著正相关,与职业价值动机相关程度最高;社会取向动机对学习动机水平相关程度最高;学习动机水平与学业成绩呈极显著正相关关系。同时,针对留学生的学习动机与学业成绩现状,提出针对性的建议。     

Chinese university EFL teachers’ beliefs and practices of classroom writing assessment

This study investigates the extent to which university teachers’ beliefs about classroom writing assessment are congruent with their self-perceived practices in English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) contexts, and what factors contribute to belief-practice inconsistencies. Drawing on data from a survey of 136 Chinese university EFL writing teachers and ten teacher interviews, results showed a degree of belief-practice alignment regarding assessment for learning (AfL) practices that make learning explicit, but belief-practice discrepancies were more salient. AfL practices that empower students to take responsibility in writing assessment were perceived to be more important than assessment of learning practices; however, the reverse was found in teachers’ practice. Impacts of micro-level factors including assessment training, teaching experience, student attributes, meso-level school factors, and macro-level assessment culture are discussed, and implications are drawn.     

Learning design and learning analytics in mobile and ubiquitous learning: A systematic review

Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning (m/u-learning) are finding an increasing adoption in education. They are often distinguished by hybrid learning environments that encompass elements of formal and informal learning, in activities that happen in distributed settings (indoors and outdoors), across physical and virtual spaces. Despite their purported benefits, these environments imply additional complexity in the design, monitoring and evaluation of learning activities. The research literature on learning design (LD) and learning analytics (LA) has started to deal with these issues. This paper presents a systematic literature review of LD and LA, in m/u-learning. Apart from providing an overview of the current research in the field, this review elicits elements of common ground between both communities, as shown by the similar learning contexts and complementary research contributions, and based on the research gaps, proposes to: address m/u-learning beyond higher education settings, reinforce the connection between physical and virtual learning spaces, and more systematically align LD and LA processes.     

What makes learners a good fit for hybrid learning? Learning competences as predictors of experience and satisfaction in hybrid learning space

Compared with fully face-to-face or online learning environments, implementation of hybrid learning spaces is costly given the spaces making all learning options available for learners. Therefore, decisions on investments in hybrid learning are critical for institutions. Satisfaction and experience of learners is one of the important indicators for assessing the cost-effectiveness of learning space implementation; thus, predictions of learners' satisfaction and experience can inform institutions' decision making on learning space investments. Moreover, learning competences are found correlated with learners' satisfaction and experience in general and e-learning settings. Therefore, the present study aimed at exploring predictive learning competences for hybrid learners' experience and satisfaction. A hybrid learning space was built upon a proposed model at Shanghai Open University. 211 students’ learning competences and their satisfaction and experience in the hybrid learning space were examined. The results showed that except cognitive engagement competence, most predictive competences were not significantly associated with hybrid learners' satisfaction and experience. The findings indicated that since hybrid learning keeps all options available, to experience satisfying learning, students need not have certain competences but cognitive engagement competence, which is correlated with learners' cognitive ability to figure out the right mix of learning options.     

Strength,Weakness, Opportunity,Threat (SWOT) Analysis of the Adaptations to Anatomical Education in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has driven the fastest changes to higher education across the globe, necessitated by social distancing measures preventing face-to-face teaching. This has led to an almost immediate switch to distance learning by higher education institutions. Anatomy faces some unique challenges. Intrinsically, anatomy is a three-dimensional subject that requires a sound understanding of the relationships between structures, often achieved by the study of human cadaveric material, models, and virtual resources. This study sought to identify the approaches taken in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland to deliver anatomical education through online means. Data were collected from 14 different universities in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and compared adopting a thematic analysis approach. Once themes were generated, they were collectively brought together using a strength, weakness, opportunity, threat (SWOT) analysis. Key themes included the opportunity to develop new online resources and the chance to engage in new academic collaborations. Academics frequently mentioned the challenge that time constrains could place on the quality and effectiveness of these resources; especially as in many cases the aim of these resources was to compensate for a lack of exposure to cadaveric exposure. Comparisons of the actions taken by multiple higher education institutions reveal the ways that academics have tried to balance this demand. Discussions will facilitate decisions being made by higher education institutions regarding adapting the curriculum and assessment methods in anatomy.     

“互联网+”在历史课堂教学中的应用摭探

"互联网+"课堂教学手段越来越多地应用于历史教学,为历史教学提供了丰富的教学资源,增强了学生历史学习能力,提升了学生历史素养。文章结合教学实践,对"互联网+"在历史课堂教学中的应用进行探究,以促进历史教学发展。