Testing the double-deficit hypothesis in an adult sample

The double-deficit hypothesis of dyslexia posits that reading deficits are more severe in individuals with weaknesses in phonological awareness and rapid naming than in individuals with deficits in only one of these reading composite skills. In this study, the hypothesis was tested in an adult sample as a model of reading achievement. Participants were parents of children referred for evaluation of reading difficulties. Approximately half of all participants reported difficulty learning to read in childhood and a small subset demonstrated ongoing weaknesses in reading. Structural equation modeling results suggest that the double-deficit hypothesis is an accurate model for understanding adult reading achievement. Better reading achievement was associated with better phonological awareness and faster rapid automatized naming in adults. Posthoc analyses indicated that individuals with double deficits had significantly lower reading achievement than individuals with single deficits or no deficits.     

电视公益传播与公益意识转型

本文从公益传播意识的角度出发,分析在当前电视公益传播的大背景下,公益四维主体:电视、政府、企业与NGO的公益意识转型,未来形成电视公益传播下良性的循环链条,以期为业界公益事业的发展提供参考。     

科技期刊编辑如何面对市场化的挑战

在科学技术日新月异,知识就是生产力的时代,科技期刊的重要性日益显现.科技期刊要在市场的洪流中站稳脚步,就应该积极面对市场的挑战,走好自己的特色发展道路;首先明确本期刊的市场定位,包括了解期刊的基础读者、确立提升期刊技术含量的骨干读者及确认期刊的广告支持者,并围绕这一定位不断地分析目标读者在不同阶段的差异化需求,找寻出带有共性化的需求点.针对这些需求点,有目的地组织与之相适应的文稿.编辑在日常工作中需要做到,围绕市场定位按需组稿、尽可能指导作者、加强与广告商的合作.只有通过这样扎实的工作,科技期刊才能在构建新格局的过程中趁势而上,成为中国新闻出版业改革中的赢家.     

高职院校培养大学生创业意识的四重路径探析

高职学生创业意识的培养不仅是时代发展的需要,也是高职学生提高创业能力的现实需求。在对当前高职学生创业心理现状进行调查分析的基础上,针对高职学生创业意识缺乏的现状,高职院校应从创业教育、创业实践、创业宣传、创业保障四个方面来下工夫。     

Taking a step back: learning without the facilitator on solo activities

The purpose of this study is to report on the nature of student learning resulting from an open facilitation approach to solo activities. Three key moments of facilitator intervention were identified at which the facilitator was encouraged to take a step back from directing the experience. They are the pre-activity brief, the mid-activity visit and the post-activity review. Findings suggest that participants' learning focused on their raised self-awareness and social relationships. Raised spiritual awareness was also identified and this was closely linked to a connection with the landscape and eco-system. Evidence was also identified for emergent learning to have occurred that is not normally identified in the solo discourse. The findings suggest that participants on solo activities do not require a facilitator to tell them what they should be learning and that they will identify for themselves outcomes that are personally meaningful and important.     

以历史理陛建设新诗——闻一多诗论细读札记

闻一多主张,新诗在内容方面应具有时代精神和中国特征,在情感意境方面应具有超越现实的“幻想性”和“玄秘性”,在形式方面应讲求格律。这三位一体的诗学主张来源于闻一多对中西文学艺术历史的周密详尽的考察,因而具有科学的意味。而科学携带着普遍主义的光魅,给了尚未成型的新诗一种确定性的承诺。     

论梁漱溟文化思想及当代启示

在二十世纪初叶,梁漱溟对中国文化问题进行了深刻的探讨与反思,基于对一些文化观念的批判,他从理论层面上界定了文化的内涵,并提出了文化三路向说。这些思想对处在转型期的中国文化建设有着非常重要的启示。’     

Orthography and the development of metalinguistic reflection in Portuguese primary school pupils / Ortografía y desarrollo de la reflexión metalingüística en alumnos portugueses en primaria

Abstract

Linguistic awareness is crucial in learning literacy. This project has a two-fold aim: to develop the students’ ability to think about language in order to write with accuracy and to lead teachers to promote students’ discussions about their writing difficulties. The study is part of a two-year action-research project developed in primary schools from the Lisbon area, with experimental and control groups. The starting point of the project was the analysis of the problems students of third and fourth grades showed in their writing. The scope of the project includes dictation tasks within an interactionist approach, favouring grammatical discussions leading to the observation and manipulation of linguistic data.     

Literary awareness in the foreign language classroom

Abstract

As a result of the widespread implementation of the communicative method in the early 80s, using literature in foreign language classes at school was generally shyed away from. However, in the last decade some secondary school teachers have once again fallen back on literature in the belief that it may be a very useful tool in improving their students' command of the foreign language. After explaining the rationale behind why the use of literary texts could prove beneficial, this paper proposes a practical example with a view to demonstrating its usefulness in improving the students' proficiency in the foreign language (English), while at the same time widening their knowledge of the foreign culture and making students aware of the literary effect aimed at by the author. Our main aim is to beef up not only their language awareness but also, and above all, their literary awareness.     

“松”“柏”比拟的美人腰身——维吾尔文诗歌中的“美人观”及其历史传承

维吾尔文诗歌中有以“松”“柏”比拟美人腰身的表现传统,这一特色鲜明的艺术表现传统既显现出维吾尔人受游牧生活和尚武习俗影响而形成的欣赏“健美女性”的“美人观”,也蕴含着本民族早先有过的“树神崇拜”的历史文化内涵。与汉语诗歌相比较,这一艺术表现传统的长期延续,传承着一贯的欣赏“健美女性”的审美趣味,折射出雏吾尔人的“美人观”中,文人势力和文人趣味的影响十分有限。