如何初步培养学生自主、合作的学习习惯

培养学生自主、合作的学习习惯，是顺应新课改的需要。首先，应丛培养学生良好的预习习惯做起，其次，应尽量激发学生课堂学习的兴趣，让学生自由发展。另外，还应着重培养学生课外自主、合作的学习习惯。若做到以上这些，学生势必学得主动、学得快乐，课堂教学也才能焕发出生命的活力。     

学案式教学的知识生态学分析

学案式教学是以＂学案＂为导向来实施教学过程的一种教学模式。从知识生态学的角度来分析学案式教学是一个新的视角。知识生态学把知识分为数据资料、信息、知识和智能四种不同的知识形态,其核心是探讨知识如何向更有价值的形态转化及其所需的条件。学案式教学营造了从信息向知识、技能和态度转化的生态环境,并使其教学关注信息、知识如何经过集体和个体交融的学习活动,转化为学习者的能力、意愿、素质、心态以及集体高成效可持续的学习习惯。     

International conferences: Significant measures of success

This article reviews the literature on evaluating international conferences identifying significant factors which contribute to measured success. Extensive previous research over the last twenty years has identified criteria for evaluating success which continue to be ignored as international conferences repeat the same mistakes. More systematic research is needed. A framework of 25 evaluation measures is described for future research on the assessment of international conferences.Responses to three items of a questionnaire sent out by the East-West Culture Learning Institute as part of a project studying international conferences are also discussed, relating to evaluation measures, problems of evaluation and potential benefits of evaluation. Guidelines and suggestions are provided synthesizing the available research toward planning more successful international conferences in the future. In conclusion, six issues are identified for further clarification in future research on international conferences.     

Blending Learning视域下的高校网络课程探析

为了有效地实施网络教学,许多高校开发、建设大量的网络课程。基于Blending Learning理念,分析当前高校网络课程存在的问题,提出解决的对策：教师应转变教学理念,网络课程的教学目标应合理定位,课程学习资源建设应当加强,学习活动设计应当高度关注,加强对网络学习的评价。     

Full time adult credential students’ instructional preferences at California State University,Long Beach: pedagogy or andragogy?

This study investigated the instructional preferences of full time adult credential students after they took a live course called Principles of Adult Education at California State University, Long Beach, (CSULB) in the fall semester of 2002. These full time adult credential students had been working on their adult teaching credentials to meet the competencies specified by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. The course introduced students to Andragogy developed by Malcolm Knowles out of the andragogical model, developed by Lindeman (1926). The study used Principles of Adult Learning Scales (PALS), advanced by Gary Conti in 1983 to measure instructional preferences. Data were collected from 30 (100% of 30) full time adult credential students enrolled in a live course to, determine their instructional preferences of helping adults learn. The results of the study showed in most cases these adult learning professionals taught adult students andragogically: in some cases they taught adult students pedagogically.     

Exploring the relationship between students’ learning styles and learning outcome in engineering laboratory education

Abstract

It is a commonly accepted notion that people take different approaches in learning. Although attention has been given to learning styles as one of the determinants of learning performance, there is are limitations to the inferential approach to understanding the impact of learning styles on learning outcomes. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of learning preference on student learning outcome in engineering labs. The findings of this paper contribute to the existing literature in two ways. This study describes the typology of participants’ learning styles, confirming some results from similar research. Additionally, it examines the impact of learning styles, using the Visual, Aural, Read/Write and Kinesthetic (VARK) inventory as indicators of students’ learning outcomes, and how the findings confirm or contradict prior research results in important ways. Further, this study includes demographic information to investigate the influence on learning outcome. Discussions of the results from both analyses will contribute to an academic understanding of the critical success factors of the learning process and their practical application in laboratory learning.     

信息共享空间与学习空间的整合——跨学科的视角

信息共享空间与学习空间分属于图书情报学与教育学的研究领域,两者在内涵、形式和功能等方面既有共性,也有很大的差异。信息共享空间与学习空间的整合能够有效融合不同学科的研究成果,创设多样化的学习场所,满足不同用户的需求,并且为学习环境的改造和建设提供借鉴。     

Development of a user-friendly instrument for identifying the learning strategy preferences of adults

Learning strategies offer a means of addressing individual differences. A programmatic line of inquiry at two universities in the United States has led to an extensive body of research related to learning strategies and to the development of two instruments. This study reports on the development of one of these instruments that can be used to quickly identify learning strategy preferences. Although this instrument, Assessing The Learning Strategies of AdultS (ATLAS), appears very simple and is easy to use, a series of multivariate statistical procedures were used to develop and validate it. These procedures are reported here in detail so that practitioners can be aware of its strong research base and use it with confidence. ATLAS can be used either for self-assessment or by an instructor in order to quickly identify how an individual learner approaches a learning task.     

活的乡村教师——农村教师自我成长的三种学习方式

美国著名的教育心理学家波斯纳提出的教师成长公式“经验＋反思=成长”,与陶行知先生提出的“体验、看书、求师、访友、思考”为途径的“五路探讨法”的治学方针有异曲同工之妙。文章通过扩充“五路探讨法”的内涵,将其衍生出来的三种学习方式指向教师的教育理论成长、教育实践成长和教育反思成长三个非常具体的领域,以此探索促进农村教师自我成长的途径。     

高职高专学生英语学习动机的培养与激发——非智力因素影响学习效果的教学实验

本文从高职高专学生英语学习基础差、成绩差及其原因分析入手,在对影响学习效果的非智力因素进行教学实验的基础上,对如何培养和激发学生学习英语的动机及其教学策略进行了初步探讨。