“Making a Lion into a Pussycat”: Working with Difficult Group Members

Objectives: The primary objective of this activity is to identify the role of interpersonal communication skills in the small group process. Secondary objectives include engaging students in a brainstorming activity and providing an opportunity for groups to determine ways to work with difficult group members

Courses: Small-Group Communication, Business and Professional Communication, Hybrid Course     

Meet the candidates

Objective: To consider sex roles in public speaking through the conversational style of modern-day political rhetoric Type of speech: Informative Point value: 15% of course grade Requirements: (a) References: 3; (b) Length: 5–7 minutes, (c) Visual aid: No; (d) Outline: Yes; (e) Prerequisite reading: Any biographical information found on the person that students are portraying, Chapter 11 (Brydon & Scott, 2002); (f) Additional requirements: None This assignment requires students to research the biography of either a political candidate or a candidate's spouse, and structure this information in an informative way. Students then portray the candidate or the candidate's spouse and present the information at a “meet the candidates” forum in class.     

在线协作环境中集体认知责任的干预框架:设计与实践

培养学习者的集体认知责任,既是提高知识建构水平的前提,也是CSCL实践亟待解决的问题。为此,基于知识建构理论与分析框架,构建了培养学生集体认知责任的五类干预策略,包括集体认知责任概念图、在线讨论参与社会网络图、在线协作情况反思表、小组学习契约、对话类型与发言规则。并通过一个大学本科课程班的研究案例,考察这些干预策略在协作讨论不同阶段中应用的效果。案例运用社会网络分析、对话文本的内容分析、问卷调查、访谈等方法,对参与学生的知识贡献意识、互补的知识贡献和知识贡献的广泛参与三方面,进行了分析。研究表明:五类集体认知责任干预策略的应用,都能够促进学生更积极主动地阅读并回复小组成员的观点,平等参与讨论,其中“对话类型与发言规则”在提升集体认知责任和学生知识建构水平方面的干预效果最为显著,可以在较大程度上提高学习者观点的认知复杂度和科学复杂度,促进更高水平的知识建构与对话。这一研究发现,可以为学生集体认知责任与协作能力的培养提供策略支持,也可以为开展线上协作学习活动提供案例参考。     

任务型教学法在对外汉语口语课堂的实践浅析

从任务型教学法的内涵人手,结合对外汉语口语课堂的特点,参照任务型教学法的实施步骤,依托具体课程进行了实践探讨,并对教师的能力培养提出了要求．     

Communicating to Learn Multivariable Calculus: Students' Blackboard Presentations as a Means for Enhancing Mathematics Learning

This paper reports observations and reflections from a pedagogic intervention intended to enhance mathematics students' learning of course content in a course in multivariable calculus. The intervention design required students to structure, practice, and deliver an oral presentation that was a synthesis of the teacher's weekly lectures, for the benefit of themselves and their peers. The intervention appears to have incentivized students to engage with and learn mathematics contents in an effective way, and it also helped the mathematics teacher to reflect on, adapt, and develop his teaching strategies. To conclude, it would seem that both students and teachers in mathematics have much to gain from giving students opportunities to develop their own voice in learning contexts otherwise relying on books and lectures.     

建构主义理论视角下的多媒体大学英语视听说教学

多媒体网络教学模式集多媒体技术、计算机网络技术、音视频技术于一身,能够最大限度地提供各种交互功能,从而创造最理想的语言学习环境。而英语视听说的教学目的是培养学生对真实交际场合各种视听材料的理解能力和表达能力,更好地认识和理解英语国家的政治、经济等方面的知识。本文探讨建构主义对多媒体网络环境下英语视听说教学的启示及教学实践策略。     

机试形式对应试人普通话说话项测试的影响分析

本文首先列出利用计算机辅助普通话水平测试过程中出现的新情况，通过分析，找出产生这些情况的原因，认为机试形式本身也会给应试人带来一些影响．因此．需要在机试前加强培训。     

大学英语听力教材二次开发的思考——以《大学英语听说》第三版为例

对现有教材进行合理的二次开发十分重要,主要有删减、增加、加工几种方法。它基于新型的课程观、教材观、教学观。需要根据一定的原则进行。     

SPIC教学模式在高职英语听说实训中的应用

实训教学是高职教育的重要环节.本文在分析高职英语听说实训的教学现状的基础上,结合教学实践,对SPIC模式下听说实训教学的设计与实施进行了探讨.     

学生“参与”在大学英语听说课中的研究与实践

本文根据大学英语听说课堂的特点,在听说课上倡导学生积极参与的课堂教学模式,实施以学生为中心的课堂教学活动,形式多样的课前学生参与活动能够有效激发他们的学习兴趣,激活他们脑中的图式,同时使得他们能够积极地用英语去表达。实践证明,让学生积极参与的听说课堂有效地提高了教学效果。