Librarians Team Up with Marketing Research Class

The Library Assessment Committee at Central Missouri State University has conducted numerous user surveys within the past three years. In an effort to come up with some creative new ideas, the Committee worked with one of the University's Marketing Research classes. The class's term project was to design a methodology to assess students' impressions of library service. Several of the ideas have been implemented, and an intern form the Marketing Department has been hired to assist with future surveys.     

Reference and Media-Instruction by Any Means Necessary

Summary

Reference services involve using technologies to teach users how to locate and use needed resources. The use of various media for the presentation of library instruction has gone on since the 1930s. A chronology of the use of film, slides, audio tape, videotape, television, and computer-assisted instruction is presented here with brief commentary on the positive and negative aspects of the use of each type of technology and some combinations of technologies for instruction.     

浅谈学校的网络教学

随着社会的进步和科学技术的发展,网络教育已成为一种现实.网络学习对教师和学生提出了更高的要求.网络教育的开展给学校教学带来了新的变化.     

论教学理念的认识与计算机基础课程教学模式的改革

基于对计算机基础教学理念的认识和计算机教学模式的改革的一些看法和认识,认为应从教师专业化角度去看待教育过程,通过对目前计算机基础教学过程中存在问题的分析,特别是对重视课堂教学而忽视实践教学和项目设计训练的现状,探讨启发式教学和研究性学习的教学模式应用,通过改变考核方式作为惟一的学业评价手段,突出专题讨论作为一种比考试更重要的学生学业水平的鉴定形式.     

对现代教育技术促进高职教育教学改革的思考

现代教育技术不仅是以计算机多媒体技术和网络技术为核心的媒体传播技术,而且包括改变教师的教育观念、教育手段和方法的现代化理念。现代教育技术还将会从根本上改变传统的教育观念和教育模式,促进高职教育教学改革。     

The differential effects of prior knowledge on learning: A study of two consecutive courses in earth sciences

We studied the occurrence and nature of learningin a university first year Introduction toGeomorphology course, and its relations with priorknowledge taught in a prerequisite course, and withthe prior knowledge in the to be learned subjects. Tendimensions of knowledge were tapped before and afterthe course by conventional and cognitive structuremeasures that were derived by the concept mappingmethodology. The fine-grain analysis of learningoutcomes yielded the following results: (a) studentsacquired only a small portion of the content in thecourse Introduction to Geomorphology, (b) the priorgeological and geomorphological knowledge did notaffect the learning of the new geomorphologicalcontents, (c) the minor effects appeared within ratherthan across knowledge dimensions, and they affectedmainly the learning of smaller knowledge units, and(d) concept definition cannot be considereda valid probe of knowledge. The differential effects of prior knowledge question thecentral, global and undifferentiated role that schematheories ascribe to prior knowledge in futurelearning. They call for greater reference to theexposed dimensions of knowledge by suggestingadditional factors to be considered in the sequencingof courses, as well as to the acquisition of complexknowledge with partial meaning of the basic knowledgeunits, and the use of new cognitive structure probesof knowledge.     

Bottling fog? The quest for instructional management

Elsewhere, the authors have unpacked instructional leadership and have documented that such leadership is associated with more effective schools. Indeed, there has been for a considerable time nearly universal acceptance that learning-centered leadership should provide the central platform on which leadership is enacted. In this paper, a less sanguine narrative is provided on instructional management. Specifically, it documents that for all the evidence and recognition of importance, learning-focused leadership remains a small domain of action for leaders at the school and district levels. It then focuses on both the culture of the profession of school administration and the nature of schooling to explain why in the face of considerable energy and effort only marginal improvements have been realized in deepening instructional leadership. It closes with an analysis of possible paths going forward.     

Accuracy of activPAL Self-Attachment Methods

This study examined the accuracy of self-attachment of the activPAL activity monitor. A convenience sample of 50 participants self-attached the monitor after being presented with written material only (WMO) and then written and video (WV) instructions; and completed a questionnaire regarding the acceptability of the instructional methods. Participants positioned the monitor lower than the instructed position on the thigh (WMO ?5.15 ± 2.75 cm, WV ?4.16 ± 2.15 cm; p = .008 difference) and approximately 2 cm laterally from the thigh midline (WMO 1.90 ± 0.92 cm; WV 2.08 ± 1.24 cm). The orientation of the device was positioned correctly along the midline (within < 1° of vertical). Acceptability was high for both instructional methods although preference was shown for the WV instruction. In conclusion, participants consistently self-attached the activPAL close to the intended placement with either instructional method. The addition of video instruction produced a slightly more accurate attachment and was preferred by the participants.     

建构主义教学理论在高职英语听力教学设计中的应用

在国内高职教育发展的大背景下,教育理念、课程、教学方法与手段必须打破传统的教育教学理念和观点,以更好地适应市场对人才的需求和社会的发展。《英语听力》作为英语专业的一门必修课程,在教与学的问题上要结合高职教育的特点和培养目标进行适时的探索和研究。建构主义关于教学的相关理论符合现代高职教育教学发展的要求,特别是给高职英语专业的听力教学设计新的启迪。