本科英语专业应用型T-T翻译教学模式建构

以大学本科英语专业人才培养目标和市场需求为导向,将功能派文本类型理论和任务型教学法应用于翻译教学中,提出一种全新的以文本类型（Text-types）为内容划分的任务型（Task-based）翻译教学模式,简称应用型T-T翻译教学模式.该教学模式以文本为翻译单位,以任务为翻译形式,实用性和实践性并重.     

Teachers as Designers of Learning Environments

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This study examined how six Singapore teachers approached the design and implementation of a unit of work (topic) to demonstrate exemplary classroom practices that engage learners and use ICT in knowledge-generative rather than presentational activities. After a reflection and feedback session on the first lesson observation involving the researcher and the teacher, the teacher redesigned the lesson to enhance ICT use and involve students more actively in their learning. Our study revealed that there is a difference between students' physical engagement and cognitive engagement in a task and that the teacher, as a designer of the learning environment, needs to make explicit the cognitive processes involved in using the tool to ensure students' effective use of ICT. The teachers' understanding of what constitutes effective learning and their roles in students' learning determine how they design the learning environment. In essence, it is the teacher's skill in managing the “tripartite” partnership of IT tool, learning task, and teacher support that brings about higher levels of student engagement.     

Using Cognitive Flexibility Hypertext to Develop Sexual Harassment Cases

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The use of cognitive flexibility theory as a theoretical framework for designing hypertext has been found to be beneficial for learning in ill-structured domains. However, little is known of what role the learning task plays in the effectiveness of this approach. The present study examined the relationship between task, navigation, and learning transfer when utilizing a cognitive flexibility hypertext about sexual harassment with 34 graduate management students. Due to the nature of the topic, the effects of the task on student attitudes were also studied. The conclusions of the study were that there were no significant differences for the navigational choices or transfer scores, but there did appear to be a relationship between task and changing students' attitudes towards the topic.     

“任务驱动法”在高职实践教学中的应用反思——以《建筑识图与构造》课程为例

“任务驱动法”是高技能人才职业能力培养的有效手段,本文阐述了其内涵和教学流程,介绍了其在高职《建筑识图与构造》实践教学中的应用,并围绕其应用进行了反思,提出了师资力量是“任务驱动法”的关键;任务创设是“任务驱动法”的核心：组织实施是“任务驱动法”的基础．     

教育理论视域下英语选修课视、听、说的教学实践

阐述了在教学实践中应用元认知学习策略提高学生英语听说能力的方式,并结合任务型教学方法,对教学内容进行选编、设计,以最大限度地激发学生学习兴趣,促进有效课堂建设;同时探讨了任务型教学法在实践中的局限,提出了相关建议。     

基于乐高的技术体验教学模式探究——以“系统的结构”教学设计为案例

文章通过分析通用技术教学活动的特点及乐高教育的教学理念,提出将乐高教育引入通用技术课堂教学中的体验式教学模式,以乐高教育组件为活动载体,以学生主动参与、亲身体验为主要学习方式,结合乐高教育平台的亲和性、拓展性、综合性,以任务驱动式的教学方式,给学生一个自主探究的学习氛围,让他们在密切联系学习、生活和社会实际的有意义的任务情境中,通过完成任务来学习有关系统的知识、获得技能、形成能力,提高技术素养。     

建筑工程钢筋翻样技能任务教学法探析

建筑工程钢筋翻样是一项重要而实用的专业技能之一。在钢筋翻样技能教学过程中,应用任务教学法,将学生的学习活动与任务或问题相结合,让学生带着真实的任务去学习,不仅有助于提升学生钢筋翻样的专业岗位职业能力,同时有助于培养学生终身发展所需要的自主学习能力,以及将来走向工作岗位所应具备的沟通交流、团队协作等方面社会能力。     

Event-related potential evidence for the processing efficiency theory

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The purpose of this study was to examine the central tenets of the processing efficiency theory using psychophysiological measures of attention and effort. Twenty-eight participants were divided equally into either a high or low trait anxiety group. They were then required to perform a simulated driving task while responding to one of four target light-emitting diodes. Cortical activity and dual task performance were recorded under two conditions – baseline and competition – with cognitive anxiety being elevated in the competitive session by an instructional set. Although driving speed was similar across sessions, a reduction in P3 amplitude to cue onset in the light detection task occurred for both groups during the competitive session, suggesting a reduction in processing efficiency as participants became more state anxious. Our findings provide more comprehensive and mechanistic evidence for processing efficiency theory, and confirm that increases in cognitive anxiety can result in a reduction of processing efficiency with little change in performance effectiveness.     

The need for ‘representative task design’ in evaluating efficacy of skills tests in sport: A comment on Russell,Benton and Kingsley (2010)

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Russell, Benton and Kingsley (2010 Russell, M., Benton, D. and Kingsley, M. 2010. Reliability and construct validity of soccer skills tests that measure passing, shooting, and dribbling. Journal of Sports Sciences, 28(13): 1399–1408. [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) recently suggested a new association football test comprising three different tasks for the evaluation of players' passing, dribbling and shooting skills. Their stated intention was to enhance ‘ecological validity’ of current association football skills tests allowing generalisation of results from the new protocols to performance constraints that were ‘representative’ of experiences during competitive game situations. However, in this comment we raise some concerns with their use of the term ‘ecological validity’ to allude to aspects of ‘representative task design’. We propose that in their paper the authors confused understanding of environmental properties, performance achievement and generalisability of the test and its outcomes. Here, we argue that the tests designed by Russell and colleagues did not include critical sources of environmental information, such as the active role of opponents, which players typically use to organise their actions during performance. Static tasks which are not representative of the competitive performance environment may lead to different emerging patterns of movement organisation and performance outcomes, failing to effectively evaluate skills performance in sport.