Exploring mechanisms of rapid automatized naming to arithmetic skills in Chinese primary schoolers

Rapid automatized naming (RAN) is associated with children's arithmetic performance, which is multifactorial by nature and consists of arithmetic fluency, arithmetic procedure, and word problems. Yet, it is unclear whether RAN can predict all key aspects of arithmetic skills independently and what cognitive mechanisms may explain this relation. Using a sample of Chinese primary school students (N = 170), results showed that while RAN was associated with all key aspects of arithmetic skills, the relations of RAN–arithmetic procedure and RAN–word problems may be dependent on that of RAN–arithmetic fluency. Supporting the processing speed hypothesis, results further suggested that processing speed may underlie the relation between RAN and arithmetic performance. Findings made unique contribution to understanding the effect of RAN on arithmetic performance and cognitive mechanisms that may underpin this association in the context of Chinese culture.     

教育经费投入对经济增长贡献的实证分析——以1992年～2007年间为例

教育经费投入与经济增长之间是否具有一定的内在联系是教育经济学领域的热点问题。文章使用Eviews软件对1992年~2007年我国的国内生产总值以及全国教育经费投入数据的相关关系进行了实证分析,结果表明：教育经费投入对宏观经济增长具有一定的促进作用,且存在长期稳定关系。     

美英特殊儿童评估现状及启示

科学有效的评估活动是提高教育干预成效、促进儿童发展的重要保障,评估信息收集和使用的科学性与有效性则有赖于运作良好的评估体系.文章试图对发达国家特殊儿童评估流程的系统化和规范化,评估过程中决策人员的专业化和多样化配置进行探讨和分析,并在此基础上对我国特殊教育评估体系的建设提出一些建议,以期能为相关机构和人员提供些许参考和借鉴.     

Cultural influences on the relation between executive functions and academic achievement

Reading and Writing - The purpose of this study was to examine which of the components of executive functions (EF)—inhibition, shifting, and working memory—predict reading and...     

毕生发展观与早期儿童教育

毕生发展观以贯穿人的一生的发展历程作为指导思想来看待儿童每个时期的发展变化.本文在介绍其基本理论要义的基础上,重新解读了在毕生发展观指导下的早期儿童发展与教育的内涵,同时就毕生发展观指导下的儿童早期教育原则进行了阐述,以期为早期儿童教育的理论与实践研究提供一种新的视角.     

当代智力测验中的认知评估倾向：现状、核心与趋势*

本文试图就隐合于现今常用智力测验中的认知评估任务、评估任务指向的核心过程、以及评估的未来趋向进行回顾。通过比较剖析研究和实践中常用的一些智力测验,特别是几个明确以有关认知加工理论为基础的经典测验,发现这些测验大多涉及关于知觉、注意、记忆、推理、执行功能等认知过程的考查,表明当代智力测验似乎表现出向认知过程发展评估回归的倾向。     

Examining the Cross-Lagged Relationships Between RAN and Word Reading in Chinese

The purpose of this 4-year longitudinal study was to specify the direction of the relationship between RAN and word reading (accuracy and fluency) in Chinese. This is important in light of arguments that the developmental relationships between RAN and reading can disclose changes in the reading processes underlying reading as development proceeds. One hundred thirty-five Mandarin-speaking Chinese children (65 boys, 70 girls; M age = 96.40 months) were assessed on RAN (digits), word-reading accuracy (Character Recognition), and word-reading fluency (One-Minute Reading). The children were assessed on the same measures when they were in Grades 3, 4, and 5. The results of path analysis indicated that the effects between RAN and word reading were unidirectional and subject to the type of reading outcome: Only RAN predicted word reading and only when word reading was operationalized with a reading fluency measure.     

浅谈民办高校的发展策略

近些年来,随着高等院校的不断扩招,中国的高等教育开始向大众化迈进.虽然民办高校顺应时代而生,在教育振兴与实现高等教育大众化的历程中肩负着重要使命,但是市场竞争的加剧、入学率的下降及内部管理等问题,使民办高校面临严峻的挑战.因此.讨论采用什么样的策略使民办高校在名校林立的今天生存下来并健康发展具有重要意义.     

认知发展与认知发展异常：自组织的视角

自动力系统观被引入儿童发展研究,自组织系统日渐成为发展机制研究所偏好的理论模型之一,认知发展领域概莫能外.本文试图概述有关自组织视角下的认知发展和认知发展异常研究的进展,阐释该理论视角及有关研究范式在揭示认知发展机制所具有的独特贡献,并尝试探析领域仍悬而未决的一些问题及未来发展趋势,为今后的研究工作提供些许启示和参照.     

Why Are Chinese Mothers More Controlling Than American Mothers? “My Child Is My Report Card”

Chinese parents exert more control over children than do American parents. The current research examined whether this is due in part to Chinese parents' feelings of worth being more contingent on children's performance. Twice over a year, 215 mothers and children (M_age = 12.86 years) in China and the United States (European and African American) reported on psychologically controlling parenting. Mothers also indicated the extent to which their worth is contingent on children's performance. Psychologically controlling parenting was higher among Chinese than American mothers, particularly European (vs. African) American mothers. Chinese (vs. American) mothers' feelings of worth were more contingent on children's performance, with this contributing to their heightened psychological control relative to American mothers.