The catcher in the lie: The role of emotions and epistemic judgments in changing students’ misconceptions and attitudes in a post-truth era

We extend previous theoretical and empirical work by examining the role that emotions and epistemic judgments play when learning from different refutation plus persuasive and expository plus persuasive texts. We examined how variations in messages designed to change misconceptions and attitudes about genetically modified foods (GMFs) might differentially impact the extent to which individuals engage in epistemic judgments; the emotions individuals experience during learning; and, how epistemic judgments and emotions might facilitate or constrain conceptual and attitudinal change. One hundred twenty-five undergraduate university students were randomly assigned to one of four text conditions: refutation plus positive persuasive text, refutation plus negative persuasive text, expository plus positive persuasive text, or expository plus negative persuasive text. Students were asked to think and emote out loud during learning to capture epistemic judgments and emotions as they occurred in real time. After the learning session, students also self-reported the emotions they experienced during learning. Results revealed that students who were given positive persuasive texts experienced more positive emotions (both intensity and frequency) during learning, whereas those who were given negative persuasive texts experienced more negative emotions (frequency) during learning. Students who were given positive persuasive texts engaged in more epistemic judgments and changed more misconceptions about GMFs compared to students in the other three text conditions. Finally, epistemic judgments were significant positive predictors of conceptual and attitudinal change, and both positive emotions and negative emotions predicted attitudinal change. Implications for theories of conceptual and attitudinal change are discussed.     

Individual and cultural factors in teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion: A meta-analysis

The success of inclusive education is dependent upon classroom teachers implementing adaptations for children with disabilities. Given that willingness to make such adaptations is influenced by teacher attitudes, the current study examined teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education through a meta-analysis of 64 samples that were found via a systematic literature search. The results indicated that teachers hold a positive attitude towards inclusion of children with disabilities in mainstream schools and that these attitudes are moderated by an interplay of cultural and demographical factors. The findings offer a renewed basis for intervention research into improving educational opportunities for children around the world.     

大学生孤独感对手机成瘾倾向的影响:生命意义感的调节作用

为了探究大学生孤独感、手机成瘾倾向和生命意义感之间的关系,采用UCLA孤独量表、大学生手机成瘾倾向量表、人生意义感问卷,选取408名大学生作为被试进行问卷调查。结果发现:(1)孤独感与手机成瘾倾向呈显著性正相关,生命意义感与手机成瘾倾向呈显著性负相关,孤独感和生命意义感相关性不显著;(2)孤独感和生命意义感都显著预测手机成瘾倾向,生命意义感在孤独感和手机成瘾倾向之间的调节效应显著,低生命意义感大学生的孤独感对手机成瘾倾向的预测力更强。因此,大学生的孤独感能正向预测手机成瘾倾向,生命意义感能调节二者之间的关系,低水平的生命意义感会加剧孤独感对手机成瘾倾向的预测作用,而高水平的生命意义感会使孤独感对手机成瘾倾向的影响较小。     

对体育教学与运动训练异同的研究

对体育教学和运动训练的概念、目的、手段、方法、内容、本质和运动负荷等进行比较分析 ,旨在使体育工作者能更好地区别两者的异同点 ,为体育教学和运动训练的改革提供参考依据。     

陶渊明与苏东坡饮酒之异同

从文化、心理、个性的角度我们可以很好地把握陶渊明与苏东坡饮酒的异同。首先 ,他们都重视以酒为咀嚼生活的媒介 ;其次 ,他们都重视饮酒时的细微心理感受 ;再次 ,由于饮酒中历史感的表现不同 ,产生了不同的审美风貌 :一个显得异常深厚 ,一个显得逸气纵横 ;另外 ,由于渊明和东坡对出处尺度把握之参差 ,源于儒道在二人思想结构的比例的相异性 ,造成渊明与东坡在饮酒上的情感和意蕴的向度略有差异。     

Using Context Clue in Reading

The context of a word consists of the other words surrounding it and the situation in which it is used.When we come across a new word in our reading,instead of looking it up in a dictionary for its definition,we can guess its meaning from its context.     

趋向义“上”和继续义“上”的对比分析

“上”用在动词后，可以表示趋向义。也可表示继续义。不同义“V上”的差别主要体现在以下几方面：后接宾语、能否扩展、能否拆开、“V上”中的“上”能否用“下、起来”等替换。     

解读体育课程的生活回归

体育课程回归学生的生活世界是体育新课程改革的一个重要理念，建构主义理论和新的体育课程价值观是这一理念的理论基础。要实现体育的生活回归，必须在体育课程目标的确定，课程内容的选择以及课程教学的实施等方面，关注学生的生活经验和学习过程中的生活体验以及学生的可能生活，拓展课程的教学时空和教育价值。     

Developing the evidence base for UK film strategy: the research process at the UK Film Council

The UK Film Council established a Research and Statistics Unit in order to gather data relating to film to inform the development of UK Film Council strategy and to provide an information service to the industry, government, the arts and cultural sector and the wider research community. The Research and Statistics Unit draws data from both official and unofficial sources and commissions its own special-purpose studies to gather information relevant to the strategic objectives of the Council. Key tasks are the measurement of the size of the market for film and the various elements of the film value chain, the performance of films supported by the UK Film Council and the performance of UK films in general. Special-purpose research projects currently include a detailed survey of the film production workforce, a study of the economic impact of the UK screen industries and studies of the social impact of local cinemas and the experience of Black- and Minority-led film production companies. A range of industry and official partners are collaborating in these studies. The Research and Statistics Unit also provides statistical and policy analysis relating to the wider policy environment of UK film, including issues such as the future of film tax incentives. This analysis has been developed within the HM Treasury ‘Green Book’ framework with particular reference to understanding market failure in relation to film. Central to the market failure argument is the cultural value of film in both its qualitative and its quantitative aspects. UK Film Council research is placed in the context of the literature on hedonic pricing and contingent valuation. The industrial challenges of increasing cultural value are discussed. Finally, consideration is given to the potential of film to contribute directly to ‘public value’.     

从李白《月下独酌》的英译看诗词翻译规律

通过对李白《月下独酌》不同英译本在形、意、神三个层面的比较分析,表明诗歌在某种程度上说,是不可译的,只能是创造性的移植;但这种创造性移植也有一个原则,即“力求近似”,在形式与意义近似的基础上做到神似;文章旨在找出中诗英译的基本规律和特点.