Should I stay or should I go? Predictors and effects of studying abroad during high school

In an increasingly globalized and culturally diverse world, extended stays abroad during high school are considered important opportunities for acquiring and improving a variety of skills, most importantly, language achievement. This study examines both predictors and effects of studying abroad in an English-speaking country during high school, using population data from the second largest city in Germany (N = 5361; 13% went abroad). In order to determine the most central predictors of studying abroad, we employed logistic regression models in which students’ socioeconomic background emerged as the strongest predictor of studying abroad. To test the effects of studying abroad, we applied propensity score matching. Studying abroad had positive effects on standardized achievement, grades, and course choice in English, whereas it had hardly any effects on outcomes in math. Implications for studying abroad during high school and future research directions are discussed.     

The Mystery Room: discovering the flexibility of an information literacy-based educational escape room

Abstract

The Mystery Room is an educational escape room based on information literacy and applied to multiple audiences, including first-year students and library student employees. In this article, we explain how we developed the game, its theoretical underpinnings, and why it’s a flexible workshop for a variety of audiences.     

辽宁省专业运动队文化教育状况及对策分析

采用文献资料法、问卷调查法、座谈访问法、数理统计法 ,对辽宁省专业运动员的自然情况、文化教育的需求情况、教练员以及运动员对文化教育重要性和迫切性的认识等情况、运动队的领导、一般干部进行了调查。经分析发现辽宁省专业运动队文化教育存在五个方面的问题 ,针对存在的问题提出解决的对策 ,这对于加强辽宁省专业运动队文化教育、提高运动员的科学文化素质具有一定的实践价值。     

体育院校与普通院校大学生成就动机发展特点的比较研究

运用心理测量法和问卷法 ,采用定量与定性分析相结合的方法 ,对体育院校大学生成就动机的发展特点进行分析 ,并与普通院校大学生进行比较。研究结果表明 :体育院校大学生成就动机水平高于普通院校大学生成就动机水平 ;体育院校与普通院校男女大学生的成就动机得分不存在显著差异 ;影响体育院校与普通院校大学生成就动机的前两位因素是意志品质和社会就业压力。     

福建省田径队成绩滑坡原因的分析

通过比较福建省田径队在1987-1997年3届全运会上的成绩及进入90年代以来在队伍结构上的一些变化,总结出优秀运动员退役、大量年轻队员过早离队、教练队伍的变化、后备力量缺乏、与高校缺乏配合等原因是导致其水平下滑的原因.     

国内外优秀女子七项全能选手成绩演进态势的比较

采用文献资料法、数理统计法和比较法,对中国与世界优秀女子七项全能运动员成绩进行对比分析.结果表明:我国女子七项全能在经过发展和提高之后正处于滑坡阶段,我国选手与世界优秀女子七项全能选手相比,无论在总成绩上还是在单项上均存在较大差距,而快速力量性项目(跳远、标枪、铅球)尤为明显.     

Does the Model of Language in the National Literacy Strategy Create Failure for Pupils from Differing Language Backgrounds?

The National Literacy Strategy (NLS) was introduced by the government in the wake of the hotly debated issue of falling educational standards in the UK. All schools were required to adopt the NLS Literacy Hour unless they could show their preferred programme would result in raised levels of achievement. My experience of delivering the Literacy Hour has been a process of adaptation to the needs of my pupils, who are drawn mainly from groups whose language backgrounds differ from that which is dominant in school. I have found that the requirements of NLS, together with many of the commercial resources used to teach it, are not appropriate for pupils from these groups and a question arose: is it the pupils who are in some way deficient or is it the approach and the resources being used? This article takes a case study of the use of a commercially produced resource to explore the model of language implicit in NLS, the kinds of resources it generates and the ways in which this creates failure in pupils from different language backgrounds. It then considers the New Literacy Studies and their implications for an alteration in our approach.     

色彩对运动能力的影响及其在体育运动中的应用

心理学研究表明:在人的感觉器官中,视觉的信息量最大,而色彩是引起产生直接反应的一种视觉刺激。在体育比赛或训练中,色彩直接影响人的心理、生理状态和情绪变化,继而影响运动员的运动效果和运动成绩。随着2008年北京奥运会的临近,我们应科学准确地利用色彩在体育运动中的积极作用,发挥运动员的运动潜能,提高运动成绩。     

克莱普新式冰刀推动我国速滑运动

通过对 1996、1998年度全国速度滑冰锦标赛男、女运动员短、中、长距离运动成绩对比与研究 ,分析出冰刀革新后对速滑运动成绩提高的幅度和超出以往成绩提高的规律 ,主要表现在途中滑单圈速度上 ,这是冰刀改进后促进新技术作用所在 ,关键在于克莱普新式冰刀的刀跟与冰鞋能随着蹬冰角度自动脱离和还原 ,有利于延长蹬冰距离 ,避免后程用刀尖蹬冰的现象。     

论青少年运动员自学能力的培养

竞技体育事业的腾飞需要全面发展的优秀运动员,青少年运动员的文化学习是培养全面发展优秀运动员的一个重要方面,青少年运动员文化学习的特殊性更要求打破传统的教学方式,培养其学习能力,尤其是自学能力。论述了培养自学能力的重要意义,青少年运动员文化学习的特殊性和必要性,并提出了培养青少年运动员自学能力的方法及策略。