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Yaron Doppelt 《Learning Environments Research》2006,9(2):163-178
During recent decades, educational research has dealt with the contribution of the learning environment to the accomplishment of educational goals, such as improvement of academic achievement and motivation. In this research, an intervention program was implemented into the learning environment of science–technology classes at the junior high school level (Grades 7–9, 12–15 years old) in Israel. The intervention included a three-year workshop involving 224 hours each year. The teachers (N = 22) were required to reflect on their experiences using a portfolio that described their actual teaching experiences for relevant discussions at the workshop. Quantitative and qualitative tools were used to examine the teachers’ implementation of new teaching/learning and assessment methods or new subject matter, that were addressed by the workshop in their classes, and to identify learning environment characteristics and learning outcomes according to teachers’ perceptions. Differences were found between teachers’ and pupils’ perceptions of the impact of learning environment characteristics on learning outcomes. 相似文献
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Zvia Kaberman Yehudit Judy Dori 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2009,7(3):597-625
A new learning unit in chemistry, Case-based Computerized Laboratories (CCL) and Computerized Molecular Modeling (CMM) was developed at the Technion. The CCL and CMM curriculum integrates computerized desktop experiments and molecular
modeling with an emphasis on scientific inquiry and case studies. Our research aimed at investigating the effect of the CCL
and CMM learning environment on students’ higher-order thinking skills of question posing, inquiry, and modeling. The experimental
group included 614 honors 12th grade chemistry students from high schools in Israel who studied according to this learning
unit. The comparison group consisted of 155 12th grade chemistry honors students who studied other chemistry programs. Pre-
and post-tests questionnaires were used to assess students’ higher-order thinking skills. Students’ responses were analyzed
using content analysis rubrics and their statistical analysis. Our findings indicated that the scores of the experimental
group students improved significantly in question posing, inquiry and modeling skills from the pre-test to the post-test.
The net gain scores of the experimental group students were significantly higher than those of their comparison peers in all
three examined skills. In modeling skills, experimental group students significantly improved their achievements in making
the transfer from 3D models to structural formulae, but only about half of them were able to transfer from formulae to 3D
models. By presenting a case-based chemistry assessment tool and content analysis of students’ responses in this paper, we
enable teachers and educators to analyze their students’ higher-order thinking skills both qualitatively and quantitatively. 相似文献
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Susan Bobbitt Nolen 《Educational Psychology Review》2006,18(3):229-232
Perry and Winne (2006) describe their computer program, ‘gStudy’, and argue that it facilitates valid measurement of self-regulated learning (SRL) over time. This commentary addresses the assumptions underlying this argument and raises additional validity questions regarding the use of this tool. These include issues related to the development of SRL in young children, the difficulty in embedding assessments in a learning tool, and the extent to which the log analyzer can separate SRL sequences from other behavior. Finally, the extent to which behavior ‘inside’ gStudy reflects SRL in other contexts is discussed. 相似文献
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The present study investigated the satisfaction of international students. The factor analysis revealed the three factors
of ‘learning and research’, ‘living and adaptation’ and ‘Japanese language ability’. The ten variables were used to predict
the satisfaction of international students and found five significant variables in predicating the satisfaction of international
students. These were suitability of curriculum, progress of research, having a good friend, cultural adaptation and part-time
work. Among these, the suitability of the curriculum was the most significant predictor. Furthermore, the path analysis for
learning and research indicated significant mutual causal relationships between research progress and supervisor’s advice.
The level of Japanese language skills is not necessarily required to receive advice from their supervisors, although Japanese
language skills help to understand the content of classes. 相似文献
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Today’s experts must continuously reconstruct their expertise and be able to apply their theoretical knowledge in actual work.
The development of expertise is a long process, during which theoretical, practical and metacognitive elements of expert knowledge
are integrated into a coherent whole. It is important to foster student’s learning and integration of theoretical knowledge
in practice during tertiary education. One tool for this is to pay more attention to practical knowledge in the theoretical
part of the curriculum. The aim of this study was to evaluate the significance of early practical training as a part of the
pharmacy curriculum and to find out to what extent the students felt their practical training fostered their learning. A total
of 47 pharmacy students were interviewed during the three-month practice period. Content analyses of the interviews showed
that the practical training increased students’ understanding of theoretical knowledge and their motivation to study. The
students acquired practical skills and knowledge in a working community of professionals. The results also showed that the
students should be able to rehearse their reflective skills during the theoretical studies as well, because the practice period
was too short to permit adequate development of reflective skills. 相似文献
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David Beckett 《Asia Pacific Education Review》2008,9(1):21-30
Professional practice can be conceptualised holistically, and in fact during the 1990s the ‘Australian model’ of integrated
or holistic competence emerged empirically. This piece outlines that story, and then develops a more rigorous conceptual analysis
of what it is to make competent practical judgements, through inferences, in context-specific and accountable ways (such as
to one’s peer group of professionals, or to the public). Current research interest in the Schonian swamp-like messiness of
judgements (e.g. in clinical medicine) is drawn upon to advance a new epistemology of practice, which takes seriously the
‘know how’ of real work situations, as the basis for a revival of Aristotelianphronesis.
Part 2 of this paper is based on Beckett (2004). Quotations are data from a UTS project on professionals’ workplace learning,
directed by Paul Hager and David Beckett (2000-1). 相似文献
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The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that dynamic assessment based instruction increases children’s learning by using
a quasi-experimental research design in Korea. In this study, dynamic assessment is defined as a measurement method of the
zone of proximal development (ZPD) as well as the qualitative and quantitative diagnostic information for individual children.
In addition, dynamic assessment based instruction is defined as a teaching method using the diagnostic information types in
order to increase children’s learning. In this study, 59 children between the ages of 4 and 5 participated. Three types of
number concept achievement tests (pre-test, parallel test, and post-test) for each age group were developed and the content
validity, face validity, and split-half reliability were examined. After conducting the pre-test, the children of each age
group were divided into an experimental group and a control group. Dynamic assessment based instruction regarding number concepts
was undertaken only with the experimental group for 4 weeks. Both groups took a post-test after completing the 4 weeks of
classes. The ANCOVA technique wa ls used for data analysis. The result of this study shows that dynamic assessment based instruction
has a significant effect on children’s learning of number concepts (in the case of 4-year-old children, F = 12.34, p<0.01;
5-year-old children, F = 20.03, P<0.01). Therefore, dynamic assessment based instruction should be used widely for children’s
cognitive learning. 相似文献
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The work in family child care is becoming increasingly more professional, moving from an image of ‘mothering’ toward one of
educare. The growing demand for expertise and competence in family child care providers can be examined in light of their
pedagogical experiences and the ways in which children engage in learning in providers’ homes. This article is based on a
phenomenological study conducted with four certified family child care providers, each with 10 or more years of experience
with a wide age range of children. Data revealed that providers foster a pedagogical relationship with children along five
dimensions of learning: children’s skills for learning, essential opportunities for learning, two forums for learning, socio-emotional
learning, and meaningful learning. The authors conclude with implications for further research. 相似文献
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Positive approaches to learning are considered essential for young children’s school readiness and early school success. Researchers
have reported that positive learning approaches, such as attentiveness and goal orientation, are associated with higher levels
of early school achievement in math and reading. The present study extends this research by examining children’s learning
approaches in the context of classroom activities from a range of curricular areas. Ninety-two children from pre-kindergarten
and kindergarten classrooms took part in the study. Four approaches to learning were rated during children’s participation
in seven classroom learning activities. Results showed that positive learning approaches were a significant contributor to
children’s performance, but they were not equally effective in all activities. The effectiveness of a learning approach depends,
in part, on the characteristics of the activity in which the child is engaged. We discuss the implications of these results
for understanding the study of learning approaches, and for classroom practices designed to promote their development. 相似文献
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This study was conducted in a Reggio inspired child care classroom of 4-year olds where the fundamental principles of Reggio
Emilia preschools are interpreted for a Canadian context. Qualitative case study methodology was employed to investigate how
social interaction plays a role in young children’s learning processes. Drawing on social constructivist views of children’s
learning and socialization, children’s discussions and interactions within a preschool learning group were examined. Examination
of children’s discourse is valuable not only for understanding individual and group learning experiences but also for illuminating
children’s agency and their active roles in their own learning. The study focused on the in-depth study of six children’s
activities during a ‘Shades of Pink’ project. As the project, ‘Shades of Pink’ unfolded, the children faced cognitive conflict while they were talking about the details of Monet’s painting, but worked
toward building common understandings. In this study, children are considered to be meaning makers and active participants
in their own learning processes. In addition, the relationships between children became a context in which the co-construction
of theories, interpretations and various understandings of reality took place. Small group work became a basis for creating
unity, a space in which thoughts took shape as well as a way to compare interpretations; with the result that new thoughts
and meanings were produced. 相似文献
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Angela K. Salmon 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2008,35(5):457-461
Conscious of the interplay between nature and nurture in determining a child’s individuality and success in life, the author
embarked a group of teachers in an action research project towards nurturing a culture of thinking in young children. Considering
the positive effects of routines in early learning experiences, the research consisted in implementing thinking routines to
engage young children’s minds in thinking activities. The study took place in two Reggio-inspired schools where participating
teachers documented children’s work as part of their teaching. The documentation was a key element to make children’s thinking
visible as they installed the culture and language of thinking in their classrooms. The study found that thinking routines
build up positive attitudes about thinking and learning. By re-visiting their documented work children developed metacognitive
and critical thinking skills which make them more alert to situations that call for thinking. 相似文献
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The relationship between cognitive style and trainee teacher conceptions of differentiation was studied to develop appropriate
scaffolding of their learning. 149 trainee teachers enrolled on 1 year postgraduate initial teacher education (ITE) programmes
at two UK universities completed the Cognitive Style Index (Allinson and Hayes, Journal of Management Studies, 33(1):119–135,
1996; Hodgkinson and Sadler-Smith, Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology, 76(2):243–268, 2003) and a questionnaire exploring their understanding of differentiation, conceptions of learning and learning preferences.
A stratified sample of these trainees was also interviewed to assess their understanding and prior knowledge of differentiation
and learning styles and how they would plan for these in the classroom. Responses were coded using content analysis procedures.
Cognitive style was found to impact on trainees’ conceptions of differentiation; for example, trainees demonstrating higher
levels of analysis and intuition had a more developed understanding of differentiation than other cognitive styles. In relation
to the findings, the use of a constructivist pedagogical tool: a Personal Learning Styles Pedagogy (Evans and Waring, Zhang
& Sternberg (Eds.), Perspectives on the nature of intellectual styles, 2009) is presented to inform the reconceptualisation of ITE programmes. In so doing, the use of this tool addresses key issues
raised in recent international policy debates concerning the necessary development of ITE for twenty-first century learner
needs. 相似文献
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This research investigated 68 secondary school students’ perceptions of their computer-mediated project-based learning environment
and their attitudes towards Project Work (PW) using two instruments—Project Work Classroom Learning Environment Questionnaire
(PWCLEQ) and Project Work Related Attitudes Instrument (PWRAI). In this project-based learning environment, students experienced
a face-to-face classroom setting and e-learning by using a synchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) tool called ‘iCollaborate’
for online communication and project collaboration with peers from other countries. The PWCLEQ and PWRAI instruments were
used to evaluate the computer-mediated project-based learning environment using students’ perceptions of the learning environment
and to further investigate how their perceptions might affect their attitudes towards PW lessons. Students perceived the computer-mediated
project-based learning environment favourably but they preferred to experience more Material Environment and more Open-Endedness
and Social Presence. Simple correlation analysis revealed that all environment dimensions were significantly and positively
related to the students’ attitudes towards PW, while multiple regression analysis indicated that two scales, Instructor Support
and Social Presence, were the strongest predictors of attitudes towards PW lessons. 相似文献
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This article considers the impact of the early stages of an international project, Gardens for Life (GfL), on children’s perceptions
of school gardening and on their learning. The project involved 67 schools in England, Kenya and India and focused on the
growing of crops, recognising the importance of both the process and product of this activity in the different countries.
The theoretical framework was derived from consideration of informal learning, and more specifically experiential learning,
drawing on prior research undertaken in the context of school gardening. The research approach is characterised by the use
of concept maps to uncover the characteristically different ways in which children discerned school gardening and to help
to provide insight into their understanding of this activity. It was supported by contextual observation, interviews and children’s
drawings to aid the interpretation and understanding. The study showed a positive impact on learning and on the perceptions
of children towards school gardening in all three countries. It also highlighted the different perceptions, interpretations
and understanding of school gardening in the different cultures and environments, as well as the various aspects of it which
the children themselves highlighted. 相似文献
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Nancy Digdon Michael Pressley Joel R. Levin 《Educational technology research and development : ETR & D》1985,33(2):139-145
Preschool children heard two ten-sentence stories. Each sentence was accompanied by two pictures (one of the subject and one
of the object of the sentence), by a picture of the sentence’s subject, by a picture of the sentence’s object, or by no pictures.
After presentation of the stories, the children answered questions requiring recall of the sentence objects. Only the two-picture
illustration variation produced significantly beffer learning relative to no-picture control performance. This finding held
both when children were instructed to make mental images representing the prose and when they simply listened to the text.
The results are relevant both to theories of children’s imagery and to practical issues about how to illustrate children’s
texts.
This research was supported by a grant to the second author from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of
Canada. 相似文献
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Teachers' Attitudes Towards Mainstreaming and Their Pupils' Perceptions of Their Classroom Learning Environment 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
In spite of the widespread adoption of policies on mainstreaming, and more recently on inclusive education for children and
young people with special educational needs, little is actually known about the relationship between what teachers think about
such policies and the type of learning environments that they provide. In this study in New Zealand, a sample of regular primary
school teachers (N= 63) were categorised according to ‘high’, ‘moderate’ or ‘low’ scores on a scale which measures their views on mainstreaming
policies and practices. The pupils (N= 1729) of these teachers also completed a scale measuring perceptions of their classroom learning environments. Children
taught by teachers who espoused highly positive attitudes towards mainstreaming were found to have significantly higher levels
of classroom satisfaction and marginally lower levels of classroom friction than children taught by teachers with less positive
attitudes. Implications of these findings are discussed for further research on the role of teacher attitudes in the successful
inclusion of children and young people with special needs and for policies on the implementation of effective inclusive practice.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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This study explored university students’ views of whether they will need research skills in their future work in relation
to their approaches to learning, situational orientations on a learning situation of quantitative methods, and difficulties
experienced in quantitative research courses. Education and psychology students in both Finland (N = 46) and the USA (N = 122), who thought that they would need research skills in their future work, differed significantly from the students who
were not sure whether they would need these skills. The students, who considered research skills important for their future
work, were more task-oriented, used a deeper approach to learning and experienced fewer difficulties in the learning of research
skills than other students. This finding implies that experiences in learning, learning approaches and situational orientations
are related to expectations about future work. For instruction, this means that if we were somehow able to change students’
experiences and orientations towards research into a more positive direction, students might be better prepared for their
future work. 相似文献
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The present study builds on research that indicates that teachers play a key role in promoting those interactional behaviours
that challenge children’s thinking and scaffold their learning. It does this by seeking to determine whether teachers who
implement cooperative learning and receive training in explicit strategic questioning strategies demonstrate more verbal behaviours
that mediate children’s learning than teachers who implement cooperative learning only. The study also sought to determine
whether students who receive training in explicit questioning strategies demonstrate more explanatory behaviour than their
untrained peers, and, as a consequence, do these same students demonstrate more advanced reasoning and problem-solving skills
on follow-up reasoning and problem-solving tasks. The study involved 31 teachers in two conditions, the cooperative + strategic
questioning condition and the cooperative condition, and two groups of students from each teacher’s classroom. The results
show that the teachers in the cooperative + strategic questioning condition used significantly more mediating behaviours than
their peers in the cooperative condition. The study also showed that the children in these teachers’ classes engaged in more
elaboration and obtained significantly higher scores on the follow-up reasoning and problem-solving tasks. The study demonstrates
the importance of explicitly teaching strategic questioning strategies to children during cooperative learning. 相似文献
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It is an ongoing challenge in higher education context to design appropriate learning tasks for students that balances the
diversity in student knowledge and variable skills with student’s potential to learn under guidance. Obtaining feedback from
students on what they know is made more complicated when students are passive during learning activities. In this paper we
report on a project that ran over 2 years in which 67 students (28 in 2005; 39 in 2006) from culturally diverse socio-historical
backgrounds used an anonymous knowledge sharing tool, the dynamic frequently asked questions (DFAQ) to engage with authentic
learning tasks in an Organisational Learning Module. The module was part of the Organisational Psychology honours degree programme
at a higher learning institution. The students used the DFAQ tool to consult with both peers and faculty staff. DFAQ is a
special purpose web-based tool with a Short Message Services (SMS) interface. A thematic analysis was conducted on students’
experiences gathered from focus group discussions. Artefacts from DFAQ are also analysed. The paper reports that DFAQ mediated
the educator’s access to the students’ level of understanding and the potential to learn under guidance. The DFAQ tool therefore
allowed the educator to provide students with appropriate guidance that met individual students’ knowledge gaps. The paper
concludes that DFAQ mediated access to the gap between actual and potential development, stimulated knowledge sharing, peer
learning and impacted on pedagogical designs of learning tasks. 相似文献