Peer-Collaborator Preferences of African American and White Sixth-Graders in Mathematics Classrooms     

Abigail S. Hoffman  Jill V. Hamm  Kerrylin Lambert  Judith Meece 《Journal of Experimental Education》2020,88(4):559-577

Abstract

This study focused on academic and social correlates of collaborator preferences of African American and White sixth-graders in mathematics classrooms in fall and spring. Students’ appraisals of emotional risk were examined as a moderator. Nomination procedures identified collaborator preferences, group affiliations, and social centrality; students self-reported engagement and emotional risk; school records provided achievement scores. Results indicated students preferred group affiliates, but not exclusively, as collaborators. Students with greater centrality, achievement, and engagement received more nominations. In the fall, high achievers received more nominations when appraisals of risk were high; whereas, engaged students whose appraisals of risk were low received more nominations. Results are interpreted in relation to coordinating social and academic factors in peer collaboration.  相似文献   

The Key Stage 3 Strategy: what kind of reform is this?     

Gordon Stobart Corresponding author  Louise Stoll 《Cambridge Journal of Education》2005,35(2):225-238

The Key Stage 3 Strategy is a complex and evolving government strategy intended to improve the education of 11‐ to 14‐year‐olds in England. This paper provides a snapshot of its development by early 2004, drawing on our evaluation of the pilot phase which began in 2000. The evolution of the Strategy, with its phased introduction of both subject and cross‐curricular strands, is described. We then examine the policy intentions and evidence base which underpin it before considering what the Strategy offers in terms of curricular and pedagogical reform. While the Strategy seeks to improve schooling for 11‐ to 14‐year‐olds, it has struggled to offer a coherent approach, though recent changes in emphasis may help. We conclude that a more radical approach to the learning needs of 11‐ to 14‐year‐olds is needed and draw evidence from international trends in middle years education.  相似文献   

An assessment of the relation between traditional and paper-and-pencil formal operations tasks     

Jill K. Tschopp  Lawrence A. Kurdek 《科学教学研究杂志》1981,18(1):87-91

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Identifying future scientists: predicting persistence into research training     

McGee R  Keller JL 《CBE life sciences education》2007,6(4):316-331

This study used semistructured interviews and grounded theory to look for characteristics among college undergraduates that predicted persistence into Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. training. Participants in the summer undergraduate and postbaccalaureate research programs at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine were interviewed at the start, near the end, and 8–12 months after their research experience. Of more than 200 themes considered, five characteristics predicted those students who went on to Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. training or to M.D. training intending to do research: 1) Curiosity to discover the unknown, 2) Enjoyment of problem solving, 3) A high level of independence, 4) The desire to help others indirectly through research, and 5) A flexible, minimally structured approach to the future. Web-based surveys with different students confirmed the high frequency of curiosity and/or problem solving as the primary reason students planned research careers. No evidence was found for differences among men, women, and minority and nonminority students. Although these results seem logical compared with successful scientists, their constancy, predictive capabilities, and sharp contrast to students who chose clinical medicine were striking. These results provide important insights into selection and motivation of potential biomedical scientists and the early experiences that will motivate them toward research careers.  相似文献   

Language and theory of mind: a study of deaf children     

Schick B  de Villiers P  de Villiers J  Hoffmeister R 《Child development》2007,78(2):376-396

Theory-of-mind (ToM) abilities were studied in 176 deaf children aged 3 years 11 months to 8 years 3 months who use either American Sign Language (ASL) or oral English, with hearing parents or deaf parents. A battery of tasks tapping understanding of false belief and knowledge state and language skills, ASL or English, was given to each child. There was a significant delay on ToM tasks in deaf children of hearing parents, who typically demonstrate language delays, regardless of whether they used spoken English or ASL. In contrast, deaf children from deaf families performed identically to same-aged hearing controls (N=42). Both vocabulary and understanding syntactic complements were significant independent predictors of success on verbal and low-verbal ToM tasks.  相似文献   

Videotaped teaching segments and the preservice teacher: Developing reflective practice     

Jill C. Miels 《The Teacher Educator》2013,48(3):181-188

Abstract

This article describes a project that uses videotaped segments of “best practice” teaching methods with freshman practicum students in a midsized university. The rationale, process of collecting teaching segments, and preliminary use of two tapes are presented. Initial response suggests that using videotaped teaching segments with preservice teaching majors is a positive approach to introducing students to the intricacies of teaching and learning.  相似文献   

Understanding and Teaching Problem‐Solving in Physics     

Jill H. Larkin‡  F. Reif 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(2):191-203

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English

We describe a systematic study of skills for solving problems in basic physics, a domain of practical significance for instruction, but not of prohibitive complexity. Our studies show that an inexperienced student tends to solve a problem by assembling individual equations. By contrast, an expert solves a problem by a process of successive refinements, first describing the main problem features by seemingly vague words or pictures, and only later considering the problem in greater detail in more mathematical language. We have formulated explicit theoretical models with such features and have supported them by some detailed observations of individuals. In addition, experimental instruction incorporating such features seems to improve problem‐solving performance significantly. These investigations yield thus some basic insights into thinking processes effective for problem‐solving. Furthermore, they offer the prospect that these insights can be used to teach students improved problem‐solving skills and to modify common teaching practices which inhibit the development of such skills.  相似文献   

The use and abuse of notes     

Gordon F. Hostettler 《Communication quarterly》2013,61(1):7-8

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The Quality of First Year Home Candidates for Undergraduate Degree Courses in British Universities (1980)     

Gordon Roderick 《International Journal of Lifelong Education》2013,32(3):283-296

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Reviews     

Pat Sadler  Garry Hornby  Gordon Dimmock  Don Baines  Gill Collins 《Pastoral Care in Education》2013,31(1):52-55

Pat Sadler, Hiroshima Shudo University, The Caring Child by Nancy Eisenberg. Cambridge, Mass, and London: Harvard University Press, 1992, hb ISBN 0 674 09725 4, pb ISBN 0 674 09726 2, US$8.95

Garry Hornby, University of Hull, Youth in Trouble: Educational Responses, by J. F. Schostak. London: Kogan Page, 1991. 192pp., pb. ISBN 0 7494 0372 1, np

Gordon Dimmock, Harold Hill Community School, Havering, ‘Some Way to Go’: A Pilot Study on the Appraisal of Educational Resources on Leaving Home and Homelessness, Leaving Home Project. London: Information Services Charity Limited, 1987. 56pp., £4.95

Gordon Dimmock, Harold Hill Community School, Havering, Experimental Project. Final Report, Leaving Home Project. London: Information Services Charity Limited, 1991. 30pp., £6

Gordon Dimmock, Harold Hill Community School, Havering, ‘Making the Break’: Choices and Decisions Facing Young People Leaving Home, by Philip Hope, edited by Catherine ByGott. London: CSV Advisory Service and Leaving Home Project, 1989. 157pp. plus VHS video ‘Cutting Loose’, 20 min., CSV, 1988. ISBN 0 907829 57 0, £28.25+£2.40 p. & p.

Don Baines, Anglia Polytechnic University, Teacher Training in Secondary Schools, by Rowie Shaw. London: Kogan Page Limited, 1992. 162pp., pb ISBN 0 7494 0637 2, £14.95

Gill Collins, Sovereign Centre Tutorial Unit, Issues: A Cross-Curricular Course for PSE, by John Foster. Hammersmith: Collins Educational, 1992. Pupil Book One, ISBN 0 00 327334 2, £4.95; Teachers Resources One, ISBN 0 00 327339 3, £7.25; Pupil Book Two, ISBN 0 00 327335 0, £4.95; Teachers Resources Two, ISBN 0 00 327340 7, £7.25; Pupil Book Three, ISBN 0 00 327336 9, £4.95; Teachers Resources Three, ISBN 0 00 3273415, £7.25; Pupil Book Four, ISBN 0 00 327337 7, £5.50; Teachers Resources Four, ISBN 0 00 327342 3, £7.95; Pupil Book Five, ISBN 0 00 327338 5, £5.50; Teachers Resources Five, ISBN 0 00 327343 1, £7.95  相似文献