Talent development,work habits,and career exploration of Chinese middle‐school adolescents: development of the Career and Talent Development Self‐Efficacy Scale     

Mantak Yuen  Norman C. Gysbers  Raymond M.C. Chan  Patrick S.Y. Lau  Peter M.K. Shea 《High Ability Studies》2010,21(1):47-62

This article describes the development of an instrument – the Career and Talent Development Self‐Efficacy Scale (CTD‐SES) – for assessing students’ self‐efficacy in applying life skills essential for personal talent development, acquisition of positive work habits, and career exploration. In Study 1, data were obtained from a large sample of Chinese middle‐school students (N=15,113) in Grades 7–9 in Hong Kong. The CTD‐SES is an 18‐item questionnaire with subscales containing items that address students’ orientations toward developing their own talents, acquiring and applying positive work habits, and exploring their career possibilities. Evidence is provided for internal consistency, temporal stability, and factor structure of the CTD‐SES. Goodness of fit statistics provided support for a three‐primary‐factor‐plus‐higher‐factor model, and this solution was used in the statistical analyses. The data also indicated that students with plans for university study reported significantly higher scores than those without on all three domains of career and talent development. In Study 2 (N=308) Grade 10 high‐ability students’ scores in CTD‐SES were correlated with scores in career decision self‐efficacy and academic performance. The development and validation of CTD‐SES is the first step toward investigating career exploration, work habits, and talent development among Asian middle‐school adolescents.  相似文献   

Complementary roles of care and behavioral control in classroom management: The self-determination theory perspective     

Youyan Nie  Shun Lau 《Contemporary educational psychology》2009

This study examined how classroom management practices—care and behavioral control—were differentially associated with students’ engagement, misbehavior, and satisfaction with school, using a large representative sample of 3196 Grade 9 students from 117 classes in Singapore. Results of hierarchical linear modeling showed differential relations. After controlling for students’ gender and socioeconomic status, both care and behavioral control were positively related to student engagement. Moreover, behavioral control was a significant negative predictor of classroom misbehavior and care was a significant positive predictor of satisfaction with school. Our findings underscore the importance of blending care and behavioral control to achieve multiple goals of classroom management.  相似文献   

唐太宗的儒学思考     

刘顺 《洛阳师范学院学报》2009,28(4):89-92

唐太宗的儒学思考,乃为应对汉末以降,华夏之地域文化问题而发。唐太宗将复兴儒学作为构建帝国意识形态的重要步骤,而"文德"政治构想为其儒学思考核心所在。此构想建基于贞观君臣对"君权天授、有限合法"这一儒学精神的集体认同。在唐太宗和贞观众臣的共同努力下,"贞观故事"成为唐乃至后世封建政治生活的典范。  相似文献   

大学生心理健康阶段性特点分析及对策研究   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

米舜 《怀化学院学报》2009,28(6)

大学生心理健康问题可分为三个阶段:新生阶段、老生阶段、毕业生阶段。针对大学生心理的阶段性差异和健康教育存在的问题有的放矢进行疏导,将群体辅导与个别辅导结合起来;转变传统观念,让心理咨询走进大学生活;夯实基层心理健康教育队伍,完善心理保健网络,才能破除具体实施过程中存在的形式化等弊端,改善高校心理健康教育现状。  相似文献   

Improving educational assessment： A computer-adaptive multiple choice assessment using NRET as the scoring method     

Lau Sie Hoe Lau Ngee Kiong Hong Kian Sam Hasbee Bin Usop 《美中教育评论》2009,6(5):51-60

Assessment is central to any educational process. Number Right （NR） scoring method is a conventional scoring method for multiple choice items, where students need to pick one option as the correct answer. One point is awarded for the correct response and zero for any other responses. However, it has been heavily criticized for guessing and failure to credit partial knowledge. Despite continued research in scoring methods, conventional NR scoring method remains the most popular and widely used procedure. Thus, the problem of crediting partial knowledge and guessing still exist. In addition, the current assessment practices do not take students＇ misconceptions into consideration. Thus, there is a need to propose a new scoring method that is able to minimize guessing, credit partial knowledge, yet able to diagnose misconceptions. This study proposed the development of a Computer-Adaptive Assessment Software （CAAS） for MC items using the new Number Right Elimination Testing （NRET） which take into consideration these three elements. This paper described the rational for using the NRET, the design and development of CAAS and the results of the pilot study carried out in three secondary schools in Malaysia.  相似文献   

A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF PISA’S ASSESSMENT ON SCIENTIFIC LITERACY     

Kwok-Chi Lau 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2009,7(6):1061-1088

The OECD “Programme for International Student Assessment” or (PISA) is one of the largest-scale international efforts that have been launched to assess students’ scientific literacy. Such an international assessment would likely exert a profound impact on the science education policies of the participating countries/regions, including Hong Kong. This paper sets out to examine critically how scientific literacy has been assessed by PISA through analyzing its assessment frameworks and released sample items. It was found that the PISA 2000 and 2003 assessments of science have used a narrower definition of scientific literacy, as compared to that of PISA 2006 and what scientific literacy was construed for science education. However, even PISA 2006 appears to be more valid in its assessment framework, its validity was also called into question when the sample items for the trial study were examined. Knowledge about science was found largely about the processes of science, rather than the nature of science as described in the assessment framework. Besides, it intertwined with knowledge of science in a hidden manner. The application of knowledge of science in novel, real-life situations was also jeopardized because of the issue of curricular relevance. Besides these major problems, the article has discussed the problems with the concept of scientifically investigable questions and identifying research question of an investigation. Overall, the findings raised concern over what the PISA’s measure of scientific literacy actually means.  相似文献   

一类高阶CCD有限差分格式     

张舜 《河北职业技术学院学报》2009,(3)

应用Hermitian插值法给出一类三点式联合紧致的有限差分格式(CCD Scheme),对边界条件加以讨论,得到8阶精度的数值结果。  相似文献   

You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit,     

Brad A. Lau 《Christian Higher Education》2017,16(1-2):119-121

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Walk-rally support system using two-dimensional codes and mobile phones     

Tetsuya Miyagawa  Shun Mizuno 《Interactive Learning Environments》2013,21(2):199-210

‘Walk Rally’ (WR), an orienteering-like recreation game, is common, especially in Japan. Numerous trials to combine WR with educational activities are being carried out by some educators. However, participants are always at the risk of straying and subjected to various accidents during the WR. We developed a WR support system based on mobile phones enabled with a two-dimensional (2D) code reader. Our system can be adapted to the following two cases: (1) WR participants read 2D codes placed at each check point (CP) with their mobile phones. (2) Human checkers having a mobile phone at each CP read a 2D code printed on each WR participant's identification (ID) tag. The WR organizer's anxiety over straying participants will be eased because our system can continuously show the last check points at which each participant has checked in. In addition, our system can incorporate e-learning (m-learning) essences into the WR. We tested our system with three events, which included 100?600 participants. During these events, our system worked successfully. These results indicate that our system has enough potential to be used as a new type of outdoor edutainment (education + entertainment) tool with a better safety of participants.  相似文献   

高中信息技术课程自主学习策略研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

周顺 《科教文汇》2011,(12):51-52

主动、合作、探究是目前新课程的重点。改变原有的学习方式,让学生由被动接受转变为主动学习是我们追求的目标。本文从自主学习策略和模式构建对信息技术课程自主学习进行了有益的探索,为信息技术自主学习提供了思路。  相似文献