Developmental Changes in the Relations Between RAN,Phonological Awareness,and Reading in Spanish Children     

Cristina Rodríguez  Madelon van den Boer  Juan E. Jiménez  Peter F. de Jong 《Scientific Studies of Reading》2015,19(4):273-288

We examined the developmental relations of phonological awareness (PA) and rapid automatized naming (RAN) with reading in a cross-sectional study with 874 Spanish children from Grades 2 to 6. Our main prediction was that the RAN–reading relationship would decrease due to a gradual change in reading strategy, from serial decoding to sight word reading. Therefore, in contrast to most previous studies, we used discrete reading tasks. Serial RAN tasks for objects, colors, digits, and letters were included. First, we examined whether the RAN tasks loaded on the same constructs across time. An alphanumeric and a nonalphanumeric factor were identified, which were invariant over time. In subsequent multigroup structural equation models we found that the PA–reading relationship was low but slightly increased in the higher grades. As predicted, the RAN–reading relationship decreased for words, whereas the relationship remained stable for pseudowords.  相似文献   

How many words are enough? Investigating the effect of different configurations of a software scaffold for formulating scientific hypotheses in inquiry-oriented contexts     

Hovardas  Tasos  Zacharia  Zacharias  Xenofontos  Nikoletta  de Jong  Ton 《Instructional Science》2022,50(3):361-390

Instructional Science - We extended research on scaffolds for formulating scientific hypotheses, namely the Hypothesis Scratchpad (HS), in the domain of relative density. The sample comprised of...  相似文献   

Education policy reforms: problems and prospects     

Yusuf Sayed  Nitya Rao  Paul Morris 《Compare》2012,42(1):1-4

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The fayette,no cost,no credit workshop     

Morris E. Mitchell 《Peabody Journal of Education》2013,88(1):412-416

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Quality,diversity and lesson learning in international education     

Yusuf Sayed  Paul Morris  Nitya Rao 《Compare》2011,41(3):307-310

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Establishing a successful physical activity program to recruit and retain women     

Clare Hanlon  Tony Morris  Susan Nabbs 《Sport Management Review》2010,13(3):269-282

Increasingly, health organisations and governing bodies in developed countries are paying serious attention to the problem of adult inactivity. Many of the programs designed to increase levels of activity, particularly amongst target populations, such as women, have not been systematically assessed for their effectiveness in recruiting women and helping them maintain activity levels. The purpose of this study was to determine what attracted and sustained women to participate in physical activity programs. Responses from a survey to sport and recreation program providers identified 64 successful programs in the state of Victoria, Australia. Eight of these programs were purposively selected for case study analysis. Data was collected from a focus group with women participants from each of these eight programs. Six core themes emerged from inductive content analysis of the focus groups. The most frequent participant responses related to the social aspects of the exercise environment. Women in the focus groups valued instructor professionalism and instructors’ technical knowledge, however, it was their awareness and sensitivity that participants appreciated most. This exploratory study is important because it reflects the voices of women talking about what made physical activity programs successful for them. The study raises critical questions that should be examined systematically through large-scale survey research and field-based intervention studies, which in turn should stimulate program development to encourage women in physical activity.  相似文献   

Book reviews     

Friedrich Edding  G. W. Parkyn  Renzo Titone  Oskar Anweiler  Frederic Lilge  John Vaizey  Werner Levi  B. Magierska  Walter Schultze  Mary Ewen Ulich  Ben Morris  Ignacy SzAniawski  G. de Landsheere  M. L. Kellmer Pringle  W. Lenz  Rudolf Haas  John Bradley  Josip Lukatela  M. J. Langeveld  S. Wiegersma  H. H. Stern  H. P. Rickman 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》1963,8(3-4):471-498

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Open publishing     

Sally Morris 《Learned Publishing》2003,16(3):171-176

There is increasing pressure from academia to make the results of publicly funded research freely available to all. Preprint archives have grown up in some disciplines, and institutional archives are now being developed. While openly accessible preprints seem to have damaged publishers less than was originally feared, the final published versions of articles – when combined with sophisticated retrieval software – may turn out to be a different matter. Publishers have already done much to make their content more accessible through bundling, consortia licensing, access for less‐developed countries, more liberal customer and author agreements, and collective licensing. Some are experimenting with open access journals, although this may not work in all disciplines. It seems clear, however, that there are elements of value in journals themselves, and in the functions performed by journal publishers, which should survive.  相似文献   

Content integration as a factor in math-game effectiveness     

Sylke Vandercruysse  Judith ter Vrugte  Ton de Jong  Pieter Wouters  Herre van Oostendorp  Lieven Verschaffel  Jan Elen 《Educational technology research and development : ETR & D》2017,65(5):1345-1368

In this study we focus on the integration of mathematical learning content (i.e., proportional reasoning) in game-based learning environments (GBLE). More specifically, two kinds of GBLEs are set up: an extrinsically integrated GBLE and an intrinsically integrated GBLE. In the former environment, the mathematical content is not part of the core mechanics and structure of the gaming world. In the latter environment, the mathematical content is delivered through the parts of the game that are the most fun to play and embodied within the structure of the gaming world and the players’ interactions with it. Sixty-four vocational track students participated in the study, all of them working in either version of the self-developed GBLE “Zeldenrust”. The results of this study suggest that the way the content is integrated in a GBLE (i.e., intrinsically or extrinsically) matters: contrary to our expectations, students who played the extrinsically integrated game showed higher learning gains, motivational gains and perceived usefulness than students who played the game in which the content was intrinsically integrated.  相似文献   

Identifying and addressing themes of job dissatisfaction for secondary principals     

David De Jong  Trent Grundmeyer  Julie Yankey 《School Leadership & Management》2017,37(4):354-371

Secondary principals serve in important roles that are complex, high-stress, and include demanding job responsibilities. Key stakeholders such as superintendents, school board members, and legislators must understand the challenges facing secondary principals in order to address the current themes of job dissatisfaction. Using new survey data compiled from 176 secondary principals across a state in the Midwest United States, this study shows four themes of job dissatisfaction are plaguing secondary principals: high job demands with unreasonable expectations, managing difficult stakeholders, problematic work/life balance, and lack of support. This study concludes with practical suggestions to address each theme of job dissatisfaction.  相似文献