The Notion of Creativity in Art and the Influence of Cultural Exposure     

Neville John Ellis  Tay-Koay Siew Luan 《Asia Pacific Journal of Education》1995,15(2):52-63

This study investigates how art teachers judge the creativity of student art work. Both conceptual and operational definitions given by teachers were studied. Furthermore, cultural exposure as measured by a teacher's exposure to non-Asian cultures, was studied to see how it might influence art teachers' judgements. Two instruments were developed for the purpose of this study. One instrument was a questionnaire designed to collect qualitative data from the respondents. The second instrument was used to measure art teachers' ratings of creativity. The data revealed that the conceptual definitions given by art teachers varied considerably. However, when asked to rate subjectively the creativity of art products, moderate agreement was reached among art teachers. Exposure to non-Asian cultures did not seem to have an effect on an art teachers' operational definition of creativity. Results of the study imply that the usefulness of the term creativity needs to be reviewed in general usage and in documents such as curricula. It would seem that there is not a clear notion among art teachers as to what constitutes creativity and a creative product.  相似文献   

Writing4practice in engineering courses: Implementation and assessment approaches     

Sibylle Gruber  Debra Larson  David Scott  Melvin Neville 《Technical Communication Quarterly》2013,22(4):419-440

In this article, we analyze a two‐semester effort to integrate writing instruction into a multi‐disciplinary sophomore engineering design course in Northern Arizona University's College of Engineering and Technology. Specifically, we describe the programmatic implementation and assessment approach to evaluate whether student writing improved over the course of the semester. After discussing the reasons for taking a writing‐intensive approach to engineering, we analyze the results of a pre‐and post‐test administered over the span of an academic semester. Although the outcome of our assessment did not show significant improvement, we argue that writing instruction is important for increasing students’ overall learning skills. We conclude by pointing out several benefits and disadvantages of trying to assess writing improvement over two one‐semester periods.  相似文献   

Assessing Performance     

Terry Neville 《School Leadership & Management》2013,33(3):359-364

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Comment on Accuracy of References in Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (Stull Christina,and Quinn, 1991)     

Neville D. Prendergast 《Research quarterly for exercise and sport》2013,84(3):335-336

Abstract

An adaptation of the previously developed Exercise and Self-Esteem Model (Sonstroem &; Morgan, 1989) was tested longitudinally with 93 male interscholastic swimmers from nine high schools who were evaluated at pre-, mid-, and postseason. Swimmers completed three self-perception scales that ranged from evaluations of specific swim skills (SKILL) through broader perceived physical competence (PC) to global self-esteem (SE). Performance scores (PERF) were calculated across events by standardizing swim times to a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1. Structural modeling analysis across the three time waves indicated an excellent data fit(χ² = 25.46, p > .15). The model was able to explain 84, 83, and 80% of PC, SKILL, and PERF, respectively, at the third testing period. Swim improvement tended to be small (median change = 2.9%). Relationships among variables at each testing period and among the same variables at different testing periods were large and as hypothesized. Several significant relationships occurred between different variables across different testing periods. These were not extinguished when social desirability was added to the model. Social desirability failed to significantly influence subsequent measures of any model variable.  相似文献   

Semantic effects on word naming in children with developmental dyslexia     

Neville W. Hennessey  Adele Deadman  Cori Williams 《Journal of Research in Reading》2012,35(3):267-286

Repetition priming was used to examine whether children with dyslexia bias a lexical–semantic pathway when reading words aloud. For the dyslexic group (n = 18, age 9.4–11.8 years), but not for age‐matched controls (n = 18, age 9.2–12.4 years), reaction times when naming pictures were faster after naming the corresponding word. A reading age‐matched control group (n = 24, age 6.8–8.9 years) showed similar priming effects to the children with dyslexia. The magnitude of repetition priming was greater for children with dyslexia with poor nonword reading and slower picture naming. Assuming repetition priming of picture naming is contingent on accessing lexical phonology via semantics, the results suggest less‐skilled normal and disordered readers show a stronger bias towards a lexical– semantic pathway during word reading than skilled readers, and the severity of the phonological representations deficit modulates the strength of that bias in children with dyslexia.  相似文献   

Cleaning data: guess the olympian     

Kate Richards  Neville Davies 《Teaching Statistics》2012,34(1):31-37

This article tackles the problem of what should be done with real textual data that are contaminated by errors of recording, particularly when the data contain words that are misspelt, unintentionally or otherwise.  相似文献   

The key factors affecting Grade 5 achievement in Laos: emerging policy issues     

Njora Hungi  Neville T. Postlethwaite 《Educational Research for Policy and Practice》2009,8(3):211-230

In this study, the authors employed a multilevel analysis procedure to examine the key pupil- and school-level factors that influenced reading and mathematics achievement among Grade 5 primary school pupils in Laos. The data for this study were collected in 2007 as part of a major project (known as Laos Grade 5 Survey) that sought to examine the quality of education offered in primary schools in Laos. Results show that pupil’s age, school resources and learning materials such as pencils, erasers and exercise books are important factors in the prediction of achievement in reading and mathematics at Grade 5 level in Laos. From the results of the analyses, several policy suggestions have been made to improve the facets of education that seem to be worthy of action.  相似文献   

Sedentary Behavior and Health: Broadening the Knowledge Base and Strengthening the Science     

Nyssa Hadgraft  Neville Owen 《Research quarterly for exercise and sport》2017,88(2):123-129

We provide an overview of a recently published, edited book in a rapidly emerging field of research, policy, and practice for physical activity: Sedentary Behavior and Health. In this commentary, we highlight the broad perspectives provided in the 27 chapters of Sedentary Behavior and Health and suggest a research strategy to move the field forward—not only with scientific rigor, but also with breadth of scholarship. The book’s chapters provide an overview of the background to and contexts for sedentary behavior and health. They then highlight the importance of understanding health consequences and underlying mechanisms; introduce key measurement technology and analytic strategies; consider sedentary behavior in subpopulations; describe conceptual models and theories to guide sedentary behavior interventions; and explain what is known about interventions in different settings. Considering the breadth of perspectives brought to bear on the field and the plethora of opportunities for research, policy, and practice, we suggest 3 elements of an interdisciplinary research strategy drawing upon the primary knowledge bases of physical activity and health: through the experimental methods of exercise science, through the observational tools of epidemiology, and through the conceptual approaches and methods of behavioral science. A better understanding of the health consequences of sedentary behavior and how they may be influenced can be encompassed by 3 key questions: What changes are needed to most effectively influence sedentary behaviors? What elements of sedentary behavior should be changed to improve health outcomes? What are the feasibility of and the benefits from changing sedentary behavior?  相似文献   

“Ming： 50 Years that Changed China”, at the British Museum     

Neville Hawcock 《中外文化交流(英文版)》2014,(10):36-39

Ming is one of the world k great cultural brands. Name a Chi- nese dynasty？ It＇s got to be Ming. Found some dusty old blue-and- white porcelain in granny＇s attic？ You joke that it＇s Ming and hope that it is. No marketing department could ask for more.  相似文献   

Book Reviews     

Brian Holmes  John Downing  Eva Holmes  Gilbert de Landsheere  Hermann Rademacker  Saul B. Robinsohn  Carl -Gunnar Janson  John Biggs  Neville Postlethwaite  Ingegerd Axén  Esa Santala  Harold Wyndham 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》1965,11(3):360-378

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