Institutional and technical constraints on faculty gross productivity in American doctoral universities     

Jeffery E. Olson DAIL 《Research in higher education》1994,35(5):549-567

Scholars disagree about the manner and extent of environmental structuring of university activities. This study supports arguments that the environment highly structures the relationships between faculty and the academic products of undergraduate instruction, graduate instruction, and research. Multiple correlation coefficients exceeded 90 percent for regressions of faculty size on counts of undergraduate and graduate enrollments and published articles for all universities classified as Research I or II or Doctoral I or II, demonstrating how constrained is doctoral faculty gross productivity in doctoral universities in the United States. Possible institutional and technical constraints are discussed. The regressions reveal economies of scale and economies of scope for some mixes of faculty academic activities, but not for others. Implications on productivity are explored for university type, control, and science emphasis. A typology for productivity studies is also outlined.  相似文献   

Linking logo,levels and language in mathematics     

A. T. Olson  T. E. Kieren  S. Ludwig 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》1987,18(4):359-370

In his book Mindstorms (1980) Papert discusses Turtle Geometry as ego-syntonic or fitting the ways of thinking of the child as a geometric knowledge builder. The van Hiele theory (Wirzup, 1976) looks at geometric knowledge building as occuring through a necessary sequence of levels. Thus if Turtle Geometry is ego-syntonic it would seem that one could apply these van Hiele levels to better describe and understand this form of geometry. It is the first purpose of this paper to provide such an analysis.Using Logo to do Turtle Geometry requires that a child (or learner at any level) do geometry through the deliberate use of language. Thus one ought also to be able to relate theoretically levels of language use to Turtle Geometry. It is a second purpose of this paper to relate a language use framework suggested by the work of Frye (1982) to the language activities of Turtle Geometry.  相似文献   

Surviving innovation: reflection on the pitfalls of practice   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

John Olson 《课程研究杂志》2013,45(6):503-508

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Studying innovation in science teaching: the use of repertory grid techniques in developing a research strategy     

John K. Olson  William A. Reid 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(2):193-201

Summaries

English

Conventional correlation studies are of limited value in research aimed at discovering why curricula are successful or unsuccessful. Their basic weakness is that they offer little scope for revealing how and why innovations become modified in practice as a result of their interaction with contextual constraints such as teachers’ views of their own roles and purposes. Observational studies and the collection, through interviews, of participants’ accounts can to some degree remedy this deficiency. However, such methods encounter problems of subjective data interpretation and of establishing their reliability.

In a study of the implementation of an innovative science curriculum, the Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP), in three English comprehensive schools, the authors experimented with the use of repertory grid techniques based on personal construct theory: This allowed interviews of teachers to be conducted in such a way that categories were revealed rather than imposed and provided data which could be subjected to conventional statistical analysis. Some factors crucially affecting curriculum innovation were identified which might not have been readily discovered by the application of either trait measurement or ethnographic methods.  相似文献   

In practice: Weaving the campus safety net by integrating student health issues into the curriculum     

Todd A. Olson  Joan B. Riley 《About Campus》2009,14(2):27-29

Georgetown University has developed an innovative approach to addressing student health and wellness issues through curriculum infusion—a collaborative pedagogy that introduces real-life health issues faced by college students into their academic courses.  相似文献   

TOWARD 2001: PRESENT REALITIES AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES FOR ADULT EDUCATION,FORMATION OF EDUCATORS,AND THE LAY MINISTRY     

Richard A. Olson 《Religious education (Chicago, Ill.)》2013,108(4):589-605

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Anger Among Allies: Audre Lorde's 1981 Keynote Admonishing the National Women's Studies Association     

Lester C. Olson 《Quarterly Journal of Speech》2013,99(3):283-308

This essay argues that Audre Lorde's 1981 keynote speech, “The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism,” has much to contribute to communication scholars’ understanding of human biases and rhetorical artistry. The significance of Lorde's subject is one reason for devoting critical attention to her speech, because, in contemporary public life in the United States, anger has abiding relevance in an extraordinary range of rhetoric and public address. Another reason for contemplating Lorde's speech is the fact that anger was a major theme throughout the internationally acclaimed poet-activist's advocacy. The essay suggests that Lorde's speech illustrates a communication technique, shifting subjectivities, which recurs in her rhetorical artistry.  相似文献   

Reading graphs: Contributions to an integrative concept of literacy     

John Olson 《课程研究杂志》2013,45(1):1-8

In contrast to past educational research that views graph-related activities in terms of mental ability, I offer a conceptualization of graphing as a semiotic activity. This move provides a more viable account not only of individual experiences, familiarity and socio-cultural factors during graph reading, but also of errors committed by students and 'experts' alike. I outline a model of semiotic activity that contains two elements not present in other semiotic theories: the process of parsing the perceptual field to construct relevant signs and the grounding of a sign through the dialectic of sign-to-referent and referent-to-sign movements. This model of semiotic activity also implies an integration of research on graphing (and other sign-related activities) into a more general concept of literacy.  相似文献   

Currents in Canadian Curriculum Research     

George S. Tomkins  L. Leithwood  John Olson 《课程研究杂志》2013,45(2):200-202

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Motor Skill and Behavior Adjustment: An Exploratory Study     

David M. Olson 《Research quarterly for exercise and sport》2013,84(2):321-326

Abstract

This study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of a supplementary physical education program in improving selected motor skills and behavior adjustment of primary school children who were poor in motor skills and deficient in behavior adjustment. Tests were administered to members of two experimental groups (instruction and non-instruction) and two control groups (deviant and normal) at various times during a one-year period. Improvement in motor performance demonstrated by each of the two experimental groups was significantly greater than such improvement made by each of the control groups. The level of motor performance attained by each of the experimental groups did not significantly differ from the level of motor performance exhibited by normal primary school children. Changes in behavior adjustment among the participants were not statistically significant.  相似文献