Perceptions of Social Support Among Young Children     

Wendy C. Gamble  E. Jeanne Woulbroun 《Early education and development》1995,6(1):5-23

225 children (ages 4 to 8, 103 girls, 37.5% Mexican-American) participated, reporting who provides support, frequency of receiving different types of support, and satisfaction with support received. These reports were subjected to factor analyses and results did not fit a prior conceptualization. Exploratory factor analyses resulted in a three factor solution that was both more interpretable and the solutions were more similar for reports of frequency of receiving support and satisfaction. A total of six subscale scores were computed, three each for the frequency and the satisfaction items, which were subsequently labelled: informational/emotional, recreational, and practical support. Analyses of the empirically derived subscale scores suggested that young, pre- and early elementary school-aged children responded to questions about their social support in reasonably reliable and valid ways. Significant correlations with indices of perceived competence and acceptance resulted. Remarkably little is known about young children's perceptions of their social worlds, or specifically the nature of support they think is available or that they actually receive. These data suggest that gathering this information from the children themselves is feasible. Ultimately such information should be critical for the design and evaluation of early childhood curricula instructing children about social relations generally, and specifically, who they can turn to for support.  相似文献   

How Sustainable Are In‐service Teacher‐training Courses?     

Wendy Lam Yuen‐Kwan 《Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education》1998,26(1):65-73

The present research addressed the issue of ‘life after a course’. The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of four in‐service teacher‐training courses at the Hong Kong Institute of Education in terms of their usefulness and relevance to the teachers’ needs on return to school. An end‐of‐course evaluation questionnaire and a follow‐up questionnaire were sent six months after the courses to see if there were any significant differences in the participants’ views on the effectiveness of a course at two different time points. Qualitative data collected from interviews between the tutors and participants six months after the courses were also analysed to find out which aspects of the courses were considered to be most useful to the teachers on their return to school, and why they were useful. The findings from the research give valuable insights into the design of teacher‐education courses.  相似文献   

CRITICAL EDUCATION AND EMBODIED SUBJECTS: MAKING THE POSTSTRUCTURAL TURN   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Wendy Kohli 《Educational theory》1998,48(4):511-519

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Instruction in secondary cotaught classrooms: Three elements,two teachers,one unique approach     

Margaret P. Weiss  Wendy J. Rodgers 《Psychology in the schools》2020,57(6):959-972

Coteaching is a widely used service delivery model for students with disabilities who access the general curriculum. Instruction in cotaught classrooms is meant to be qualitatively different from instruction in solo-taught classrooms; however, this is not always the case. In this article, we describe a framework for thinking about and planning instruction in cotaught classrooms that includes evidence-based practices from special education and specially designed instruction. Examples are included and discussed.  相似文献   

科学与科学之外--关于《时间简史》   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

钟文 《湖南科技学院学报》2005,26(1):1-6

本文不是通常意义上的书评或读后文章。作者凭借对霍金的名著《时间简史》的阐释和响应,在科学与哲学、宇宙与人类、学术与人生之间往复议论,而作者对于人类睿智的追求和对于科学家的思想活动,以及作者个人的性格与其中西合璧式的幽默,均获得一种良好的体现。  相似文献   

猜一猜     

Wendy Franklin 《英语沙龙》2009,(10):33-33

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Prior degree and student assessment performance: how can evidence guide decisions on assessment policy?     

Pippa Craig  Jill Gordon  Rufus Clarke  Wendy Oldmeadow 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》2009,34(5):537-551

This study aimed to provide evidence to guide decisions on the type and timing of assessments in a graduate medical programme, by identifying whether students from particular degree backgrounds face greater difficulty in satisfying the current assessment requirements. We examined the performance rank of students in three types of assessments and also calculated the relative risk of failure in the summative assessments for four cohorts over all four years of a four‐year graduate medical programme. Our findings suggest that early summative assessment may disadvantage the very students who create the diversity that the faculty values, particularly if methods such as Single Best Answer questions are used, unless students are provided with additional support in bridging their knowledge gap. Use of assessment methods such as Modified Essay Questions and Objective Structured Clinical Examinations appears to be more justifiable on educational grounds.  相似文献   

BOOK REVIEWS     

Simon Gibbs  Susan Billington  Wendy Penton  Lyndsey Price 《Educational Psychology in Practice》2009,25(4):385-395

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Using Wikis to Collaboratively Prepare for Qualifying Examinations:     

Joseph C. DiPietro  Wendy Drexler  Kathryn Kennedy  Vasa Buraphadeja  Feng Liu  Kara Dawson 《TechTrends》2010,54(1):25-32

This article focuses on the experiences of seven Ph.D. students implementing a wiki to collaboratively prepare for qualifying examinations in the educational technology program at a large southeastern university. Concomitant study for such a rigorous examination is rare, and the trials and tribulations of the group are described in detail. Specific guidelines highlighting effective preparation options for qualifying exams are often elusive, and, as such, this article explores current research related to collaborative preparation and mentoring, as well as the qualifying examination process in total, in hopes of adding to the scientific body of knowledge related to these subjects. It also offers best practice strategies, suggests possible technology tips regarding wiki implementation, and seeks to better scaffold future scholars and/or mentors seeking to effectively participate in or plan for collaborative qualifying examination preparation.  相似文献   

Contrast in usage of FCAT‐approved anatomical terminology between members of two anatomy associations in North America     

Bradford D. Martin  Donna Thorpe  Victoria Merenda  Brian Finch  Wendy Anderson‐Smith  Zane Consiglio‐Lahti 《Anatomical sciences education》2010,3(1):25-32

Almost 12 years since the publishing of Terminologia Anatomica (TA) by the Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology (FCAT), there has yet to be a unified adoption of FCAT‐recommended anatomical terms by North American anatomists. A survey was sent to members of the Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS) to compare the frequency of FCAT term usage with a previous study involving the American Association of Anatomists (AAA). The HAPS differed from AAA in being composed mostly of biologists (56.5%) who teach anatomy with only 18.3% of respondents having terminal degrees in anatomy. The survey included the same 25 sets of synonymic names for selected gross anatomical structures or related terms used for the AAA survey. Overall results indicate that the FCAT preferred term had the highest frequency of usage in only 40.0% of the survey questions, demonstrating 4% lower compliance than AAA respondents. Compliance with FCAT preferred terms ranged from 92.2% to 1.7% usage. When compared with AAA anatomists, there were reversals in predominant usage between FCAT and non‐FCAT terms for six sets of anatomical structures: HAPS respondents predominantly used non‐FCAT terms for adrenal gland (88.7%), antecubital fossa (57.4%), patellar tendon (65.2%), ligamentum capitis femoris (36.5%), while preferring the FCAT anterior circumflex humeral artery (45.2%) and anterior/posterior preferred over ventral/dorsal (41.7%). Almost 54% of HAPS anatomists were not familiar with the FCAT, nearly 21% higher than the AAA. Anat Sci Educ 3:25–32, 2010. © 2009 American Association of Anatomists.  相似文献