Using a situative perspective to gain a deeper understanding of how children’s strengths are related to social context     

Nick Bozic  Rebecca Lawthom  Janice Murray  Jeremy Oldfield 《Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs》2021,21(3):280-289

Over the last twenty-five years, there has been an increase in the availability of published checklists and schedules which allow practitioners to identify the strengths of children and young people, including those with special educational needs. While helpful, these assessments are unable to tell us about the nature of contextual factors which support the expression of particular strengths. In this study, we took a situative perspective to explore how specific classroom practices facilitated strengths. A multiple case study design was used to analyse practices nominated by three children/young people with special educational needs. Qualitative analysis revealed how aspects of practice afforded the opportunity for each child to participate in ways which they equated with their strengths. This style of strength-based assessment led to a more sustained examination of supportive practice features than would have been achieved through interview alone.  相似文献   

Delivering information skills training at a health professionals continuing professional development conference: an evaluation          下载免费PDF全文

Aoife Lawton  Padraig Manning  Fiona Lawler 《Health information and libraries journal》2017,34(1):95-101

In this feature, guest writer Aoife Lawton discusses the outcomes of an information skills workshop delivered at a continuing professional development conference for health and social care professionals in Ireland. The primary aim of the study was to evaluate perceptions of the effectiveness of the workshop. The study provides details of how, through collaborative partnership, the workshop was developed and delivered. Application of an adapted version of the Kirkpatrick model of evaluation is presented alongside details of what impact the event had on the attendees both immediately after the workshop and 3 months post‐workshop. The authors also reflect on the benefits delivery of the workshops had for professional health library practice and service improvement. H. S.  相似文献   

In the shadow of educational reform     

David R. Murray 《TechTrends》1989,34(2):8-10

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Young children are human beings     

Jane Murray 《International Journal of Early Years Education》2017,25(4):339-342

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The Limerick Reading Initiative: a reading intervention targeted at struggling readers in primary school     

Diarmuid O'Rourke  Aoife Olshtroon  Claire O'Halloran 《Support for Learning》2016,31(2):148-163

In this study we examined the effectiveness of a reading intervention targeting a group of 24 struggling readers in ten primary schools in Ireland. The intervention consisted of two components; component one consisted of 15‐20 minutes delivery of the Toe‐by‐Toe programme (a well established systematic synthetic phonics programme) and the second component consisted of 15‐20 minutes guided oral reading using levelled texts. Using standardised measures of word reading, reading fluency, reading comprehension, word attack skills and spelling, we found that after five months of the intervention, the majority of the pupils made significant improvements in reading and reading fluency. The reading comprehension improvements were more varied with almost a quarter of participants showing remarkable progress, while the remainder recorded considerably less impressive gains. These results are very encouraging for classroom practitioners and demonstrate that research validated approaches can help at‐risk readers close the gap with their typically developing peers.  相似文献   

Is adaptation to task complexity really beneficial for performance?     

Stephanie Pieschl  Elmar Stahl  Tom Murray  Rainer Bromme 《Learning and Instruction》2012,22(4):281-289

Theories of self-regulated learning assume that learners flexibly adapt their learning process to external task demands and that this is positively related to performance. In this study, university students (n = 119) solved three tasks that greatly differed in complexity. Their learning processes were captured in detail by task-specific questionnaires and computer-generated log files. Results indicate that students adapted almost all learning processes significantly to task complexity. For example, students accessed more hypertext pages for complex tasks than for simple tasks. However, this kind of adaptation was not consistently related to performance. For variables capturing learners’ self-regulation, such as the number of accessed hypertext pages, more pronounced adaptation was significantly and positively related to performance even when learners’ general processing depth was statistically controlled. Results were less consistent for variables capturing learners’ self-monitoring, such as their judged task complexity.  相似文献   

Queer Youth in Heterosexist Schools: Isolation,Prejudice and No Clear Supportive Policy Frameworks     

Olivia Murray 《Multicultural Perspectives》2013,15(4):215-219

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On the construction and proper proportions of boilers for the generation of steam     

Andrew Murray 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》1855,60(2):125-129

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What's So Special About Special Libraries?     

Tara E. Murray 《图书馆管理杂志》2013,53(4):274-282

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Implicit overcompensation: the influence of negative self-instructions on performance of a self-paced motor task   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

de la Peña D  Murray NP  Janelle CM 《Journal of sports sciences》2008,26(12):1323-1331

According to Wegner's (1994) theory of ironic processes of mental control, self-instructions not to perform in a certain way, together with mental loads, can induce thoughts, emotions, and behaviours that are precisely the opposite of intention. Wegner's theory was tested against the implicit overcompensation hypothesis, which states that movement direction and magnitude are implicitly dictated by self-instruction, irrespective of load, promoting overcompensation of action. Two experiments were conducted using a golf-putting task. In Experiment 1, 48 participants were randomly assigned to one of four load conditions: cognitive, visual, auditory, and self-presentation/incentive. In the experimental trials, participants were instructed to make the putt, but it was emphasized that the putt should not be left short of the target. Following the instructional strategy, putts landed significantly longer than at baseline, irrespective of load. In Experiment 2, 36 participants were divided into one of three groups, without load, in which different instructional sets (control, not putting long, and not putting short) were emphasized. A significant interaction emerged, as participants putted significantly longer or shorter than controls depending on the instructional set given. Overall, our findings support the implicit overcompensation hypothesis. Theoretical and practical considerations are discussed.  相似文献