Developing mental orthographic representations in refugee spellers with low literacy: how much input is too much?          下载免费PDF全文

Heather Smyser  Mary Alt 《Journal of Research in Reading》2018,41(3):455-474

Background

We used two principles of implicit learning, variability and complexity, to train mental orthographic representations in refugee English learners to improve spelling.

Methods

Twenty‐eight refugees enrolled in a 10‐week English class were trained on classroom words using stimuli designed to encourage implicit learning. We contrasted high‐variability visual input combined with either high‐linguistic or low‐linguistic complexity, using a short (<5 minute) PowerPoint‐based training. Participants were regularly tested on their spelling and were compared with themselves using single subject design. Individual effect sizes were aggregated across participants, and we used dependent measures t‐tests to compare conditions.

Results

Participants learned significantly more treated words than control words in the high‐variability/low‐complexity condition, but not in the high‐variability/high‐complexity condition.

Conclusions

Refugees can benefit from interventions designed to promote implicit learning but can be overwhelmed by too much input.  相似文献   

A meta-study of qualitative research on mental toughness development     

David R. Anthony  Daniel F. Gucciardi  Sandy Gordon 《International review of sport and exercise psychology》2016,9(1):160-190

Mental toughness (MT) is considered a necessary ingredient for high-level performance. Unsurprisingly, scholarly interest in the development of mental toughness has increased over the past decade, with much of this work informed by qualitative designs. No study to date has systematically reviewed and integrated this body of qualitative research on MT development. The primary purpose of this study was to create an integrated theoretical framework that incorporates extant MT development research in sport and performance settings. Three subsequent aims were to (a) systematically review and evaluate the qualitative literature regarding key developmental factors and processes for MT; (b) synthesise knowledge of key developmental factors and processes for MT; and (c) generate an integrated framework that can inform future research and advancement in theory with regard to MT development. Following a systematic search of online journals, search engines, and databases, 10 papers met the criteria for inclusion and were retained. These studies served as the primary data for meta-data, meta-method, and meta-theory analyses, which were integrated using a meta-synthesis approach. Four key themes were identified from the existing qualitative evidence: personal characteristics, interactions with environment, progressive development, and breadth of experience. These unique themes were integrated with existing theory to propose a bioecological model of MT development that encompasses interdependent interactions among the person, proximal processes, context, and time. We describe how this model can be used as a heuristic for research and practice, and underscore the importance of methodological diversity for future work on the development of MT.  相似文献   

The dilemma of fading food: An investigation into the light sensitivity of selected Ed Ruscha screenprints     

Laura Maccarelli  Heather Brown  Charlotte W. Eng 《文物保护研究》2016,61(3):308-310

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Connecting with Community: The Importance of Community Engagement in Rural Public Library Systems     

Heather Reid 《Public Library Quarterly》2016,35(3):188-202

While the topic of community engagement in public libraries has been researched in urban public library systems, little research explores community engagement in rural library systems. The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is largely rural and sparsely populated, with a dwindling and aging rural population. This report examines how community engagement can connect Nova Scotia’s rural public libraries with their communities. Librarians from eight predominantly rural library systems across the province were interviewed regarding the community engagement practices currently being used within their libraries and how their patrons (particularly youth) were reacting and responding to these practices. This article synthesizes the information derived from these interviews and provides a summary of the community engagement efforts being made throughout Nova Scotia. This study ultimately determines that while librarians in rural communities face a number of challenges when attempting to implement community engagement (e.g., small budgets and low staffing numbers), they remain extremely passionate about the topic and dedicated to serving their communities in the most meaningful and relevant way possible.  相似文献   

Beyond public perceptions of gene technology: community participation in public policy in Australia     

Dietrich H  Schibeci R 《Public understanding of science (Bristol, England)》2003,12(4):381-401

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“Assembling” the Ideal Learner: The School Assembly as Regulatory Ritual     

Patti Silbert  Heather Jacklin 《Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies》2013,35(4):326-344

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American Indian identity and intellectualism: The quest for a new red pedagogy     

Sandy Grande 《International journal of qualitative studies in education》2013,26(4):343-359

In this article Grande argues that American Indian intellectualism and its central concerns - sovereignty and self-determination - have been ignored, obscured, and impeded by dominant modes of educational theory. More specifically, she argues that current obsessions with identity theory and formation work to deny the critical difference of American Indians as tribal peoples of distinct nations with sovereign status and treaty rights. Dominant modes of identity theory, thus, work to obscure the real sources of oppression of Indigenous peoples, substituting radical social transformation with a politics of representation. In working to address the inner contradictions between dominant modes of identity theory and American Indian tribal subjectivity, Grande employs the use of narrative, examining the text of her own identity formation through the lenses of differing modes of identity theory, namely essentialist, postmodern, and critical identity theories. She analyzes the potential of each theory to produce transformative knowledge and inform the discourse on American Indian identity and intellectualism. The author ends with a discussion of the need for a critical Indigenous theory of tribal identity and liberation, for a collectivity of critique that ultimately forms the foundation for a new Red Pedagogy.  相似文献   

Perceived effects and uses of the national teacher evaluation system in Chilean elementary schools     

Sandy Taut  Maria Verónica Santelices  Carolina Araya  Jorge Manzi 《Studies in Educational Evaluation》2011,37(4):218-229

This paper addresses the perceived consequences of the Chilean national teacher evaluation system. We interviewed 57 school leaders in 30 schools across 10 municipalities about effects and uses of the assessment in their schools. Results show that in the large majority of schools our interviewees observe positive effects such as increased teamwork and internal reflection processes based on the assessment results. Reports about effects at teacher level far outnumber institutional effects, and are mixed. In all schools our interviewees report on teachers’ negative emotions and work overload due to the assessment process, but also about their internalization of the underlying professional standards. The paper analyzes differences among schools and offers suggestions for the development of large-scale standardized teacher evaluation systems.  相似文献   

Youth cultures in the age of global media     

Heather Mendick 《Gender and education》2015,27(6):718-719

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Gender,sexuality and development: education and society in sub‐Saharan Africa,edited by Mairead Dunne     

Heather Montgomery 《Gender and education》2010,22(1):137-138

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