Understanding and Teaching Problem‐Solving in Physics     

Jill H. Larkin‡  F. Reif 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(2):191-203

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We describe a systematic study of skills for solving problems in basic physics, a domain of practical significance for instruction, but not of prohibitive complexity. Our studies show that an inexperienced student tends to solve a problem by assembling individual equations. By contrast, an expert solves a problem by a process of successive refinements, first describing the main problem features by seemingly vague words or pictures, and only later considering the problem in greater detail in more mathematical language. We have formulated explicit theoretical models with such features and have supported them by some detailed observations of individuals. In addition, experimental instruction incorporating such features seems to improve problem‐solving performance significantly. These investigations yield thus some basic insights into thinking processes effective for problem‐solving. Furthermore, they offer the prospect that these insights can be used to teach students improved problem‐solving skills and to modify common teaching practices which inhibit the development of such skills.  相似文献   

Media/ting change: the print media's role in mediating education policy in a period of radical reform in Victoria,Australia     

Jill Blackmore  Stephen Thorpe 《教育政策杂志》2013,28(6):577-595

This paper draws upon critical discourse analysis, cultural studies and communication theory, studies on media and educational reform, and the work of Bernstein, Bourdieu and Luhmann in particular, to explore how the print and media ‘mediated’ a period of educational change marked by moves to self‐management in schools in Victoria, Australia. It considers how the media was mobilized by various education stakeholders, and in turn informed relations between schools and government, through policy discourses and texts. It considers why and how particular themes became media ‘issues’, how schools and teachers responded to these issues, and how the media was used by various stakeholders in education to shape policy debates. It is based on a year‐long qualitative study that explored critical incidents and representations about education in the print media over a year in the daily press. It illustrates the ways in which a neo‐liberal Victorian government mobilized the media to gain strategic advantage to promote radical education reform policies, considers the media effects of this media/tion process on schools and teachers, and conceptualizes how school and system performance is fed from and into media representations, public perceptions and community understandings of schools and teachers' work.  相似文献   

Fifth-Graders' Mathematical Communications: Lessons from the Field     

Jill A. Perry 《The Educational forum》2013,77(1):71-80

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The Responsibilities of White Teacher Candidates and Teacher Educators in Developing Racial Literacy     

Jill Ewing Flynn  Lynn J. Worden  Rosalie Rolón-Dow 《Multicultural Perspectives》2013,15(4):240-246

This article aims to help teacher educators consider how to build racial literacy in their White teacher candidates, providing guidance through pedagogical strategies and approaches based on our and others’ research. In addition, much of the pedagogy that we developed in working with our White teacher candidates can be translated to teachers working with White students at other levels, and it can also help teacher educators develop their own racial literacy.  相似文献   

Book reviews     

Carol Tenopir  Anthony Watkinson  Jill Membrey  Andrea Powell 《Learned Publishing》2002,15(3):227-230

Authors and Electronic Publishing, a report produced by Alma Swan and Sheridan Brown, Key Perspectives Ltd Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) 2002. Members, £50 (US$100); Non-members £100 (US$200). ISBN 090734123-3 My Life in Science by Sydney Brenner BioMed Central Ltd, 2001; rev. edn including personal photos, 2002. Pp. 199. Paper, £14.99 recommended retail price; £10.49 for BioMed Central users ( www.biomedcentral.com/info/brenner.asp ). ISBN: 0-9540278-0-9 Understanding Copyright… in a Week by Graham P. Cornish Institute of Management, published by Hodder & Stoughton, 2000. £6.99. ISBN 0-340-78241-2 Towards Consensus on the Electronic Use of Publications in Libraries – Strategy Issues and Recommendations by Thomas Dreier Gottinger Bibliotheksschriften, 2001. Pp. 120. Paperback. Available at: http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/tecup/towacons.pdf . ISBN 3-930457-16-4. ISSN: 0943-951X  相似文献   

The Asian American market for publishers in the United States     

Mindy?OkuraEmail author  Jill?SuEmail author 《Publishing Research Quarterly》2003,19(3):60-68

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“Wait a second ...”: Negotiating Complex Narratives in Black and White   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Jill Kedersha McClay 《Children‘s Literature in Education》2000,31(2):91-106

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Editorial          下载免费PDF全文

Jill McClay  Clare Dowdall 《Literacy》2015,49(2):57-59

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Organization and visualization for initial analysis of forced-choice ipsative data     

Jill A. Cochran 《International Journal of Research & Method in Education》2015,38(4):413-429

Forced-choice ipsative data are common in personality, philosophy and other preference-based studies. However, this type of data inherently contains dependencies that are challenging for usual statistical analysis. In order to utilize the structure of the data as a guide for analysis rather than as a challenge to manage, a visualisation tool was developed to emphasize the established framework and enhance analysis tools. This visualisation has many strength, including the display of significant amounts of data at once in three dimensions with little loss of detail, incorporating the theoretical framework for the data into the structure of the visualisation and organizing the data for use with common statistical tests and analysis tools.  相似文献   

Student Participation in Scholarly Communication and Library Digital Collections: A Case Study from the University of Washington Bothell Library     

Denise Hattwig  Nia Lam  Jill Freidberg 《College & Undergraduate Libraries》2015,22(2):188-208

The University of Washington Bothell & Cascadia College Library recently partnered with a faculty member to develop a digital collection showcasing student-produced digital oral histories. This case study describes the role of the library as faculty partner, student resource, and repository/publisher. Archiving and publishing requirements—such as file formats, agreement forms, and metadata—were integrated into the assignment and included as part of each project's overall evaluation and grade. Librarians provided instruction to teach students about topics related to knowledge production and scholarly communication. Assessment included student feedback surveys and faculty feedback to librarians.  相似文献