Assessing Students' Understandings of Biological Models and their Use in Science to Evaluate a Theoretical Framework     

Juliane Grünkorn  Annette Upmeier zu Belzen  Dirk Krüger 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(10):1651-1684

Research in the field of students’ understandings of models and their use in science describes different frameworks concerning these understandings. Currently, there is no conjoint framework that combines these structures and so far, no investigation has focused on whether it reflects students' understandings sufficiently (empirical evaluation). Therefore, the purpose of this article is to present the results of an empirical evaluation of a conjoint theoretical framework. The theoretical framework integrates relevant research findings and comprises five aspects which are subdivided into three levels each: nature of models, multiple models, purpose of models, testing, and changing models. The study was conducted with a sample of 1,177 seventh to tenth graders (aged 11–19 years) using open-ended items. The data were analysed by identifying students' understandings of models (nature of models and multiple models) and their use in science (purpose of models, testing, and changing models), and comparing as well as assigning them to the content of the theoretical framework. A comprehensive category system of students' understandings was thus developed. Regarding the empirical evaluation, the students' understandings of the nature and the purpose of models were sufficiently described by the theoretical framework. Concerning the understandings of multiple, testing, and changing models, additional initial understandings (only one model possible, no testing of models, and no change of models) need to be considered. This conjoint and now empirically tested framework for students' understandings can provide a common basis for future science education research. Furthermore, evidence-based indications can be provided for teachers and their instructional practice.  相似文献   

Towards a socially critical environmental education: water quality studies in a coastal school   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1  

Annette Greenall Gough  Ian Robottom 《课程研究杂志》2013,45(4):301-316

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Reading Material and the Retarded Reader     

Annette Bennett 《The Educational forum》2013,77(3):290-293

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Dispelling Myths about Latino Parent Participation in Schools     

Alice M. L. Quiocho  Annette M. Daoud 《The Educational forum》2013,77(3):255-267

This qualitative study was conducted to discuss and dispel commonly held myths about Latino parents' involvement in their children's education. Differences between teacher perceptions of Latino parent involvement and parents' understanding of their roles in supporting their children's education—including the learning and use of the English language—were explored. Results indicated that some teachers held negative perceptions of Latino parents. The study also revealed that Latino parents had high expectations of their children's academic achievement and wanted to be more involved in their education, but felt excluded from the school community.  相似文献   

Reducing anxiety in gifted children by inducing relaxation     

David W. Chan  Lai-kwan Chan  Annette Chi-yan Chan 《Roeper Review》2013,35(3):177-186

Sixty-four parents of Chinese gifted children who reported themselves to be traditional or Westernized parents were compared on their endorsement of Chinese traditional and Western parenting values and beliefs as well as their parenting style dimensions in terms of dominating control, guan, and warmth. Regardless of their degrees of Westernization, these parents seemed to be more characterized by collectivistic than individualistic thinking approaches based on Nisbett's conceptualization. More Westernized parents valued nonconformity significantly more than conformity, whereas less-Westernized parents placed more emphasis on the importance of unconditional respect for elders and interdependence than on conditional respect and child independence. Regarding parenting styles and practices, though all parents endorsed the practice of warmth significantly more, followed by guan, and significantly less dominating control, there was suggestive evidence that less-Westernized parents practiced guan more than more-Westernized parents. Implications of the findings for parenting gifted children are discussed.  相似文献   

Re-reading the reading lesson: episodes in the history of reading pedagogy     

Bill Green  Phillip Cormack  Annette Patterson 《牛津教育评论》2013,39(3):329-344

Reading pedagogy is constantly an object of discussion and debate in contemporary policy and practice but is rarely a matter for historical inquiry. This paper reports from a recent study of the history of reading pedagogy in Australia and beyond. It focuses on a recurring figure in the historical record—the ‘reading lesson’. Presented as a distinctive trope, the reading lesson is traced in its regularity in and through the discourse of reading pedagogy, starting in 1930s Australia and moving back into 19th-century Europe, and with specific reference to the UK and the USA. Teaching reading is expressly identified as a moral project—something that, it can be argued, clearly continues into the present.  相似文献   

„Aus lokaler Sportgeschichte lernen. Die Bedeutung lokaler und regionaler Sportgeschichte für das Verständnis und die Vermittlung von Sportgeschichte als Kulturgeschichte“     

Annette Hofmann  Michael Gaugel 《Sportwissenschaft》2000,30(1):101-102

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Exploring an emerging landscape: A metaphor for university academics working with, in and for schools     

Shirley Grundy  Anne Jasman  Anne Mountford  Peta Newbound  Annette Phillips  Judy Robison  Lorraine Strickland  Diane Tomazos 《The Australian Educational Researcher》1999,26(3):37-56

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The Developmental Sequence and Relations Between Gesture and Spoken Language in Toddlers With Autism Spectrum Disorder     

Meagan R. Talbott  Gregory S. Young  Jeff Munson  Annette Estes  Laurie A. Vismara  Sally J. Rogers 《Child development》2020,91(3):743-753

In typical development, gestures precede and predict language development. This study examines the developmental sequence of expressive communication and relations between specific gestural and language milestones in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who demonstrate marked difficulty with gesture production and language. Communication skills across five stages (gestures, word approximations, first words, gesture-word combinations, and two-word combinations) were assessed monthly by blind raters for toddlers with ASD participating in an randomized control trial of parent-mediated treatment (N = 42, 12–30 months). Findings revealed that toddlers acquired skills following a reliable (vs. idiosyncratic) sequence and the majority of toddlers combined gestures with words before combining words in speech, but in contrast to the pattern observed in typical development, a significant subset acquired pointing after first words.  相似文献   

Transforming University Practice Through ICT – Integrated Perspectives on Organizational,Technological, and Pedagogical Change     

Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld  Annette Lorentsen 《Interactive Learning Environments》2013,21(2):91-110

The article focuses on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) for strengthening and transforming university practice in line with the social and technological conditions of the new ideas for interactive universities. The purpose is to use ICT as a change-agent in order to establish new practices – new pedagogical methods, new methods for collaboration and new forms of interplay between physical and virtual learning environments. The article is based on an ongoing case in which both the authors have been engaged: the IT Innovation project (ITI) and E-learning Lab North Jutland (ELL) at Aalborg University in Denmark. The article presents the different initiatives and strategies for innovation of the university and subsequently discusses the work in the perspective of organizational learning and planning theory.  相似文献