Pathways from parental stimulation of children’s curiosity to high school science course accomplishments and science career interest and skill     

Adele Eskeles Gottfried  Kathleen Suzanne Johnson Preston  Allen W. Gottfried  Pamella H. Oliver  Danielle E. Delany  Sirena M. Ibrahim 《International Journal of Science Education》2016,38(12):1972-1995

Curiosity is fundamental to scientific inquiry and pursuance. Parents are important in encouraging children’s involvement in science. This longitudinal study examined pathways from parental stimulation of children’s curiosity per se to their science acquisition (SA). A latent variable of SA was indicated by the inter-related variables of high school science course accomplishments, career interest, and skill. A conceptual model investigated parental stimulation of children’s curiosity as related to SA via science intrinsic motivation and science achievement. The Fullerton Longitudinal Study provided data spanning school entry through high school (N?=?118). Parental stimulation of curiosity at age 8 years comprised exposing children to new experiences, promoting curiosity, encouraging asking questions, and taking children to a museum. Intrinsic motivation was measured at ages 9, 10, and 13 years, and achievement at ages 9, 10, and 11 years. Structural equation modelling was used for analyses. Controlling for socio-economic status, parental stimulation of curiosity bore positive and significant relations to science intrinsic motivation and achievement, which in turn related to SA. Gender neither related to stimulation of curiosity nor contributed to the model. Findings highlight the importance of parental stimulation of children’s curiosity in facilitating trajectories into science, and relevance to science education is discussed.  相似文献   

Getting ‘What Works’ working: building blocks for the integration of experimental and improvement science     

Amelia Peterson 《International Journal of Research & Method in Education》2016,39(3):299-313

ABSTRACT

As a systemic approach to improving educational practice through research, ‘What Works’ has come under repeated challenge from alternative approaches, most recently that of improvement science. While ‘What Works’ remains a dominant paradigm for centralized knowledge-building efforts, there is need to understand why this alternative has gained support, and what it can contribute. I set out how the core elements of experimental and improvement science can be combined into a strategy to raise educational achievement with the support of evidence from randomized experiments. Central to this combined effort is a focus on identifying and testing mechanisms for improving teaching and learning, as applications of principles from the learning sciences. This article builds on current efforts to strengthen approaches to evidence-based practice and policy in a range of international contexts. It provides a foundation for those who aim to avoid another paradigm war and to accelerate international discussions on the design of systemic education research infrastructure and funding.  相似文献   

浅谈网络对高校思想政治工作的影响及对策     

宋芳 《新乡师范高等专科学校学报》2002,16(3):126-128

计算机网络的迅速发展给高校思想政治工作提出了新课题。本文就如何在新形势下正确认识网络的特点,有效地引导学生,利用网络做好高校思想政治工作,积极探索了网络环境下面向21世纪高校思想政治工作的新途径。  相似文献   

“Commenting on your work is a waste of time only!”: An appraisal-based study of evaluative language in supervisory feedback     

《Studies in Educational Evaluation》2021

Research on supervisory feedback on master’s theses, especially attitudinal stances conveyed in such feedback, is thin on the ground. Students’ construal of their supervisors’ attitudes, however, can have a profound impact on their engagement with supervisory feedback. Drawing on the appraisal framework, which characterizes attitudinal meanings in terms of affect (i.e., emotional responses), judgement (i.e., normative evaluation of human behaviors) and appreciation (i.e., aesthetically-/socially-based evaluation of objects and products), this study examined Nepalese supervisors’ attitudinal stances communicated in written comments on master’s thesis drafts (n = 76) submitted by English-as-a-foreign-language students and oral feedback on proposal and thesis defences (n = 89). Quantitative analyses revealed that while instances of appreciation dominated in the supervisors’ use of evaluative language, judgements were also frequent, with affective responses trailing far behind. In both the oral feedback and written comments, significant disciplinary variations were observed for certain types of judgment and appreciation. These findings are discussed in terms of disciplinary culture and the potential impact of the attitudinal stances on students’ learning. Implications are derived for the productive framing of supervisory feedback to facilitate students’ feedback uptake.  相似文献   

The role of academic competences and learning processes in predicting Bachelor’s and Master’s thesis grades     

《Studies in Educational Evaluation》2021

Writing an academic thesis is an important and complex task and the thesis grade should reflect students’ academic competences. The present study aims, firstly, at exploring how Bachelor’s and Master’s students self-evaluate their academic competences and approaches to learning and whether their evaluations differ from each other. In addition, the study aims at investigating how academic competences and approaches to learning are related to the thesis grades of Bachelor’s and Master’s students. The data consisted of 1 019 Bachelor's and Master’s students, all of whom completed an electronic questionnaire at the time of their graduation. The results imply that Bachelor’s students already possess a considerable number of academic competences. It seems that students’ organising skills should be supported, especially in the Bachelor phase. Finally, the present study raises the question of what the thesis grade actually measures if its relations to both learning processes and academic competences are questionable.  相似文献   

小学道德与法治教学的“止”与“转”     

刘鹏 《天津教育》2021,(2):30-31

道德是法治的基础,法治是道德的保证,二者相辅相成,小学生的成长离不开道德与法治的培育。由于社会发展的需要,在义务教育阶段的道德与法治教育必须做到"德"与"法"相结合,否则很容易变成照本宣科的理论教育。目前小学道德与法治教学中有一些明显存在的弊端和需要改进的地方,因此,一线教师要在实践中不断加强对课程和教材理念的把握,及时促进道德与法治教学的变革。  相似文献   

提高小学数学课堂教学趣味化的策略研究     

吕瑞芳 《天津教育》2021,(2):60-61

随着课程改革不断深入,趣味化教学走进了小学数学课堂。教师给学生营造轻松愉快的学习氛围,激发学生数学学习兴趣,鼓励学生对教师提出的数学问题进行思考,鼓励学生之间相互探讨,培养学生数学逻辑思维能力,提高学生解题能力,进而提高课堂教学有效性,提高教学质量和效率。鉴于此,本文将对如何提高小学数学课堂趣味化教学展开论述,并提出行之有效的策略,以供参考。  相似文献   

小学语文教学中的情感教育及其实施策略     

尤慧冷 《天津教育》2021,(1):152-153

小学语文是基础学科,语文的学习是为以后其他学科的学习奠定基础,如今的教育不能再是简单的“传道授业解惑”,要运用多种多样的教学方法,培养学生的学习情感,引导学生爱上学习,并建立良好的师生关系,从而提高教学质量,本文针对小学语文教学中的情感教育及其实施策略提出了建议。  相似文献   

学习预测策略,提升阅读能力     

赵莉丹 《天津教育》2021,(11):179-180

在阅读教学中教师应帮助学生掌握正确的阅读策略,提升学生阅读能力。预测策略是最常用的阅读策略。预测策略作为第一个出现在统编教材的阅读策略,具有划时代的意义。教师应培养学生的预测能力,使学生自觉、灵活地运用阅读策略进行阅读。  相似文献   

小学英语教学中巧用角色扮演法     

杨文霞 《天津教育》2021,(2):91-92

随着新课改不断深入推行发展,许多小学英语教师纷纷打破传统教学模式,积极探索创新适合学生身心素质发展的教学策略,促使学生在新型教学方法中提高自身英语综合素养。角色扮演可以通过制作角色扮演道具,创设角色扮演情境,激发学生学习兴趣,调动学生参与积极性,促使学生在角色扮演基础上进行课本创编,建立健全教学活动评价体系,从而提高学生自身素养,为学生学好英语奠定良好基础。为此,本文将对小学英语教学中角色扮演法的巧妙运用进行分析。  相似文献