A Review of “Profiles of New York State—Facts,Figures & Statistics for 2,365 Populated Places in New York”     

Rita Ormsby 《Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship》2013,18(2):152-154

In 2015, the information literacy (IL) team designed an instrument to determine international graduate business students' perceptions of their IL skills and their actual test-assessed IL skills. The purpose of this research was to compare international graduate students' perceptions of their IL skills versus their test-assessed competencies, with the aim of creating training modules to improve test-identified deficiencies. Results demonstrate that wide discrepancies exist between students' perceptions of their own skills and their actual skills on all six ILA-topic areas assessed by the internally developed test instruments, with students overestimating their abilities in all areas.  相似文献   

Barnard Prize Winner “Producing a Reconciliation of Disinterestedness and Commerce”: The Political Rhetoric of Education in the Early Republic     

Rita Koganzon 《History of education quarterly》2012,52(3):403-429

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Using action research in middle level teacher education to evaluate and deepen reflective practice     

Rita Hagevik  Mehmet Aydeniz  C. Glennon Rowell 《Teaching and Teacher Education》2012

The study examined the role of action research in promoting critical reflective thinking among twenty preservice teachers engaged in a year-long middle level program. Data from collaborative discussions, final written documents, presentations, and follow-up surveys revealed that conducting action research (a) engaged them in inquiry into their own practice, (b) was a means to reflect upon and determine ways to change their teaching practices, and (c) promoted critical reflection in a collaborative learning environment. Results underscore the importance of preservice teachers critically reflecting to gain insights into teaching and student learning as they are engaged in action research.  相似文献   

The literacy achievement of Norwegian minority students     

Rita Hvistendahl  Astrid Roe 《Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research》2013,57(3):307-324

The article presents the literacy achievement of Norwegian minority students, their reading habits, and their enjoyment of reading based on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2000 study. Aspects of their family background and attitudes towards school are related to literacy achievement results. A comparison between Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany shows that the achievement gap between majority and minority students is larger in Denmark and Germany than in Norway and Sweden. A more detailed presentation of the Norwegian reading results shows that 35% of the Norwegian minority students perform at a level indicating that they are able to read in a technical sense, but they are unlikely to be able to use reading as an independent tool in acquiring knowledge and skills. The minority students' responses to questions about socio‐economic family background, reading habits, learning strategies and school motivation give a complex picture of their situation in Norwegian schools. The results indicate that there is some potential for equalising differences between minority students and majority students.  相似文献   

An approach to ethical practice in management and trainer training     

Rita Johnston 《Studies in Continuing Education》2013,35(1):56-66

This paper notes the recent rise in the number of courses, conferences, and publications devoted to the issue of ethics. It considers two different approaches to ethical training, one deduced from first philosophical principles of social ethics, and the other based on case studies of practical issues. The paper argues that a combination of both approaches is necessary to ensure situational applicability, whilst guarding against criticisms of moral relativism and expediency. In addition, the paper argues for an understanding of, and commitment to, personal integrity in professional practice.  相似文献   

Reviews     

Andrew Tudor  David E. Switzer  Maria Rita A. Rudden 《Communication quarterly》2013,61(3):61-63

BEYOND FORMULA: AMERICAN FILM GENRES. By Stanley J. Solomon. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976; pp. x + 310. $5.95.

AN ORIENTATION TO NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION. By Thomas W. Benson and Kenneth D. Frandsen. Chicago: Science Research Associates, 1976; pp. 38. Paper $1.60.

UNMASKING THE FACE. By Paul Ekman and Wallace V. Friesen. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice‐Hall, 1975; pp. 212. $4.25.

BEYOND CULTURE. By Edward T. Hall. Long Island City, New York: Doubleday‐Anchor, 1976; pp. 256. $7.95.

LOUDER THAN WORDS, By Mele Koneya and Alton Barbour. Columbus, Ohio: Merrill Publishing, 1976; pp. 80. $2.95.  相似文献   

Profiling Teacher/Teaching Using Descriptors Derived from Qualitative Feedback: Formative and Summative Applications     

Daphne Pan  Gary S. H. Tan  Kiruthika Ragupathi  Krishna Booluck  Rita Roop  Yuen K. Ip 《Research in higher education》2009,50(1):73-100

Considerable work has been done on student evaluation of teaching/teachers, but reservations remain about its use for summative purposes. Student ratings are not universally accepted as being reliable, nor can they provide really meaningful information. Qualitative comments can provide a better understanding but they tend not to be user-friendly from lack of structure and connectedness. This study attempts to devise a method for ‘quantifying’ students’ comments to increase their usefulness in complementing/confirming ratings. The quantified results enable the profile construction of what students regard as an effective/ineffective teacher, and enable identification of strengths and weaknesses. Our findings counter some commonly held assumptions, including those which held that high ratings are dependent on small class size and ‘dumbing down’ of courses and the consequent expectation of high grades. The findings also indicate that students value teaching quality more than teacher characteristics, suggesting their ability to make valid judgments about teaching effectiveness.

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MTHFR (Ala 222 Val) polymorphism and AMI in patients with type II diabetes mellitus     

T. Angeline  G. Thiruvarutselvi  W. Isabel  Rita Mary Aruna  Rama Devi  Nirmala Jeyaraj 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2009,24(2):137-141

The prevalent Ala222Val single nucleotide polymorphism of the MTHFR gene has been shown to be associated with type II diabetes. The objective of the present study was to find out whether there is genetic predisposition for development of acute myocardial infarction in type II diabetes mellitus among South Indian Tamil population. PCR-based restriction enzyme analysis was performed in DNA isolated from 120 acute myocardial infarction patients with diabetes mellitus and 100 non diabetic healthy individuals with no documented cardiovascular diseases. The results indicate that the MTHFR 677TT genotype is absent in both case and controls. The MTHFR 677CT genotype was observed among 32 (26.7 %) cases and 20 (20%) controls and the MTHFR 677CC genotype among 88 (73.3%) cases and 80 (80%) controls. The allelic frequencies were in accordance to Hardy Weinberg equilibrium. There was no statistical difference in genotype distribution between cases and controls. In conclusion, we suggest that the analysis of MTHFR genotyping for C677T polymorphism alone need not be considered to find out whether there is genetic predisposition for development of acute myocardial infarction in type II diabetes mellitus among South Indian Tamil population.  相似文献   

Marginalised behaviour: digital annotations,spatial encoding and the implications for reading comprehension     

Martin Johnson  Rita Nádas 《Learning, Media and Technology》2009,34(4):323-336

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Alignment of the 2003 NSTA Standards for Science Teacher Preparation with the NCATE Assessment System     

Erica M. Brownstein  Elizabeth Allan  Cathy M. Ezrailson  Rita A. Hagevik  Joseph W. Shane  William R. Veal 《Journal of Science Teacher Education》2009,20(5):403-413

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