Adolescents' Goal Orientations and Academic Achievement: Long-Term relations and gender differences     

Joanna Giota 《Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research》2013,57(4):349-371

The purpose of this study was to compare the views of Finnish and US preschool teachers, administrators and parents on appropriate educational practices for children aged 3‐5. To obtain a measure of their attitudes toward quality practices with children, a 26‐item instrument was adapted from Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth Through Age 8. Researchers in the USA and Finland were asked to administer the instrument to subjects they considered to be ‘representative’ of teachers, administrators and parents in their respective countries. Analysis‐of‐variance procedures were then used to determine the differences in views to quality programmes among the three groups in both countries. No significant differences were found among the three groups in the Finnish sample (F(2,69) = 1.34, p = ns). Among the US group, the parents were found to score significantly less than administrators (F(2,120) = 7.85, p < 0.0006). Multivariate analyses of variance procedures showed that administrators from the two countries did not differ significantly in any of the areas under study. The two areas where teachers tended to differ significantly were those of ‘teaching strategies’ (t = 3.13, df = 100, p = 0.002) and ‘language development’ (t = 3.98, df = 89, p = 0.000). Teachers in the USA tended to take a more structured approach to instruction in preschool programmes, using teacher‐directed (less appropriate) approaches and providing children with (less appropriate) drill and practice on language skills. Parents in Finland appeared more supportive of developmentally appropriate practices than their US counterparts and their views were more generally congruent with those of teachers and administrators. This study suggests that the construct of ‘appropriateness’ of beliefs/practices for children may be of value in comparative international child‐care studies, and it raises the issue of why a greater congruence in beliefs/practices exists in some countries.  相似文献   

Reaching Out to International Students: A Focus-Group Approach to Developing Web Resources and Services     

Ligaya Ganster 《College & Undergraduate Libraries》2013,20(4):368-384

Librarians at the State University of New York at Buffalo implemented the Resources for International Students Web guide to support library outreach to a multicultural and multilingual audience. A focus group helped librarians to understand the needs of new international students and tailor Web resources accordingly. In addition to creating awareness of international student cultural challenges, this article presents focus-group guidelines to assist in the planning process of library services and resources.  相似文献   

Social Influences on Terrestrial and Satellite Mobile-TV Adoption in Korea: Affiliation,Positive Self-Image,and Perceived Popularity     

Kyounghee Hazel Kwon  Bum Soo Chon 《媒体管理杂志》2013,15(2):49-60

Mobile TV is a representative product of media convergence. In South Korea, the diffusion of mobile TV has been in high gear, which provides an exemplary case study of mobile-TV adoption. The study examines the relation between the social influence, adopters' individual factors, and the adoption of the 2 different forms of mobile TV: terrestrial and satellite. Factor analysis identified 3 dimensions of social influences, defined respectively as “affiliation,” “positive self-display,” and “perceived popularity.” Results suggest that these 3 social influences differ in degree in relation to the adopters' demographic characteristics and innovativeness. Adoption of terrestrial or satellite mobile TV was predicted by social influence and, in particular, driven by the motivation to maintain a positive self-image. Because of the implications this may have on media management, the article calls for future research on the social construction of new media technology use to assess how individuals become susceptible to social influences and how social influences affect the diffusion of the technology.  相似文献   

An analysis of Barbara Jordan's 1976 keynote address     

Jerry K. Frye  Franklin B. Krohn 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2013,41(2):73-82

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A Review of “The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Marketing”     

Charles Lyons 《Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship》2013,18(3):260-262

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Gravity-oriented microfluidic device for uniform and massive cell spheroid formation     

Lee K  Kim C  Young Yang J  Lee H  Ahn B  Xu L  Yoon Kang J  Oh KW 《Biomicrofluidics》2012,6(1):14114-141147

We propose a simple method for forming massive and uniform three-dimensional (3-D) cell spheroids in a multi-level structured microfluidic device by gravitational force. The concept of orienting the device vertically has allowed spheroid formation, long-term perfusion, and retrieval of the cultured spheroids by user-friendly standard pipetting. We have successfully formed, perfused, and retrieved uniform, size-controllable, well-conditioned spheroids of human embryonic kidney 293 cells (HEK 293) in the gravity-oriented microfluidic device. We expect the proposed method will be a useful tool to study in-vitro 3-D cell models for the proliferation, differentiation, and metabolism of embryoid bodies or tumours.  相似文献   

Financing Higher Education in Kenya: Student perceptions and experiences     

Ngolovoi  Mary S. 《Tertiary Education and Management》2008,14(2):141-150

Tertiary Education and Management - In response to declining governmental funding, cost-sharing in higher education and dual-track tuition policies were introduced in the 1990s in Kenya. The...  相似文献   

Effects of Proximity on the Choice to Be Physically Active or Sedentary     

Douglas A. Raynor    Leonard H. Epstein 《Research quarterly for exercise and sport》2013,84(1):99-103

The link between physical activity and weight loss has precipitated interest in interventions to foster adherence to exercise. It has been suggested that treatment effects, when significant, should be analyzed to determine theory-based mediators. This research assessed possible mediation of changes in Physical Self-Concept, Exercise Self-Efficacy, Total Mood Disturbance, and Body Areas Satisfaction scores on the relationship between exercise session attendance and participation by obese women in a 6-month treatment based on tenets of social cognitive theory (n = 73) or a control condition (n = 64). Participation in the treatment was associated with significantly greater exercise session attendance and significantly greater improvements in Physical Self-Concept, Exercise Barriers Self-Efficacy, and Body Areas Satisfaction. Overall, changes in the assessed psychological factors demonstrated significant mediation of the association between group membership and exercise session attendance, R² = .23, with only change in Physical Self-Concept scores providing a significant unique contribution. Extensions of this research across different sample types, and with longer durations, were suggested to refine theory and, ultimately, improve exercise adherence treatments.  相似文献   

Needs of Pupils in Relation to Athletic Competition at the Junior High School Level     

Carlton R. Meyers  Fred W. Ohnmacht 《Research quarterly for exercise and sport》2013,84(4):521-524

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Application of functional derivatives to analysis of complex systems     

Zdeněk Beran  Sergej Čelikovský 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》2013,350(10):2982-2993

The application of the functional derivatives to the mathematical modeling of complex systems is studied here. The connection of functional derivatives with total differentials in Banach spaces is shown. Local and global existence theorems for the linear equations in total differentials are proved. Consequently, a total integrability conditions are derived for the case of linear equations with the functional derivatives. Some illustrative examples are included.  相似文献