A motivational model of rural students' intentions to persist in, versus drop out of, high school.

Using self-determination theory, the authors tested a motivational model to explain the conditions under which rural students formulate their intentions to persist in, versus drop out of, high school. The model argues that motivational variables underlie students' intentions to drop out and that students' motivation can be either supported in the classroom by autonomy-supportive teachers or frustrated by controlling teachers. LISREL analyses of questionnaire data from 483 rural high school students showed that the provision of autonomy support within classrooms predicted students' self-determined motivation and perceived competence. These motivational resources, in turn, predicted students' intentions to persist, versus drop out, and they did so even after controlling for the effect of achievement. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Health promotion for women with physical disabilities: A pilot study.

Objective: To pilot test a health promotion intervention for women with physical disabilities. Design: Pre- and postintervention questionnaires. Participants: Two groups of women with physical disabilities (n=15). Intervention: Seven-session weekly workshop intervention grounded primarily in social-cognitive theory. Setting: Disability and rehabilitation settings. Main Outcome Measures: Indicators of health status. Results: Statistically significant positive changes between pre- and postintervention scores on measures of self-efficacy for dietary behaviors, medical decision making, social interaction, physical functioning, impact of physical limitation on role activities, and vitality. Conclusion: Women with disabilities who participate in this health promotion intervention may exhibit improvements on indicators of health status. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

学习者焦虑感之成因及其消除策略

多数学习者的成绩与其性格有关。那些性格内向、缺乏自信心者常常产生焦虑感，羞于开口，担心犯错误，进而影响学习成绩。文章就学习者焦虑感的产生与课堂教学活动之间的相互作用进行了探讨，并在此基础上提出了如何减少或消除焦虑感的策略。     

非英语专业大学生外语学习焦虑研究

在对非英语专业大学生在外语学习中的焦虑状况进行调查的基础上,通过定量研究和定性研究,发现大学生在外语学习中产生焦虑的主要原因来自交际畏惧。提出教师在教学过程中可以尝试利用适度纠错、合作学习等教学调控策略,以消除或降低焦虑对语言学习产生的负面效应,促进非英语专业大学生的语言学习。     

民族文化遗产保护散论

文化遗产包括物质文化遗产和非物质文化遗产,而少数民族文化遗产特别是非物质文化遗产以其丰富的民族文化多样性成为文化遗产的重要组成部分。在当前文化遗产保护进程中,文化遗产保护与民族区域自治有着极为密切的相互促进的关系,因此,要把文化遗产保护放在民族区域自治、民族文化建设等更为广阔的民族问题视野下来研究,创新和落实文化遗产保护的各项措施,繁荣民族文化多样性,促进社会和谐尤其是边疆民族地区的发展稳定。     

计算机网络环境下培养英语自主性学习的教学策略

"自主性学习"是20世纪80年代提出的新的教学理念,反映了在教学中以学生为中心的主导思想。旨在探讨在计算机网络环境下培养大学生英语自主性学习教学策略,以提高教学质量及教学效率。     

工作记忆及语言水平对英语学习者隐喻理解的影响

本研究旨在探讨工作记忆广度和语言水平差异在中国英语学习者对隐喻句这一特定句型理解的影响。通过英语工作记忆广 度、英语语言水平及英语隐喻理解的研究测试发现,中国英语学习者的英语工作记忆广度、英语语言水平与其隐喻理解能力高度 相关,工作记忆和语言水平高低两组t 检验结果均呈显著性差异。工作记忆广度及语言水平是影响中国英语学习者隐喻理解的两 大因素,故英语学习者可以通过知识面拓展及工作记忆训练来提高自己的隐喻理解能力。     

浅谈数学教学中学生自主学习能力的培养

学生自主学习能力的形式发展离不开学习方法,学生自主学习方法的掌握并非"无师自通",它有赖于教师悉心的渗透与指导。但是在实际的教学中,往往显得过于形式化,表面化,远远无法达到预期的教学效果。本文结合数学教学的实际分析了当前学生自主学习中存在的一些问题,并提出相关的对策,以期适应教育改革的精神,促进教育的发展。     

A framework for simulating real-time multi-agent systems

In this paper, we describe an implementation of use in demonstrating the effectiveness of architectures for real-time multi-agent systems. The implementation provides a simulation of a simplified RoboCup Search and Rescue environment, with unexpected events, and includes a simulator for both a real-time operating system and a CPU. We present experimental evidence to demonstrate the benefit of the implementation in the context of a particular hybrid architecture for multi-agent systems that allows certain agents to remain fully autonomous, while others are fully controlled by a coordinating agent. In addition, we discuss the value of the implementation for testing any models for the construction of real-time multi-agent systems and include a comparison to related work.