Complexities of digital technology use and the teaching and learning of function

Many argue that digital technologies have the potential to enhance the teaching and learning of mathematics. However, the availability of technology is not sufficient to realise this potential. The study reported takes a detailed approach to investigate the utility of the particular offerings of the available technologies in the teaching and learning of a specific area of mathematics, functions. Sixteen affordances identified in the data are described. The complexity of the process involved in resolving a situation where particular affordances would be useful so as they are perceived and enacted is detailed. Finally, a grounded theory framework arising from the data analysis from this study that can be used to explain, predict and guide action in other digital environments is presented.     

对编写《水轮机》新教材的建议

提出适应新的中等职业《水轮机》教材和课程教学大纲的修改建议。     

Introducing Students to Professional Practice in Civil Engineering

This paper describes a module that was introduced into a civil engineering degree program with the help of professional engineers. The aim was to develop a bridge between the world of learning and professional practice by putting students in the role of consulting engineers working with industry to produce a feasible solution to a real inquiry from a client. The module is placed in context by comparing the goals of accredited civil engineering programs in the United Kingdom and America, by describing how it is linked to the degree program and by explaining the matrix developed to identify the skills the students needed to demonstrate their ability to practice as professional engineers. Details of the module are given with examples of student work and feedback.     

The impact of presentation graphics on students’ experience in the classroom

To investigate the benefits and perceived effectiveness of instructional technology, students enrolled in several courses were compared on student evaluations of instruction, grades and an attitudinal questionnaire. The instructors of the courses taught the same course across two successive semesters, using traditional “chalk-and-talk” methods the first semester, and PowerPoint the next; all other techniques (e.g., exams, lecture material) were held constant. Results suggest that organization and clarity, entertainment and interest, professor likeability, and good professor behaviors were enhanced with PowerPoint although final grades were not.     

Sexualities, technologies, and the teaching of writing: A critical overview

In this introduction to a special issue of Computers and Composition, the authors critically review current literature on computer-assisted writing pedagogies that grapple with issues of sexuality. Although this body of work is small, it points to provocative ways to develop our students’ critical and rhetorical sensibilities about the constructions of sexuality in our culture. Further, such work innovatively addresses the place of networked communication technologies in the interrogation of such constructions. The authors conclude with both an introduction of the work in this special issue that addresses the intersection of sexuality studies and computer-assisted writing studies and with a call for additional work in this field.     

正确处理三种关系,促进测量学教学健康发展--非测绘专业测量学的教学研究

结合教学实践，对如何正确处理好教学与科研、传统技术与新技术、传统教学与多媒体教学之间的关系进行了研究，并得出正确处理好这三种关系是促进测量学教学健康发展和提高教学质量的有效途径的结论。     

优化《光纤通信》的教学方法

本文主要介绍了在光纤通信教学过程中，为实现教学目标、优化教学效果采取的一些方法和措施。     

Factors influencing learning through play in ICT settings

Using a mixed method approach of questionnaires, observations and field notes, the authors have studied a number of settings during the past two years which have focussed on the development of ICT capability through play. Some of these have involved children identified as disaffected or disadvantaged, whilst others have involved initial teacher education students. In this paper, we consider some of the results obtained from the most recent of these settings, relate these to those obtained from the other settings, and explore further a number of inter-related issues which have arisen from the analysis. We particularly focus on the effect of learners’ self-esteem and self-efficacy; the influence of gender-related characteristics; the role of interaction between learners during activity; and the value of reflection.     

“平面构成”教学过程优化与学生能力的培养

能力培养是高等教育的根本目的之一,本文以大学生的综合能力培养为目标进行课堂教学过程优化的探索,结合"平面构成"课程的特点,从教学目标、教学内容、教学方法、教学手段和考核方法等方面进行了一系列创新性的改革实践,实践效果表明,教学中始终树立能力培养的教育理念,充分发挥学生的主体作用,因地制宜、因材施教优化课堂教学过程是培养学生综合能力的重要措施和根本途径。     

服装实验课程“双主”教学模式研究

文章深入分析服装实验教学现状及存在的问题,提出在服装实验课程中实行"双主"教学模式,从教学内容、方法与手段等方面进行改革,并就教学成效进行对比。"双主"教学模式在服装实验课程中的应用,在发挥教师主导作用的同时,有利于充分发挥学生的主体作用,调动课堂积极性,教学效果显著。