Discuss the Benefits of Implementing Cooperative Learning Techniques in Senior High Schools in China

<正>In current situation,cooperative learning plays a more and more crucial role in the process of learning in senior high school in China.Therefore,implementing cooperative learning techniques can accelerate students’co-operation,promote students’communicative competence and foster students’creativity.Cooperative learning plays a crucial role in current situation;therefore,cooperative learning techniques are useful skills for learners.As we     

A Practical Research on Lexical Approach: How to Use Chunks to Improve Junior Students' Writing Skills

<正>This article is a practical research on lexical approach,and it tries to present how to use chunks to improve junior writing skills by showing some authentic teaching experience.At the very beginning,it generalizes the background of this article.Then,it gives a wellknown definition and classification of chunks.Next,it presents an example to show how to use chunks facilitate students’writing on the basis of the texts from students’     

高职土建类专业施工测量能力培养方法探索

结合《建筑工程测量》课程的教学实践,从课程设置、教学设计和理念、教学内容的选取和组织、教学内容的改革、考核方法的改革等方面对高职土建类专业学生施工测量能力培养方法进行了探索,以提高学生的测量技能。     

Students’ Perspectives on the Relevance of Sustainability Literacy in a Postgraduate Built Environment Program

ABSTRACT

Achieving sustainable development in the built environment requires the human resource with the right sustainability knowledge and skills to respond to the challenge facing the construction industry. It is argued that educational institutions have a key role to play in educating future generations with the right sustainability knowledge and skills. This research explores the relevance of sustainability literacy to postgraduate students enrolled in a quantity surveying (QS) course at the London South Bank University. The study adopts a mixed-methods approach that examines students’ perspective on the importance of sustainability literacy and how it has been integrated in the program through interview with 15 students followed by a survey with 98 part-time and full-time students enrolled on the course. The results revealed that students value sustainability knowledge and skills. Most students believe that they need to be sustainability literate to be competitive in the job market. More than half of the students (53%) argued that sustainability literacy was delivered sometimes with a satisfaction rate of 45%, which shows that students are not really happy with how sustainability literacy has been embedded in the course and argues that more needs to be done to fully integrate sustainability literacy in the program.     

How to improve students' writing skills step by step

<正>As an English teacher,my major job is to teach my students to have a good knowledge of listening,speaking,reading and writing.However,among the four basic skills,writing is always a disadvantage of my students.When they finish a composition,I can find all kinds of mistakes,such as the wrong spelling,the wrong struction and even the tenses.How can I better their writing skills?I have reflected it for a long time,and I make up my mind to do a series of jobs step by step.Step one:Let the students be familiar with the ba-     

Student perceptions of model-based estimating

The use of building information modeling (BIM) is well established in architecture, engineering and construction. However, previous studies note a lack of BIM expertise in academia, leading to slow adoption and limited knowledge on which to base BIM-related content. To improve course development, it is important to understand students’ perceptions of BIM-related subject matter. This study exposed estimating students (n = 214) to a model-based quantity takeoff (QTO) tutorial using Revit. Students’ perceptions of a Revit-based BIM’s usefulness for easily providing reliable and accurate material quantities were measured using a pre-test, tutorial and post-test design. Results revealed significant differences in students’ mean levels of agreement that an accurate QTO is completed for an estimator with the click of a button when a design team generated BIM model is available. Results also revealed significant differences in students’ level of agreement that a Revit-based BIM makes performing QTO by hand obsolete. This study provides educators’ insight into students’ perceptions of BIM use in QTO. Understanding student perceptions is paramount for construction management educators when designing a course and attempting to convey the value of foundational estimating skills while acknowledging the existence of more technologically advance estimating methods. Limitations and opportunities for further research are discussed.     

职业院校建筑钢结构工程技术专业实训教学改革研究

基于“课证融通”模式,在职业院校“2+1”培养模式的基础上,对建筑钢结构工程技术专业实训教学模式进行改革。采用三层次实训划分,强化综合实训环节,根据岗位需求重点培养学生的职业技能。     

Reasoning Ability as a Predictor of Success in a Construction Surveying Course

Well-established tests that measure reasoning abilities have long been found to be predictive of success in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. Instructors can use these tests for predicting a student’s academic achievement and informing instruction. This study investigated the relationship of scores on the Test of Logical Thinking (TOLT) with multiple achievement measures in a junior level, collegiate construction surveying course. The TOLT was administered to 242 construction science students. The scores were found to be significantly correlated with the points earned on the exams and with the total points earned for the course. Based on these findings, instructors, administrators, and researchers would benefit by using the TOLT for assessing student reasoning abilities. This assessment tool could also assist them in understanding their students’ logical thinking skills, which would encourage the instructor to modify their instructional design strategies to match or enhance their students’ problem-solving ability.     

建筑系馆体验性--以内蒙古工业大学建筑系馆为例

建筑教育重视对学生体验及认知能力的培养。建筑系馆是建筑学子专属的体验学习场所,具有体验性。建筑系馆体验性会激发学生对系馆的体验学习,引导学生通过建筑体验提升自身专业认知和设计能力。本文以内蒙古工业大学建筑系馆为例,从工业改造、功能空间、生活场所、设计进程四方面分析建筑系馆体验性对系馆内学生建筑体验及学习的作用。体验性在今后建筑系馆的营造中应得到充分显现。     

The social impact of construction industry schools-based corporate volunteering

Despite the rapid growth of corporate volunteering in construction, there has been very little research in this area, particularly from a recipient’s perspective. To address this gap in knowledge, data were collected using surveys, reflective diaries, workbooks and a progress web, from 103 school pupils participating in one of the UK’s largest schools-based construction industry corporate volunteering programmes. The results show that corporate volunteering programmes which partner construction industry professionals with school students in a work-related activity-based learning environment can have a significant impact on student construction industry knowledge, perceptions, career choices, aspirations and employability skills. This is particularly the case for female students and for students whose learning styles do not align with traditional classroom-based pedagogies. It is recommended that more research is needed to classify and understand the different types of volunteering programmes that operate in the construction sector across multiple cohort groups, the factors that determine success and failure and the overall impact on the students and the wider community in the long term as well as the short term. There is also a need for more research into what it means for the companies involved and for the staff who volunteer.