Student acceptance of unique meals

Students (N = 167) from the 4th, 8th, and 11th grades sorted meals, listed on individual cards, according to whether they would or would not eat them. Students were told to either consider eating the meals at home or at school. Forty-two different meals were selected from a pool of unique meals created by students in a previous study. The meals differed in head component, the presence or absence of vegetables, and the number of different foodstuffs. On average, approximately half of the meals were deemed acceptable, but older students accepted more meals than younger ones, boys accepted more meals than girls, and meals to be consumed at home were accepted more than those to be consumed at school. In addition, students tended to accept meals comprised of a small number of foodstuffs that did not contain vegetables. The also chose more meat-based meals over those containing fish or soup. These results suggest that students have rather unique food preferences that do not correspond well with nutritional standards. In order to address this problem we recommended that students be given more good choices in the school cafeteria through the introduction of a two-meal system and salad bars.     

"Comment on 'Articulation of values'": Response to Cochran (1988).

We respond to Cochran's critique of our 1986 study, which was in part a replication of Cochran's original grid methodology for the study of career values. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A Cross-Cultural Investigation of the Efficacy Beliefs of South Asian Immigrant and Anglo Canadian Nonimmigrant Early Adolescents.

The author explored the mathematics efficacy beliefs of 270 South Asian (Indo Canadian) immigrant and Anglo Canadian nonimmigrant Grade 7 students. Self-efficacy beliefs strongly predicted mathematics performance for both cultural groups, but there were differences between the 2 groups in the sources of self-efficacy, the predictiveness of the secondary motivation variables, and the vertical dimensions of individualism and collectivism. It is argued that the Indo Canadian students are more vertical or hierarchical than the Anglo Canadian students and that comparison with others strongly influences their motivation beliefs and the formation of their efficacy beliefs. Self-efficacy in some cultures may be more other-oriented than is typically seen in Western cultures. A caution against generalizing about Asian populations is given, and implications for school settings are explored. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

略论贵州省化工企业职业教育的发展

从目前市场需求和就业率出发，进行形势分析，提出优化专业设置、加强实践环节、提高高职学院办学层次、推进“双证书”制度等改革方法，以促进化工职业教育的发展。     

Peer-assisted learning interventions with elementary school students: A meta-analytic review.

A meta-analytic review of group comparison design studies evaluating peer-assisted learning (PAL) interventions with elementary school students produced positive effect sizes (ESs) indicating increases in achievement (unweighted mean ES = 0.59, SD = 0.90; weighted ES, d = 0.33, p     

谈谈职业教育的大众性

对职业教育的大众性问题进行了论述、实证分析和理论、政策、改革等思考。     

中职编程教学培养学生能力策略谈

从学生学习计算机编程时能力的重要性出发,介绍了教师在进行编程教学时必须注重学生几种能力的培养,并阐述了教学过程中可以采用的几种教学方法。     

高职计算机网络课程内容改革的探索与实践

分析了目前高职院校计算机网络课程存在的问题,从优化教学内容、改革教学方法、提高实践能力等几方面着手,结合教学的实践经验,探讨了计算机网络课程改革的有关问题。     

高职计算机文化分专业分层次教学的实践与思考

指出了高职计算机文化课程教学面临的诸多问题,这些问题的存在严重制约了课程教学效果的提高.为此,在深入企业调研和对教学对象调查的基础上,结合各专业类别特点及其对计算机基本操作技能的不同需求,选取不同专业的班级作为研究对象,采用“横向分专业,纵向分层次”的教学方法进行了实践教学.实践结果表明,分专业分层次教学方法能有效解决高职“计算机文化”课程教学中存在的主要问题.     

思科平台与高职网络专业课程建设的结合点研究

本文笔者结合自身工作分析了传统高职网络专业课程体系开设中存在的问题,阐述了笔者所在网络专业基于思科平台进行课程体系改革的举措,旨在为广大高职网络教育人在专业建设上提供些许参考。