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)     

Do children's attention processes mediate the link between family predictors and school readiness?

The role of attention processes as possible mediators between family environment and school readiness was analyzed with data from 1,002 children and their families. Data on children's sustained attention, impulsivity, and school readiness (i.e., cognitive, achievement, language, and social development) were obtained at 54 months of age, and quality of the family environment was assessed throughout the first 54 months. Mediation tests showed that children's sustained attention partially accounted for the link between family environment and achievement and language outcomes. Impulsivity partially accounted for the link between family environment and achievement, social competence, and externalizing behaviors. The roles of sustained attention and of inhibition of impulsive responding in the relation between family characteristics and school readiness are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Emotional intelligence in young and middle adulthood: Cross-sectional analysis of latent structure and means.

Differentiation of the construct of emotional intelligence was investigated in young and middle-aged adults, on the basis of hypotheses generated from differential emotions theory, discrete emotions functionalist theory, and empirical literature on age-related changes in affective complexity and differentiation of abilities. Both age groups were characterized by the same set of comparably related dimensions. However, midlife adults reported significantly greater use of optimism as a mood-regulation strategy than was reported by young adults. This study considers implications of possible structural continuity in emotional intelligence in conjunction with mean increases in the use of optimism as a strategy for managing affect. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

中小学校的电气设计探讨

随着政府对教育的投入比重逐年提高．近年来新建改建的学校也越来越多．虽然学校的电气设计并不复杂。但变配电系统、照明及配电装置、弱电、防雷及接地等均有其一定的特殊性。其设计的深度直接影响到学生的学习环境和学校的经济利益。     

美国社区学院课程设置的特点

作为高等教育中最大的一个组成部分,美国社区学院为其经济和社会发展做出了巨大的贡献。美国社区学院卓越成就的取得与其独特的课程设置密切相关。尽管美国社区学院的类型多种多样,但从课程设置的指导思想上来说有其共性,它对我国高职院校课程的设置有一定的借鉴作用。     

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     

浅谈绿色生态住宅小区的给排水设计

介绍了设计绿色生态住宅小区的水环境系统各个子系统时应满足的水质、水量和应遵循的设计规范。提出了对节水设施、器具和绿色管材的选用原则     

非常规开采顺序在鸡冠嘴金矿二期采区的应用

针对鸡冠嘴金矿二期采区矿体(群)延深较大、走向较短、在垂向上中部较厚、品位较高呈“菱形”变化的特点，通过技术经济比较和岩石力学研究论证，并结合国内、外类似矿山的生产实践，提出并采用了不同于常规的首先开采矿体(群)中部的开采方法，从而为提高矿山生产初期的经济效益，尽早偿还基建贷款提供了一条新的成功经验。     

郑411块超稠油试油试采工艺技术应用

郑411块沙三段地层疏松出砂、原油粘度高，属中深层超稠油，常规试油试采方法难以突破出油关，采用APR全通径氮气垫测试、地层与井筒复合防砂、水平井配合直井蒸汽吞吐、氮气泡沫封堵调剖和井筒加热举升稠油等配套工艺技术，取得了较好的效果，为中深层超稠油油藏的开发提供了技术思路。     

吉林省中西部地区地下水开发策略

吉林省中西部地区地下水资源的开发，应以中长期保护利用为第一出发点，并统筹规划，合理安排。文中依据这种思想提出了该地区中长期规划思想、可开采量、评价方法、单井控制面积、水费征计标准。