A Study on the Instructional Design of Interdisciplinary Thematic Learning in Middle School Physical Education Based on the CASES-T Model

With the deepening of educational reform,interdisciplinary thematic learning,as an emerging educational model,has become a focus of attention in the field of educational research.Based on the STEM(science,technology,engineering,and mathematics)education concept and CASES-T(Content,Activity,Situation,Evaluation,Strategy-Target)model,this study provides a theoretical basis for the teaching design and implementation of interdisciplinary thematic learning in middle school physical education.Through the analysis of specific interdisciplinary thematic learning cases,it aims to provide theoretical support and practical guidance for the reform of middle school physical education through the CASES-T model-based interdisciplinary thematic teaching design research in middle school physical education,in order to enhance students’learning effects,cultivate core literacy in physical education,and promote students’all-round development.

M-learning结合CBL在消化科规培教学中的探讨及应用

目的探究移动学习平台(M-learning,ML)结合案例教学(Case-based Learning,CBL)在消化科住院医师规范化培训(简称规培)教学中的应用效果。方法选取2021年1月—2023年1月于上海市徐汇区中心医院消化科参加规培学习的80名医师作为研究对象,将其按照随机数表法分为研究组和对照组,每组40名。对照组给予传统讲授式教学法,研究组给予M-learning结合CBL教学法,对比两组医师的理论考试成绩、实践技能考试成绩和学习满意度。结果研究组的理论成绩和实践技能考试成绩均高于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P均<0.05);研究组的学习满意度明显高于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论将Mlearning结合CBL教学法应用于消化科规培教学中,不仅能够提升医师的理论考试成绩和实践技能考试成绩,还能够有效提高医师学习满意度。

PEPFL:A framework for a practical and efficient privacy-preserving federated learning

As an emerging joint learning model,federated learning is a promising way to combine model parameters of different users for training and inference without collecting users’original data.However,a practical and efficient solution has not been established in previous work due to the absence of efficient matrix computation and cryptography schemes in the privacy-preserving federated learning model,especially in partially homomorphic cryptosystems.In this paper,we propose a Practical and Efficient Privacy-preserving Federated Learning(PEPFL)framework.First,we present a lifted distributed ElGamal cryptosystem for federated learning,which can solve the multi-key problem in federated learning.Secondly,we develop a Practical Partially Single Instruction Multiple Data(PSIMD)parallelism scheme that can encode a plaintext matrix into single plaintext for encryption,improving the encryption efficiency and reducing the communication cost in partially homomorphic cryptosystem.In addition,based on the Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)and the designed cryptosystem,a novel privacy-preserving federated learning framework is designed by using Momentum Gradient Descent(MGD).Finally,we evaluate the security and performance of PEPFL.The experiment results demonstrate that the scheme is practicable,effective,and secure with low communication and computation costs.

Lecturers’Efforts in Building Rapport in the English-Medium Instruction(EMI)Context:Focus on the Use of Communication Strategies

Past studies reveal the prevalence of anxiety,coupled with low motivation and disengagement among students in English-medium instruction(EMI)programs.Given the detrimental impact these negative emotions can have on learning outcomes,it is imperative that teachers establish positive emotional rapport with their students.This study explores how experienced and highly rated EMI lecturers at a Chinese university’s overseas campus use communication strategies to build rapport with their students during interactive academic activities.It identifies the strategies used by these lecturers and examines how the strategies facilitate the teaching-learning process.The data,consisting of 10 hours of tutorials and 10 hours of supervisor-student supervision meetings,is analyzed using an adapted Conversation Analysis(CA)approach.The analysis reveals three types of communication strategies(CSs)frequently used by lecturers:back-channeling,codeswitching,and co-creation of messages.By employing these strategies,the lecturers established a strong rapport with the students,which created an encouraging and supportive learning environment.Consequently,this positive atmosphere facilitated students’learning of content knowledge through English.The findings of this study have implications for the training of lecturers who encounter difficulties in establishing rapport with multilingual students in the EMI setting.

Teaching Design of the Junior High School English Reading for Deep Learning

English reading holds a pivotal position in junior high school English teaching,constituting an integral component of the entire educational process.Nowadays,it is imperative for English teachers to transcend the conventional,superficial reading instruction models and adopt a deep learning framework to fashion a profound reading classroom for students.This approach allows students to engage in inductive integration,application evaluation,and internalization and transfer,enabling them to delve into seemingly intricate and challenging texts,exploring them from multiple dimensions,including content,structure,and cultural implications.Ultimately,this fosters the development of students'comprehensive reading abilities and English core literacy.This paper,drawing from the perspective of deep learning and incorporating specific case studies,aims to devise a junior high school English reading instruction design that is both academically rigorous and emotionally engaging,with a focus on enhancing students'English core literacy and overall reading proficiency.

An Empirical Study on Classroom Learning Anxiety of Secondary Vocational English Learners in Content-based Instruction

This research aims to study the relationship between content-based instruction and secondary vocational English learners.Two classes in one secondary vocational school were chosen as participants.The result shows that CBI teaching has a negative correlation with English learning anxiety and has an impact on alleviating students' anxiety.

The Influence of Combining Computer-Assisted Language Learning With Instruction on Chinese College Students’L2 Pragmatic Ability

In the area of computer-assisted language learning(CALL),although a number of studies have adopted various CALL-based devices(e.g.,blogs,gaming,and synthetic environments)to foster second language(L2)acquisition,the vital component of instruction has received little attention.The present study explored the usefulness of CALL-based communication in conjunction with instruction on EFL learners’L2 pragmatic development.Sixty-two EFL students from a university in China were recruited for the current research.The experimental group communicated with a native English speaker through synchronous messaging via Skype and had two instructional sessions pertinent to compliment responses,while the control group interacted with a native English speaker via Skype without having the teaching intervention.Findings from an independent samples t-test demonstrated that the experimental group produced significantly more proper compliment responses in the immediate posttest than the control group(p<.001).Moreover,a significant difference(p<.001)was found for the experimental group between the preintervention and delayed post-intervention mean scores,suggesting that CALL coupled with teaching intervention had a long-term impact on learners’L2 pragmatic development.These findings enrich our understanding of the beneficial and lasting influence of combining CALL with instruction on EFL students’pragmatic development.In addition,pedagogical implications for deploying CALL paired with L2 pragmatics instruction are provided.

The Effects of Integrating Language Learning Strategy into EFL Instruction for Non-English Major Students in Vocational Technical Colleges

Language learning strategies play an important role in language learning. Students in vocational technical colleges have been regarded as low English proficiency learners due to their weak foundation in learning English. To explore the solution, the present study employed a specific survey of language learning strategy use and tried to conduct a one-semester language learning strategy training, aiming to investigate the effects of integrating language learning strategy into EFL instruction for non-English major students in vocational technical colleges. We found after the instruction, the difference in the frequency of overall strategy use between the experimental group and the control group was significant indicating that the students could be trained with language learning strategies to enhance the frequency of their strategy use. After language learning strategy instruction, the experimental group didn＇t perform significantly better than the control group in terms of their English language proficiency. However, the results of this present study still supported this viewpoint that the strategy instruction had positive impacts to some extent if properly conducted, for it had positive effects on enhancing students＇ language learning strategy use.

Developing Learning Strategies: Strategy Instruction

Learning strategies are critical in the process of learning, knowing, and thinking. Without strategies, nobody can reach competence, to master certain knowledge and skills which makes him/her an independent learner. The purose of this paper is trying to demonstrate an overview of leaning strategies based on the researches and studies have been done in the field with emphasis on strategy instruction for increasing reading comprehension and writing instruction.

The Effectiveness of Strategies-based Instruction on Postgraduates' English Vocabulary Learning

This ten-week quasi-experimental study was undertaken to explore the effectiveness of strategies-based vocabulary instruction on English vocabulary learning of postgraduate learners.By the questionnaires and vocabulary tests administered before and after the instruction,the experimental group and the control group were compared to find out whether reading comprehension plus SBI method was more effective than reading only method in postgraduates' English vocabulary learning.

On Vocabulary Learning Mode—the Integration of Incidental Learning and Explicit Instructions

This article is mainly to review and comment on the article written by Sonbul, S.,& Schmitt, N.in 2009 which is con?cerned with the additional efficacy of putting explicit instruction as post process to incidental learning in obtaining vocabulary as well as testing the vocabulary knowledge of the form-meaning link at three different levels (meaning recognition, meaning recall, and meaning recognition).

On the Instruction Design of the Course Business English Writing Based on Blended Learning Model

Blended learning based on information technology,emphasizes students’central position and teachers’leading role in teaching and learning.In view of this,the author attempts to apply the model to the instruction of the course Business English Writing.In the instructional design,the author navigates students to enhance the input of sample texts on the basis of webbased autonomous learning and organizes cooperative learning so as to increase students’writing practice,thus improving their research ability and communicative skills.Consequently,the two major problems—deficiency in language input because of limited class hours and lack of interaction owing to the large size of classes can be effectively solved.

The effect of scaffolding instruction on learning among nursing students in China:a meta-analysis

Objective:To systematically evaluate the influence of scaffolding instruction on the learning effect of nursing students in China.Methods:Through the databases of CNKI,Wanfang,VIP,CBM,PubMed,Cochrane Library,Embase and Web of Science,the randomized controlled trials of scaffolding instruction in nursing field were collected from the establishment of the databases to the publication in March 2022.After literature screening,data extraction and quality evaluation,meta-analysis was performed using RevMan5.3 and Stata16.0 software.Results:Nineteen articles were included,with a total of 2,340 nursing students.Meta-analysis results showed that,compared with the traditional teaching method,the scaffolding instruction was significantly better in nursing students’theoretical examination scores(SMD=1.37,95%CI:1.00 to 1.75,P<0.001),operation skill scores(SMD=1.83,95%CI:1.23 to 2.42,P<0.001),communication ability(SMD=1.51,95%CI:0.70 to 2.32,P=0.0003)and teaching satisfaction(P<0.05).Conclusion:Scaffolding instruction can improve the theoretical and operational scores of nursing students,and it also has a positive impact on communication ability and teaching satisfaction.This teaching method deserves to be applied and promoted in the field of nursing education.

Discuss Optimal Approaches to Learning Strategy Instruction for EFL Learners

Numerous research studies reveal that learning strategies have played an important role in language learning processes. This paper explores as English teachers,can we improve students' language proficiency by giving them optimal learning strategy instruction and what approaches are most effective and efficient?

Machine Learning to Instruct Single Crystal Growth by Flux Method

Growth of high-quality single crystals is of great significance for research of condensed matter physics. The exploration of suitable growing conditions for single crystals is expensive and time-consuming, especially for ternary compounds because of the lack of ternary phase diagram. Here we use machine learning(ML) trained on our experimental data to predict and instruct the growth. Four kinds of ML methods, including support vector machine(SVM), decision tree, random forest and gradient boosting decision tree, are adopted. The SVM method is relatively stable and works well, with an accuracy of 81% in predicting experimental results. By comparison,the accuracy of laboratory reaches 36%. The decision tree model is also used to reveal which features will take critical roles in growing processes.

Promoting learner autonomy through strategy-based instruction

Learner autonomy is a matter of explicit or conscious intention. Learners cannot accept responsibility for their own learning unless they have some ideas of what, why, and how they are trying to learn. This paper argues that learner autonomy may be promoted through strategy-based instruction. The intent of strategy-based instruction is to help all students become better language learners. When students begin to understand their own learning processes and can exert some control over these processes, they tend to take more responsibility for their own learning and become more autonomous. Teachers may conduct strategy-based instruction by complementing such activities as preparation, practice, evaluation and expansion.

e-Learning新解：网络教学范式的转换

当代学习理论正在发生有意义的变化,学习越来越多的被认为是建构认知、分布式认知和情境认知的过程,而不仅仅是知识的传递;越来越关注知识协同建构的社会本质,知识协同建构受共同体的影响。Web2.0技术在e-Learning中的应用更加关注学习过程的参与性,强调通过师生、生生之间的学习活动来促进知识内容的内化,通过学习活动的序列化,来支持多种实践导向的教学模式。而普适计算技术的发展,使得学习无时不在、无处不在、按需适应成为可能。在学习理论发展和信息技术发展的双重推动下,网络教学正实现从接受认知范式到建构认知范式再到分布式情境认知范式的转换,这反映了e-Learning从技术向教育回归的基本趋势。

e-Learning环境学习测量研究进展与趋势——基于眼动应用视角

"日益关注学习测量"已成为教育变革的重要趋势,e-Learning环境学习测量的研究正日益突显多维整体、真实境脉、实时连续的特征。该文通过眼动应用视角透析e-Learning环境学习测量研究的进展与趋势。基于信息加工论、"直接假说"和"眼脑假说",阐释眼动在信息提取、加工、整合以及意义建构中的重要作用。此外,围绕多媒体界面有效性、多媒体学习效果、数字阅读、信息加工过程和学习分析五个方面,对研究内容、研究结果和发展趋势进行梳理与分析。研究认为眼动技术有助于获取具备"大数量、全样本、实时性、微观指向"特性的学习数据,可以深入评估多媒体学习效果和阅读过程,量化注意力、认知过程和学习结果之间的关系,为拓展教育技术的研究手段和应用领域提供了方向指引。

中美顶尖高校E-learning、网络教育及OER开展比较及启示——基于高校应对时代发展挑战的视角

E-learning、网络教育和开放教育资源(OER)是当前高校教学信息化在实践层面的重要表现,也是高校应对时代发展挑战的不同形态。鉴于顶尖高校具有的引领作用和重要影响,从高校应对时代发展挑战的视角,对中美顶尖高校E-learning、网络教育和OER的开展概况进行调查和比较。研究发现,中美顶尖高校在E-learning开展成熟度、网络教育开展层次、OER推动模式等方面存在较大差异。基于比较分析,为我国高校E-learning、网络教育和OER的进一步发展提出建议。