Effects of Perceived Teacher Support on Student Behavioral Engagement in the Blended Learning Environment:Learning Experience as a Mediator

Blended learning(BL)has been widely adopted to improve students’academic achievements in higher education.However,its success relies mainly on student engagement,which plays an essential role in active learning and provides a rich understanding of students’experiences.The study utilized three self-designed scales-the Teacher Support Scale,Student Engagement Scale,and Student Learning Experience Scale-to gauge and examine the impact and relationship between perceived teacher support,student behavioral engagement,and the intermediary role of learning experiences.A cohort of 899 college students undertaking the obligatory College English course through BL modes across five Chinese universities actively participated by completing a comprehensive questionnaire.The results showed significant correlations between perceived teacher support,learning experience,and behavioral engagement.Perceived teacher support significantly predicted students’behavioral engagement,with socio-affective support exerting the most substantial predictive effects.All predictive effects were partially mediated by learning experience(learning mode,online resources,overall LMS-based learning,interaction with their instructor and peers,and learning outcome).The influence of perceived teacher support on behavioral engagement differed between students who reported the most positive(vs.negative)learning experiences.Suggestions for further research are offered for consideration.

Relationship between Moral Elevation and Prosocial Behavior among College Students: The Mediating Role of Perceived Social Support and Moderating Role of Moral Identity

Objectives:The present study examined the relationship between college students’moral elevation and prosocial behavior.As well as the mediating role of perceived social support and the moderating role of moral identity.Methods:A sample of 489 college students were recruited for the study.They were asked to complete a series of questionnaires,including Moral Elevation Scale(MES),Perceived Social Support Scale(PSSS),Moral Identity Scale(MIS)and Prosocial Tendency Measure(PTM).As part of the data analysis,we used correlation analysis and the method of constructing latent variable structural equation model to explore the mechanism of action among variables.Results:After controlling for gender,discipline,the research found that:(1)Moral elevation positively predicted the prosocial behavior among the college students;(2)Perceived social support mediated the relationship between moral elevation and prosocial behavior;(3)Moral identity moderated the second half of the model(i.e.,the link between perceived social support and prosocial behavior).Specifically,the mediating effect of perceived social support was stronger for college students with high-level moral identity compared to those with low-level moral identity.Conclusions:Moral identity significantly moderates the mediating effect of perceived social support,and the mediating model with moderated is established.

A Feature Learning-Based Model for Analyzing Students’ Performance in Supportive Learning

Supportive learning plays a substantial role in providing a quality edu-cation system.The evaluation of students’performance impacts their deeper insight into the subject knowledge.Specifically,it is essential to maintain the baseline foundation for building a broader understanding of their careers.This research concentrates on establishing the students’knowledge relationship even in reduced samples.Here,Synthetic Minority Oversampling TEchnique(SMOTE)technique is used for pre-processing the missing value in the provided input dataset to enhance the prediction accuracy.When the initial processing is not done substantially,it leads to misleading prediction accuracy.This research concentrates on modelling an efficient classifier model to predict students’perfor-mance.Generally,the online available student dataset comprises a lesser amount of sample,and k-fold cross-validation is performed to balance the dataset.Then,the relationship among the students’performance(features)is measured using the auto-encoder.The stacked Long Short Term Memory(s-LSTM)is used to learn the previous feedback connection.The stacked model handles the provided data and the data sequence for understanding the long-term dependencies.The simula-tion is done in the MATLAB 2020a environment,and the proposed model shows a better trade-off than the existing approaches.Some evaluation metrics like pre-diction accuracy,sensitivity,specificity,AUROC,F1-score and recall are evalu-ated using the proposed model.The performance of the s?LSTM model is compared with existing approaches.The proposed model gives 89% accuracy,83% precision,86%recall,and 87%F-score.The proposed model outperforms the existing systems in terms of the earlier metrics.

Theoretical knowledge and psychomotor skill acquisition of basic life support training programme among secondary school students

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study is to evaluate the theoretical knowledge and psychomotor skill acquisition of basic life support(BLS) by a group of secondary school students in Nigeria pre and post BLS training. METHODS: This was quasi-experimental study design with 210 participants. They were taught on adult BLS and all the participants practiced BLS on a Resusci-Anne manikin immediately after the training. Data were collected using American Heart Association(AHA) structured questionnaire and psychomotor skills checklist for BLS at baseline, and post BLS training.RESULTS: The pre-training knowledge score was 1.9±1.4. This increased after the BLS training to 11.4±2.4, and the mean difference between the pre and post BLS training scores was 9.48571. Pre-training psychomotor skill score was 0.00±0.00, this increased to 8.9±1.9 after the training, and the mean difference was 8.90000. The knowledge and psychomotor skill difference between pre and post BLS training was signifi cant(P<0.000).CONCLUSION: Most Nigerian secondary school students were not knowledgeable about BLS. Therefore, there is need for the creation of more awareness among the students.

Importance of Early Intervention and Special Educational Support for High School Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Aim: The present study aimed to investigate problems relating to education, past situations and treatments in high school students with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and to discuss appropriate considerations. Methods: Participants were 6 students who were diagnosed with ADHD according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) criteria. Results: In total, 6 cases of high-school students with ADHD showed dominantly inattention features. They had notably not been diagnosed with ADHD or received appropriate special support education until they were of high-school age, although they had clearly shown characteristic features of the disorder from childhood. As a result, they had decreased motivation to study and showed indolence, and suffered from low self-esteem. Conclusion: This case report suggests that early diagnosis of ADHD and early intervention with special support education are of great importance. To support these students, better educational and medical support systems are warranted.

The "five senses of success" in nursing students: Assessing first-year support engagement

Objectives: This study aimed to identify School and University support services available and accessed by nursing students transitioning into a university environment as many struggle to adjust to competing demands of personal commitments and expectations at university.Methods: A mixed methods design was used,based on activity theory and Lizzio's Five Senses of Success frameworks as exploratory guides.This study was conducted amongst the first year cohort at one campus of the Bachelor of Nursing (BN) program in Queensland,Australia.An initial baseline assessment of what University and School-based support services were on offer for students,and how the students interacted with the support services was conducted.This was followed by a survey to identify awareness and access to support services.Focus groups were then conducted to clarify the previous results and to determine engagement with these support services.Results: A randomly selected number of students (n =150) in the first-year 2014 cohort of the BN program (n =300) were included in this study.The survey was completed by 54 students and three semistructured focus groups were conducted.The analysis indicated that the support services in place were successful in reaching the majority of students and contributed to their sense of success at university,Specifically students identified that a whole cohort approach to support enhanced their transition to university.Conclusion: Identifying lesser known services early in the first year will ensure that students are supported and encouraged to use all services,contributing to their sense of success at university.

Psychological Support for Public-Funded Normal Students Engaged in Teaching Profession

Among primary and secondary school teachers in China, 70% of teachers believe facing more significant occupationalpressure. 63.8% of teachers clearly stated that occupational stress had caused a tremendous impact on them.And this has had adverse effects on them, such as mental, physical, and personal development. This paper studiesthe group of public-funded regular students from the perspective of psychological support. This paper uses theSCL-90 form to investigate the professional psychology of teachers for the psychological support of public-fundedregular students engaged in the teaching profession. And it conducts a survey on the curriculum setting and satisfactionof the public-funded regular students during their study stage. The experimental results of this paper showthat only 11.9% of public-funded regular students are very willing to take root and serve township education.Moreover, the psychological pressure of teachers at different educational stages is quite different.

An Effort to Reinstatement Support for Truant Students

According to a report by the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science,and Technology-Japan(MEXT),the number of students who did not attend school in Japan in the fiscal year 2018 was 164,528,and the percentage of students who did not attend school was 1.7%.This is the highest number of students ever.MEXT has been providing various measures to support students’return to school,such as setting up adaptation classes and reviewing the school structure,intending to reduce the number of students who do not attend school.However,it is not always easy to help students return to school,since the problems they face may not be simply academic or psychological in nature.Besides,many students have returned to school,but who have not returned to school in the past.In this paper,we introduce a special needs classroom for truant students.Next,the results of a survey of teachers and assistants in this classroom are discussed.Finally,we will report on our current efforts.

School Support Services Model for Students With Disabilities in General Education Classrooms： Using Data From the Special Needs Education Longitudinal Study in Taiwan

The purposes of this study were to establish a school support service model for students with disabilities in general classroom, and to explore the current status of school support services provided for students with disabilities in preschools, primary, and junior high schools. Therefore, this study used data from the Special Needs Education Longitudinal Study in Taiwan, collected in the 2007-2008 academic year. There were 2,924 students with disabilities selected in the study who were placed in general classrooms; 855 were in preschool, 1,079 were in primary school and 990 were in junior high school. The questionnaires in the database were answered by their teachers. The results of this study are listed, as follows： In terms of the school support service model for students with disabilities in the three stages of education, adjustment in teaching accounts for 1-15% of the explanatory power regarding the overall model, while support services account for 63-85%, which peak in junior high schools. Secondly, itinerant teachers are found to be the most important human resource in preschools. For primary and junior high schools, parents and special education teachers are the more prevalent influences. The more common school support services are tuition refunds, itinerant services, adjustments in examinations, and scholarships.

Influencing program satisfaction for undergraduate students in STEM areas: The impact of interdisciplinary features, disciplinary connectedness, faculty support, and examination difficulty

Ensuring program satisfaction for undergraduate students in the areas of science,technology,engineering and mathematics(STEM)matters in student retention and education quality improvement.This study explores how four rarely examined variables support from faculty members,interdisciplinary features of STEM program courses,disciplinary connectedness of STEM program core courses,and examination difficulty impact Chinese STEM undergraduates’program satisfaction.With data from 619 Chinese STEM undergraduates,structural equation modeling shows that course satisfaction partially mediates the impact of support from faculty members on program satisfaction,while fully mediating that of interdisciplinary features of STEM program courses and disciplinary connectedness of STEM program core courses on program satisfaction.Examination difficulty exerts no significant impact on program satisfaction neither directly nor indirectly.Support from faculty members impact course satisfaction significantly stronger for junior and senior students than for freshmen and sophomores,while interdisciplinary features of STEM program courses impact course satisfaction stronger for freshmen and sophomores than for juniors and seniors.The study ends with practical implications for the higher education reform in relevant areas.

团体积极心理干预对研究生生命意义感和社会支持的效果

目的:验证积极心理干预提升研究生生命意义感及社会支持的有效性。方法:将59名研究生(年龄22.76±0.97岁)分为干预组(n=44)和对照组(n=15),干预组完成了6次团体积极心理干预,对照组等待实施干预,前测与后测均填写了生命意义感量表(MLQ)和领悟社会支持量表(PSSS)。结果:①干预组在生命意义感、领悟社会支持得分上的变化量均显著高于对照组(t=2.02,2.60;P<0.05);②与前测相比,干预组在干预后生命意义感和领悟社会支持显著提升(t=3.80,3.71;P<0.001)。结论:团体积极心理干预可以有效提升研究生的生命意义感和社会支持。

从单一到多元:博士生职业发展多样化的现实需求及教育支持策略研究

博士生职业发展从单一到多元是社会发展的产物。从国内外现状看,博士生职业发展多样化缘于学术劳动力市场中精英学术岗位供需失衡、学术职位稳定性下降的“推力”与非学术劳动力市场中对高层次人才需求日益增长的“拉力”等现实因素的共同作用。然而,由于博士生学术身份固化下的择业取向单一、高校培养观念滞后下的教育支持单一、职业预期定向下的学生智能单一等问题,至今大多数博士毕业生依然囿于学术职位。本研究通过分析美国大学协会的“博士生教育倡议”项目实践,借鉴项目中试点高校通过理念更新、数据透明、机制革新、资源整合为博士生职业发展多样化提供教育支持的成功经验,针对我国博士生教育的实际情况,提出以“新定位”拓宽培养目标、以“数字化”打开求职渠道、以“强机制”助力个性化培养、以“广合作”推动资源整合等教育支持策略。

乡村教育振兴下师范生实习支教改革研究

实习支教在我国教育规模发展的特殊历史时期产生,是具有中国特色的地方师范院校扶持乡村教育之路。乡村教育振兴的逻辑通路是促进乡村教育高质量发展,而乡村教育高质量发展对师范生实习支教提出了新要求。乡村教育振兴下,师范生实习支教改革的主旨为精准实习支教,实习与支教互利共生和教师专业成长。当前,实习支教存在着供需矛盾突出,深层合作机制欠缺,对师范生专业发展支持不足等问题。乡村教育振兴下师范生实习支教改革,应建立响应乡村教育需求的多元实习支教链条,深化师范院校与乡村学校互利共生机制,加强乡村教育环境中实习生专业成长支持,以便促进乡村教育高质量发展。

职业院校家庭经济困难学生成长支持研究——基于职业素养提升视角

进入新发展阶段,职业院校要把满足低收入家庭子女接受更好教育的新期待作为资助工作的出发点和落脚点,针对性实施职业素养教育,体系化支持家庭经济困难学生成长成才,推进资助育人从保障型向发展型延伸。从需求焦点、政策基点和实践落点等三方面厘清职业素养支撑职业院校帮困助学工作内涵建设的逻辑。我国应做好顶层设计,加强体制机制建设;研制教学内容,筑牢职业素养教育阵地;灵活运用各种教学方法、突出个人“全生活修炼”,提升困难学生综合竞争力,助力人力资源强国建设。

心理韧性、父母情感支持与学生主观幸福感间的关系——基于PISA2018中国四省市数据分析

提升学生的幸福感是实现人的全面发展的必然要求,也是教育事业的重大使命。学生身心等非智力因素的发展在提高教育质量,全面推进素质教育等方面越来越受到重视。基于PISA2018中国四省市12058名中学生的调查数据,发现心理韧性、父母情感支持与学生主观幸福感均呈现正相关性;父母情感支持与心理韧性对学生主观幸福感有显著正向的线性影响,同时父母情感支持通过心理韧性的中介作用影响学生的主观幸福感。由此,提出了在言语鼓励、创造积极性情境、增强亲子互动方面父母应当给予学生情感支持以及从学校、教师与学生自身三个层面提升学生心理韧性的建议。

社会支持与大学生主观幸福感的关系:心理韧性的中介作用

为探讨社会支持对大学生主观幸福感的影响,考察其心理韧性在社会支持与主观幸福感之间的中介作用,采取随机取样法对1187名在校大学生进行问卷调查。调查结果显示,大学生的心理韧性在地域、家庭经济条件与年级上存在显著差异,其主观幸福感在家庭经济条件上存在显著差异。其社会支持与主观幸福感呈显著正相关关系,社会支持与心理韧性呈显著正相关关系,心理韧性与主观幸福感呈显著正相关关系,心理韧性在社会支持与主观幸福感间起部分中介作用。故高校及大学生家庭应注重提升大学生的心理韧性水平,从而提升其主观幸福感,促进个体心理健康发展。

卓越小学教师艺术素质培养研究与实践

为有效推进教育部卓越教师培养改革项目——“综合型卓越小学教师培养理论与实践研究”,文章作者持续开展了系列研究与实践探索,希望以艺术素养教育作为培养卓越小学教师的突破口,通过单独招定向公培生遴选“好苗子”、修订培养方案构建艺术素养教育课程体系、日常训练和集中实践紧密结合、专兼职教师协同培养等措施,有效加强定向公培生的艺术素质培养,提升学生的艺术素养,培养艺术特长突出的综合型小学卓越教师。

道德自我、社会支持对大学生非安全性行为的影响

目的探索道德自我、社会支持对大学生非安全性行为的影响。方法于2022年5月采用大学生道德自我问卷、社会支持评定量表、青少年健康相关危险行为问卷对1024名大学生进行调查,分析调查结果。结果(1)大学生道德自我与社会支持呈显著正相关(r=0.31,P<0.01);(2)道德自我与大学生非安全性行为呈显著负相关(r=-0.26,P<0.01);(3)社会支持与大学生非安全性行为呈显著负相关(r=-0.19,P<0.01);(4)社会支持在道德自我与大学生非安全性行为的预测机制中起部分中介作用,中介效应占总效应的36.5%。结论道德自我、社会支持可以较好地预测大学生非安全性行为,社会支持在道德自我和大学生非安全性行为之间起到部分中介作用,这一作用机制对于大学生性健康和性道德教育具有积极的理论和实践意义。

负性生活事件对大学生手机依赖的影响:有调节的中介模型

目的:探究负性生活事件对大学生手机依赖的影响机制,考察归属需要和领悟社会支持在其中的中介和调节作用。方法:采用负性生活事件强度、归属需要满足程度、领悟社会支持水平和手机依赖程度的问卷对502名武汉高校大学生进行了问卷调查。结果:①负性生活事件与手机依赖显著正相关(r=0.392,P<0.01)。②归属需要满足在负性生活事件与手机依赖之间起部分中介作用(β=-0.280,t=-6.915,P<0.001,中介作用占总效应的18.64%)。③领悟社会支持对直接效应(β=0.330,t=10.997,P<0.001)和中介效应的前半段路径(β=-0.214,t=-7.060,P<0.001)起着调节作用,在直接路径中,低领悟社会支持会加剧负性生活事件对手机依赖的影响。在中介路径中,高领悟社会支持时,高负性生活事件对归属需要的影响较小,进而对手机依赖的影响较小。结论:负性生活事件能够显著预测大学生手机依赖,归属需要在负性生活事件和手机依赖之间起部分中间作用,“负性生活事件-手机依赖”的直接路径和“负性生活事件-归属需要-手机依赖”的前半段路径受到领悟社会支持的调节。

大学生学习性投入对其就业力的影响:课程满意度的中介作用

为了探讨大学生学习性投入与其就业力水平之间的关系,分析课程满意度在其中可能发挥的中介效应,采用中国大学生学习与发展追踪研究项目调查数据开展研究。研究发现,大学生的学习性投入水平及其重要维度——学业挑战度、生师互动、校园环境支持度等一方面直接正向影响大学生就业力水平,另一方面还通过课程满意度的中介作用正向影响其就业力水平。因此,建议改善学生高阶学习行为,提升学业挑战度;建立高效师生交流互动机制,鼓励各种形式的生师互动;强化社会实践,丰富学生的学术和社会活动经验;优化大学生人际交往环境和学业支持环境,提升校园环境支持度;根据学生评教结果动态调整课程内容和教学方法,提升大学生的课程满意度,进而提升其就业力水平。