The zone of proximal development(ZPD) and the scaffolding theory are very different,both in terms of their theoretical origins and connotations,and can even be said to be very different.However,during the development ...The zone of proximal development(ZPD) and the scaffolding theory are very different,both in terms of their theoretical origins and connotations,and can even be said to be very different.However,during the development of the two concepts,some scholars have misunderstood them,resulting in the two being mistaken for similar concepts and therefore often confused.Professor James Lantolf from Pennsylvania State University(State College,USA) was interviewed by Professor Lili Qin from Dalian University of Foreign Studies(Dalian,China) and provides an indepth analysis of these issues.The interview begins with the theoretical roots,connotations and definitions of the ZPD and scaffolding concepts,and then unravels the story of how they have been“mistakenly loved for life”,and ultimately it is made clear that the two concepts are completely different in their practical application to language teaching and should not continue to be used interchangeably.展开更多
In this paper,a multi-loop internal model control(IMC) scheme in conjunction with feed-forward strategy based on the dynamic partial least squares(DyPLS) framework is proposed.Unlike the traditional methods to decoupl...In this paper,a multi-loop internal model control(IMC) scheme in conjunction with feed-forward strategy based on the dynamic partial least squares(DyPLS) framework is proposed.Unlike the traditional methods to decouple multi-input multi-output(MIMO) systems,the DyPLS framework automatically decomposes the MIMO process into a multi-loop system in the PLS subspace in the modeling stage.The dynamic filters with identical structure are used to build the dynamic PLS model,which retains the orthogonality among the latent variables.To address the model mismatch problem,an off-line least squares method is applied to obtain a set of optimal filter parameters in each latent space.Without losing the merits of model-based control,a simple and easy-tuned IMC structure is readily carried over to the dynamic PLS control framework.In addition,by projecting the measurable disturbance into the latent subspace,a multi-loop feed-forward control is yielded to achieve better performance for disturbance rejection.Simulation results of a distillation column are used to further demonstrate this new strategy outperforms conventional control schemes in servo behavior and disturbance rejection.展开更多
文摘The zone of proximal development(ZPD) and the scaffolding theory are very different,both in terms of their theoretical origins and connotations,and can even be said to be very different.However,during the development of the two concepts,some scholars have misunderstood them,resulting in the two being mistaken for similar concepts and therefore often confused.Professor James Lantolf from Pennsylvania State University(State College,USA) was interviewed by Professor Lili Qin from Dalian University of Foreign Studies(Dalian,China) and provides an indepth analysis of these issues.The interview begins with the theoretical roots,connotations and definitions of the ZPD and scaffolding concepts,and then unravels the story of how they have been“mistakenly loved for life”,and ultimately it is made clear that the two concepts are completely different in their practical application to language teaching and should not continue to be used interchangeably.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(60574047) the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(2007AA04Z168 2009AA04Z154) the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education in China(20050335018)
文摘In this paper,a multi-loop internal model control(IMC) scheme in conjunction with feed-forward strategy based on the dynamic partial least squares(DyPLS) framework is proposed.Unlike the traditional methods to decouple multi-input multi-output(MIMO) systems,the DyPLS framework automatically decomposes the MIMO process into a multi-loop system in the PLS subspace in the modeling stage.The dynamic filters with identical structure are used to build the dynamic PLS model,which retains the orthogonality among the latent variables.To address the model mismatch problem,an off-line least squares method is applied to obtain a set of optimal filter parameters in each latent space.Without losing the merits of model-based control,a simple and easy-tuned IMC structure is readily carried over to the dynamic PLS control framework.In addition,by projecting the measurable disturbance into the latent subspace,a multi-loop feed-forward control is yielded to achieve better performance for disturbance rejection.Simulation results of a distillation column are used to further demonstrate this new strategy outperforms conventional control schemes in servo behavior and disturbance rejection.