On Developing the Questionnaire for Evaluating PBL's Multiple Learning Achievements

How to comprehensively,scientifically,objectively and impartially evaluate the multiple learning achievements of the PBL model should be highlighted when PBL is introduced and applied.A questionnaire of a total of 23 items involving such dimensions of language proficiency,subject contents and 21 st Century skills was designed.Its reliability and validity were tested and well-met with the statistical requirements.

Certification and Conversion Mode of Learning Achievement Based on Credit Bank under the Background of Higher Vocational Enrollment Expansion

Credit bank system is a very important management mode in current higher vocational education,and it is also an important means for the Ministry of Education to promote China's modern education reform.This paper combines the specific background of higher vocational enrollment expansion,expounds the practical significance of the credit bank system in the training of the expanded enrollment talents,and explores the methods and rules of the authentication and transformation of the learning achievement of the expanded enrollment students under the system.In order to achieve convergence of different types of learning results,smooth talent growth channel,a useful exploration is carried out.

Students＇ Satisfaction with Simulation Learning Environment in Relation to Self-confidence and Learning Achievement

The evolution in patient simulation as educational tool is being driven by a number of factors. Priority of patient safety, patient availability, and the ever increasing body of medical knowledge presents new challenges to curriculum planners. Student＇s satisfaction is an important element of the investigation of simulation learning environment efficacy. There are suggestions that student satisfaction may have some correlation with self-confidence and learning achievement. This is a prospective exploratory study that evaluates learners＇ satisfaction with simulation learning environment and self-conference utilized satisfaction with SSE （simulation experience scale） and pre and post simulation test for learning achievement. Participants was third-year medical students （n = 45） participating in their regular simulation-based session at Center of Excellence for Simulation Education and Innovation （CESEI）, University of British Columbia. A comparison between pre- and post-test results was conducted on the basis of t-test for related samples. Correlation was used to explore the relationships among students satisfaction with the simulation environment and students＇ self-confidence and achievement. The simulation exercise, completed by 45 students, increased correct test answers on average from 72% to 89% （P-Value 〈 0.0001 by paired t-test）. Increases in test results were between pre- and post- simulation identical multiple choice questions. The mean score for satisfaction with simulation environment items was 4.47, SD （0.45）, using a 5-point Likert scale with 5 = strongly agree, 4 = agree, 3 = neutral, 2 = disagree, and 1 = strongly disagree. The mean score for self-confidence in performing BLS, evaluating and managing acute cardiac patient was 3.83, SD （1.02）. For evaluating the relationship between students satisfaction with simulation learning environment and learning achievement, bivariate analysis revealed a significant positive relationship between satisfaction with simulation learning environment and learning achievement （Pearson r = 0.80, P-Value 〈 0.01）. The magnitude or strength of the correlation coefficient （r = 0.80） indicated satisfaction with simulation environment and learning achievement have a strong effect and positive correlation. Simulation learning environment for medical students is effective in improving students＇ overall comprehension and better learning achievements. Furthermore, students＇ basic clinical skills are improved associated with higher self-confidence.

Creating Optimal Language Learning Environment

From the viewpoint of psycholinguistics, this paper concerns how to create an optimal language learning environment in language learning, to stimulate students enthusiasm to participate in classroom activities and to make language learning easier and more pleasant.

Analysis of Good Language Learner Strategies

This paper is intended to introduce some helpful learning strategies to language learners by brief analysis of Good Language Learner （GLL） strategies. As is shown, many different factors affect language learning and the important one of them is individual differences — different motivation, different aptitude and different learning strategies, etc.— which can lead to various achievements in language learning. Therefore, learners should try to employ the most appropriate learning strategies in order to get desired achievements.

Learning by Researching:Achievements and Actions of Teacher Learning in a School-University Collaborative Project

Purpose:This study explores the achievements and process of a group of Chinese primary school teachers learning from a research-based school-university collaborative project.Design/Approach/Methods:We used qualitative methods to construct our research design,collecting data through participatory observations of weekly meetings,teacher interviews,and participants'reflective journals.Both thematic analysis and discursive analysis were employed as strategies to scrutinize the data.Findings:We categorize teachers'learning into five achievements:outcome,processual,democratic,catalytic,and dialogic achievement.A further examination highlights seven successive learning actions composing an implicit mechanism to facilitate these achievements:questioning,analyzing,modeling,examining,implementing,reflecting,and consolidating.Originality/Value:Through this longitudinal study,we more comprehensively record details about teachers'learning as they conduct their own research.Although school-university heterogeneous collaboration has potential conflicts,teachers can improve their problem-solving and knowledge creation and sharing abilities,promoting a sense of professional accomplishment.These findings also suggest the need to reconsider the authentic process of teacher research,a task equally significant for international educators.

LEARNING STRATEGIES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION——A REPORT ON NON-ENGLISH MAJORS IN CHINA

This paper reports on a study of the relationship between learning strategies and reading comprehension. To establish the variables, a learning strategies’ questionnaire was administered to about 200 students in the second-year of a non-English majors degree course in a university in Changchun. Their learning achievement was established by their scores on a reading comprehension test. The relationship between learning strategies and achievement was then examined through the SPSS 8.0 statistical analysis system. It was found that cognitive strategies were the strongest predictor to reading achievement and four other variables (metacognitive strategies, social-affective strategies, reading habits and examination strategies) also demonstrated a significant relationship with reading achievement to differing degrees. Among these variables, social-affective strategies were the only negative predictor. In addition, a significant difference existed between the high-score group and the low-score group in the use of cognitive strategies, metacognitive strategies and examination strategies.