Dear Children (Good and Bad), You Are Cordially Invited to a Roasting of Instructional Literature

2017 ◽  
pp. 217-229
Author(s):  
CAM COBB
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Literature

The Effects of Grouping, Self Esteem, and Locus of Control on Microcomputer Performance and Help Seeking by Mildly Handicapped Students

1987 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merith A. Cosden ◽  
Judy P. English
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Math Problem Solving ◽  
Performance Accuracy ◽  
Instructional Literature ◽  
The Impact

The impact of grouping, learning handicap, locus of control, and self esteem on students' performance on a math problem-solving program was assessed in two studies. Outcome measures included: 1) the level of difficulty at which students selected to work, 2) use of a program help command, and 3) response accuracy with and without help. Despite indication from the non-computer instructional literature that grouping would facilitate problem-solving skills for some students, neither problem selections nor performance accuracy varied as a function of group configuration. Personal characteristics influenced problem selections, help seeking, and accuracy in anticipated directions but not consistently. More consistent patterns were noted as a function of initial student competency in math.

scholarly journals The Shape of Knowledge: Children and the Visual Culture of Literacy and Numeracy

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Daniel Eddy
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Visual Culture ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
The Self ◽  
Everyday Practice ◽  
Instructional Literature

The ArgumentIn 1787 an anonymous student of the Perth Academy spent countless hours transforming his rough classroom notes into a beautifully inscribed notebook. Though this was an everyday practice for many Enlightenment students, extant notebooks of this nature are extremely rare and we know very little about how middle class children learned to inscribe and visualize knowledge on paper. This essay addresses this lacuna by using recently located student notebooks, drawings, and marginalia alongside textbooks and instructional literature to identify the graphic tools and skills that were taught to Scottish children in early modern classrooms. I show that, in addition to learning the facts of the curriculum, students participated in educational routines that enabled them to learn how to visually package knowledge into accessible figures and patterns of information, thereby making acts of inscription and visualization meaningful tools that benefitted both the self and society.

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS FINALISTS AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP UNEVEN BARS 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-57
Author(s):  
Larisa Saveleva ◽  
Botova
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Expert Assessment ◽  
World Championship ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
The World ◽  
Competition Rules ◽  
Instructional Literature ◽  
Quantitative Indicators

Experts in artistic gymnastics are constantly analyzing the outcomes of the gymnasts' performance at world and continental championships. However, the analyses cover only the assessment of the final scores of athletes and their ranks. There is a lack of research focused on the structure of routines and components of the scores obtained for the performance of combinations. The purpose of this study was to determine the content of competitive programs performed by the finalists of the World Championship Uneven Bars 2019 and to identify areas for the exercise development in this kind of all-around events on the eve of the Olympic Games. Methods and organization of the research: we carried out the analysis of video materials of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), the analysis of the competition rules for the current Olympic cycle, additional newsletters, and scientific instructional literature. We used an expert assessment method to identify the components of competitive combinations. Research results. The study determined quantitative indicators of the content of gymnast combinations on uneven bars (the number and difficulty groups of elements, including jumps and dismounts, modal and frequently performed elements, connection value bonus). We have revealed the trend for reduction of the total number of elements of competitive routines. It occurs due to reduction of the number of binders (“dilution”) elements, reduction of the number of elements of difficulty groups below 0.4 points, and increasing number of flight elements performed in a “cascade” way. We have revealed the trend for the use of elements of F (0.6 points) and G (0.7 points) difficulty groups in competitive combinations of the strongest gymnasts, which characterizes a significant increase in the coordination complexity of the programs and increases the requirements for the training of gymnasts. Conclusion. The research outcomes can provide the basis for predicting competitive programs on uneven bars at the upcoming Olympic Games, making amendments to the system of training gymnasts and the content of combinations to increase competitiveness at major international competitions, as well as making competition rules proposals for the next Olympic cycle.

ALTERNATIVE PARADIGM FOR LOCOMOTION ON THE EXAMPLE OF A HIGH JUMP

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-31
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Egorov ◽  
Sergey Pavlov ◽  
Edviga Isanaeva
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Muscle Length ◽  
Human Locomotion ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Support Surface ◽  
National Team ◽  
Team Research ◽  
Jump Test ◽  
Dead End ◽  
Instructional Literature

The modern paradigm for human locomotion is interpreted from the position of changes in muscle length. The research revealed many facts that are difficult to explain exclusively from the point of view of muscle work due to the existence of an alternative locomotion mechanism, which manifests itself in conditions of rapid contact with the support surface. The necessary locomotion mechanism is designed by human evolution, and it operates in the framework of the anatomical structure. The purpose is to identify an alternative locomotion mechanism manifested in the conditions of rapid contact with the support surface in high jumps. Research methods and organization. We used the following research methods: analysis of scientific and instructional literature, testing, and correlation analysis. To assess explosive abilities, we recorded results of standing high jump test and high jump results in the competition season performed by members of the USSR national team. Research results. The analysis of scientific and instructional literature helped us to reveal contradictions in the modern interpretation of the repulsion mechanism in high jumps. Research conducted in the USSR national team (1987-1989) in the framework of comprehensive research team demonstrated absence of correlation between the indicators of explosive abilities and high jump results (r = -0.03). We revealed different locomotion mechanism suggesting the use of "reverse work of tendons". We substantiated an alternative paradigm for the Fosbury Flop high jump based on the support of cytoplasm deforming load, reverse work of tendons, and accumulation of action potential as a result of summation of stimuli by the type of lift reflex. Conclusion. Explosive muscle contraction for training jumping ability is a dead end. Since the cytoplasm acts as a force counteraction factor, there is no need for hypertrophy and anabolism of the muscles.

Dear Children (Good and Bad), You Are Cordially Invited to a Roasting of Instructional Literature

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cam Cobb
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Instructional Literature

Cobb discusses the often neglected fables that Hemingway wrote in the early 1950s, locating them within the genre of children’s literature. Cobb surveys the history and language and conventions of children’s literature and discusses unexpected ways that Hemingway’s writing might be included. Cobb finds that Hemingway is lampooning the instructional aspect of children’s literature at the same time that he is exploiting its conventions.

The Concept of Mathemagenic Behaviour: An Analysis of its Heuristic Value

1974 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 311-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Barry
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Poor Reader ◽  
Theoretical Underpinning ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Instructional Literature ◽  
Empirical Investigations

The work of Rothkopf and Frase is reviewed to introduce and refine the concept of mathemagenic behaviour as it developed in the instructional literature. A theoretical underpinning is provided for this concept from studies involving models of memory, and its integration into a broader stream of research is illustrated. The heuristic value of such an integration is shown by consideration of the problem of the poor reader; a detailed analysis of some recent experiments provides leads for future empirical investigations and some developmental applications.

scholarly journals Task Variation and Mental Models Divergence Influencing the Transfer of Team Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 545-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andra F. Toader ◽  
Thomas Kessler
Keyword(s):  
Mental Models ◽  
Cognitive Flexibility ◽  
Cognitive Flexibility Theory ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Student Teams ◽  
Initial Task ◽  
Task Variation ◽  
Structured Problems ◽  
Instructional Literature ◽  
External Intervention

We investigate how teams develop and transfer general problem-solving skills across two ill-structured problems. We draw on cognitive flexibility theory in the instructional literature and propose that teams will achieve a higher performance on a novel task or transfer when they receive an external task intervention (i.e., task variation) and when the internal mechanisms (i.e., divergent mental models) are developed to make sense of the external intervention. To test these predictions, we designed a longitudinal experiment with 17 student teams that encountered task variation during their work on an initial task. Consistent with our predictions, we found that teams that experienced variations and whose mental models diverged during their work on an initial task achieved higher performance on a novel task than teams that experienced variation and whose mental models converged. Implications for the transfer of learning in teams on ill-structured problems are discussed.

scholarly journals New model of the modern international olympic movement

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 125-130
Author(s):  
Vladimir Kalmanovich ◽  
Irina Bitheva
Keyword(s):  
Olympic Games ◽  
Expert Assessment ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Development Trends ◽  
New Model ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Olympic Movement ◽  
Instructional Literature ◽  
International Sport ◽  
The Olympic Games

The aim of the research is to assess the development trends of the modern Olympic movement, to search for new vectors of development and enhancement of the Olympic movement. Methods and organization of the study: In our study, we used analysis of scientific and instructional literature, statistical methods, method of expert assessment, legal analysis. We used data from open sources on the re- search subject, official statistics, analysis of statutory documents of specialized organizations, content analysis of official websites, legal documents. Results of the research. We revealed and substantiated development trends of the modern Olympic movement, the problems related to hosting the Olympic Games, growing contradictions in the activities of international sport organizations. Analysis of the development trends of the Olympic movement in the 21st century and the latest decisions of the International Olympic Committee revealed certain problematic moments in the organization of these Games. We proposed a new model of the modern Olympic Games aimed to overcome the problems and contradic- tions of the Olympic movement. Conclusion. A number of contradictions and problems that need to be resolved characterizes modern devel- opment stage of the Olympic movement. These problems include gigantism of the Olympic Games, subjectivity of the Games at sport competitions, sport security, doping falsification of sport results, etc. The proposed organizational model for the Olympic Games in the form of a prolonged competition during the Olympic year can help to overcome existing contradictions.

Projects: TeacherLine's Ready to Teach Algebra: A Scalable Support Program for Algebra Teachers

2005 ◽  
Vol 98 (5) ◽  
pp. 361
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Classroom Instruction ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Support Program ◽  
Computer Technologies ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Instructional Literature ◽  
The Impact

The mathematics education community is continuously examining different ways to incorporate computer technologies into classroom instruction. The impact of calculators on the curriculum is well documented, particularly at the secondary level. The uses of common office–suite software such as spreadsheets and word–processing programs generally receive less consideration in the instructional literature.

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