Is There an Effect of Dysphonic Teachers' Voices on Children's Processing of Spoken Language?

There is a vast body of literature on the causes, prevalence, implications, and issues of vocal dysfunction in teachers. However, the educational effect of teacher vocal impairment is largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of impaired voice quality on children's processing of spoken language. One hundred and seven children (age range, 9.2 to 10.6, mean 9.8, SD 3.76 months) listened to three video passages, one read in a control voice, one in a mild dysphonic voice, and one in a severe dysphonic voice. After each video passage, children were asked to answer six questions, with multiple-choice answers. The results indicated that children's perceptions of speech across the three voice qualities differed, regardless of gender, IQ, and school attended. Performance in the control voice passages was better than performance in the mild and severe dysphonic voice passages. No difference was found between performance in the mild and severe dysphonic voice passages, highlighting that any form of vocal impairment is detrimental to children's speech processing and is therefore likely to have a negative educational effect. These findings, in light of the high rate of vocal dysfunction in teachers, further support the implementation of specific voice care education for those in the teaching profession.     

When an argument is the content: Rational number comprehension through conversions across registers

This article reframes previously identified misconceptions about repeating decimals by describing these misconceptions as limited understandings of how mathematics concepts are referenced. In particular, misconceptions about repeating decimals and their quotient of integer representations are recast as limited understandings of mathematics as a discipline that derives its content from representational systems and the denotations they provided. Under this framework, arguments (e.g., proofs) that convert repeating decimals to their quotient of integer representations provide content for “rational number,” which is represented in multiple ways, each offering distinct opportunities for mathematical activity. The notion of an argument as content is illustrated as arguments providing access to a concept. One Grade 8 student’s struggle with understanding rational number is used to illustrate this framework and its implications for teaching and learning.     

随机数学教学设计与实践——关注理解、掌握与应用

本文通过分析教学案例并总结课程教学交流体会,探讨在大学《概率论与数理统计》课程教学中如何引导学生理解概念、掌握方法并灵活应用以解决相关实际问题;培养学生善学睿思,增强其自主创新实践能力。     

On Brouwer’s continuity principle

We reconsider Ishihara (1991, 1992) within a weak formalised framework of constructive reverse mathematics, focusing on Brouwer’s continuity principle for a mapping from the Baire space into the natural numbers.     

Coping strategies applied to comprehend multistep arithmetic word problems by students with above-average numeracy skills and below-average reading skills

This article discusses how 13-year-old students with above-average numeracy skills and below-average reading skills cope with comprehending word problems. Compared to other students who are proficient in numeracy and are skilled readers, these students are more disadvantaged when solving single-step and multistep arithmetic word problems. The difference is smaller for single-step word problems. Analysis of large-scale data as well as a case study suggested that students used knowledge of stereotype item formats and keywords to cope with comprehending word problems. Instances where students used prior experiences to form predispositions to word problems were observed in the case study. In addition, analyses in both studies revealed that errors caused by overuse of keywords were more frequent among the students with below-average reading skills.     

基于层次分析的模糊一致性判断矩阵及其应用

由于主客观条件的限制 ,常规模糊判断矩阵存在着诸多缺陷。针对这一问题 ,提出应用一种新的方法来构造模糊一致性矩阵 ,并应用蒙特卡罗方法证明该矩阵具有传递性、可综合性和保序性的特征 ,从而可以在决策分析中得到广泛的应用 ;最后将其应用到一个实际算例中 ,收到较好的结果