Further Development and Validation of the Teaching Science as Inquiry (TSI) Instrument

The purpose of this study was to further develop and validate the Teaching Science as Inquiry (TSI) Instrument, an instrument designed to measure the self‐efficacy beliefs of preservice teachers in regards to the teaching of science as inquiry. Based on the validation processes and the associated data analysis, the TSI demonstrates continued content and construct validity with high internal reliability when used with prospective elementary science teachers.     

利用数学建模为载体培养医科学生研究性学习能力的探索

分析了在医学数学教学中开展研究性学习的意义.介绍了数学建模与研究性学习的关系.探索了开展研究性学习活动的途径.总结了开展研究性学习活动的效果.     

NBU(2)性的偏序刻画

为刻画同一寿命分布类中两个不同分布的NBU(2)性的强弱,本文定义了一个新的偏序,即NBU(2)序,并证明NBU(2)序具有反身性,反对称性和传递性.另外,该偏序与超可加序、NBUE序,增凹序的关系也作了探讨.基于被比较分布是指数的情况,还建立了判定NBU(2)序的一个充要条件.     

离散型分布的发散思维探究性教学设计

针对离散型随机变量概率分布设计出一种探究性教学模式,从二项分布发散出四个不同分布,给出运用发散思维教学训练的一个实例.     

Identification of Microstructural Components of Bitumen by Means of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

Accounting for the large variation of asphalt mixes, resulting from variations of constituents and composition, and from the allowance of additives, a multiscale model for asphalt is currently developed at the Christian Doppler Laboratory for “Performance‐based optimization of flexible road pavements”. The multiscale concept allows to relate macroscopic material properties of asphalt to phenomena and material properties of finer scales of observation. Starting with the characterization of the finest scale, i.e., the bitumen‐scale, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is employed. Depending on the mode of measurement (tapping versus pulsed‐force mode), the AFM provides insight into the surface topography or stiffness and adhesion properties of bitumen. The obtained results will serve as input for upscaling in the context of the multiscale model in order to obtain the homogenized material behavior of bitumen at the next‐higher scale, i.e., the mastic‐scale. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Inquiry Teaching and Learning: The Best Math Class Study

This research reports on prospective middle school teachers' perceptions of a “best mathematics class” during their involvement in an inquiry‐designed mathematics content course. Grounded in the prestigious Glenn Commission report ( U.S. Department of Education, 2000 ), the study examined the prospective teachers' perceptions of effective mathematics instruction both prior to and after completing the inquiry course. Pre‐essay analysis revealed that students could be grouped into one of two categories: the Watch‐Learn‐Practice view and the Self as Initiator view. Post‐essay analysis indicated that over two thirds of all students involved in the study changed their views of a best math class after the inquiry courses. The Watch‐Learn‐Practice group's changes focused on developing reasoning skills and learning how one “knows” in mathematics. The Self as Initiator group noted expanded roles for the students, particularly emphasizing the importance of going beyond basic requirements to think deeply about the why and how of mathematics and expanded views of the benefits of group learning.     

Extensions by Means of Expansions and Selections

We provide proper mapping-characterizations of some embedding-like properties weaker than -embedding. For instance, we show that a subset A of a space X is -embedded in X if and only if for every continuous map g: A → Y into a Banach space Y of weight w(Y) ⩽ λ, there exists a continuous set-valued mapping φ of X into the nonempty compact subsets of Y such that g is a selection for φ∣A (i.e., g(x) ∈ φ(x) for every x ∈ A). On the other hand, we show that a subset A is C*-embedded in X if and only if for every continuous set-valued mapping φ of X into the non-empty compact subsets of a Banach space Y, every continuous selection g: A → Y for φ∣A is continuously extendable to the whole of X. Combining both results we get the well-known mapping-characterization of -embedding which makes more transparent the relation ‘’. Other weak components of -embedding are described in terms of expansions and selections, possible applications are demonstrated as well.     

Divergence of the (C, 1) Means of d-dimensional Walsh-Fourier Series

In 1992, Móricz, Schipp and Wade [MSW] proved for functions in L log⁺ L(I ²) (I ² is the unit square) the a.e. convergence of the double (C, 1) means of the Walsh-Fourier series _n f f as min(n ₁, n ₂) , n = (n ₁, n ₂ N ²). In the same paper, they also proved the restricted convergence of the (C, 1) means of functions in L(I ²): (2 ⁿ 1,2 ⁿ 2)f f a.e. as min (n ₁, n ₂) provided |n ₁ – n ₂| < C. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the sharpness of these results of Móricz, Schipp and Wade with respect to both the space L log⁺ L(I ²) and the restrictedness |n ₁ – n ₂| < C.     

广义Heronian平均与幂平均的最优比较

比较了含有两个参数的广义Heronian平均H_(p,W)(a,b)与幂平均M_q(a,b)的大小,得到了M_q(a,b)≥(≤)H_(p,w)(a,b)对于任意a,b>0成立的充要条件.     

Reduction of Balance Laws in (3+1)-Dimensions to Autonomous Conservation Laws by Means of Equivalence Transformations

A class of partial differential equations (a conservation law and four balance laws), with four independent variables and involving sixteen arbitrary continuously differentiable functions, is considered in the framework of equivalence transformations. These are point transformations of differential equations involving arbitrary elements and live in an augmented space of independent, dependent and additional variables representing values taken by the arbitrary elements. Projecting the admitted infinitesimal equivalence transformations into the space of independent and dependent variables, we determine some finite transformations mapping the system of balance laws to an equivalent one with the same differential structure but involving different arbitrary elements; in particular, the target system we want to recover is an autonomous system of conservation laws. An application to a physical problem is considered.     

Approximation by Means of Kantorovich-Stancu Type Operators

The purpose of this article is to give a Kantorovich generalization of Stancu type polynomials. We obtain convergence properties of our operators in the continuous function space and Lebesgue spaces. Furthermore, we get the order of approximation with the help of modulus of continuity and give a numerical example for approximation.