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3028.68 A survey study on junior middle school students’ creativity in Guizhou province, Ming
Hong, China
The writer adopted a Questionnaire Survey on 1179 junior middle school students in Guizhou
province to investigate their Creativity. The results show that: 1. The Creativity of junior middle
school students in Guizhou province is at a relatively low level and has no significant difference in
the factor of “sex”; 2. There is a very significant difference in their “grade”, “parents’ academic
diploma” and “school” 3. The scores for students’ Rethinking ability which is most crucial to the
developing of their Creative Ability are the lowest. The writer posed some suggestions and
countermeasures from the angle of school education, especially from classroom teaching.
3028.69 A research on tacit knowledge of teachers in Chinese middle schools, Huiying Shi,
Qinglin Zhang, Guikang Cao, Southwest China Normal University, China
The objectives of this research were to collect tacit knowledge of teachers in Chinese general
middle schools, and to explore the validity of the method to initiate tacit knowledge by example
demonstration. The research was mainly fulfilled through interviewing and through carrying out a
small scale experiment. The findings showed: (1) The eight categories of tacit knowledge were
developed by interviewing 32 Chinese middle school teachers, namely, channeling-off, reasoning,
objectivity, generality, autonomy, stimulation, mental guidance, and strictness combined with love.
(2) The method of example demonstration to initiate tacit knowledge was valid, subjectively and
objectively.
3028.70 Introduction of a scale of psychological predispositions of kindergarten teachers,
Yuyuan Wang, The Office of Early Childhood Education, The Center of Education Research,
West District of Beijing, China
In order to help the selection and training of teachers for kindergartens, a scale for diagnosis of the
special psychological predispositions needed for kindergarten teachers was developed. It is
consisted of 130 items come from a personality test and an ability test. By using stratified
sampling strategy, 660 teachers from different kindergartens in Beijing were used as the sample
group in its development. The result of testing was displayed in both the form of T-score and
percentile. After several times of practice, its reliability and validity have been verified.
3028.71 On construction of cognitive structure model for children’s resolution of practical
mathematical problems, Dong Yang, Qinling Zhang, Xuesong Song, Southwest China Normal
University, Chongqing, China
Constructing the cognitive structure model for children’s resolution of practical mathematical
problems and believing that Model mainly consists of three cognitive elements, metacognition,
schema & operation, the paper has explored in detail the complex reciprocity and
intertransformation among cognitive elements in Model, followed by a multiple-perspective
ratification of Model’s efficacy through an integral verification of researching methods such as
instructional experiments, oral reports, exploration & analysis of confirmatory factors and
experiments on eye motion. Also, the present research aiming at the complexity of Model, has put
forward a viewpoint of High-efficiency Instruction whereby to facilitate the development of
cognitive structure.
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