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Training does improve the performance of study of Geometry; 2 There are effects of transferring
on performance of algebra and physics; 3 The effect of training is influenced by Ss’ performance
of geometry, the level of reasoning, and the style of cognition.
3028.77 An investigation on the teachers’ teaching styles, Wen He, Shanghai Normal University,
China
The teaching styles of 142 teachers were measured by the questionnaires of TSTI developed by
Grigorenko & Sternberg. The results showed: 1) The teachers’ main teaching styles are liberal,
legislative, judical, and global styles; 2) Older teachers whose teaching years over 20 years are
more conservative than the others; 3) Science teachers are more executive than humanity teachers;
4) Ordinary teachers are more executive, conservative than high efficacy teachers, and these two
styles are more simplistic, non-favoring and less effective teaching styles; 5) The proportion of
high efficacy teachers among teachers whose teaching years between 1-4years is much lower than
that of the others.
3028.78 Influent factors on force conceptual change: Common sense beliefs and ill-structured
concepts, Ming-Yi Wang, Beijing Normal University, China
Conceptual change is very important in concept teaching while the influent factors are still open
questions. From testing 151 middle school students by Force Concept Inventory (FCI), which is
widely used in America with high reliability and validity, the results are that common sense beliefs
and ill-structured concepts are the major factors; the influence of common sense beliefs includes
assimilation, accommodation and negative thinking direction; common sense beliefs are affected
by core beliefs within a certain range. The results are discussed in random access instruction,
anchored instruction and cooperative learning of constructivism.
3028.79 The model of education for mental health at middle school in China, Xu Si An, China
This paper carried out an experiment to approaches of educating the teenagers’ mental health. The
objects were 436 Junior One students. During the three years follow-up studied, the writer
observed the changes among the students in IQ, AAT, FAT, KKT, PCQ, MHT. The result proves:
(a) It improves the students IQ, enthusiasm for study and exam; (b) The experiment has more
efficacious result for the students who are in the mid-level or under the mid- level; (c) The
teachers and students welcome the education of mental health in our school;(d) we set up the
model of the psychological teaching.
3028.80 On the teaching autonomy of school teachers, Jihai Yao, Jiliang Shen, Beijing Normal
University, China
Recent years, researchers have paid more attention to teacher’s teaching autonomy. However the
concept of teaching autonomy has acquired diverse meanings such as: self-determination, liberty
of rights and freedom of will. In summary, teaching autonomy means that teachers direct
themselves, with no necessary reference to the concerns and interests of others. It is a personality
quality of teachers rather than a right, although teachers may claim a right to exercise autonomy. It
is influenced by internal constraints such as teaching efficiency, teaching attribution and
occupational commitment, as well as external constraints such as teacher occupational stress,
autonomous power and culture.
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