“以学生为中心”教学理念在导游基础知识教学中的运用

导游基础知识相关类课程是旅游类专业的核心课程,为了提高教学效果,培养学生自主学习的能力,为培养出高素质技能型人才打下基础,必须在教学中贯彻和体现“以学生为中心”的教育理念,发挥学生的主体作用和教师的主导作用.     

浅谈新时期高校学生党建工作的创新

新形势下学生基层党建工作的创新是高校发展面临的重要课题和紧迫任务。本文在分析高校学生基层党建工作现状以及存在问题的基础上,结合高校实际,对创新学生基层党建工作的形式、方法和途径进行了探讨。     

基于因子分析的名牌产品企业的抗金融危机能力评价

在纺织服装行业的8家中国名牌产品和8家省级名牌产品上市企业的2008-2009的主要财务指标集上运用因子分析提取了盈利和成长能力,营运能力,偿债能力三个因子来综合测度企业的抗金融危机能力,并运用统计上的两样本t检验方法检验国家名牌和地方名牌的抗金融危机能力是否存在差异,实证分析表明在一定置信水平下两级别存在差异。     

PISA: What makes the difference?

The large difference in the level and variance of student performance in the 2000 PISA study between Finland and Germany motivates this paper. It analyses why Finnish students showed a significantly higher performance by estimating educational production functions for both countries, using a unique micro-level dataset with imputed data and added school type information. The difference in reading proficiency scores is assigned to different effects, using Oaxaca–Blinder and Juhn–Murphy–Pierce decomposition methods. The analysis shows that German students and schools have on average more favorable characteristics except for the lowest deciles, but experience much lower returns to these characteristics in terms of test scores than Finnish students. The role of school types remains ambiguous. Overall, the observable characteristics explain more of the variation in test scores in Germany than in Finland.      

Implications of student‐generated screencasts on final examination performance

While educational technologies can play a vital role in students’ active participation in introductory accounting subjects, learning outcome implications are less clear. We believe this is the first accounting education study examining the implications of student‐generated screencast assignments. We find benefits in developing the graduate attributes of communication, creativity and multimedia skills, consistent with calls by the profession. Additionally, we find improvement in final examination performance related to the assignment topic, notably in lower performing students. The screencast assignment was optional, and the findings suggest a tailored approach to assignment design related to students’ developmental needs is appropriate.     

众创空间支持对大学生创客团队创新绩效影响机制研究

众创空间是创客运动的主要载体，为大学生创客团队提供最直接的创新环境和服务。首先，基于组织支持理论，提出众创空间支持构念，并将其分为众创空间创新氛围和众创空间项目运作支持两个维度；其次，研究众创空间支持对大学生创客团队创新绩效的影响，分析大学生创客团队创新能力与大学生创客团队效能感在以上关系中所起的中介作用和调节作用。以179个创客团队为研究样本，采用问卷调查法，实证发现众创空间支持的两个维度对大学生创客团队创新绩效均有显著正向影响；大学生创客团队创新能力在以上关系中起中介作用；大学生创客团队效能感正向调节大学生创客团队创新能力与创新绩效间的关系。     

A Two‐Step Procedure to Measure Representativeness of Internet Data Sources

So far, statistics has mainly relied on information collected from censuses and sample surveys, which are used to produce statistics about selected characteristics of the population. However, because of cost cuts and increasing non‐response in sample surveys, statisticians have started to search for new sources of information, such as registers, Internet data sources (IDSs, i.e. web portals) or big data. Administrative sources are already used for purposes of official statistics, while the suitability of the latter two sources is currently being discussed in the literature. Unfortunately, only a few papers devoted to statistical theory point out methodological problems related to the use of IDSs, particularly in the context of survey methodology. The unknown generation mechanism and the complexity of such data are often neglected in view of their size. Hence, before IDSs can be used for statistical purposes, especially for official statistics, they need to be assessed in terms of such fundamental issues as representativeness, non‐sampling errors or bias. The paper attempts to fill the first gap by proposing a two‐step procedure to measure representativeness of IDSs. The procedure will be exemplified using data about the secondary real estate market in Poland.     

An exploration of student failure on an undergraduate accounting programme of study

Academic failure creates financial and emotional issues for students, with associated resource and performance implications for higher education institutions. The literature reveals that much of the work on student performance is quantitative, restricting understanding of the deeper feelings and perceptions of students towards their studies. This paper explores undergraduate student performance from an experiential perspective, recognising the complexity and subjectivity of academic performance. Findings appear to highlight: the negative focus of reasoning underlying the choice of study; the impact of affect; the importance of the role of the tutor; the tutor expectations gap; levels of control and personal responsibility for learning; and patterns of participation as possible significant and important factors in understanding academic performance. Finally, the implications of the findings are discussed and further research outlined in terms of developing a predictive model that could offer early identification of students who are susceptible to academic failure and establishing appropriate, proactive support strategies for such students.     

Using student response systems in the accounting classroom: Strengths,strategies and limitations

A Student Response System (SRS), often referred to as a “clicker,” enables students to individually answer instructor questions on a real-time basis using individual mobile devices, and have the aggregate responses displayed as feedback to the class at the instructor’s discretion. A mobile device can be a proprietary, vendor-specific remote, or a multi-purpose item such as a smartphone or computer. While SRSs have been used in education for some time, we perceive the adoption rate in accounting classes as still being quite low. This paper is a “how to” and “why” guide for accounting faculty who are considering using SRSs, and for experienced users who seek to refine or expand their SRS use.     

Short-Term Field Study Programs: A Holistic and Experiential Approach to Learning

For business schools, AACSB and Middle States’ call for more experiential learning is one reason to provide study abroad programs. Universities must attend to the demand for continuous improvement and employ metrics to benchmark and evaluate their relative standing among peer institutions. One such benchmark is the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE, 2013) which outlines 10 “Engagement Indicators” classified under four dimensions representing broad aspects of the student experience. These dimensions and engagement indicators are addressed in this article and may serve as a litmus test of the value and impact of study abroad programs.