Pilot study of a Web-based acceptance and commitment therapy intervention for university students to reduce academic procrastination

Objective: This pilot study pursued two aims. The first was to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a Web-based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) intervention to reduce academic procrastination among university students. The second aim was to test the effectiveness of the intervention on procrastination and committed actions. Participants: The sample was comprised of Canadian university students (n?=?36) that participated in the intervention between September 2016 and April 2017. Methods: The study relied on a prepost research design. Results: The intervention appears feasible, acceptable, and valuable to students. A significant reduction in procrastination and a significant improvement in committed actions were found between pre and postintervention. The effect sizes for these results were medium. Conclusions: Results provide preliminary support for the feasibility and effectiveness of a Web-based ACT intervention for academic procrastination. Results also highlight some aspects that need to be improved for further development.     

Acting for Happiness: Financial Behavior and Life Satisfaction of College Students

Recent research on well-being suggests that domain-specific behaviors contribute to domain-specific satisfactions, which in turn contribute to an individual’s overall satisfaction with life. Our study is an attempt to add to the literature by observing these phenomena from a financial perspective. Using data collected from a sample of undergraduate students at a major state university in the U.S. and employing structural equation modeling, we have found evidence suggesting that positive financial behaviors contribute to financial satisfaction and financial satisfaction in turn contributes to life satisfaction. In addition, positive financial behaviors contribute to life satisfaction through two more mediating variables: academic performance and academic satisfaction.     

我国统计类学术期刊协调发展问题研究

 学术期刊对学科的发展起着至关重要的载体和导向作用。本文通过对统计类学术期刊历年被CSSCI收录情况、即年评价指标和综合评价指标的统计分析,对统计类学术期刊进行了动态、综合评价。同时发现我国统计类学术期刊在其发展过程中存在诸多亟待解决的问题并提出了相应的对策,为我国统计类学术期刊的协调发展提供了新思路。     

爱资哈尔大学教育和学术功能探析

清真寺既是穆斯林礼拜之所,又是传承穆斯林母族文化之地,爱资哈尔清真寺亦如此。由爱资哈尔清真寺衍生出的爱资哈尔大学,以其独具深蕴的教育科研能力、独到的科学理念引领着伊斯兰文化的发展,承载着其千年传承,并最终成为享誉世界的千年学府。爱资哈尔由清真寺至高级学府的功能转换,成为管窥清真寺教育学术功能的最佳范式之一。     

Selling students short: Racial differences in teachers’ evaluations of high,average, and low performing students

Education scholars document notable racial differences in teachers’ perceptions of students’ academic skills. Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort, this study advances research on teacher perceptions by investigating whether racial differences in teachers’ evaluations of first grade students’ overall literacy skills vary for high, average, and low performing students. Results highlight both the overall accuracy of teachers’ perceptions, and the extent and nature of possible inaccuracies, as demonstrated by remaining racial gaps net literacy test performance. Racial differences in teachers’ perceptions of Black, non-White Latino, and Asian students (compared to White students) exist net teacher and school characteristics and vary considerably across literacy skill levels. Skill specific literacy assessments appear to explain the remaining racial gap for Asian students, but not for Black and non-White Latino students. Implications of these findings for education scholarship, gifted education, and the achievement gap are discussed.     

从“知识增量”向“知识升质”:以法学研究为例

"知识增量"作为一个有瑕疵的概念,没有反映出它所要表达的意思的实质,对人们的思维和行动具有误导性,应当正名为"知识升质"。"知识升质"就是研究者对学术材料赋予新的组合形式,从而实现知识在"质"上的突破和创新。只有学术原创作品才配称得上"知识升质",它在本质上是天赋形式和经验内容的统一。我国法学研究的现状是"增量"胜于"升质",重"数量"而轻"质量"",体积"大而"密度"小,法学研究量多质差,大而不强,肥胖臃肿呈现病态。实现法学研究由"知识增量"向"知识升质"的转变,关键是改变学术评价体系和人才选拔方式。     

顾颉刚与辛树帜的学术交谊

顾颉刚和辛树帜在20世纪中国学术史乃至教育史上都是具有重要地位的人。他们一个是历史学家,一个是生物学家。在初建兰州大学时,二人亲密合作,埙篪相应。在学术上,他们也互相切磋和砥砺,共同研究《尚书.禹贡》篇,推进了《尚书》学的研究。他们的学术交往和个人情谊,反映了大学崇敬学术、大学校长与大学教授之间平等互敬的大学理念,是20世纪中国学术史内容的光彩篇章。     

The 9th grade shock and the high school dropout crisis

Retrospective questions on educational attainment in national surveys and censuses tend to over-estimate high school graduation rates by 15-20% points relative to administrative records. Administrative data on educational enrollment are, however, only available at the aggregate level (state, school district, and school levels) and the recording of inter-school transfers are generally incomplete. With access to linked individual-level administrative records from a very large “West Coast metropolitan school district” we track patterns of high school attrition and on-time high school graduation of individual students. Even with adjustments for the omission of out-of-district transfers (estimates of omission are presented), the results of this study show that failure in high school, as indexed by retention and attrition, are almost as common as on-time high school graduation. In addition to the usual risk factors of disadvantaged background, we find that the “9th grade shock”—an unpredicted decline in academic performance upon entering high school—is a key mechanism behind the continuing crisis of high school attrition.     

关于新世纪“学术大师”讨论的评述

关于＂学术大师＂的讨论是近年来的重要学术热点之一。其主要围绕下面四个方面的问题展开讨论：关于＂学术大师＂含义的界定;关于当今是否有＂学术大师＂存在;关于当今＂学术大师＂缺失的原因;关于＂学术大师＂产生的土壤和机制。     

我国近现代统计学发展

本文在查阅大量文献的基础上，系统梳理了近代西方统计理论传入我国之后统计学的发展历程。从西方统计理论的传入到统计学在我国的本土化发展，从统计学“一门”与“两门”之争到“大统计”思想的兴起、再到统计学一级学科的建立，从统计学术组织的成立、发展到其对统计学科建设的推动作用，本文尽可能客观地对以上内容进行回顾和展现，以期读者对我国近现代统计学发展有一个基本的了解。