China＇s cormaaunications industry is an important part of the electronic information industry, and plays a significant role in the national informatization process. In 2006, China issued its National Plans for Medium...China＇s cormaaunications industry is an important part of the electronic information industry, and plays a significant role in the national informatization process. In 2006, China issued its National Plans for Medium and Long-term Development of Science and Technology （2006-2020） （NPMLDST）. Since 2006, there has been a rapid increase in the number of citations of China＇s interna- tional papers in the field of communications. In accordance with the goals listed in the NPMLDST, China needs to over- take several competitors by 2020 to be among the top five countries in the field of natural science field. By comparing two Essential Science Indicators （ESI） （i.e., the total number of citations and the number of citations per paper） for China and other countries, China＇s annual growth rate is found to exceed that of other influential countries in the field of sci- ence and technology, and exhibits evident growth-type characteristics. Besides, our study also shows that the short- age of high-quality academic papers in China is the main obstacle to improving the impact of China＇s academic publications.展开更多
Sciencenet.cn is the leading online portal serving the Chinese scientific community. This paper intends to analyze the interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary knowledge communication patterns based on friends-list lin...Sciencenet.cn is the leading online portal serving the Chinese scientific community. This paper intends to analyze the interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary knowledge communication patterns based on friends-list links in the blog community at Sciencenet.cn by using hyperlink analysis and social network analysis. The major findings are: 1) More bloggers have an academic background in management science and life science; 2) there are some core actors in co-inlink network and co-outlink network, who take the lead in engaging with knowledge exchange activities and produce a great influence on interdisciplinary communication; 3) interactive relationships commonly exist between a blogger and those on his/her friends list, and the most linked-to blogs usually play a key role in generating interactive communication; 4) management science has the highest co-inlink count with life science or information science and it has the highest co-outlink count with life science or mathematical and physical science; 5) management science and life science have the greatest impact on information science and the interdisciplinary knowledge communication will also produce relatively significant influence on the development of information science discipline. It is our hope that this research can serve as a reference source for the future studies of academic virtual communities, and the development of mechanisms for facilitating increased engagement in knowledge exchange activities in academic virtual communities.展开更多
This study focuses on the application of the“PBL(problem-based learning)+Flipped Classroom”teaching model in bilingual education,aiming to explore its potential to enhance the quality and effectiveness of bilingual ...This study focuses on the application of the“PBL(problem-based learning)+Flipped Classroom”teaching model in bilingual education,aiming to explore its potential to enhance the quality and effectiveness of bilingual teaching.PBL emphasizes learning through the resolution of real-world problems,while the Flipped Classroom advocates that students acquire basic knowledge through self-study before class,dedicating class time to in-depth discussions and practical activities.The integration of these two teaching models in bilingual education aims to stimulate students’interest in learning,improve their autonomous learning abilities,enhance critical thinking,and foster cross-cultural communication skills.Through literature review,case analysis,and empirical research,this study first examines the current applications and challenges of PBL and the Flipped Classroom in bilingual education.Subsequently,it elaborates on the specific implementation steps of the“PBL+Flipped Classroom”teaching model in bilingual education,including problem design,preview material provision,cooperative learning,classroom activities,and language support.A comparative experiment is then conducted to analyze the impact of this teaching model on students’learning motivation,academic performance,and cross-cultural communication skills.The results indicate that the“PBL+Flipped Classroom”teaching model significantly improves students’learning motivation and participation,enhances academic performance,and effectively boosts their cross-cultural communication skills.Furthermore,this model aids in cultivating students’autonomous learning abilities and critical thinking,providing an innovative and effective approach to bilingual education.This study offers new ideas and insights for the field of bilingual education,which is of great significance for promoting the innovation and development of bilingual teaching models.展开更多
This study investigates the communicative competence of Chinese students in a British university, and the main purposes of the study are to find out more about Chinese students＇ difficulties in communication and to e...This study investigates the communicative competence of Chinese students in a British university, and the main purposes of the study are to find out more about Chinese students＇ difficulties in communication and to explore learning strategies of developing communicative competence. The research results show that Chinese students had both linguistic and socio-cultural problems in communication. Two case studies are presented of good and less good communicators to show up different patterns of communicative performance and learning strategies. In conclusion, a range of findings support the statement that attitudes, motivation and immersion were important in the development of communicative competence.展开更多
For decades sections of the academic community have been emphasizing that disasters are not natural.Nevertheless, politicians, the media, various international organizations—and, more surprisingly, many established r...For decades sections of the academic community have been emphasizing that disasters are not natural.Nevertheless, politicians, the media, various international organizations—and, more surprisingly, many established researchers working in disaster studies—are still widely using the expression 'natural disaster.' We systematically analyzed the usage of the expression 'natural disaster' by disaster studies researchers in 589 articles in six key academic journals representative of disaster studies research,and found that authors are using the expression in three principal ways:(1) delineating natural and human-induced hazards;(2) using the expression to leverage popularity;and(3) critiquing the expression 'natural disaster.' We also identified vulnerability themes that illustrate the context of 'natural disaster' usage. The implications of continuing to use this expression, while explicitly researching human vulnerability, are wide-ranging, and we explore what this means for us and our peers. This study particularly aims to stimulate debate within the disaster studies research community and related fields as to whether the term 'natural disaster' is really fit for purpose moving forward.展开更多
This preliminary study investigates the relationship between lexical richness and communicative effectiveness in placement essays for graduate students whose first language (L1) is Chinese. Lexical richness is measure...This preliminary study investigates the relationship between lexical richness and communicative effectiveness in placement essays for graduate students whose first language (L1) is Chinese. Lexical richness is measured with Nation's web-based vocabulary profiler (Cobb, undated) software, and communicative effectiveness is scored by multiple raters. The structure of the study, lexical data compile review, results analysis, and teaching implications will be discussed. The study indicates that lexical richness needs to be taken into account in scoring the quality of writing. However, further investigation and analysis still need to be developed and discussed on the ongoing study.展开更多
Are you a student at a higher institution or an early-career researcher who is striving to understand and master the peer review process so to increase the odds of getting a paper published in the Journal of Forestry ...Are you a student at a higher institution or an early-career researcher who is striving to understand and master the peer review process so to increase the odds of getting a paper published in the Journal of Forestry Research or another reputable,peer-reviewed,scientific journal?In this paper,a young,senior editor provides a handbook of the peer review process based on his decadal experience in scientific publishing.He covers major information you need to know during the entire process,from selecting journals to completing the proofing of your accepted paper.He introduces key points for consideration,such as avoidance of predatory journals,dubious research practices and ethics,interaction with peers,reviewers,and editors,and the pursuit of aretê.Finally,he points out some common statistical errors and misconceptions,such as P hacking and incorrect effect size inference.He hopes that this paper will enhance your understanding and knowledge of the peer-review process.展开更多
This paper aims to identify and justify a sociolinguistic issue， language variation according to different contexts and addressees， reflected in an episode of Downton Abbey， a British-American television series whi...This paper aims to identify and justify a sociolinguistic issue， language variation according to different contexts and addressees， reflected in an episode of Downton Abbey， a British-American television series which depicts the life of the aristocratic Crawley family and their household servants in the early 1900s. At the beginning of the body part， the issue is illustrated through the description of the settings where related conversations take place. Then，rationales of introducing such a sociolinguistic issue will be presented in the following section.展开更多
Academic-practitioner divides in disaster management and research can be persistent and pernicious,bearing consequences for disaster survivors and future affected populations. The gap between disaster professionals an...Academic-practitioner divides in disaster management and research can be persistent and pernicious,bearing consequences for disaster survivors and future affected populations. The gap between disaster professionals and academic researchers is often treated as an unavoidable structural problem or a neutral accident of professional silos and circumstance. We suggest that these gaps are not neutral, and that they can and must be overcome. With hundreds of millions of people affected by disaster each year and recovery costs skyrocketing, there is urgency in connecting researcher and practitioner knowledges to avoid expensive mistakes and most importantly, to decrease human suffering. Yet the difficulties that US academic anthropologists and practitioners experienced in their efforts to collaborate became evident in a cross-sector National Science Foundation(NSF)-funded workshop on the relevance of culture in disaster work. We suggest and illustrate how more systematic cross-field communication can be operationalized through engaging in an ongoing and relational process of bridging. Such a process can offer long-term benefits to the people and institutions involved,dramatically enhance the science of disaster management,and help reduce the social and material costs of disaster impacts.展开更多
Purpose-Learning mathematics is a complex process,requiring many conceptual lenses and rich data sources to document and understand students’construction of knowledge.The purpose of this article is both to introduce ...Purpose-Learning mathematics is a complex process,requiring many conceptual lenses and rich data sources to document and understand students’construction of knowledge.The purpose of this article is both to introduce a unique database on students’mathematical learning and to describe analytical techniques used to study students’growth of the knowledge of mathematics and language.Design/Approach/Methods-Our approach includes the following aspects:First,we describe a unique collection of video-taped recordings of longitudinal and cross-sectional studies of diverse,U.S.students,learning mathematics(Video Mosaic Collaborative,VMC).Second,we introduce our analytical methods,which utilize the database for collaborative study of students’learning.These methods include video-narrative analyses that display fine-grained examinations of interactions among students who are solving engaging problems that require them to reason mathematically and to represent their understandings with language and non-language forms.These analyses,referenced as VMCAnalytics,demonstrate the accessibility and flexibility of the database to study relationships among students’mathematics and language learning.Findings-The findings generated are illustrated by two examples demonstrating the accessibility and flexibility of the database to study relationships between mathematics and language learning(mathematics register).Originality/Value-The contribution of our work is illustrated by describing the rich database;employing a collaborative research approach;and signifying our understanding of relationships among students’mathematical and language learning.展开更多
The development of the computer along with the widespread use of the Internet has rapidly promoted Computer-Mediated Communication(CMC)as a very important communication media,which can be used widely and effectively i...The development of the computer along with the widespread use of the Internet has rapidly promoted Computer-Mediated Communication(CMC)as a very important communication media,which can be used widely and effectively in foreign language teaching and learning.This essay tries to explore the advantages of CMC as well as its proposed application,beginning with the introduction of some concepts related to CMC.From the research history,the rationale of using CMC in foreign language learning is summarised.The context of an EAP course is introduced and some suggestions on using CMC in this course are proposed.展开更多
Words, as we know, cannot be torn apart either from the concepts they express or from the functions they perform in each communicative context. In this regard, the unity of words and concepts is considered an indispen...Words, as we know, cannot be torn apart either from the concepts they express or from the functions they perform in each communicative context. In this regard, the unity of words and concepts is considered an indispensible part of all communication. Being a great hindrance on the way to efficient scientific communication, competence in general academic vocabulary seems to be of paramount importance. The reflection of the process of scientific work can be found in the general scientific vocabulary in order to establish a convenient, rational and simple system in this register. The present work focused on the lexical dimensions of scientific discourse in the hope to illuminate the path to bring about a better understanding of one of the crucial aspects of this register which seems to be overlooked while teaching EAP to non-native learners, a pragmatically oriented system which might provide a scientifically controlled ＂tool＂, to non-native learners.展开更多
In order to comparatively investigate usage patterns of journal official sites and pay-for-access platform and then to support decision-making,this study selected academic papers,published during 2014-2015,of 61 Chine...In order to comparatively investigate usage patterns of journal official sites and pay-for-access platform and then to support decision-making,this study selected academic papers,published during 2014-2015,of 61 Chinese open access journals indexed by CSSCI and CSCD in eight disciplines,"Library,Information and Archival Science","Management Science","Economics","Pedagogy","Computer Science","Earth Science","Math"and"Biology".Chinese usage patterns in user platform preferences and user interest preferences were explored by analyzing usage data from journal official sites and pay-for-access platforms.Operatively,comparisons of user platform preferences were implemented by descriptive statistics and correlation analysis and comparisons of user interest preferences were explored by Jaccard similarity coefficient and co-word analysis.It proved that there were differences in user platform preferences and user interest preferences between journal official sites and pay-for-access platforms.However,factors that affect usage patterns were very complicated.How to probe into the mechanism of contributory factors and then verify them was still an important problem to be solved in further study.展开更多
基金supported by National High-tech R&D Program of China (863 Program) under Grant No.2011AA01A206
文摘China＇s cormaaunications industry is an important part of the electronic information industry, and plays a significant role in the national informatization process. In 2006, China issued its National Plans for Medium and Long-term Development of Science and Technology （2006-2020） （NPMLDST）. Since 2006, there has been a rapid increase in the number of citations of China＇s interna- tional papers in the field of communications. In accordance with the goals listed in the NPMLDST, China needs to over- take several competitors by 2020 to be among the top five countries in the field of natural science field. By comparing two Essential Science Indicators （ESI） （i.e., the total number of citations and the number of citations per paper） for China and other countries, China＇s annual growth rate is found to exceed that of other influential countries in the field of sci- ence and technology, and exhibits evident growth-type characteristics. Besides, our study also shows that the short- age of high-quality academic papers in China is the main obstacle to improving the impact of China＇s academic publications.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.:70973093)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.:201110401020006)
文摘Sciencenet.cn is the leading online portal serving the Chinese scientific community. This paper intends to analyze the interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary knowledge communication patterns based on friends-list links in the blog community at Sciencenet.cn by using hyperlink analysis and social network analysis. The major findings are: 1) More bloggers have an academic background in management science and life science; 2) there are some core actors in co-inlink network and co-outlink network, who take the lead in engaging with knowledge exchange activities and produce a great influence on interdisciplinary communication; 3) interactive relationships commonly exist between a blogger and those on his/her friends list, and the most linked-to blogs usually play a key role in generating interactive communication; 4) management science has the highest co-inlink count with life science or information science and it has the highest co-outlink count with life science or mathematical and physical science; 5) management science and life science have the greatest impact on information science and the interdisciplinary knowledge communication will also produce relatively significant influence on the development of information science discipline. It is our hope that this research can serve as a reference source for the future studies of academic virtual communities, and the development of mechanisms for facilitating increased engagement in knowledge exchange activities in academic virtual communities.
基金Quality Engineering Project of Chuzhou University“A Study on the Application of the‘PBL+Flipped Classroom’Teaching Mode Integrated with Rain Classroom in Bilingual Teaching of International Enterprise Management”(2022jyc047)Scientific Research Projects of Higher Education Institutions in Anhui Province“Research on the Mechanism of Enabling the Dual-Chain Integration of‘Industry Chain–Talent Chain’in Anhui through New Quality Productivity”(2024AH052932)+1 种基金Education Science Planning Project of Jiangsu Province“Research on the Reform of Practical Teaching in Open Universities under Digital Transformation”(C/2023/01/126)Project of Social Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province“Research on the Path and Mechanism of Digital Empowerment for the Integration of‘Industry Chain-Talent Chain’in Jiangsu”(23GLD002)。
文摘This study focuses on the application of the“PBL(problem-based learning)+Flipped Classroom”teaching model in bilingual education,aiming to explore its potential to enhance the quality and effectiveness of bilingual teaching.PBL emphasizes learning through the resolution of real-world problems,while the Flipped Classroom advocates that students acquire basic knowledge through self-study before class,dedicating class time to in-depth discussions and practical activities.The integration of these two teaching models in bilingual education aims to stimulate students’interest in learning,improve their autonomous learning abilities,enhance critical thinking,and foster cross-cultural communication skills.Through literature review,case analysis,and empirical research,this study first examines the current applications and challenges of PBL and the Flipped Classroom in bilingual education.Subsequently,it elaborates on the specific implementation steps of the“PBL+Flipped Classroom”teaching model in bilingual education,including problem design,preview material provision,cooperative learning,classroom activities,and language support.A comparative experiment is then conducted to analyze the impact of this teaching model on students’learning motivation,academic performance,and cross-cultural communication skills.The results indicate that the“PBL+Flipped Classroom”teaching model significantly improves students’learning motivation and participation,enhances academic performance,and effectively boosts their cross-cultural communication skills.Furthermore,this model aids in cultivating students’autonomous learning abilities and critical thinking,providing an innovative and effective approach to bilingual education.This study offers new ideas and insights for the field of bilingual education,which is of great significance for promoting the innovation and development of bilingual teaching models.
文摘This study investigates the communicative competence of Chinese students in a British university, and the main purposes of the study are to find out more about Chinese students＇ difficulties in communication and to explore learning strategies of developing communicative competence. The research results show that Chinese students had both linguistic and socio-cultural problems in communication. Two case studies are presented of good and less good communicators to show up different patterns of communicative performance and learning strategies. In conclusion, a range of findings support the statement that attitudes, motivation and immersion were important in the development of communicative competence.
文摘For decades sections of the academic community have been emphasizing that disasters are not natural.Nevertheless, politicians, the media, various international organizations—and, more surprisingly, many established researchers working in disaster studies—are still widely using the expression 'natural disaster.' We systematically analyzed the usage of the expression 'natural disaster' by disaster studies researchers in 589 articles in six key academic journals representative of disaster studies research,and found that authors are using the expression in three principal ways:(1) delineating natural and human-induced hazards;(2) using the expression to leverage popularity;and(3) critiquing the expression 'natural disaster.' We also identified vulnerability themes that illustrate the context of 'natural disaster' usage. The implications of continuing to use this expression, while explicitly researching human vulnerability, are wide-ranging, and we explore what this means for us and our peers. This study particularly aims to stimulate debate within the disaster studies research community and related fields as to whether the term 'natural disaster' is really fit for purpose moving forward.
文摘This preliminary study investigates the relationship between lexical richness and communicative effectiveness in placement essays for graduate students whose first language (L1) is Chinese. Lexical richness is measured with Nation's web-based vocabulary profiler (Cobb, undated) software, and communicative effectiveness is scored by multiple raters. The structure of the study, lexical data compile review, results analysis, and teaching implications will be discussed. The study indicates that lexical richness needs to be taken into account in scoring the quality of writing. However, further investigation and analysis still need to be developed and discussed on the ongoing study.
基金support by the Startup Foundation for Introducing Talent of Nanjing University of Information Science&Technology(NUIST),Nanjing,China(Grant No.003080)。
文摘Are you a student at a higher institution or an early-career researcher who is striving to understand and master the peer review process so to increase the odds of getting a paper published in the Journal of Forestry Research or another reputable,peer-reviewed,scientific journal?In this paper,a young,senior editor provides a handbook of the peer review process based on his decadal experience in scientific publishing.He covers major information you need to know during the entire process,from selecting journals to completing the proofing of your accepted paper.He introduces key points for consideration,such as avoidance of predatory journals,dubious research practices and ethics,interaction with peers,reviewers,and editors,and the pursuit of aretê.Finally,he points out some common statistical errors and misconceptions,such as P hacking and incorrect effect size inference.He hopes that this paper will enhance your understanding and knowledge of the peer-review process.
文摘This paper aims to identify and justify a sociolinguistic issue， language variation according to different contexts and addressees， reflected in an episode of Downton Abbey， a British-American television series which depicts the life of the aristocratic Crawley family and their household servants in the early 1900s. At the beginning of the body part， the issue is illustrated through the description of the settings where related conversations take place. Then，rationales of introducing such a sociolinguistic issue will be presented in the following section.
基金the US National Science Foundation’s Program in Cultural Anthropology (award # BCS-1647248)
文摘Academic-practitioner divides in disaster management and research can be persistent and pernicious,bearing consequences for disaster survivors and future affected populations. The gap between disaster professionals and academic researchers is often treated as an unavoidable structural problem or a neutral accident of professional silos and circumstance. We suggest that these gaps are not neutral, and that they can and must be overcome. With hundreds of millions of people affected by disaster each year and recovery costs skyrocketing, there is urgency in connecting researcher and practitioner knowledges to avoid expensive mistakes and most importantly, to decrease human suffering. Yet the difficulties that US academic anthropologists and practitioners experienced in their efforts to collaborate became evident in a cross-sector National Science Foundation(NSF)-funded workshop on the relevance of culture in disaster work. We suggest and illustrate how more systematic cross-field communication can be operationalized through engaging in an ongoing and relational process of bridging. Such a process can offer long-term benefits to the people and institutions involved,dramatically enhance the science of disaster management,and help reduce the social and material costs of disaster impacts.
文摘Purpose-Learning mathematics is a complex process,requiring many conceptual lenses and rich data sources to document and understand students’construction of knowledge.The purpose of this article is both to introduce a unique database on students’mathematical learning and to describe analytical techniques used to study students’growth of the knowledge of mathematics and language.Design/Approach/Methods-Our approach includes the following aspects:First,we describe a unique collection of video-taped recordings of longitudinal and cross-sectional studies of diverse,U.S.students,learning mathematics(Video Mosaic Collaborative,VMC).Second,we introduce our analytical methods,which utilize the database for collaborative study of students’learning.These methods include video-narrative analyses that display fine-grained examinations of interactions among students who are solving engaging problems that require them to reason mathematically and to represent their understandings with language and non-language forms.These analyses,referenced as VMCAnalytics,demonstrate the accessibility and flexibility of the database to study relationships among students’mathematics and language learning.Findings-The findings generated are illustrated by two examples demonstrating the accessibility and flexibility of the database to study relationships between mathematics and language learning(mathematics register).Originality/Value-The contribution of our work is illustrated by describing the rich database;employing a collaborative research approach;and signifying our understanding of relationships among students’mathematical and language learning.
文摘The development of the computer along with the widespread use of the Internet has rapidly promoted Computer-Mediated Communication(CMC)as a very important communication media,which can be used widely and effectively in foreign language teaching and learning.This essay tries to explore the advantages of CMC as well as its proposed application,beginning with the introduction of some concepts related to CMC.From the research history,the rationale of using CMC in foreign language learning is summarised.The context of an EAP course is introduced and some suggestions on using CMC in this course are proposed.
文摘Words, as we know, cannot be torn apart either from the concepts they express or from the functions they perform in each communicative context. In this regard, the unity of words and concepts is considered an indispensible part of all communication. Being a great hindrance on the way to efficient scientific communication, competence in general academic vocabulary seems to be of paramount importance. The reflection of the process of scientific work can be found in the general scientific vocabulary in order to establish a convenient, rational and simple system in this register. The present work focused on the lexical dimensions of scientific discourse in the hope to illuminate the path to bring about a better understanding of one of the crucial aspects of this register which seems to be overlooked while teaching EAP to non-native learners, a pragmatically oriented system which might provide a scientifically controlled ＂tool＂, to non-native learners.
基金an outcome of the key project“Theory and Method Research of Data Science Towards Knowledge Innovation Service”(No.16ZDA224)supported by National Social Science Foundation of China
文摘In order to comparatively investigate usage patterns of journal official sites and pay-for-access platform and then to support decision-making,this study selected academic papers,published during 2014-2015,of 61 Chinese open access journals indexed by CSSCI and CSCD in eight disciplines,"Library,Information and Archival Science","Management Science","Economics","Pedagogy","Computer Science","Earth Science","Math"and"Biology".Chinese usage patterns in user platform preferences and user interest preferences were explored by analyzing usage data from journal official sites and pay-for-access platforms.Operatively,comparisons of user platform preferences were implemented by descriptive statistics and correlation analysis and comparisons of user interest preferences were explored by Jaccard similarity coefficient and co-word analysis.It proved that there were differences in user platform preferences and user interest preferences between journal official sites and pay-for-access platforms.However,factors that affect usage patterns were very complicated.How to probe into the mechanism of contributory factors and then verify them was still an important problem to be solved in further study.
