我所任友群教授领衔的基地重大课题研究成果得到AERA的接受

我所任友群教授及其课题主要成员，刚刚收到美国教育研究协会（American Edcuational Research Association,AERA)的正式通知，于今年7月递交给2012年AERA年会的专题论文，经过严格评审，最终被录用。

    任友群教授于2009年申报了教育部人文社科重点研究基地重大课题“学习与课程之关系研究”，并获得立项。本课题在申报之初，就力求在研究方法上做到规范与科学，并以能够达到在国际顶级学术会议以及期刊的发表水平，作为本课题研究的一个主要学术标准。

    在前期长时的理论研究和调查工具的开发后，课题组目前已经收集并初步分析了全国5个城市共60所学校，6000多初三学生，在“问题解决”、“数学能力”以及有关课程学习背景等方面的数据。另外，还收集和分析了数百位教师在课程教学等方面的调查数据，以及60位校长的有关学校各方面背景的数据。

    在综合分析国内外研究现状的基础上，结合已有的初步数据分析，课题组认为，本项研究可以报告和发表多篇高质量的论文。于是，课题组决定，以“What Chinese Students Really Know and Can Do?:Evidence Beyond the Data from Pisa"为主题，向AERA提交一份要在其2012年年会上举办一个有关本项目研究成果的专题展示会（symposium）的投稿申请。这项申请在经过严格评阅之后，被正式录用，获准在2012年AERA年会上以专题展示会的形式，集体展示交流本课题的一组研究成果。AERA被广泛认为是世界上学术水平最高的综合性教育研究协会，其举办的年会以及旗下的学术刊物，在全世界相关教育研究者中具有很高的声誉。

    据悉，在教育部人文社科重点研究基地教育学类的重大课题研究成果中，能够通过AERA匿名评阅，以专题展示会的形式集体展示一组研究成果的还不多。

附AERA的录用通知：

Dear Youqun Ren,

I am pleased to inform you that the session submission, "What Chinese Students Really Know and Can Do? Evidence Beyond the Data from PISA 2009," submitted for consideration for the 2012 AERA Annual Meeting has been accepted. Congratulations on this accomplishment. AERA received more than 11,000 submissions this year. To ensure the highest quality sessions at the Annual Meeting, your submission was reviewed by highly qualified reviewers serving on a review panel constituted by the Division C - Learning and Instruction/Section 3: Mathematics. Reviewers' comments are now available on the All Academic System for your use.  Copy and paste the following link into your web browser and log in with your ID# and password:  https://www.aera.net/AALogin2012.aspx?ReturnURL=/WS/UpdateAA2012.aspx

All participants in your session will receive this notification. However, I encourage you, as session organizer, to share this exciting news with your colleagues. The online searchable program, which will include information on the date, time, and location of your session, will be available in late January.

I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that all participants in an accepted session (excluding the chair and any discussants) are required to submit a paper or commentary paper by March 15, 2012, the deadline for uploading final papers.  Papers or commentary papers for symposia are not limited in length but may be shorter than final full papers.  Commentary papers need to address all of the elements required for paper submissions. The All Academic System will be re-opened in February so that presenters at your session may upload a copy of their paper or commentary paper. Access to uploaded papers is available to all session participants.

AERA in addition encourages presenters of papers or commentary papers to participate voluntarily in the AERA Online Paper Repository. You and all presenters in your session will receive detailed information about the Online Repository when you receive notification that the All Academic System is open to upload final papers.

Note also that the Association strongly encourages all presenters to be attentive to the accessibility of their presentations. For detailed information on the accessibility guidelines, please refer to http://www.aera.net/meetings/Default.aspx?menu_id=22&id=490 . The practices recommended therein benefit all attendees with and without disabilities. AERA's goal is to cultivate a universally accessible environment.

Please note that copies of all 2012 Annual Meeting related e-mail correspondence sent from the All Academic System are available online in your personal "Message Center."  This link is available below the "Track Proposal" link found on the main menu page of the All Academic System once you have signed in.

The Early Bird Pre-registration and hotel reservation for the 2012 Annual Meeting will open in mid December. Please plan on registering early to take advantage of the early bird rate and select the hotel of your choice.

If you have any questions, please contact the AERA Meetings Team at annualmtg@aera.net or 202-238-3200.  We look forward to seeing you in Vancouver.

Cordially,

Cynthia Tyson
AERA General Program Chair