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Showing 1 to 20 of 77 for “"Assessment strategies"”.
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Seismic assessment strategies for masonry structures
… are vulnerable to earthquakes, but their seismic assessment remains a challenge. This dissertation develops and improves several strategies to better understand the behavior of masonry structures under seismic loading, and to determine their safety. The primary focus is on historic arched or …
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Development of clinical assessment strategies for patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA)
… are no established guidelines for quantitative assessment to use when selecting between them. More so there are no follow up assessment guidelines either, but as the rate of surgeries increases the need for post-operative recovery assessment tools becomes more urgent. In this study, involving 39 …
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Assessment strategies for mixing in very viscous gas-liquid two-phase flows
… of the bubble column are investigated to develop strategies for assessment of mixing in the system. For the numerical part two approaches are used:;i) Using a commercial software ANSYS FLUENT with an Eulerian-Eulerian approach to model the bubble and the continuous phase and.;ii) Using an in house …
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The intentional design and assessment strategies for character development of students in Christian coalition colleges
… colleges were mailed character development strategies questionnaires. Of the 140 surveys mailed, 85 were returned for a sixty-one percent response rate. Data were analyzed by frequency distribution, measures of central tendency, and measures of dispersion.Major conclusions included:1) The …
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Performance-Based Assessment within a Balanced Literacy Framework: An Analysis of Teacher Perceptions and Implementation in Elementary Classrooms
… Georgia regarding the use of performance-based assessment strategies within an all encompassing balanced literacy framework for instruction. Participants were surveyed on their use of performance-based assessment strategies, and both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. This study …
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Instruction based formative assessment in selected Colleges of Education in Zambia: It's use and factors affecting its use
… evaluate the use of Instruction Based Formative Assessment in Colleges of Education in Zambia. The objectives of the study were to establish the use of Instruction Based Formative Assessment during lectures, to determine the predominant Instruction Based Formative Assessment strategies being used …
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Instruction based formative assessment in selected Colleges of Education in Zambia: It's use and factors affecting its use
… evaluate the use of Instruction Based Formative Assessment in Colleges of Education in Zambia. The objectives of the study were to establish the use of Instruction Based Formative Assessment during lectures, to determine the predominant Instruction Based Formative Assessment strategies being used …
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Faculty perception and use of learning-centered strategies to assess student performance
… faculty use and perception of learning- centered strategies to assess student performance on various learning tasks. Through this study, the researcher identified the assessment strategies that faculty participants most frequently used, as well as the strategies that they perceived to be most …
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The Study of a Senior Exhibition Project Used as a Performance Assessment Instrument in an Urban High School: Teacher and Student Perceptions With an Analysis by the Participant Researcher
… and indeed changed by the use of an alternative assessment instrument designed as a Senior Exhibition Project. The findings of this study can be used as a basis of further investigation of the influence of assessment strategies on instructional and learning behaviors.
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Development of Culturally Tailored Needs Assessments for Sustainable LYTE Foundation Initiatives Leveraging the Support of Public Health Interns
… implementation of a culturally informed needs assessment for the LYTE Foundation, a nonprofit organization focusing on breast cancer survivorship. Utilizing the assistance of public health interns, the study aims to identify and implement best practices for culturally tailored needs assessment …
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Spatial and temporal dynamics of an exploited reef-fish population
… of marine protected areas (MPAs) and alternative assessment strategies. A review of the literature shows that there are examples of resident behaviour, territoriality, nomadism and migration among fish. Combinations of the above may exist within a stock. Fish movement behaviour may be plastic, but …
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Developing creativity within primary science teaching: What does it look like and how can classroom interactions augment the process?
… creative and Dylan Wiliam’s five key formative assessment strategies. Interview data was also examined inductively to explore how far self-reports of creativity reflected observed practices. The deductive findings from the survey and interview data suggested teachers believed that they taught …
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Alternative Assessments for Elementary Students with Learning Disabilities in the Areas of Reading and Writing
… reading and writing have a need for alternative assessment strategies. Alternative assessment refers to » alteration to the standard form of assessment such as examinations and/or assignments, or an alteration of the conditions related to the assessment which will accommodate the special needs of …
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Model Based Analysis of QT Variability Independent of Heart Rate and Respiration
… and sudden cardiac death (SCD). Current risk assessment strategies for identifying patients at high risk of SCD are mainly based on markers of structural dysfunction. However, most deaths occur in those deemed at low risk by traditional risk markers, stipulating the need for improvement of …
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Facilitators and barriers in academic assessment of learners with hearing impairment: a case of examinations council of Zambia
… facilitators and barriers in the academic assessment of learners with hearing impairment (LHI) at Grade 9 level of education. The study used a case study design and utilized qualitative approach. The study had a sample size of fifty participants who included ten teachers, ten item writers, …
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Facilitators and barriers in academic assessment of learners with hearing impairment: a case of examinations council of Zambia
… facilitators and barriers in the academic assessment of learners with hearing impairment (LHI) at Grade 9 level of education. The study used a case study design and utilized qualitative approach. The study had a sample size of fifty participants who included ten teachers, ten item writers, …
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Implications of Perceptions of a Teacher Implementing Authentic Assessment
… of a teacher as she implemented authentic assessment in a sixth grade classroom. Specifically, this study was to answer the following research questions: (a) What were the experiences and perceptions of a teacher as she implements authentic assessment in sixth grade science? (b) What …
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An analysis of the implementation of the junior secondary school computer studies in selected public schools in Lusaka district, Zambia.
… time allocated to computer studies; assess the assessment strategies used in the computer syllabus at Junior Secondary School level. A descriptive design was adopted for the study. The sample size comprised 6 (six) computer studies teachers and 36 (thirty-six) learners. Participants were …
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Risk Factors, Mechanisms and Therapeuthic for Right Heart Failure Associated with Pulmonary Hypertension
… and refining contemporary mortality risk assessment strategies. I will then explore 1) RV neurohormonal function and, 2) RV energetics, two molecular pathways thought to be involved in the pathogenesis and progression of maladaptive RV failure. I employed small animal molecular imaging …
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