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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Face-to-face contact"”.
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The Ratio of Face-to-Face Contact Hours in Blended Courses Effects on Course Grades and Course Completion
… of higher education especially with regards to community colleges which are the leaders in offering online courses (CCRC, 2013). In years past the online educational platform has struggled to meet the same academic standards and retention rates of traditional face-to-face courses. Blended …
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Frequency of contact with non-cohabitating adult children and risk of depression in elderly: A community-based three-year longitudinal study in Korea
Purpose: Our study aimed to assess the longitudinal association of frequency of contact with non-cohabitating adult children and risk of depression in the elderly. Method: Elderly aged ≥60 years were included from Living Profiles of Older People Survey(LPOPS) in Korea. The baseline assessment, Wave …
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A unique loss : the experience of birthmothers in open adoption
Since 1984, regular contact, or openness, between birthmothers and the adoptive family has been practised in the state of Victoria, Australia. Open arrangements, that is, face-to-face contact and information exchange, are written into the Adoption Order and legally ratified by the Victorian County …
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Evaluation and Comparison of Teleconference Training with Face-to-Face Training and the Effects on Attitude and Learning
The problem, The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a difference in attitude and achievement of adult learners who participated in training via teleconferencing, face-to-face training, or a combination of both. Examined also was the relationship between attitude of participants and …
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Personal and Perceived Partner Commitment and Trust as Predictors of Relationship Satisfaction in Long-Distance and Proximally Close Dating Relationships of Graduate Students
<p>The objective of the current study was to examine Relationship Satisfaction, Personal Commitment and Trust, and Perceived Partner Commitment and Trust among long-distance and proximally close dating relationships of graduate students. The sample included graduate students in long-distance and …
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Student teachers need a shot in the arm: a study of librarian/teacher collaboration through teacher preparation programs
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine pre-service teacher training and/or exposure to the potential collaborative role of the teacher-librarian. The study used a short written survey questioning pre-service teachers about any instances of collaboration with a school library media specialist, …
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Social Isolation and Cell Phone Use by College Students
… us remain socially connected or can contribute to social isolation by substituting for face-to-face contact. This study examines the levels of social isolation in terms of the state of loneliness and trait of shyness and their correlations with academic achievement in 206 community college and …
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Friendships across time and space: the effects of a life transition on friendships
… options have created the opportunity to maintain friendships while not being geographically proximate. However, research examining the friendship dynamics of long-distance friends is rare, and the effects of communication and personality on long-distance friendship maintenance have not …
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Face to Face: Does Residence Hall Design Make a Difference in Student Interaction?
… long been valued by higher education administrators (Glynn, Sauer, & Miller, 2003). Persistence rates are significantly impacted by student interaction (Tinto, 1975). The environment can have a major influence on how students interact with one another (Lewin, 1936). One way in which the …
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Laboratory characterization of a highly weathered old alluvium in San Juan, Puerto Rico
… metropolitan San Juan was formed in early Pleistocene and has undergone substantial post-depositional weathering in the tropical climate of Puerto Rico, resulting in a special combination of soil mineralogy and structure, with very unusual engineering properties. The soil mineralogy was …
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Reading habits and interests of parents and their influence on the reading habits and interests of their children in Umlazi Township
… and its possible influence on reading, pointed to various factors which could have a negative influence on Black pupils' reading, for example, poor home conditions, lack of parent models, oral culture and difficulties with regard to the language of available reading material. Home background was …
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Connecting children with their family of origin : a study of contact arrangements for fostered children in Malta
… links with the family of origin is significant to children's welfare. This thesis studies contact arrangements between children in foster care and their family of origin. Contact with birth parents, siblings and the extended family is explored. A survey of social work case files is carried out. …
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Challenging occupational norms : an ethnographic study of female prison officers in a women's prison
Female prison officers have an important role to play in the lives of the imprisoned women they are charged with ‘looking after’. This thesis draws upon 64 days of research, over 35 weeks, over a 12-month period to produce a unique ethnographic study of female frontline officers responsible for …
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Hearing voices: first year undergraduate experience of audio feedback
Recent changes to the UK higher education sector, including a rise in numbers and diversification of the student body, resultant larger class sizes and student: staff ratios, greater modularisation of courses with fewer coursework assignments, and students having less face-to-face contact with …
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R u there? : the user experience of Mobile Instant Messenger couselling
… phones, many South Africans now have easy access to health-related information and services, including counselling via Mobile-Instant-Messenger (MIM). This research hopes to address the paucity of literature n MIM-based counselling. Using an adaptive, Mobile-based questionnaire, I collected …
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Applying theory-based interventions to encourage successful intergroup contact through shared education programme in Northern Ireland
… as ‘the Troubles’, Northern Ireland continues to experience difficult intergroup relations and societal segregation between the Catholic and Protestant communities (Jarman, 2005; Balcells, Daniels & Escribà-Folch, 2016). Allport’s (1954) contact theory is often championed as a solution to …
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The political-economics of privatizing mental health: A study of the relationships between ownership of mental health clinics with professional advocacy and client creaming
… client reductions in services for clients unable to pay, and client terminations for clients unable to pay. Executives in 73 licensed mental health clinics responded to semi-structured questionnaires administered in an interview format, and 605 master and doctoral level professionals responded to …
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Determinants and consequences of trust in online environment
… business transactions, and especially in customer relationship management, has been widely acknowledged by both industry and academia. The establishment of trust is a necessary condition for the long-term success of any business enterprise. This is particularly true in the Internet …
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Email communications in team writing projects.
… of computer mediated communication (CMC) veers towards written or spoken discourse, or has developed a style of its own (e.g. Baron 1998, 2001; Ferrara et al. 1991; Harrison 2000a; Yates 1996), genre now plays an important role in fixity of documents in a digital medium (Yates and Sumner 1997). …
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Revealing the Information-Seeking Experiences and Needs of Older Adults in a Rural Saskatchewan Community
… in rural settings where communities struggle to provide the supports and services needed to age in place. Access to information and awareness of available resources is essential for successful aging in place. Despite living in an era where information seems readily available and accessible, …
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