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Showing 1 to 20 of 99 for “"Learning context"”.
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Learning Context-Sensitive Control
… of control can be guided by memory (“control-learning”); for instance, people typically learn to adjust their level of attentional selectivity to changing task statistics, such as different frequencies of hard and easy trials on attention-demanding tasks. This type of control-learning is …
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Supporting teachers' data use for instructional improvement: The role of learning performance management systems and professional learning context
… teachers’ data use, and improved teaching and learning. This multiple-methods study used questionnaire data from a statewide sample of teachers (n=1422) to examine key school conditions—technological data management tools and professional learning community context—that purportedly support …
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An investigation into the association between qualitatively different perceptions of the learning context and students' approaches to studying
… exist in the field of research into student learning in higher education. It is inevitable that new research initiatives will adopt one of these paradigms as the primary focus of the investigation. However, the relationship that exists between paradigms is not one of mutual exclusivity; …
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The impact of learning context on the acquisition of sociopragmatic variation patterns in non-native speaker teachers of English
… cross-sectional investigation of the impact of learning contexts on the acquisition of sociopragmatic variation patterns and the subsequent enactment of compound identities. The informants are 20 non-native speaker teachers of English from a range of 10 European countries. They are all primarily …
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The Glocal Learning Context in an Adult ESL Classroom: An Interpretivist Case Study of Learners’ Development and Multilingual Identity
This doctoral research examines how the glocal learning context (GLC), a classroom environment where global themes are actively integrated with learners’ local repertoires, mediates the holistic development and multilingual identity formation of adult ESL learners. While glocalisation has emerged …
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Investigations of physical therapy interventions to enhance movement recovery in people after stroke: Development and design of a novel intervention embedding Functional Strength Training within a motor learning context
… movement recovery following stroke and motor learning are the same. By embedding physical therapies within a motor learning context it is possible that the effects of the therapy could be enhanced. Yet the application of motor learning principles within the field of movement rehabilitation …
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The role of motivation within an activity system for adults learning English as a second language
… integrates the language learner and the language learning context, while trying to keep motivation high.
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The role of motivation within an activity system for adults learning English as a second language
… integrates the language learner and the language learning context, while trying to keep motivation high.
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Learning in Personally Real Context
… mathematics instruction within personally real contexts alters the way learners' access and make sense of mathematics. Personally real context is a learning context in which the learner has: (a) personal experience participating, (b) opportunities to create data describing his/her own …
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Information quality assessment in e-learning systems.
E-learning systems provide a promising solution as an information exchanging channel. Improved technology could mean faster and easier access to information but does not necessarily ensure the quality of this information. Therefore it is essential to develop valid and reliable methods of quality …
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Information quality assessment in e-learning systems.
E-learning systems provide a promising solution as an information exchanging channel. Improved technology could mean faster and easier access to information but does not necessarily ensure the quality of this information. Therefore it is essential to develop valid and reliable methods of quality …
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Learning Theory in Adult Discipleship: A Quasi-Experiment Assessing Adult Learning in a Sunday School Context
This study was concerned with the learning that takes place in the adult learning context of adult Sunday school classes in Southern Baptist churches. Using Lev Vygotsky's concept of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), a test of learning was created and administered to adults from ages 18 to …
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Relationship between online-learning self-efficacy and risk for psychological distress and harmful substance use in South African university students
… brought about rapid emergency changes in learning formats at universities globally, with a mass migration to online learning. Students' level of online learning self-efficacy (OLSE) may be an important determinant of how they cope with these changes. This study explored whether …
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Rethinking the African language curriculum (with special reference to SiSwati) : a theoretical and empirical study
… of despondency governing the teaching and learning context.
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Collaborative Reasoning in Japan: English Learners' Discussions and Experiences
… a new instructional model, in a foreign language learning context in Japan. Through participants' experiences of ten CR sessions over a nine-week period, CR was well accepted and aided students' English learning experiences. While the professor displayed difficulties shifting his instructional …
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Collaborative reasoning in Japan: English learners' discussions and experiences
… a new instructional model, in a foreign language learning context in Japan. Through participants’ experiences of ten CR sessions over a nine-week period, CR was well accepted and aided students’ English learning experiences. While the professor displayed difficulties shifting his instructional …
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Students' perceptions of the use of seminars in teacher education.
… policy and practice in the UK higher education context, and seminars are an important part of this experience. Effective seminars can enhance engagement and promote key higher education dispositions and attitudes such as problem solving and critical thinking. However, unlike the research on …
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Towards a framework for addressing diverse learners in international, English-medium, print-centred DE : a Zimbabwean case study
… study examines an increasingly common distance learning context: where tertiary level and English-medium DE courses are produced, tutored and examined in one country but studied by learners in other countries and who have English as an additional language.Empirical work is drawn from a …
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The Impact of Volitional Feedback on Learners' Self-Efficacy and Course Satisfaction in a College Assignment System
… classroom lectures combined with a web-based learning support system are broadly applied. This study investigated what kind of feedback strategy could be effective in improving students' self-efficacy and course satisfaction in a blended learning context. Standard volitional messages were …
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Learning by doing : adult studio activities in an art museum
This study explores the learning context of studio activities in an art museum as it relates to adult learners. Six adult participants in studio activities were interviewed after having taken activities at the National Gallery of Canada. Their learning experiences are detailed and analyzed, and …
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