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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Optimal Learning"”.
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Near-Optimal Learning in Sequential Games
… a long time, modern computational and machine learning techniques are needed to find the optimal decision rule. One popular approach is the reinforcement learning (RL) perspective, in which an agent learns the optimal decision rule by receiving rewards based on its actions. In the presence of …
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Near-Optimal Learning and Planning in Separated Latent MDPs
We study computational and statistical aspects of learning Latent Markov Decision Processes (LMDPs). In this model, the learner interacts with an MDP drawn at the beginning of each epoch from an unknown mixture of MDPs. To sidestep known impossibility results, we consider several notions of …
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Affect and achievement: creating an optimal learning experience in mathematics
… student engagement and motivation: problem-based learning, mastery learning, and student self-assessment. We consider each of these instructional methods in turn as ways to enhance student self-efficacy and positive affect and conduct a statistical analysis on the correlations between these …
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The Influence of Authentic Leadership in Creating Conditions for Optimal Learning: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study
Learning is an evolution of thought grounded in the experiences, complexities, and fluidity of life. Embedded in optimizing that journey toward understanding is availing oneself of the introspective practices that foster self-awareness as a means to contribute, advance, and inspire the greater good …
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The perceived impact of pre-service student teachers on the optimal learning environment of the students they teach and the teachers who mentor them
… study was designed to explore the impact on the learning environment of high school students who were taught by pre-service teachers and the cooperating teachers who mentored them from the perspective of 8 pre-service teachers, 130 high school students, and 8 cooperating teachers. The theoretical …
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Data-driven adaptive learning systems
"Adaptive learning systems are capable of providing more adaptive and efficient assessment and learning experiences for learners than traditional classroom settings. A conventional adaptive learning system involves a learner, a latent trait estimator, and a learning strategy/plan. The latent trait …
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Instructors' Management of Emotions in a Community College Classroom and Its Effect on Learning and Burnout
… of prosocial concepts in a community college learning environment. This dissertation’s aim supports community college educators through a developed training to help educators recover from emotional episodes in the classroom. Twelve Midwestern community college instructors participated in this …
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Developing courseware to support online discussion
… forum in an attempt to improve student learning. Aided with the help of Professor Jonathon Cummings 15.351 course (Introduction to Innovation and Entrepreneurship), I measured student and peer-to-peer interaction via online discussion boards and user-generated interest in the subject …
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Explorations in clinical teaching technology: "Epistemic games" with academically subnormal adolescents operating as salesman of knowledge
… investigate the differential effect of different learning conditions on the amount of learning and retention of verbal material with retardates. Recent studies have indicated that retardation has multiple causes and that the retardate pattern of responding is more variable in comparison to that of …
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School readiness: An assessment of ordinary Schools readiness to receive children with special educational needs in grade one
… if schools are equipped and ready to provide optimal learning environments for children with special educational needs; To ascertain the nature of transition practices between home and school for children with special educational needs and To examine the extent of parental involvement in the …
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School readiness: An assessment of ordinary Schools readiness to receive children with special educational needs in grade one
… if schools are equipped and ready to provide optimal learning environments for children with special educational needs; To ascertain the nature of transition practices between home and school for children with special educational needs and To examine the extent of parental involvement in the …
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Developing a relational meaning of the equal sign: effects of using a balance analogy in a game-based virtual environment
… virtual balance scale in promoting students’ learning of mathematical equivalence. Results suggest that seemingly intuitive manipulatives that are perceptually rich may not promote optimal learning.
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Divergent Criticality – A Mechanism of Neural Function for Perception and Learning
… opportunities: to be able to recognise value and learning how to access new value. Though many theoretical accounts of how we might achieve such selectionist ends have been explored – how ‘perception’ and ‘learning’ resonate with life’s challenges and opportunities, to date, no explanation has yet …
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Effect of Hand Dominance on Rate of Learning and Bilateral Transfer.
… true dominance in order to provide more optimal learning conditions.It has been well established (Cook, 1936; Walters, 1955; Singer and Milne, 1975) that bilateral transfer affects the rate of learning. That is, if a person performs a task first with one hand, then he will learn from …
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A Transfer Learning Approach for Automatic Mapping of Retrogressive Thaw Slumps (RTSs) in the Western Canadian Arctic
… RTS mapping is being explored with deep learning methods. We employed a pre-trained Mask-RCNN model to automatically map RTSs on Banks Island and Victoria Island in the western Canadian Arctic, where there is extensive RTS activity. We tested the model with different settings, including …
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An exploration into the nature and impact of anxiety in Senior Management Teams
… Second, what are the effects of anxiety on learning and change within these teams? A multiple case study approach was used because this was seen as particularly beneficial for exploring the nature and impact of anxiety in senior management teams across a number of organizations. The nature …
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Holistic educational thought in K-12 education
… eligibility, ecological literacy, and lifelong optimal learning.
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Approaches to multi-agent learning
… theory, online prediction, and reinforcement learning, tying them together to work on problems in multi-agent learning. We begin with the most basic framework for studying multi-agent learning: repeated matrix games. We quickly realize that there is no such thing as an opponent-independent, …
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Teachers’ Perceptions Of Professional Learning Experiences Intended To Promote Growth In Their Discipline And Pedagogy
<p>Professional learning is an essential tool for teachers to effectively learn and grow in their discipline. The professional learning model has not developed in tandem with the teacher certification requirements, as well as the changing dynamics in education. With the increase in mandated …
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A Clinical Leader’s Influence in Physical Therapy Education: A Case Study
… than 20% of their education engaged in workplace learning, yet little has changed in clinical education over the last fifty years. Clinical leaders are uniquely positioned to influence PT education by establishing a culture fostering professional growth. The purpose of this descriptive, …
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