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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Real work"”.
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THE REAL WORK OF ASSESSMENT: EQUITY-CENTERED SENSEMAKING IN DUAL LANGUAGE LEADERSHIP
… Race Theory, the Biliteracy Trajectories framework, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy, and translanguaging perspectives, the study examines how normative benchmarking structures shape statistical representation and institutional meaning-making in dual language education.The quantitative phase …
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Real Work Task Performance: The Role of Abilities, Non-Ability Traits, and Proximal Variables
… experimental tasks that were designed to be realistic and sample a variety of abilities. The three tasks were the construction of a paracord keychain, the assembly of an IKEA chair, and the development and presentation of a “traffic calming” solution. In order to maximize ecological validity …
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The User-Reported Critical Incident Method for Remote Usability Evaluation
… by trained evaluators. However, as the network itself and the remote work setting have become intrinsic parts of usage patterns, evaluators often have limited access to representative users for usability evaluation in the laboratory and the users' work context is difficult or impossible to …
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Kindergarteners' Concept Development in Science and Literacy Learning Through Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI)
<p>The notion that "real work" is somehow different from authentic and engaging discovery is troublesome. (Passman, 2001, p.196)</p> <p>This qualitative case study examined science concept and literacy learning along with engagement of the students in a Kindergarten class in which science and …
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Software use in the workplace: A study of efficiency
… about (a) how efficiently software is used in a real work environment and (b) the factors that influence the efficiency of individual users. The present research consists of an ethnographic investigation of software use in an office setting. The study occurred over a four-week period and …
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Melville's England
… his trips to England, as a vacation from his real work, but a deep engagement with British culture, and his attempt to write his way into it, was Melville's life's work. He is never writing only about England; produced at moments of professional crisis, Melville's transatlantic fictions …
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Designing high performance teams for projects : a study of 49 project teams in the UK construction industry
… teams. This study considers the utility of work design as a means of improving the performance of project teams and thereby resolving this paradox. Grounded in quantitative methodology, and supported by relevant qualitative data, this study has used a single case experiment to examine the …
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The response of some further education colleges to youth training under the new training initiative
… justification to the MSC policy of promoting work-based learning, since trainees bring to YTS a perspective that places great value on experiences that seem like, or may lead to, real work. However, several aspects of MSC policy designed to promote work-based learning are judged to have …
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Empirical Methods for Evaluating Video-Mediated Collaborative Work
… the structure and means by which information workers conduct business. From a human factors perspective, however, the study of new communication technologies and their relationships with end users presents a challenging research domain. This study employed two diverse research approaches to …
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"treating the whole person:" an ethnographic study of an integrative medicine pain clinic
… included participant-observation of the daily workings of the clinic, direct observation of the co-created clinical encounters (N=40), and formal interviews with clinic staff (N=8) and patients (N=11). Findings describe a three part process that comprises the clinic's "treating the whole …
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Renewal
… artistic identity by producing and exhibiting artworks after a twenty-seven year hiatus. The third part of the paper lays a philosophical foundation for the rest. The Illustration Unit was successfully researched, developed, taught and revised, and is available as a PowerPoint presentation. …
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Renewal
… artistic identity by producing and exhibiting artworks after a twenty-seven year hiatus. The third part of the paper lays a philosophical foundation for the rest. The Illustration Unit was successfully researched, developed, taught and revised, and is available as a PowerPoint presentation. …
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Embracing Fracture: The Buddhist Poetics of Allen Ginsberg and Norman Fischer
… and American Modernist Poetry. I examine the works, both poetic and critical, of two authors, Allen Ginsberg and Norman Fischer. I explore Allen Ginsberg's relationship with Buddhism, as it changed throughout his life, looking at key poems in his early career, such as "Sakyamuni Coming Out of …
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Development and Application of a Portable System to Reliably Measure Grip Forces Using Thin-Film Force Sensors
… bulk.</p> <p>The second application is in field work. Several grip force measurements were made in the field while subjects were using pneumatic power tools. A subject calibration of the thin-film sensors was performed using the same instrumented handle mentioned previously and the unit allowed …
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A Legal History of the Job Corps
… which allowed enrollees to experience the real work community. The Job Corps became more responsive to its geographic environment. The court decisions encouraged the management of the Job Corps to carry out its functions. It also changed the requirements of the Comprehensive Employment and …
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Action, Motive, and Self-Knowledge—An Inquiry into the Uncertain Agent
… political significance that we know why we act. Realizing that one acts out of love, for instance, has the potential to radically alter one’s course of life. Similarly, understanding how one’s own actions are permeated by social norms can be an important step towards addressing the ways in which …
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Values in Leadership: Approaches of Victorian Local Government Managers
… observed one local government CEO at her workplace, over a period of six months. The thesis draws on socio-analytic theory to look beyond currently popular management theories, with their emphases on rationality and instrumentality, to examine the beliefs and motives local government CEOs …
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Human Factors Design and Evaluation of Augmented Reality Visualization Techniques for Avoidance of Out-of-View Objects
Recent advancements in augmented reality (AR) hardware, software and application capabilities have introduced exciting benefits and advantages, especially in industrial and occupational fields. The use of head-worn AR in real work settings affords the benefit of a hands-free tool, allowing workers …
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Study of the Influences of a High School Career Exploration Program on the Adult Professional Lives of Former Program Participants
… students learn how they might fit into the adult work world. Study participants developed life guides/philosophies, such as the importance of responsibility, commitment, dedication, and hard work. Adult mentors played an important role in the lives of the E.B.C.E. students, both personally and …
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“Pay, Protection, and Professionalism”: The History of Domestic Worker Organizing and the Future of Home Health Care in the United States
… slavery and the devaluing of so-called “women’s work” explain how the field of domestic work has been historically excluded from protection and regulation in the United States. Caring for children and keeping house have been women’s work for centuries, regardless of whether women were paid to do …
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