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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Skill assessment"”.
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The Skill Assessment of Seasonal Wind Prediction in South Africa
To assess the skill of seasonal wind prediction in South Africa, the period between 1983 and 2018 was studied, unless otherwise stated. A total of sixteen (16) sites were studied across South Africa to ensure that each region across the country was represented in the study. Seasonally, prediction …
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The Effects of the Type of Skill Assessment on the Motivation of Students in Physical Education
… or PPS) and norm-referenced (i.e., standardized) skill assessments on the situational motivation of junior high school physical education students (N = 507), (2) determine if student task and ego dispositions could be affected by the type of skill assessment administered, and (3) determine if …
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Skill assessment and its relationship to the training and education of nurses caring for people with mental handicap
… for a clear relationship between knowledge, skills and assessment. Student nurses are expected to develop their skills through reflective practice, and it is the intention of this study to analyse the place of practical skills assessment in the educational and professional growth of students …
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Computational Modeling Approaches For Task Analysis In Robotic-Assisted Surgery
… study in robotic-assisted surgery and autonomous skill assessment is to develop techniques that are capable of recognizing fundamental surgical tasks intelligently. Surgical tasks and at a more granular level, surgical gestures, need to be quantified to make them amenable for further study. To …
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Analysis of Net Primary Production Models and Observations in the Tropical Pacific Ocean and Their Relationship with Fisheries Yield
… used in the models’ formulations limit model skill. I find that primary production model choice has an effect on designating sustainable fisheries levels, that model parameterizations are not tuned to the tropical Pacific systems, and that model skill assessment is highly dependent on our …
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Teacher preparation for the implementation of the National Curriculum Statement
… the National Curriculum Statement, that is, skill assessment, lessen plan, work schedule and subject framework. As reflected by results of the research, the participants showed that they still need training that would promote their knowledge in the implementation of National Curriculum …
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An empirical investigation of issues in the assessment of social skill
Research in the assessment and training of social skills has been hampered by the absence of adequate measurement and assessment instruments. The present study investigated a number of assessment issues in the area of social skill. These issues concerned the reliability and validity of untrained …
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An empirical investigation of issues in the assessment of social skill
Research in the assessment and training of social skills has been hampered by the absence of adequate measurement and assessment instruments. The present study investigated a number of assessment issues in the area of social skill. These issues concerned the reliability and validity of untrained …
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Accounting for unpredictable spatial variability in plankton ecosystem models
… effects of unresolved variability. A<br/>novel skill assessment technique is used to show that the extrapolative skill of the box model<br/>fails to improve on a strictly empirical model. Third, plankton models where horizontal variability<br/>is resolved ‘implicitly’ are investigated as an …
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Quantifying sources of uncertainty in regional climate model scenarios for Ireland
This thesis develops a novel framework for model skill assessment and the generation of probabilistic future climate scenarios. Traditional approaches to model validation assume that skill in simulating the mean climate is a valid indicator of skill in modelling the climate system. However, without …
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The Relationship Between Core Stability Related Measures and Performance in Adolescent All-Star Cheerleaders
… tumbling dismount, a toe-touch, and a base skill assessment. The CSRM were tested during one session and tumbling and jump performance was video recorded during a separate session. Pearson’s product-moment correlations were used to examine the relationship between CSRM and TCP, multiple …
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An evaluation of pharmacy education and pre-registration training
… training, during the year that competence-based assessment was introduced. It was concluded that although the undergraduate course provided a broad base of knowledge suitable for graduates in all branches of pharmacy, several issues were identified which would require attention in future …
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Validation Of Integrated Coast-Ocean Model Cche2D-Coast And Development Of Wind Model
… tides on the U.S. East Coast. Through the skill assessment, discrepancies between numerically simulated water surface elevations and observed tidal elevations at NOAA tide gages are quantified. On the other hand, statistical errors of the tidal constituents parameters, amplitude and phase, …
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Context Dependent Gaze Metrics for Evaluation of Laparoscopic Surgery Manual Skills
… training and qualification of laparoscopic skills through objective assessment has become critical. While eye-gaze and instrument motion analyses have demonstrated promise in producing objective metrics for skill assessment in laparoscopic surgery, three areas deserve further research …
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Quantitative Movement Analysis in Endovascular Surgical Tasks for Objective Determination of Skill
… from basic to complex, demands a wide range of skills from operators. A key surgical competency requirement is to optimally visualize and utilize pre-shaped catheters and direct vessel interactions, yet current performance assessment techniques are limited to grading scales based solely on …
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Educational Escape Rooms: Design, Implementation and Impact Analysis of immersive, problem-solving learning experiences in science education
… Collaboration, and Communication (so-called 4C skills). Based on that, a dedicated design framework for EERs is developed. The research questions of the study attempt to acknowledge which of these 4C skills are being practised by students while engaging in an EER activity and whether a …
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The Relationship Between Self-Assessed Political Skill and the Individual Dispositional Factors of Age and Gender
Problem: While the impact of individual political skill on individual and organizational success is clear from the research, determining if proficiency in political skill is contingent upon the individual dispositional factors of age group and gender are less understood. If these dispositional …
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Nature and prevalence of reading difficulties in the third grade : Lusaka rural and urban schools
… to measure requisites and correlates of reading skills. Subtests from the screening instrument known as the Basic Skill Assessment Tool (BASAT) provided most of the individual measures of reading skills. Included among these measures were: the alphabetic principle, phonological awareness, working …
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The development of social–emotional skills in pre-primary children: A comparison of parent, teacher and combined coaching programs
The development of social–emotional skills is pivotal in generating positive outcomes for mental health and wellbeing throughout the childhood period and into later life (Hertzman, 2004; Moore, 2006; Sosna & Mastergeorge, 2005). While research has explored the effects of parent and teacher …
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Análisis de eventos para evaluar competencias en experiencias de aprendizaje basadas en serious games
Actualmente, la atención de la educación superior está centrada en la adquisición de competencias por parte de los estudiantes en vez de la tradicional adquisición de conocimientos. Un aspecto relevante en la evaluación de competencias es el análisis del proceso seguido durante la experiencia de …