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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"Tomlinson"”.
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The music of Charles Tomlinson Griffes; harbinger of American art music's transition into the modern age
Charles Tomlinson Griffes heralded a new era of twentieth-century internationalism for American music. Rather than restrict himself to writing American nationalistic or German romantic music like most American composers of his time, Griffes built upon his classical background to write eclectic new …
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One Size Doesn't Fit All: Implementation of Differentiated Instruction
… interests, and preferred mode of learning (Tomlinson, 2008). In a differentiated classroom, teachers divide their time, resources, and efforts to effectively teach students who have various backgrounds, readiness and skill levels, and interests. In other words, no two students within the …
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HIV/AIDS in South Africa : responsible and proactive urban development planning
… on urban development planning (Harber, 2001; Tomlinson, 2001; Van Donk, 2003), the translation of this knowledge into tangible improvements of people's lives has not happened yet, due to a nonexistent or very slow policy response and poor implementation. Besides political obstacles, this lack …
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Herramienta de pilotaje de unidades didácticas para ELE
… principios para el desarrollo de materiales de Tomlinson (2011), la evaluación de materiales en la que se hace énfasis en la evaluación en uso y su relación con el pilotaje en donde se revisaron autores como Donovan (1998), Amrani (2011), y McGrath (2002), los métodos de recolección de …
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Examination of High School Students' Understanding of Geometry
… needs of each diverse learner in the classroom. Tomlinson states that teachers can differentiate instruction in four main areas: content, process, products, and learning environment. In order to test the effectiveness of differentiated instruction, the researcher gathered and analyzed data from a …
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Formula funding and special educational needs
… discourse (Galloway, Armstrong and Tomlinson, 1994). The study is in two main parts. First the theoretical component whereby a critical examination is given to the conceptualisation of special educational needs, to the principles or criteria for evaluating a funding formula and to …
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Not the Whole Story: Narrative Responses to Contemporary Globalization
… demands. Cultural and media theorists like John Tomlinson, Anthony Giddens, Arjun Appadurai, Lev Manovich, and Ian Bogost have demonstrated the overwhelming complexity of life in an age of accelerating globalization. Building on their work and the narrative theory of Maggie Dunn and Ann Morris, I …
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Effects of user and spatial diversity on high data rate wireless systems
… using the same system simulation model via Tomlinson Harashima precoding. Results are generated for various cell powers. Single-user and multi-user scheduling cases are compared to understand the pros and cons of each approach.
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Model predictive control equalization for high-speed IO links
… techniques such as linear feed-forward and Tomlinson-Harashima equalizers, and gets very close to the optimized decision-feedback equalization at lower transmitter resolutions. We also describe the possible complexity reduction techniques that enable efficient implementation of our MPC …
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Guía didáctica para los docentes de ELE : estrategias para manejar la diferencia cultural con aprendientes japoneses del Centro Latinoamericano de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
… propuesta por Rod Bolitho y David Jolly en Tomlinson (2011). Primero, se identificó la necesidad de material que ofreciera herramientas al profesor que enseña español a estudiantes japoneses. Segundo, se exploró la necesidad por medio de una entrevista a nueve docentes del CLAM, quienes …
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Issues, successes and coping mechanisms : non-traditional Indian students experience in the context of inclusive practice and internationalisation of higher education in the UK
… E., 2010; Montgomery C., 2010; Basit T. N. and Tomlinson S., 2012) around these themes and comparing them with my findings, these students’ voices provide an authentic testimony of the sometimes conflicting constructions of their confrontation with the deficit discourse of the academic audience. …
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Working With “Rookies” a case study of science teachers mentors.
… of new teachers (Hobson, Ashby, Malderez & Tomlinson, 2008; Ingersoll & Kralik, 2004; Wang & Odell, 2002). A thorough search of the literature reveals an unbalanced representation of research focusing on the many influences mentoring may bring to a new teacher while ignoring the impact on …
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Towards an antibody mediated resistance against Geminiviruses
… scFvs against AV1 were derived from the naïve Tomlinson I library. Two of these scFvs carried a stop codon. The stop codon was mutated in vitro to either code for glutamine (Q) or glutamic acid (E). The Q-mutated scFvs showed higher expression level but less binding activity than the E-mutated …
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The (un)Natural Baroque: Giambattista Marino and Monteverdi's Late Madrigals
… view of Monteverdi’s late madrigals. Gary Tomlinson has argued that the primary impetus for the change in Monteverdi’s musical approach to text and form arose from the deadening influence of “Marinism,” the poetic movement inspired by the sensual, baroque, and at times controversial poetry …
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Enclosed Edens, Contested Waters & Failed Utopias: An Ecocritical Reading of Epistemic Land Claims in Okanagan Literature
… Parke, Harold Rhenish, Laisha Rosnau and Dania Tomlinson. This dissertation aims to trace the contexts that inform the finding and making of home within the Okanagan by situating the study in the specifics of the habitats and inhabitants of the region. Each chapter focuses on a contested …
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The impact of differentiation on the critical thinking of gifted readers and the evolving perspective of the fifth grade classroom teacher
… the diverse needs of students in the classroom (Tomlinson, 1999, 2001, 2003). The purpose of this study was to document how differentiation influenced the gifted readers’ ability to think more critically and the fifth grade teacher’s perceptions of differentiation as it was implemented into the …
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An Experimental Study Of Atomic Scale Friction And Adhesion For 2d And Layered Materials: The Effects Of Interfacial Contact, Compliance, And Commensurability
… or advantageous adsorbates. The thermal Prandtl-Tomlinson model does not fit well to the experimental data, highlighting the limitations of its underlying assumptions. Collectively, these results demonstrate the need to examine tip, sample, and substrate interactions and their role in …
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Empowering educators: Differentiated instruction at the organization level
… and how students demonstrate their knowledge (Tomlinson, 2001). Unlike other publications, this dissertation's intent wasn't to create a guide on how to implement DI, as that has been well documented in the literature. Instead, the aim is to empower DI educators by creating an organization that …
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Paramilitary imprisonment in Northern Ireland 1969-1999 : resistance, management & release
… their families (eg. Hillyard 1978, Rolston & Tomlinson 1986, 1988, Tomlinson 1995). More recently an MSc thesis completed by a former Probation Officer at the Maze, based largely on interviews with Loyalist prisoners in the early 1970s has been expanded and published as a book (Crawford 1979, …
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