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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Value of learning"”.
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The Value of Learning and Self-Improvement in Twentieth Century African-American Autobiography
… chronicled and examined the educational patterns of African-American professionals, entertainers, political leaders/activists and athletes born in the twentieth century in order to determine the familia, social and cultural contexts of African-American educational values and beliefs. The main …
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Evaluation of Integrating Knowledge Management and E-Learning Towards Improved Learning Framework: KSA Case Study. Assessment Study of Linking KM with EL Factors aiming to Improve the Learner Performance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, based on the New Bloom’s Taxonomy Framework
The globalisation of commerce, alongside growing information on the Internet, has increased the demand of E-Learning (EL). Furthermore, knowledge management (KM) is capable of generating significant organisational/institutional competitive advantages. KM and EL systems contribution to the …
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Engaging Middle School Students through STEAM Project-Based Learning
This dissertation explores the influence of a combined Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics education, and project-based learning (STEAM PBL) approach on students’ cognitive and emotional engagement. In an educational landscape marked by the growing popularity of both STEAM …
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The past, the present and the person: an exploration of the use of reminiscence-based activities as a catalyst for learning in later life
This study explores the ways in which learning might take place in a reminiscence group for older people who are moving towards the end of life. The overall aim was to seek a greater understanding of the processes underpinning reminiscence groups as well as the benefits - to individuals and the …
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Work experience in transition year: a mixed methods study of subject and career choices
Transition Year (TY) has been a feature of the Irish Education landscape for 39 years. Work experience (WE) has become a key component of TY. WE is defined as a module of between five and fifteen days duration where students engage in a work placement in the broader community. It places a major …
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An Exploratory Comparison of a Traditional and an Adaptive Instructional Approach for College Algebra
This research effort compared student learning gains and attitudinal changes through the implementation of two varying instructional approaches on the topic of functions in College Algebra. Attitudinal changes were measured based on the Attitude Towards Mathematics Inventory (ATMI). The ATMI also …
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Multi-Dimensional Problems In Single-Resource Revenue Management
… seat resource to accommodate different classes of customers. In these problems, due to the multi-dimensional state space, the exact formulation is either intractable, or the resulting optimal policy is inconvenient to implement operationally. We develop approximations for the exact formulations, …
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Networks, decisions, and outcomes : coordination with local information and the value of temporal data for learning influence networks
… under two different contexts: in the first part of the thesis, we study how strategic agents that share local information coordinate; in the second part of the thesis, we quantify the gain of having access to temporally richer data for learning of influence networks. In the first part of the …
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Motivation scolaire d’élèves du secondaire initiés à la pratique du dialogue philosophique
… ou définitivement. Ce phénomène a de profondes implications tant pour les élèves concernés que pour la société. À juste titre, les décideurs politiques du Québec se sentent préoccupés par ce phénomène et multiplient les politiques éducatives afin de promouvoir la motivation des élèves. …
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Medieval Hermeneutic Pedagogy: Teaching with and about Signs in Several Didactic Genres
This dissertation explores the central place of semiotic interpretation in the instruction of several medieval genres--Latin and vernacular religious drama, French fabliaux, and Spanish exempla--encompassing both the lesson that is taught and the method for teaching it. It is my contention that …
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Strategic Environmental Assessment for Municipal Water Demand Based on Climate Change
… plays a key role in the planning and design of municipal water supply infrastructure. The reliable prediction of water demand is challenging for water companies, specifically when considering the implications of climate change (Zubaidi et al., 2018). Several studies have documented that …