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Showing 1 to 20 of 240 for “"as learning"”.
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TAFE Institutes as learning organisations
… Institutes to explore progression towards being learning organizations. The general aim of this research was to investigate the extent to which, and the ways in which, TAFE Institutes have adopted the concept of the learning organization.
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Real estate development firms as learning organizations : systems thinking as a methodology for strategic planning
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1992.
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Active Learning in a Large Enrollment Introductory Biology Class: Problem Solving, Formative Feedback, and Teaching as Learning
The purpose of this study was to take a case study approach to exploring student learning experiences in a large enrollment introductory biology class. Traditionally such classes are taught through the lecture method with limited instructor-student interaction and minimal student-centered learning …
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Supporting the learner's playfulness and creativity as learning mechanisms: design specifications for interactive interfaces in arts museums.
… The proposed benefit of insight development as a mechanism for learning about the creative arts is that it allows the learner to discover uses of the presented materials that are self-relevant, therefore demonstrating utility in regard to their subjective cognitive style. Artistic concepts …
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Voices from the Margin: A Qualitative Study on the Perspectives of Economically Disadvantaged, Black Students Identified as Learning Disabled
… Black students who have been labeled as learning disabled and placed in the Special Education program. The voices of the students interviewed are used to develop unique, first-hand understandings of the cause of disproportionality among poor, Black children in Special Education with a …
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Teaching and Learning in sustainable agriculture curricula: A case study of faculty work as learning at a land grant university
… called for a dynamic approach to teaching and learning in colleges of agriculture. In response, innovative faculty at colleges and universities are implementing new frameworks for undergraduate education in the agricultural sciences. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to explore the …
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Mobile Technology for Language Learning and Instruction: Investigating Beliefs and Attitudes of Indonesian EFL Preservice Teachers
… teachers toward the use of mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets for learning and instructional practice in Indonesia. Furthermore, this phenomenological study attempted to reveal the factors affecting these two constructs from 20 Indonesian EFL preservice teachers through …
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Learning-Disabled Students' Noun Referent Skills in Original Narratives: A Pilot Study.
Identification of a student as learning--disabled requires an assessment of his written language (U.S. Office of Education, 1977, p. 42478). This requirement poses a problem for educators: while researchers have established that multiple-choice writing tests are not valid measures of writing …
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An Investigation of the Effects of Practice on Color Memory as a Function of Condition, Dimension and Color
… participants took part in a mixed repeated measures factorial design experiment that assessed color memory as a function of condition (practice with feedback, practice without feedback and no practice), dimension (hue, saturation and lightness) and color (red, yellow, green and blue). …
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The Relationship Between Transformational Leadership Practices and Developing a Professional Learning Community
… on developing and fostering a professional learning community within their schools. Fifty-nine elementary school principals, from school districts located in south central Pennsylvania, participated in this study. Five schools were selected to obtain additional responses from professional …
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Social media enhanced boundary crossing: exploring distance students' ecosystems of learning support
As the demand for distance learning increases, traditional campus-based universities continue to struggle in supporting working distance students. This has resulted in the increased phenomena of students using social media within their ecosystems of learning support. The use of formal and informal …
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Stress management in Las Vegas Municipal Court
An analysis of the effectiveness of Las Vegas Municipal Court's stress management workshop was conducted. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was given to fifty one volunteers prior to and after a stress management workshop. Of the 51, seven participated in a four hour workshop given in two sessions. …
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Social constructivism and collaborative learning in social networks: the case of an online masters programme in adult learning
… study investigates how students in an online Masters Programme in Adult Learning, although geographically dispersed used SNs to develop a supportive environment that enables collaborative learning to support and deepen their learning. Web 2.0 social software provided the tools for various forms …
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Modeling learning when alternative technologies are learning & resource constrained : cases In semiconductor & advanced automotive manufacturing
… technology costs have been shown to decrease over time due to (a) improvements in production efficiency and the accumulation of worker experience accompanying production, known as "learning-by-doing," and (b) firm investments in research and development, worker training and other process …
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Microinvasive probes for the longitudinal interrogation of neural dynamics
… the neural dynamics of functions such as learning, motivation, and movement control over the extended timescales at which they develop. Proven functional lifetimes of over a year are also necessary for eventual clinical use in human patients to help monitor and treat certain …
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A Zynq-based Cluster Cognitive Radio
… Intelligent software defined radios, also known as cognitive radios, provide flexibility and agility compared to hardware radio systems. Cognitive radios are well suited for radio applications in a changing radio frequency environment, such as dynamic spectrum access. In this thesis, a cognitive …
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Observational Intelligence: An Overview of Computational Actual Entities and their Use as Agents of Artificial Intelligence
… North Whitehead's concept of Actual Entities as a computational tool for computer science and the introduction of a novel usage of Actual Entities as learning agents. Actual Entities are vector based agents that interact within their environment through a process called prehension. It is the …
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