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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"difficulty level"”.
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Exploring Player Frustration: A Comparative Study of One vs. Multi-Level Difficulty in Video Games and the Short-Term Impact on Players
… belonging to the Souls genre known for its high difficulty level, the question arises regarding the immediate consequences players experience after frustrating encounters. Specifically, this study investigates the short-term consequences of frustration after playing action RPG video games with …
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Bio-Signal Analysis for Personalized Pilot Training
… signals as pilots of differing experience levels are over, under, or adequately challenged in a given task. This thesis analyzes the effectiveness of measured elecrodermal activity (EDA) and electromyography (EMG) signals to indicate trends in pilot experience, task performance, and …
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The Development of a Paper-and-Pencil Measure of Complex Cognitive-Perceptual Aptitude
… dynamic (i.e., learning) ability under different levels of complexity. The secondary research purpose was to develop a battery of eight psychometric tests to assess other abilities that are required for helicopter pilot training. Test prototypes were produced and administered to small samples of …
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Modelling interruptions of human-in-the loop tasks
… of the interrupting task will depend on the difficulty level of primary task in terms of errors made. It will also help us show that the performance of the primary task will depend on cross-modality (visual and audio) conditions of interrupting task. In this experiment we used the multi …
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The impact of task difficulty on self-regulated learning (SRL) processes in gifted students
… Challenge is often assumed at a broad level, ignoring the students’ individual perceptions. Further, little is known about how gifted students’ perceptions of task difficulty impact the self-regulated learning (SRL) processes that they engage to complete the task and that broadly impact …
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Effects of Professional Socialization Factors on Career Counseling Self-Efficacy and Interest
… and peer attitude; training/client experience; level of importance of career counseling; perceived difficulty level of career counseling) on counselor trainees’ levels of self-efficacy and interest in career counseling.</p><p>Participants completed the Career Counseling Self-Efficacy Scale …
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Does working together increase flow with age?
… (individually or with a familiar partner) and difficulty level (easy or difficult) were manipulated within subjects, such that all participants engaged in all conditions but in a counterbalanced order. Neural correlates of task engagement were explored by measuring recruitment of frontal …
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Exploring The Validity Of Multimedia Written Assessment In Saudi Arabia
… to answer (p=.01). Both formats had a moderate difficulty level (Diff = 0.75,0.74). Multimedia-items had a higher reliability and G-coefficient than text items. Focus group results revealed seven main themes of multimedia that effect item characteristics. Review of the Cambridge Framework …
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The effect of rock music as a source of auditory distraction on the reading comprehension of undergraduate college students and the relationship between distractibility and achievement
… and achievement. Problems with the difficulty level of the reading comprehension examinations as well as location of data collection are discussed.</p>
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An annotated bibliography of the works for horn, voice and piano from 1830-1850 with an analysis of selected works from 1830-1986
… key, length, duration, voice type, difficulty level for each player and a musical quality rating. The difficulty levels are IV--Easy, V--Medium, and VI--Difficult. The musical quality ratings are I--Poor, II--Below Average, III--Average, IV--Above Average and V--Superior. An incipit …
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A cross-sectional survey on the effects of temperature and humidity on health outcomes in individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: a pilot study
… with lower health status, decreased amount and difficulty level of physical activity, higher exacerbations, increased rescue inhaler use and hospitalizations. Future prospective research should consider confounders, disease severity, individual geographical regions, and spectrums of temperature …
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The effect of graphic organizers on the academic achievement of fourth grade students
… were similar in that they were the exact same difficulty level. However, in each chapter there was one test that was constructed using graphic organizers, and a second test that was constructed using a question-answer format. The researcher then compared the four data sets to determine if the …
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The perceived difficulties, training needs, job satisfaction, and intention to leave of expatriate hotel professionals working in mainland China
… significantly predict their overall difficulty level, job satisfaction, and intention to leave. Some individual perceived difficulty dimensions are significant predictors of the dependent variables on itself. The current expatriate training situation and training preference of hotel …
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Reward-oriented processes in bipolar disorder
… reaction time of button-pressing, and the difficulty level set by the participant. There were no significant differences between groups following reward feedback or failure feedback on the Go task. Results from the second task showed that bipolar individuals needed less data than controls …
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Paraprofessionals in the Classroom: Creating a Test Bank
… chapters and then rated each question for difficulty level. The answers and question ratings were analyzed, the questions revised as necessary, and the test bank was completed.</p>
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An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Repertoire for Alto Saxophone and Piano for Developing College-Level Alto Saxophonists, with an Analysis of Yvon Bourrel's Sonate Pour Alto Saxophone Et Piano
… of finding quality repertoire for young college-level saxophonists. By examining graded repertoire lists from a variety of college and university saxophone instructors, the author has compiled a list of 180 works for alto saxophone and piano. Twenty-four well-known works of a difficulty-level …
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L2 Teachers' Efficacy: The Impact Of Professional Development
… writing skills, assess writing assignments’ difficulty level, and an efficacy in the belief that the amount that a student can learn in writing is related to the teacher’s qualification and knowledge. These findings were supported by the qualitative data which further enhanced understanding …
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THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ADAPTIVE CHESS GAME
… Adaptive learning is used to adapt the game’s difficulty level to the players’ skill levels. This adaptation is done using the player’s game history and current performance. The adaptive chess game is implemented through the open source chess game engine Beowulf, which is freely available for …
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Exploring the Item Difficulty and Other Psychometric Properties of the Core Perceptual, Verbal, and Working Memory Subtests of the WAIS-IV Using Item Response Theory
… as intended if subtest items proceed in order of difficulty. While many aspects of the WAIS-IV have been researched, there is no literature about subtest item difficulty and precise item difficulty values are not available. The WAIS-IV was developed within the framework of Classical Test Theory …
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