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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"learning loss"”.
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On Machine Learning Loss Landscapes
Loss functions are pivotal to the training of every machine learning model. When evaluating the loss function over a large range of parameters, a loss landscape is obtained. In this thesis, loss landscapes for various classes of machine learning models are explored. Geometric properties of the loss …
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On Critical Care Data and Machine Learning Loss Function Landscapes
… care units. In the present work, machine learning models are trained to predict the mortality of a given patient with certain measurements. Neural networks with one hidden layer and two outcomes (alive or deceased) are used in these models, and local minima of the neural network loss …
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Improving Literacy Through Instruction and Community Experiences: : The effect of a summer program on literacy outcomes of students from low Ses homes
… from low socio-economic (SES) homes is the loss of academic skills during the summer months. Unfortunately, the public schools are often unable to provide summer learning opportunities because limited space, funding, and teacher availability. Established community organizations frequently …
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The Impact That The Power Scholars’ Academy Program Has On The Achievement Of Students In Reading And Math
… the study is to examine the impact of a summer learning loss prevention program that is designed to improve the academic achievement gap. The target population for this research study was participants of the Power Scholars Academy (PSA) program. PSA is a collaboration of BellXcel, local school …
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An Identification of Student Summer Activities and Their Relationship to Mathematics Testing Performance Measured From Spring to Fall
… that existed among all of these efforts was that learning loss occurred in the absence of instruction such as that experienced during the normal school term. A quantitative, correlational study was conducted using a survey method which requested that parents answer questions concerning the nature …
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Status and status differential as predictors of student learning, teacher evaluation, teacher socio-communicative style and teacher credibility
… well as their status differential with student learning, teacher evaluation, teacher socio-communicative style, and teacher credibility. It was found that perceived teacher status is a weak predictor of student cognitive and affective learning, teacher evaluation, teacher socio-communicative …
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The Effect On Cumulative Language Acquisition Increase For English Language Learner Students In Kindergarten Through Third Grade Who Attended Multiple Years Of Summer Remediation Programs
… language spoken. While the influence of summer learning loss has been investigated in different contexts with different populations of students little, has been done to study the effect of summer learning loss with ELL students (Alexander, Entwisle, & Linda Steffel, 2007; Cooper, Valentine, & …
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Addressing the Summer Learning Gap Among Children with Reading Difficulties
… literacy program called S.L.A.M., offered by the Learning Disabilities Association of the Niagara Region, was examined. A multi-lens approach was used to examine the efficacy of the summer literacy program, and the contextual factors associated with its success and the children’s overall success …
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Ranking Resilience Attributes for Texas Public School Districts
Student learning, as measured by the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) in public school systems in the US, plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic, erasing years of improvements. In this body of research, we collect, integrate and analyze all available public data in the data …
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Understanding School Dropout: An Analysis of the Underlying Causes and Their Significance in Building Meaningful Interventions
… policies to aid students with emotional, and learning disabilities. While building these policies, it is essential to be mindful of our student populations' ethnicity and socioeconomic factors and their educational implications. This paper will address the leading causes for withdrawing before …
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Assessing and Mitigating the Social and Emotional Effects of COVID-19
… development. While much research has focused on learning loss, less attention has been paid to how teachers perceive and respond to students’ social-emotional learning (SEL) deficits in post-pandemic classrooms. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore teachers’ perspectives on …
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Weakly supervised learning from referring expression: Challenge and directions
We explore methods of weakly supervised learning from referring expression. Unlike traditional fully supervised semantic segmentation of object recognition tasks, in which a a small set of discrete class bases is provided, the referring expression task is performed associated with a sentence …
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Closing the summer learning gap for vulnerable junior kindergarten students
… summer vacation creates a significant gap in the learning cycle. I t has been argued that this gap actually decreases student achievement levels over the course of the summer. In a synthesis of 39 studies Cooper, Nye, Charlton, Lindsay, & Greathouse (1996) indicated that summer learning loss …
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The Evolving Roles of School Librarians in Diverse Instructional Settings
… instructional setting of K-12 remote-synchronous learning launched in a progressive, southeastern U.S. public school district. Substantial school district realignment occurred to serve this new setting; bypassed, however, was a dedicated school librarian position. Despite positive national impact …
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School District Investment Reform: Examining Student-Level Factors to First Grade Reading Achievement Supported by Equity Funding Formulas in Predominantly Latin/x Schools
… compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, distance learning, and compromised student wellness. In addition, research suggests that the gaps in reading achievement between Black and Latin/x students from under-resourced communities and their White and Asian counterparts increased with remote learning …
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Summer School: Perceptions of Summer School Teachers in a Northeast Tennessee School District
… also offers a review of literature on student learning loss over the summer months. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of pre-K through third grade summer school teachers’ about the summer program in which they taught. The study emphasis was on preparation for summer …
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Literally unfinished : a qualitative single case study exploring the factors impacting Texas teachers' responses to unfinished learning in reading due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic created unfinished learning in reading for K–12 students (Curriculum Associates, 2021; Lambert & Sassone, 2020). A survey of public school administrators showed that half of their students were behind grade level in at least one subject area; of those, 64% believed the …
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The Perceptions of Elementary Teachers Regarding Literacy Challenges Linked to Behavioral Difficulties
… difficulties often cause students to experience learning loss due to attention deficits, emotional factors, anxiety, and other factors. Early attention and appropriate educational services for children and their family members can help change behavior patterns to foster the successful acquisition …
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How do two-year-olds construct outdoor play as part of the two-year-olds offer? A multimodal ethnographic study of an inner London nursery during the global pandemic
… way in which the young children co-constructed learning at nursery. The ‘disadvantaged’ two-year-olds were revealed as capable, agentic, multimodal meaning makers contrary to dominant policy discourses that conceptualise them as ‘deficient’ or attribute their perceived failure to families and …
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A machine learning hybrid approach to forecasting equity returns volatility: A South African perspective.
… (Support Vector Machines) (specifically machine learning algorithms). Machine learning in various forms is currently being explored as an alternative for forecasting the volatility of financial market returns. In this study this exploration is continued by considering a hybrid-based methodology …
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