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Showing 1 to 20 of 162 for “"new learning"”.
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New Learning Through Collaborative Discourse in Amnesia
… the nature of preserved and impaired learning and memory in amnesia, and the memory determinants of common ground. In addition, it provides a demonstration that by employing a task involving real-world communication, with greater ecological validity than laboratory-based tasks, …
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Investigation of new learning methods for visual recognition
… dissertation therefore focuses on developing new learning methods for visual recognition. Based on the conventional sparse representation, which shows its robustness for visual recognition problems, a series of new methods is proposed. Specifically, first, a new locally linear K nearest …
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Open Source Micro Diplomas: New Credentials for New Learning
<p>The standard model for college in America—a four-year bachelor’s degree that teaches critical thinking, analytic reasoning, and written communication skills—is unaffordable and unattainable for most Americans. Only about a third of citizens aged 25 and over have achieved a baccalaureate degree …
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Time Aware Sigmoid Optimization : a new learning rate scheduling method
… the one with the greatest importance is the learning rate, which controls how the weights of a neural network are going to change at each interaction. In that context, by analyzing some theoretical findings in the area of information theory and topology of the loss function in deep learning, …
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Detection and Decoding: New Learning-Based Algorithms and Their Fundamental Limits
… driving, necessitates the development of new algorithms that improve performance or reduce the complexity of contemporary approaches. Achieving these objectives relies on advancements in areas such as low-complexity modulation, coding and decoding schemes, detection algorithms, and …
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Efficient User Incentives in Extreme Edge Sensing: A New Learning-Based Scheme
… of users. We propose a distribution-aware and learning-based dynamic incentive scheme. Specifically, we consider the randomness of users' mobility and velocity using a 2-dimensional random waypoint (RWP) model and support the learning-based incentive scheme with a long short-term memory (LSTM) …
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Groundwater Interactive: Interdisciplinary Web-Based Software Incorporating New Learning Methodologies and Technologies
… unified approach in instructional materials and learning methodologies for knowledge they do share. The goals of this research are to lessen the impact of variable student backgrounds and to better integrate the courses to improve teaching and learning, through the development of a multi-tiered, …
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Descriptive study exploring faculty's perceptions when transitioning to a new learning management system
… research university and who were involved in the learning management system transition from eLearning Vista to Blackboard Learn in 2012-2013. The study sought to determine the efficiency of the three units involved in the study: the Faculty Resource Center, the College of Continuing Studies, and …
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A new learning environment: designing an urban school dedicated to the learner and the community at large
… in developing a school that speaks about new type of learning environments. This typology will address the challenges of designing a school in an urban context, Cape Town, while rethinking how schools are designed with regards to its programme and layout. I am concerned with designing a …
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What New Learning is This?: Examining William Turner and his Comparison Betweene the Olde Learnynge and the Newe
… A Comparison Betweene the Olde Learnynge and the Newe (1537, 1538, 1548) and explores how these texts fit into the history of ideas and reflect the larger religious debate occurring in England in the 16th century. It also explores Turner's connection to the German reformer Urbanus Rhegius. I argue …
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Enhancing civic readiness: A case study exploring the impact of new learning on citizenship education in a midwestern high school
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-09-01 without embargo terms
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New learning pedagogy: a study in determining an appropriate pedagogy and pedagogical strategies to support phonetic awareness, whilst using new technology with young children.
… within the early years educational curriculum. New changes to the UK ICT policy (DfE 2010) suggest the need to reform the current early years ICT curriculum to provide for better and more effective methods of technological practice. Greater importance lies with ‘how to use technology’ rather …
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How nurses and other healthcare professionals training in cognitive behavioural therapy experience the challenge of applying new learning in their clinical practice: a grounded theory study
… in that the findings from the analysis of each new cohort was integrated into that from the previous findings. The findings from the occupational therapist cohort were analysed separately. Five main categories were identified: the core category of ‘<i>on the threshold'</i> along with other four …
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Interactive Science Notebooks: Exploring the Extent Which Integrating a New Learning Tool Supports Self-Efficacy in Expressing Science Content Knowledge and Interest in Pursuing a STEM Related Career
Interactive science notebooks, used as a learning tool during science instruction, was found to have a positive influence on student self-efficacy in expressing science content knowledge and interest in pursuing a STEM-related career. This study, involving 25 participants, discusses the integration …
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How Do Teachers Learn New Skills for Reading Instruction and Transfer Their Learning into the Classroom?
… in a study that examined the ways teachers learn new skills for reading instruction and transfer their learning into the classroom on a daily basis. A review of literature included identification of a purpose for teacher learning, how teacher self-perception influenced use of new knowledge and …
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Wireless bridges : the laptop experience in the learning environment
… changed the way people work and interact with learning space. The integration of technology in learning environments affects the usage of space and produces new learning patterns. However, new learning patterns do not come automatically with new technology. Technology, space and social behavior …
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Mexican American Parents of Elementary Students and Literacy Engagement: A Case Study of a Bilingual (Spanish/English) Parent Book Club Using Children's Literature
… connections to the focal text(s), and new learning. Data included audiotapes of the sessions, parent written/artistic artifacts, participant interviews, retrospective field notes, and reflective journal entries.</p> <p> Study findings suggest that positive partnerships between schools …
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The influence of previous understanding and relative confidence on adult maths learning : building adult understanding on a brownfield site
… explore how these understandings interacted with new learning. 203 foundation students were given questions, on proportional reasoning, percentage calculation and over-generalisations. Responses, and response hierarchies, were compared with those from children in the 1970's CSMS survey (Hart, 1981 …
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How Coaching Changes Teaching Practices In Elementary Literacy Instruction
… an effort to help teachers improve teaching and learning. Literacy coaches are becoming increasingly prevalent in many elementary school buildings. This study examined the effects literacy coaches have on teaching practices. More specifically, it examined to what degree literacy coaches affect …
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Philosophy, people and process: a case-study of vocational education and training in a community development context
… local community to plan for, manage and deliver new education and training services? The focus of this thesis is a case-study of how one community is coping with vocational education and training (V.E.T.) reform and an analysis of the critical factors involved in facilitating change within …
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