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Showing 1 to 20 of 126 for “"preconceptions"”.
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Some preconceptions brought to the study of sound by students in grade eight
This study is a natural history of ideas brought to the study of sound by a sample of Grade Eight students. The topic of sound was chosen partly because of the technical background of the researcher and partly because of the lack of previous research combining sound and Junior-Secondary students. …
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Preservice teachers' preconceptions about the role of the computer in learning and teaching
… study was to examine preservice teachers' preconceptions of the role of the computer in learning and teaching and the factors effecting those preconceptions. During the 1997 fall semester, 279 preservice teachers in an introductory instructional technology course were given the three survey …
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ELK : an online, role-playing game to better elicit learner knowledge
… beginning of new units are more aware of student preconceptions and reasoning. Teachers who understand student preconceptions are able better to anticipate misconceptions and help students assimilate new knowledge. However, many pre-service and in-service teachers neither collect student ideas nor …
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A SCAFFOLDED INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL TO TEACH DOCTOR OF PHARMACY STUDENTS TO EVALUATE RANDOMIZED AND NON-RANDOMIZED MEDICAL STUDIES ON A SIMILAR TOPIC TO REACH A CLINICAL CONCLUSION
… influence of the RCT, either from RCT bias/preconceptions or a lack of skills transfer in evaluating the RCT; and (3) the instructional model needs further development by adding explicit instructional scaffolding around the Medical Literature Evaluation (MLE) Rubric, vocabulary, and directly …
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Rripangu Yirdaki: Negotiating musical identities in a northeast Arnhem Land tourism business
… that it is rife with tensions between tourists’ preconceptions and the self-representations of host societies. In the case of Rripaŋu Yidaki the tensions between preconceptions and self-representations of the “authentic,” the “indigenous,” and the “ecological” produce consequences that directly …
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Students' conceptual modeling of simple DC electric circuits during computer-based instruction
… and strategies that take into account students' preconceptions and how those preconceptions change during instruction.
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Reconsidering the 'other' : exploring perceptions of refugees in South Africa
… the question 'How accurate are the general preconceptions about refugees in South Africa?' utilising qualitative data from six respondents collected over a two month period in 2007 in addition to evidence from working in the field prior to commencing this study. This thesis presents evidence …
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Children's comprehension of video effects : understanding meaning, mood & message
… their production. Children then tested their preconceptions, building action-based stories with effects in the workshop. Children's explanations and videos were compared. Film elements conveying narrative meaning and mood are described. Mechanisms driving change in understanding are discussed. …
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Learning Analytics for Academic Writing through Automatic Identification of Meta-discourse
… by automated support. However, tutors have preconceptions about the use of automated support. The study revealed that tutors want to be assured that they retain the ‘power’ themselves in any decision of using automated support to overcome these preconceptions.
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Self -Awareness and Self -Interpretation
… our phenomenology colored by false metaphysical preconceptions; on the other, we may end up holding this view as a result of commitments held in the philosophy of mind. I try to cure us of this view by showing that it is neither defensible when presented with counter-arguments, nor fits the …
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Plans, pans, and six grand in the can
… "Marv Cutler and the Little Prince of Rock" that preconceptions in shooting a scene were rarely realized. The footage returned by the lab, having been shot by me in a state of instant surprise, often had a puzzle quality which would then be reworked into a logical scene which was usually a …
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Perceptions of learning and teaching accounting : a phenomenographic study
… In addition, the findings show that students' preconceptions and perceptions of relevance are central to their experience of learning accounting and they reinforce the experience of accounting as being about the learning of a technique. Lecturers' perceptions of those preconceptions and …
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The Effects of an Experiential Learning and Mentorship Program Pairing Medical Students and Persons with Cognitive Impairment: A Qualitative Content Analysis
… dementia; (e) developing an awareness of their preconceptions and changing attitudes, along with their own emotional response to the experience; and (f) understanding the family caregivers' experience through interaction. It was ultimately concluded that this experiential program served to …
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A Descriptive Case Study: Challenges experienced by health care workers (HCW) at a primary health care facility when serving deaf/hearing impaired (HI) patients
… themes of language barriers; resilience; preconceptions; improvisation and innovation: interpreters and recommendations emerged. Difficulties in communication were acknowledged, but HCWs insisted that these barriers are not insurmountable. Discussion and conclusion A few preconceptions and …
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Colores Mexicanos: The Mexican Art Song and Setting Mexican Texts to Music
… literature, helping to break down Eurocentric preconceptions of the Western art tradition.
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"We have everything and we have nothing": Empleados and Middle-Class Identities in Bogotá, Colombia: 1930-1955
… terms. Moreover, no class has had so many preconceptions and "myths" attached to it. I try to fill this historiographic gap by looking at the construction of empleado identities, as a part of the middle class, between the 1930s and the 1950s in Bogotá, Colombia. By using a diversity of …
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Intervals
… sometimes months, exploring this place without preconceptions - walking the roads or trails or fields, falling in love with aspects of the landscape, considering questions the place suggests before I begin to contemplate how to make them into images. The actual making of images helps me to …
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Domestic Violence Study for Counselor Education Masters Students
… battering behavior, victimization, socioeconomic preconceptions, and counseling victims. Masters level counseling students from the University of North Texas, Denton, TX and staff members of two battered women's shelters from the Dallas, TX area participated in a survey to identify the level of …
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Cultural Competency in Healthcare Policy: Pursuing Elder, African-American Diabetics as Stakeholders in Successful Treatment
… to the patient/provider relationship, provider preconceptions lessened and patient compliance levels rose. This dissertation offers several downstream, midstream, and upstream recommendations using a patient-focused lens.
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Significados sobre calidad educativa en los profesores de educación superior
… quality, transcending the theoretical preconceptions established over time, focusing on the quality of education from the endogenous perspective, especially from the perspective of professors, dignifying their work.
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