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Showing 1 to 20 of 200 for “"study methods"”.
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Multi-Country Event Study Methods
Which event study methods are best in non-U.S. multi-country samples? Nonparametric tests, especially the rank and generalized sign, are better specified and more powerful than common parametric tests, especially in multi-day windows. The generalized sign test is the best statistic but must be …
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Effectiveness of Study Strategies: A Comparison of Two Study Methods
The present study is designed to investigate the relationship between working memory and study methods. Specifically it is looking at the differences in students with higher and lower working memory by comparing the test performances based on using the SOAR and read-recite-review study methods. A …
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Tavis Mining Highway Stability Study - Methods Overview and Sensitivity Study
This paper is a sensitivity study of highwall stability at Falkirk Mine. Since mining of the Tavis Creek will require maximizing the highwall height, this paper explores factors that influence the strength of the wall. The first part consists of a previous works review composed primarily of geology …
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An Analysis of the Class Method of Piano Instruction
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A case study of the complexities of learning to teach problem-solving: The effects of a writing process strategy model on seventh-grade students' mathematics performance
This study's purpose was to assess the effectiveness of a writing process strategy model on seventh grade students' problem solving performance and their beliefs about mathematics. This study described through case study methods how the Writing Process Strategy-Model (WPS-Model) became part of the …
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A Study in Comprehension Improvement of Seventh Grade Pupils Employing the SQ3R Technique
It was the purpose of this study: (1) to determine if the SQ3R technique could be used successfully with content and reading material at the seventh grade level; (2) to present a program to seventh grade students at Okanogan Junior High to determine the effect of the SQ3R method on improving …
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Propagation and Restriction Enzyme Mapping of Bacteriophage Pbli Dna
… a pathogen of the common honeybee. In this study, methods of propagation and concentration of PBL1 bacteriophage were developed. The DNA was extracted from the phage and purified. The DNA was cleaved by restriction endonucleases and the fragments were resolved by agarose gel electrophoresis. …
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Enhancing teacher growth through conversation: an analysis of colleague conversation during the planning and teaching of a reading assessment course
This ethnographic study explores the nature of the conversations between two colleagues, a more experienced and a less experienced university professor, during the planning sessions, class meetings, and debriefings of a reading assessment course. The study describes what happened during the …
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“Can we keep blogging?”: Analyzing blogging in a grade six classroom as a trauma-informed practice for students and educators
… practice. Through phenomenological and case study methods, this study examines how one teacher uses blogging as a trauma-informed practice micro-move. Through blogging, trauma-informed practices address student safety, choice, and empowerment. The teacher changed trauma-informed practices …
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Brachytherapy and endoresection in the treatment of choroidal melanoma a review of patients treated in South Africa
This study is a retrospective cohort analysis of patients undergoing two different treatment modalities (brachytherapy and endoresection) for medium sized choroidal melanoma. Study methods involve the collection of baseline and follow-up data from three sources: 1) A database collected by the …
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Forest resource management for sustainable development : a case of Mount Meru Forest Reserve in Northern Tanzania
… unduly degrading the forest ecosystems. This study examines the case of Mount Meru forest reserve, a tropical montane rainforest in northern Tanzania. The main aim of the study is to investigate human induced causes of forest degradation and to propose ways to improve the forest management so …
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Social media's impact on higher education crisis communication plans
<p>Using case study methods, four crises that were reported in the past 36 months were examined to see if university officials modified established crisis communication plans to better respond to messages and rumors on social networking. Two of the crises dealt with safety issues and two were …
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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF FACTORS RELATED TO TRANSITION PLANNING THAT SUPPORT THEIR PURSUIT OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
<p>The purpose of the present study was to understand the influence that transition planning had on the pursuit of postsecondary education based on the perceptions of students with disabilities. The present study was guided by the following research question: What factors related to transition …
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Characterisation of phenotypes of inflammation, fibrosis and remodeling in chronic rheumatic heart disease using multiparametric cardiovascular magnetic resonance and autophagy markers
… characteristics and autophagy markers, in this study. Methods: Forty-seven (47) patients (42 ± 12.8 years), with advanced RHD, awaiting valve replacement, confirmed on echocardiography, and matched with 30 healthy controls (39 ± 12.1 years), were scanned using a 3T Siemens Magnetom Skyra. CMR …
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On End-to-end Automatic Fact-checking Systems
… automatic fact-checking system, and study methods for improving its fact-checking abilities. First, we introduce an end-to-end automatic fact-checking framework that integrates multiple previously studied subtasks to predict the factuality of given claims while providing supporting …
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Protective Effect of Statin Use in the Progression of Dry to Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration
… to exudative ARMD in a matched case-control study. METHODS: An epidemiological study of 61 cases with exudative ARMD matched by age, gender, and race to 61 controls with early, high-risk ARMD determined by prospective ophthalmologic examination. RESULTS: The risk of exudative ARMD was …
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What do you think? : applied research in class discussion communication.
The purposes of this study are to investigate non-credentialed English teachers' experiences facilitating class discussions and analyze the information communicated in extant discussion facilitation resources targeted towards non-credentialed English teachers. The study created themes from …
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The role of the school library in teaching and learning: a case study of a public basic school in Accra, Ghana
This study examined the role of school library in teaching and learning and sought to establish the relationship between the use of school library resources and teaching and learning in basic schools in Ghana. The study was conducted in Achimota Basic School (ABS), using the case study methods of …
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Studies on hybrid optical bistable devices using an acousto-optic modulator
… parameter, Q, has been introduced into the study. Methods to improve the performance of the system with a low Q acousto-optic device by adjusting the effective feedback gain and the operation point are suggested. Finally, a technique to measure the effective feedback gain has been derived. …
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