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Investigating the Impact of Experiential Learning on Vocabulary Memorization and Language Production: A Quantitative Study among Moroccan Young English as Foreign Language Learners
No full textThis study explores the effects of experiential learning (EL) on vocabulary memorization and language production in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) among 4th-grade primary school students in Morocco. Two 4th grade classes were involved, with one class receiving traditional instruction over five weeks and the other class immersed in experiential learning through concrete situations. The current investigation endeavors to overcome the shortcomings associated with traditional approaches by examining the potential benefits offered by experiential learning methodologies. Preliminary results indicate a noticeable difference in vocabulary memorization and language production between the two groups. For instance, the experiential learning group demonstrated a deeper understanding of the vocabulary related to the supermarket theme by actively engaging in role-playing scenarios where they simulated grocery shopping. The traditional instruction group, while also exhibiting improvement, did not showcase the same level of enthusiasm and retention. The findings suggest that experiential learning positively influences vocabulary memorization and language production among 4th-grade primary school students. In other words, by incorporating real-life situations into the learning process, students not only acquire language skills but also gain a practical understanding of the context in which these skills are applied. In sum, through the lens of the quasi-experimental design, this study addresses the inadequacies of these traditional methods by exploring the potential benefits of experiential learning approaches, aiming to provide a more holistic and applicable foundation for language acquisition among ELF young learners
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Experiential Learning: A Correlational Study
No full textThis study is largely driven by the assumption that much of human learning is caught, not taught (Davies, 1998). This assumption indicates that human learning is inextricably context specific and experience based. Conveniently, this study intervenes to investigate the correlation, if any, between context and experience and Moroccan EFL college students’ of language use and appropriacy. More specifically, the study investigates the association between 1) having direct contact and meaningful interactions with others and being exposed to the language in Moroccan EFL students’ day to day experience and 2) their linguistic and pragmatic development. This study largely reflects on Schön’s knowledge in action (1983) and Kolb’s experiential learning theory (1984), which view learning as a product of our experiences and actions. The findings of the study reveal that Moroccan EFL students’ language development is associated with their everyday experiences and actions. Expectedly, the findings demonstrate that the participants’ day to day experience has significantly 1) contributed to their language development, 2) enhanced their appropriate language use, and, importantly 3) promoted their intercultural communicative competence. Additionally, the linguistically and culturally-rich learning experiences that the participants go through and the opportunities of genuine contact and exposure to authentic language in its meaningful context they experience significantly foster the participants’ language development in general and appropriate use in particular
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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