594 research outputs found
Stimulating interest in the tutorial - what is it worth?
No full textP G Devitt, E Palmer and N De Younghttp://www.amee.org/documents/AMEE%202003%20Programme%20and%20Abstracts.pd
Does the computer add anything to a tutorial?
No full textP G Devitt, E Palmer and N De Younghttp://www.amee.org/documents/AMEE%202003%20Programme%20and%20Abstracts.pd
UN EXAMEN DE LOS COMPONENTES DESCRIPTIVOS DE LA TEORÍA DESCRIPTIVO–CAUSAL DE DEVITT Y STERELNY
No full textEn su obra Language and Reality, Michael Devitt y Kim Sterelny mantienen que una teoría de la fijación de la referencia para los nombres propios y para los términos de género natural no debe ser puramente causal, sino que ha de contener componentes descriptivos y ha de ser, por tanto, una teoría descriptivo–causal. El objetivo de este artículo es examinar los componentes descriptivos involucrados en la teoría descriptivo–causal formulada por Devitt y Sterelny
Gaeilge gaming : using technology to learn Irish in the primary school
No full textTHESIS 11366.1THESIS 11366.2This thesis presents the development and evaluation of an Irish language learning computer game for primary school children. Recent research demonstrates significant challenges for Irish at school, with a sharp decline in proficiency levels in English-medium primary schools (Harris, Forde, Archer, Nic Fhearaile, & O?Gorman, 2006), and widespread disengagement with the language (Devitt, Condon, Dalton, O?Connell, & N? Dhuinn, 2016). The research reported here aims to address these challenges through coupling technology with best practice in language teaching. In recent years, researchers have been using immersive games and virtual worlds as platforms for language teaching with promising results (Cornillie, Thorne, & Desmet, 2012; Peterson, 2011b; Sykes, Oskoz, & Thorne, 2008). For this project, a three-dimensional virtual environment (3D VE) was developed using a task-based language teaching approach (TBLT). Development took the form of an iterative design cycle, the first iteration comprising a half-day pilot with 25 children (aged 10 years), followed by a user consultation process with 15 of these children (Dalton & Devitt, 2016). The second iteration comprised a five-week intervention using a mystery game in a 3D VE with 17 children (aged 10 years), the children working in groups to complete a range of missions through Irish. The results of this intervention were very positive with reports of increased motivation to use the language, reduced anxiety and increased confidence, language gains, appreciation of the language and a strong experience of meaningful language community. The findings give a profound insight into the various factors impacting on children?s positive and negative learning experiences with Irish. The in-depth qualitative assessment of children?s experience presented in this thesis offers important insight for language educators in the primary sector in Ireland and beyond
Is linguistics a part of psychology?
No full textNoam Chomsky, the founding father of generative grammar and the instigator of some of its core research programs, claims that linguistics is a part of psychology,
concerned with a class of cognitive structures employed in speaking and understanding. In a recent book, Ignorance of Language, Michael Devitt has challenged certain core aspects of linguistics, as prominent practitioners of the
science conceive of it. Among Devitt’s major conclusions is that linguistics is not a part of psychology. In this thesis I defend Chomsky’s psychological conception of
grammatical theory. My case for the psychological conception involves defending a set of psychological goals for generative grammars, centring on conditions of
descriptive and explanatory adequacy. I argue that generative grammar makes an explanatory commitment to a distinction between a psychological system of grammatical competence and the performance systems engaged in putting that competence to use. I then defend the view that this distinction can be investigated by probing speakers’ linguistic intuitions. Building on the psychological goals of generative grammar and its explanatory commitment to a psychological theory of grammatical competence, I argue that generative grammar neither targets nor presupposes non-psychological grammatical properties. The latter nonpsychological properties are dispensable to grammarians’ explanations because their explanatory goals can be met by the theory of grammatical competence to which they are committed. So generative grammars have psychological properties as their subject matter and linguistics is a part of psychology
Electronic voting systems in small group tutorials
No full textEdward Palmer, Peter Devitt, Neville DeYoung, David Morrishttp://www.iml.uts.edu.au/EAC2005/papers/Palmer.htm
Online, blended learning materials in psychiatry for medical students and trainees
No full textLetterAnna Chur-Hansen, Peter Devitt, Shona Crabb, Edward Palmer, Neville De Youn
Eugene McNulty, The Ulster Literary Theatre and the Northern Revival ; John Devitt, Nicholas Grene & Chris Morash, Shifting Scenes, Irish Theatre-Going, 1955-1985
No full textPelletier Martine. Eugene McNulty, The Ulster Literary Theatre and the Northern Revival ; John Devitt, Nicholas Grene & Chris Morash, Shifting Scenes, Irish Theatre-Going, 1955-1985. In: Études irlandaises, n°33 n°2, 2008. Théâtres de France et d'Irlande : influences et interactions, sous la direction de Martine Pelletier et Alexandra Poulain. pp. 170-171
Mid-infrared absorption spectroscopy of protein aggregates using germanium on silicon waveguides
No full textProteins in human samples can be used to detect the onset of a group of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s by studying their conformational (shape and structure) changes that can cause cognitive impairment. Proteins form aggregates from normal state (monomers) to disease state (amyloid deposition and fibril formation in central nervous system) that is associated with disease progression. These changes can be diagnosed and monitored using mid-infrared (MIR) absorption spectroscopy by studying line shapes and relative absorbance of amide bands. We have demonstrated MIR spectroscopy of proteins in three stages of aggregation: monomers, oligomers and fibrils of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) protein on a germanium on silicon (GOS) waveguide in the MIR wavelength region of 5.2 – 10 μm (1900 – 1000 cm-1). The protein samples were also characterised by atomic force microscopy to confirm their structure
Randomized Controlled Trial of laparoscopic anterior 180 degrees partial vs. posterior partial fundoplication
No full textYH Lam, DI Watson, SK Thompson, PG Devitt, T Brigh
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