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Le competenze auto-percepite degli insegnanti in formazione iniziale: validazione di una scala per misurare le abilità metodologiche / The self-perceived skills of teachers in initial training: validation of a scale to measure methodological skills
Full text linkThe aim of this study is to investigate the self-perceived methodological skills of teachers in initial training, enrolled in the five-year single-cycle Degree Courses in Primary Teacher Education – LM 85bis - in two Italian university contexts. On the base of the literature, four key competences (design; assessment; communication; reporting) are analysed, considered to be the foundations of the profiles of teaching professionals. From a methodological point of view, a tool has been calibrated to explore the self-perceived skills of future teachers, who in the next phase will also be correlated to a greater or lesser didactic performance, in terms of marks obtained in the exams. The contribution documents the first phase of the research focused on the construction of the main investigative tool (scale) and the try-out phase to verify its content validity, metrological robustness and reliability matrix, paying particular attention to the effects of the different factors (parameters) and the sub-scales related to its. In light of the importance of conducting explorations focused on pedagogical skills that typify the teacher's professionalism, the scientific debate, in fact, highlights the need for those involved in teacher training to devote sufficient time to building these skills, which are essential to act effectively in a teaching situation.Lo scopo di questo studio è quello di indagare le competenze metodologiche auto-percepite di insegnanti in formazione iniziale, iscritti ai corsi di laurea quinquennale a ciclo unico in Scienze della Formazione Primaria – LM 85bis - in due contesti universitari italiani. Sulla base della letteratura vengono analizzate quattro competenze chiave (progettazione; valutazione; comunicazione; relazione), considerate fondanti dei profili dei professionisti dell’insegnamento. Dal punto di vista metodologico è stato tarato uno strumento diretto ad esplorare le competenze auto-percepite dei futuri insegnanti, che in fase successiva verranno correlate anche ad un maggiore o minore rendimento didattico, in termini di voti ottenuti agli esami. Il contributo documenta la prima fase della ricerca incentrata sulla costruzione dello strumento principale di indagine (scala) e sulla fase di try-out per verificarne la validità di contenuto, la robustezza metrologica e la matrice di affidabilità, prestando particolare attenzione agli effetti dei diversi fattori (parametri) e alle sub-scale ad essa riferiti.
Alla luce dell'importanza di condurre esplorazioni incentrate su competenze pedagogiche tipizzanti la professionalità dell’insegnante, il dibattito scientifico, infatti, evidenzia la necessità, per coloro che si occupano di formazione degli insegnanti, di dedicare tempo sufficiente alla costruzione di tali competenze, indispensabili per agire efficacemente in situazione didattica
Developing logical reasoning in primary school: The impact of a cognitive enhancement programme
No full textIn an increasingly complex world, the development of logical reasoning skills is vital for students of all ages. This study investigates the impact of the Logical Intelligence Enhancement Program (LIEP) on the logical reasoning skills of a large sample of primary school students aged between eight and eleven. The research encompasses 54 classes across nine Italian state primary schools, with half of the classes participating in the LIEP training and the other half forming the control group. Results demonstrate significant improvements in logical reasoning abilities among the students who participated in the LIEP training, as indicated by both near and far effects on tasks assessing logical reasoning (an LIEP-like task for near effect and the Matrix Reasoning subtest of the WISC-IV for far effect). Student and teacher feedback reinforces the programme’s positive influence on cognitive development and learning experiences. These findings underscore the potential value of LIEP for strengthening critical thinking skills in primary education
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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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