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An analysis of ESL students' attitudes about the use of listserv discussions in their college composition classrooms /
No full textTeaching a writing web class based on reflective questionnaires
No full text 本稿は平成25年度前期の「総合英語３」（ライティング）において, Web Class を利用したライティング授業を報告するものである。Web Classは岡山大学教育開発センターIT活用教育専門委員会・e-Learning 支援室が提供する基盤システムであり，本稿の実践クラスでは，おもに課題のやりとり，教員からのフィードバック，およびピアレビューなどがもちいられた。学期末に実施した振り返りアンケートからは，上級レベルの学生は「ピアレビュー」に，初級レベルの学生は「教員からのコメントフィードバック」にWeb Class の機能としての効果を認識していることがわかった。Web Classの利用は英語ライティング授業のアクティビティーの選択肢を広げることになると思われるが，学生のレベルや指導の目的を考慮したうえで，利用が求められることもあらためて確認された
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
An analysis of the use of Criterion in a writing classroom in Japan
No full textCriterion is a web-based writing assessment system developed by English Testing Service (ETS) which automatically provides learners with feedback as well as a score on essays that are written using the system. This descriptive study examined 28 Japanese adult students’ TOEFL writing essays to explore what Criterion can and cannot do with regard to providing feedback on the essays. Criterion’s critique function was compared with a human instructor’s error feedback focusing on five error categories: verbs, word choice, nouns, articles, and sentence structures. The results revealed that Criterion experienced difficulties in detecting errors in all of the five categories. Through the study, it is suggested that Criterion should be implemented into a classroom with a team of teachers rather than as a standing-alone evaluation tool
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
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