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[[alternative]]Montessori Design and Implementation for Preschool Aged Students in English as a Foreign Language-Dinosaurs
No full text[[abstract]]本研究以準實驗行動研究的方式，以英語為外語(EFL)運用蒙特梭利教學法向18位以中文為母語的學前兒童介紹恐龍相關字彙和知識。然後根據Stephen Krashen博士的第二語言習得(SLA)理論(1981)來檢驗英語作為第二語言(ESL)環境的預測因素，例如：第一語言主題和動機是否也適用於蒙特梭利在EFL學前幼兒園中的成效，以實現外語習得的可能性。在實施蒙特梭利教具和英語團體時間示範前後，分別以英語和中文進行口頭訪談，所有訪談問題都與恐龍字彙和恐龍相關的知識相關。在實施實驗教學五週後，對量化資料進行分析，以了解有多少學生能夠回答問題。研究結果顯示，多數學生在實驗教學後能夠以英語回答與恐龍有關的問題，而他們在這個實驗開始之前無法回答這些問題。質性資料顯示，在與實施專案實驗教學前相比，學生在實施期間對選擇恐龍相關工作更感興趣，同時，他們也能夠將課堂上獲得的訊息應用到課堂內外的適當場合中。蒙特梭利教具設計和實施的這項行動研究幫助一些學生在EFL中習得有關恐龍字彙和恐龍相關的新知，並增加了他們選擇較不喜歡的材料(如:數學)的頻率。研究數據還顯示，即使在課堂上不曾教過，學生也用中文學習了恐龍的詞彙和知識。調查第一語言主題和動機的作用，以幫助瞭解學前兒童在實施蒙特梭利教具和方法的環境中如何最有效地習得外語。[[abstract]]This study introduced dinosaur related culture vocabulary and knowledge with the Montessori Method in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to 18 Mandarin speaking preschool students in Taiwan using quasi-experimental action research. The results were then examined according to Dr. Stephen Krashen’s Second Language Acquisition (SLA) Theory (1981) to investigate if the role of factors for an effective English as a Second Language (ESL) program, such as first language subject matter and motivation, are also applicable to a Montessori EFL preschool environment in order for foreign language acquisition to be possible. Verbal interviews were conducted with questions asked in English and Mandarin before and after implementing Montessori materials and circle time demonstrations in English, all related to dinosaurs and culture vocabulary. The quantitative data was reviewed to see how many more students were able to answer the questions after implementing the materials for five weeks. The data showed that a significant amount of students were able to answer dinosaur related questions in English after implementation that they were unable to answer before this project began. Qualitative data also showed students to be more interested in choosing dinosaur related work during implementation compared to before the project and that they were able to generalize the information acquired in class in appropriate situations both in and out of the classroom. This action research of Montessori material design and implementation helped some students to acquire new knowledge about dinosaurs and culture related concepts and vocabulary in EFL and increased their choice of less preferred materials, such as Mathematics. Data also showed that students were learning dinosaur vocabulary and knowledge in Mandarin even though it was not being taught in class. The roles of age, first language subject matter and motivation are investigated to help understand how preschool children can most effectively acquire a foreign language in an environment that implements Montessori materials and methods
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
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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