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Pelaksanaan pendekatan komunikatif dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran bahasa Tamil di sekolah kebangsaan Negeri Selangor / Saraswathi Subrmaniam
No full textKajian ini memberi tumpuan kepada pelaksanaan pendekatan komunikatif yang digunakan oleh guru-guru Sekolah Kebangsaan dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran Bahasa Tamil di Negeri Selangor. Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti persepsi, strategi dan pemerolehan sumber pendekatan komunikatif yang digunakan oleh guru-guru Bahasa Tamil Sekolah Kebangsaan dalam amalan pengajaran dan pembelajaran dalam bilik darjah. Sampel kajian adalah seramai 65 orang guru Bahasa Tamil yang dipilih secara persampelan rawak dari sepuluh buah daerah iaitu daerah Petaling Perdana, daerah Petaling Utama, daerah Klang, daerah Sepang, daerah Gombak, daerah Kuala Langat, daerah Kuala Selangor, daerah Sabak Bernam, daerah Hulu Langat dan daerah Hulu Selangor. Objektif utama kajian ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti persepsi dan pemahaman guru Bahasa Tamil Sekolah Kebangsaan terhadap pendekatan komunikatif dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran di sekolah kebangsaan mengikut jantina dan menganalisis kepelbagaian strategi pedagogi mengikut pengalaman, pengkhususan dan lokasi. Teori kajian ini ialah teori komunikatif fungsian menggunakan Model Harmer (1983) dan Model Johnsan (1982). Kaedah Kuantitatif telah digunakan oleh pengkaji untuk membuat penganalisaan data. Bagi pengumpulan data instrumen seperti borang soal selidik telah digunakan. Kesahan soal selidik adalah berdasarkan kepada penilaian beberapa orang pakar kajian lepas manakala kebolehpercayaannya pula diperoleh melalui kajian rintis yang dijalankan apabila nilai Cronbach Alpha adalah 0.899. Secara umumnya purata bagi tahap pemahaman guru terhadap pendekatan komunikatif ialah tinggi (M = 4.02, SP = .72), diikuti persepsi guru terhadap pelaksanaan pendekatan komunikatif dalam pnp Bahasa Tamil (M = 4.02, SP = .62), seterusnya pemerolehan sumber pengetahuan pendekatan komunikatif dalam pnp Bahasa Tamil (M = 3.57, SP =.69), seterusnya masalah dalam pelaksanaan pendekatan komunikatif dalam pnp Bahasa Tamil (M = 3.61, SP = 1.03). Namun tidak terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan dalam penggunaan strategi pedagogi yang digunakan oleh guru mengikut gender, lokasi dan bidang pengkhususan
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
(R1514) Nano Continuous Mappings via Nano M Open Sets
No full textNano M open sets are a union of nano θ semi open sets and nano δ pre open sets. The properties of nano M open sets with their interior and closure operators are discussed in a previous paper. In this paper, we discuss about nano M-continuous and nano M-irresolute functions are introduced in a nano topological spaces along with their continuous and irresolute mappings. Also, nano M-open and nano M-closed functions are introduced and compare with their near open and closed mappings in a nano topological spaces. Further, nano M homeomorphism is also discussed in nano topological spaces. Also, we discuss nano e-Cts, nano e-Irr, nano eo and nano ec functions and nano eHom in nano topological spaces. Also some of their properties are well discussed
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
Testing of Motor Protection for Internal Faults
No full textProtection in electrical power system plays an important role in human and material safety during abnormal operating conditions. The heart of electrical protection system is the relay which senses abnormalities and commands the switches to break the circuit during a fault. Hence, optimization of protection parameters has gained paramount importance to ensure optimum system protection. Induction motors are employed in a majority of the industries. Failures in motors due to undetected stator inter-turn faults are a major concern in industrial applications. Such an event perturbs not only the electrical network but also the production process due to unplanned shutdowns. Although modern day numerical relays offer advanced protection to motors with a wide range of functionalities, turn-turn fault detection at incipient stage proves to be an uphill task. The imbalance due to turn-turn fault draws the attention of protection engineers to focus more on the negative sequence protection. In most motor protection failure cases where a possible turn-turn fault in stator has occurred, either the relay fails to detect the fault at an incipient stage or false trips, disrupting the process. This leads to a conclusion that the settings of protection relay parameters especially those of negative sequence are not accurate for stator turn-turn faults. This thesis concentrates on (i) Simulation of stator turn-turn faults in ATP-EMTP MODELS to generate COMTRADE files (ii) Dynamic testing of the relay for negative sequence protection at various inter-turn fault severities using Omicron secondary injection. Finally, an ideal setting for negative sequence protection, taking into account of current transformer saturation and errors, is suggested for the induction motor under consideration and the results are presented accordingly.Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer ScienceElectrical Sustainable Energ
Ecology of Adolescence in India: Implications for Policy and Practice
No full textThe kaleidoscopic images of Indian adolescents are colored by variations and inequities in region, gender, caste, and social class. The contrast between the privileged and the under privileged makes them appear as belonging to different worlds marked by the “freedoms” of the ‘haves’ and the “unfreedoms” of the have-nots. What offers hope is the significant improvement seen in literacy during the past decade. Although we are far off the mark in universalization of primary education and the enforcement of the right to education, there is reason for optimism due to significant improvements in literacy over the past decade. Adolescent health and nutrition continue to remain grave concerns. Poor reproductive health, especially of young women at risk of early marriage and pregnancy, contributes to the cycle of poor nutrition, health and poor well-being. Enlightened policies offer hope while poor implementations of programs for adolescent welfare cause for despair. The nation stands at the crossroads of economic development with a large expanding pool of adolescent population who can become contributing members of the society in the coming decades. Investment in their education and health can pay rich dividends even as the failure to do so will bring with it a high social cost. The current paper addresses these issues in the light of available empirical data. (An earlier version of the present paper based on data from the Census of India (2001) was published in Saraswathi, T. S. (2012) Ecology of Adolescence (pp188–210) in M. Kapur, H.M. Koot &M. Lamb (Eds.) Developmental Psychology and Education. New Delhi: Manek Publications Pvt. Ltd for ICSSR, NOW and ESRC. The present paper has used updated statistics from the Census of India (2001) and other statistical data wherever possible.)
Intern experience at CH���M Hill, Inc.: an internship report
No full textIncludes author's vita"Submitted to the College of Engineering of Texas A&M University in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Engineering."Includes bibliographical referencesA review of the author's internship experience with CH���M HILL, Inc.
during the period September 1975 through May 1976 is presented. During this nine month
internship the author worked as an Engineer II in the Industrial Processes discipline of this
large consulting engineering firm... The author's prime responsibility was as one of three
lead design engineers on the design of a large wastewater treatment facility for a pulp mill
in Hoquiam, Washington owned by ITT Rayonier Inc. The work generally consisted of the design
of individual treatment units and associated piping and pumping. The purpose of the project
was to provide wastewater treatment capabilities that would satisfy the effluent limitations
(standards) imposed upon the mill by the State of Washington Department of Ecology and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The author's assignment also entailed necessary
interaction with the project manager and other CH���M HILL design engineers and support staff
members, the client's representatives, and representatives of two other consulting engineering
firms working on the project. Thus, the internship position at CH���M HILL provided considerable
experience coordinating the author's work with the work of other engineers, guiding the design
and administrative efforts of a support staff, and interacting regularly with the client and
other consulting firms. This broad exposure to a variety of engineering and organizational
problems provided a valuable educational experience
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