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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
STORYTELLING IN TEACHING LITERACY IN AN EFL CLASSROOM : A Descriptive Study of Eighth Grade Students of a Private Junior High School in Cipatat, West Bandung
No full textThis paper reports a study on the implementation of storytelling technique in teaching literacy to second graders of junior high school in West Bandung. The study aims to investigate the way of implementing storytelling in teaching literacy. It finds out the advantages and constrains in implementing storytelling in teaching literacy. The study employed a descriptive qualitative research design. The data were obtained from several instruments, namely class observations, students’ interviews and students’ writing products which were analyzed using writing assessment criteria. The findings revealed that the teaching program which was implemented in seven units was successful to develop students’ literacy ability. Specifically, they showed improvement on reading comprehension and interest. Besides that, in writing they showed their development in schematic structures, grammar roles, and graphic features. Moreover, the data from observations, interviews, and documentation of students’ texts showed some benefits and challenges in implementing the teaching program. These include (1) developing students’ literacy ability; (2) arousing students’ imagination; (3) enriching students’ vocabulary; and (4) developing students’ reading awareness and interest. Besides benefits, some challenges also found in this study. The challenges had something to do with students’ proficiency and length of texts. Based on those findings, it is suggested that this teaching program will be more effective if it is applied in the regular teaching using classroom action research. ;
Tesis ini melaporkan sebuah penelitian tentang penerapan teknik storytelling dalam pengajaran literasi untuk siswa kelas dua sekolah menengah pertama di Bandung Barat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menginvestigasi tahapan pengimplementasian storytelling dalam pengajaran literasi dan keuntungan penggunaan teknik ini. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian kualitatif deskriptif. Data dalam penelitian ini diperoleh dari beberapa instrumen, yaitu observasi kelas, interview siswa dan hasil menulis siswa yang dianalisis menggunakan kriteria penilaian menulis. Hasil temuan penelitian ini menyatakan bahwa program pengajaran yang diterapkan dalam tujuh unit dapat mengembangkan kemampuan literasi siswa. Secara spesifik, beberapa siswa menunjukkan perkembangan dalam memahami teks bacaan dan ketertarikan dalam membaca. Selain itu, dalam menulis mereka menunjukan perkembangan terutama dalam penggunaan tata bahasa dan struktur penulisan. Selanjutnya, data dari observasi, interview, dan teks hasil kerja siswa menunjukkan beberapa kelebihan dan hambatan dalam pengimplementasian program pengajaran. Hal tersebut meliputi (1) mengembangkan kemampuan literasi siswa; (2) meningkatkan imaginasi siswa; (3) memperkaya perbendaharaan kata siswa; dan (4) mengembangkan kesadaran dan ketertarikan membaca siswa. Selain kelebihan diatas, beberapa hambatan juga ditemukan di penelitian ini. Hambatan tersebut berhubungan dengan kemampuan bahasa Inggris siswa dan panjang teks bacaan. Berdasarkan temuan tersebut, penelitian ini merekomendasikan bahwa program pengajaran ini dapat lebih efektif jika diaplikasikan saat pengajaran di kelas dengan menggunakan penelitian tindakan kelas
THE ANALYSIS OF TEACHERS’ PREPARATION IN USING ENGLISH TEXTBOOK
Get PDFMost teachers focus more on taking the materials and delivering all chapters from textbook rather preparing their own materials with supplementary materials from other sources. The study aims to investigate the ways and the advantages of teachers’ preparation in using textbook creatively. Qualitative case study was utilized to get clear illustration of teachers’ preparation in combining the textbook with other materials. The study revealed that in using textbook creatively, teachers did some steps which suggested by Harmer (2007b),such as replacing, adding, and adapting. The data also obtained some advantages, namely (1) matching the materials which are suitable for the students; (2) engaging students’ interest in learning; (3) giving new experience for teachers; and (4) bringing the reality to the students. In addition, when teachers combined
textbook with other authentic materials, it was responded positively by the students and it gave a number of benefits for both the teachers and students. Thus, it is recommended that the next researchers may want to conduct the research about instructional materials from preparation stage until the implementation in the classroom
STORYTELLING IN TEACHING LITERACY: BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES
Get PDFLiteracy has become a crucial position in education, especially in Indonesia. It is used as one of ways to develop education through developing the culture of reading, writing, and counting. The study aims to find out benefits and challenges of implementing storytelling in teaching literacy. The study employed a qualitative descriptive research design. The data were obtained from students’ interview and observation. The findings found some benefits in implementing teaching program which include using two languages as the medium of interaction, providing suitable learning materials and various media, using of dramatization to show a character’s expression, asking moral value of the story as an evaluation instrument, developing students’ literacy ability, arousing students’ imagination, enriching students’ vocabulary, and developing students’ reading awareness and interest. Meanwhile, some challenges found in implementing teaching program are students’ proficiency and length of texts. Based on those findings, it is suggested to provide more times to truly explore students’ literacy ability and their preference in story
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe 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
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