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Effectively digitizing communication with Turnitin for improved writing in a multilingual classroom
Full text linkThis research aims to establish the effect of computer technology, specifically referring to the use of Turnitin, on writing in a South African multilingual language class. By employing a qualitative case study, the researchers observed the development of writing skills of 19 learners in an Afrikaans First Additional Language (FAL) class, utilising the internet and harnessing the use of blogs to collect data. Electronic interviews with learners and focus group discussions in a specially created chat room with other FAL teachers in the school were conducted to collect data. The conceptual framework incorporated the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework and Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development (1978). This adapted framework was employed as the lens to evaluate the efficacy of computer technology on writing. Findings indicate that the innovative application of Turnitin, a tool that provides a similarity index, to provide written corrective feedback (WCF), started an iterative cycle of review and contribution which lead to self-directed learning through spontaneous written collaboration amongst learners. Teaching was enhanced, learners felt more organised which resulted in more confidence, and learners’ individual needs were met. Instant access to the grammar rules via Turnitin’s quick mark comment led to the integration of the grammar rules and writing which is optimal for successful Afrikaans FAL writing.http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jlthb201
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
The effect of computer technology on learning in a multi-linguistic language class
Full text linkThesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2015.This research aims to establish the effect of computer technology on learning in a multilinguistic language class. South African learners in a grade 11-multilinguistic language class who have Afrikaans First Additional Language (FAL) as a subject did not necessarily receive instruction in Afrikaans as a home language in their primary school years. There are first language, first additional language, second additional language and third additional language speakers of Afrikaans in one class; all from different backgrounds, cultures and social circles. The challenge is that at the end of the year all of them have to reach the same learning outcomes and are evaluated by the same assessment criteria in Afrikaans FAL. The literature review includes an explanation of the theories of new literacies, FAL acquisition and previous research in the field of the integration of emerging technologies. My conceptual framework adapts the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework to incorporate Vygotsky‘s zone of proximal development (1978). By employing a qualitative case study, I observed the development and learning of 19 learners in such a multilinguistic language class, utilising the power of the internet and harnessing the use of specially created blogs to collect data. Technological platforms such as blogs, chat rooms and e-portfolios were employed to observe learners‘ language behaviour and the cyber-culture shared by each other. Findings firstly indicate that learners and teachers in this inquiry prefer the integration of technology in the FAL classroom. Secondly, authentic instructions and written corrective feedback (WCF) were key components that encouraged deep FAL learning. In the third place, the integration of the Turnitin software program in a second language classroom has given rise to a different style of communication and resulted in spontaneous collaboration amongst all learners interacting in the target language on the discussion board of Turnitin. Not only was language acquisition enhanced, but self-directed learning was scaffolded in a social constructivist environment.tm2015Science, Mathematics and Technology EducationPhDUnrestricte
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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