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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
From Text to Mind Map: Using Coggle to Improve Engineering Students' Critical Reading and Thinking Abilities in ESP Courses: A Case Study of Casablanca MED V & ENSAM Engineering Students
Full text linkThis study explores the impact of summarizing texts via Coggle on the critical reading and thinking abilities of engineering students. A total of 120 engineering students from two renowned colleges in Morocco participated in this study. Half of the students, namely the MED V 1st Year Preparatory Classes students, received a training on how to create mind maps, and were asked to summarize a text entitled “Closing the Digital Divide in 2019” via the Coggle Website; while the other half, namely the ENSAM-Casa 1st Year Preparatory Classes students, did not receive any training and were asked to summarize the same text in the traditional way i.e., writing a paragraph. Both groups were given a 2-hour post-test on the same text where they had to (a) answer multiple-choice questions, (b) comment on a key statement from the text, and (c) criticize the author’s thesis. The results show that the students who received the training on Coggle outperformed the control group on the post-test, indicating that using Coggle mind maps to summarize texts can improve engineering students' critical reading and thinking abilities
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
Soft Skill Development in Moroccan EFL Higher Education
Full text linkIn nearly all institutions and educational systems across the globe, soft skills have become a top focus. Universities now try to accomplish the educational ideal of integrating and developing the soft skills of their students. There is a tacit understanding regarding the need of incorporating soft skills into education, and a great deal of literature has been produced on the subject, however, integrating and developing soft skills in language education is a less researched topic. While there are a variety of techniques of soft skill development, the primary objective of this article is to discuss soft skill development strategies in EFL higher education and soft skill integration models in higher education
Towards an ESP Hybrid Teaching Model for Moroccan Engineering Students: Case Study of the Higher National School of Arts and Crafts-Casablanca Hassan II University
Full text linkMorocco’s economic development depends largely on the ability of Morocco to gain access to a diversity of markets for which English happens to be a lingua franca. Hence, future decision makers, mainly graduates of higher specialized institutions, should be equipped with an adequate level of English enabling them to negotiate to gain more markets. However, to attain this major objective, the teaching of English in these vital and strategic institutions needs further refinements in terms of curricula that respond to both students’ and the country’s needs, provisions whose learning outcomes meet international standards and mainly the Common European Framework. English classes in higher institutions receive mixed ability students whose level ranges between elementary and upper-intermediate. They receive a one-size-fits-all input that is designed and implemented by their tutor. This state of affairs does not enable low-level nor high-level students to grow. Alternatively, there is a need for a model that can meet the wide range of needs of current learners together with the expectations of the country. This model should be based on differentiation and systematic planning which mainly respond to different students’ individual needs in the hope of resulting in their progress
ESP Needs Analysis of Business Students in Morocco: Case Study of the Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Law Hassan I University
Full text linkLearning languages for the workplace has been taken for granted as a requirement for obtaining quality employment. In a globally connected world, Business English is becoming increasingly important as more and more companies are mandating English as the common corporate language. It is highly required in order to join, communicate and compete in the international market where English is predominant.Students need specific English language practices to communicate effectively in professional settings. This study investigates English language needs of Economics and Management second year Master’s degree at the Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Law- Hassan 1st University of Settat. To this end, a questionnaire has been administered to123 students. The findings point out that the students are interested in the four language skills but want to improve their productive skills in particular. The results also show that they expect to need English for communication
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
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