Changing UK library and information services; a case study at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle informed by the eLib IMPEL2 Project     

Maureen Jackson  June Thoburn  Graham Walton  Joan Day 《New Review of Academic Librarianship》2013,19(1):71-85

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On complexity reduction of concept lattices: three counterexamples     

Michal Krupka 《Information Retrieval》2012,15(2):151-156

We discuss the paper by Cheung and Vogel, Inf Retr 8(2), pp 285–299 (2005). We introduce some counterexamples showing that the theoretical results, the paper is based upon, are incorrect.  相似文献   

Whole‐word shape effect in dyslexia     

Michal Lavidor 《Journal of Research in Reading》2011,34(4):443-454

The research question here was whether whole‐word shape cues might facilitate reading in dyslexia following reports of how normal‐reading children benefit from using this cue when learning to read. We predicted that adults with dyslexia would tend to rely more on orthographic rather than other cues when reading, and therefore would be more affected by word shape manipulations. This prediction was tested in a lexical decision task on words with a flat or a non‐flat outline (i.e. without or with letters with ascending/descending features). We found that readers with dyslexia were significantly faster when reading non‐flat compared with flat words, while typical readers did not benefit from whole‐word shape cues. The interaction of participants' group and word shape was not modulated by word frequency; that is word outline shape facilitated reading for both rare and frequent words. Our results suggest that enhanced sensitivity to orthographic cues is developed in some cases of dyslexia when normal, phonology‐based word recognition processing is not exploited.  相似文献   

Identifying young gifted children and cultivating problem solving abilities and multiple intelligences     

Ching-Chih Kuo  June Maker  Fang-Liu Su  Chun Hu 《Learning and individual differences》2010,20(4):365-379

The “Enrichment Program for Cultivating Problem Solving Abilities and Multiple Intelligences for Gifted Preschoolers” (PSMIGP program) was the first enrichment program for young gifted children in Taiwan. It was an extra-curricular program that was implemented over a 3-year period. The assessment and curriculum were designed by adapting the main part of the DISCOVER curriculum.The purpose of this paper was to introduce the identification model and to analyze the participants' performance in problem solving activities and in demonstrating their special talents. To offer enrichment services for gifted young children, the researchers developed an identification model to discover more young gifted children and serve their needs in learning, regardless of the nature of their talents, disabilities, or cultural or socio-economical status. All participating young children were screened in a three-stage process that included both objective and subjective assessments, including checklists, interviews, portfolio assessment, group intelligence tests, observation in the play corner, individual intelligence tests, and structured observation activities. It was also necessary to adjust the standardized test procedure to fit the needs of twice exceptional young children.In total there were sixty-one preschoolers participated in this three-year program, including eleven twice exceptional children and one child from a new immigrant home. Among these sixty-one preschoolers, eight of them participated in two years of the program; the others only participated in one year of the program.The results of this enrichment program found significant correlations among the measurement scores; the scores of teacher assessment of problem solving abilities also showed that most students performed well on all five kinds of problem solving types. From children's archives, participating children presented scientific thinking characteristics, such as rich knowledge with fascinating imagination and the ability to seek many approaches to solving problems. They were delighted to challenge others and pleased to be challenged. The twice exceptional children also performed well in the program, especially those children with autism whose progress in social skills and group adaptability were remarkable. In sum, the researchers in this program had a belief that children, whether gifted or not, did not get the satisfaction of making progress until they had opportunities to find and develop their potentials.  相似文献   

MATHEMATICS EDUCATORS’ VIEWS ON THE ROLE OF MATHEMATICS LEARNING IN DEVELOPING DEDUCTIVE REASONING     

Michal Ayalon  Ruhama Even 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2010,8(6):1131-1154

This study examines the views of people involved in mathematics education regarding the commonly stated goal of using mathematics learning to develop deductive reasoning that is usable outside of mathematical contexts. The data source includes 21 individual semi-structured interviews. The findings of the study show that the interviewees ascribed different meanings to the above-stated goal. Moreover, none of them said that it is possible to develop formal logic-based reasoning useful outside of mathematics, but for different reasons. Three distinct views were identified: the intervention–argumentation view, the reservation–deductive view, and the spontaneity–systematic view. Each interviewee’s view was interrelated with the interviewee’s approach to deductive reasoning and its nature in mathematics and outside it.  相似文献   

Multi-function microsystem for cells migration analysis and evaluation of photodynamic therapy procedure in coculture     

Elzbieta Jastrzebska  Ilona Grabowska-Jadach  Michal Chudy  Artur Dybko  Zbigniew Brzozka 《Biomicrofluidics》2012,6(4)

Cell migration is an important physiological process, which is involved in cancer metastasis. Therefore, the investigation of cell migration may lead to the development of novel therapeutic approaches. In this study, we have successfully developed a microsystem for culture of two cell types (non-malignant and carcinoma) and for analysis of cell migration dependence on distance between them. Finally, we studied quantitatively the influence of photodynamic therapy (PDT) procedures on the viability of pairs of non-malignant (MRC5 or Balb/3T3) and carcinoma (A549) cells coculture. The proposed geometry of the microsystem allowed for separate introduction of two cell lines and analysis of cells migration dependence on distance between the cells. We found that a length of connecting microchannel has an influence on cell migration and viability of non-malignant cells after PDT procedure. Summarizing, the developed microsystem can constitute a new tool for carrying out experiments, which offers a few functions: cell migration analysis, carcinoma and non-malignant cells coculture, and evaluation of PDT procedure in the various steps of cell migration.  相似文献   

Individual differences in reading comprehension gains from assisted reading practice: pre existing conditions, vocabulary acquisition, and amounts of practice     

Michal Shany  Andrew Biemiller 《Reading and writing》2010,23(9):1071-1083

We conducted a study of the effects of assisted reading practice (Shany & Biemiller, 1995). In this paper we examined the original data to find factors affecting gains in reading comprehension. We contrasted 14 children who had below median gains in reading comprehension and 15 who had above median gains. There were no significant correlations between pre-program language and reading measures and reading comprehension gains. High comprehension gainers made significantly larger gains in vocabulary. In the previous report on this research, we found that reading practice had large beneficial impact on reading comprehension. In this study we also found that children who gained significantly more vocabulary had also significantly higher gains in reading comprehension. Implications are discussed.  相似文献   

'Those having matches . . .’; an alternative approach to teacher appraisal     

Fran D'Alcan  Martin Alexander  Konrad Machej  June McCafferty 《Cambridge Journal of Education》1986,16(2):154-156

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Healthcare librarians and learner support: a review of competences and methods   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Robinson L  Hilger-Ellis J  Osborne L  Rowlands J  Smith JM  Weist A  Whetherly J  Phillips R 《Health information and libraries journal》2005,22(Z2):42-50

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The “over-educated” Kibbutz: Shifting relations between social reproduction and individual development on the Kibbutz     

Zelda F. Gamson  Michal Palgi 《Interchange》1982,13(1):55-67

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