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L2-ruotsin lausepainon sanallinen kuvaaminen – menetelmällisiä käänteitä ääntämisen arviointiin
2020

 
 
 In this study, we explore how sentence stress is described in pronunciation assessment. The data, also used in two previous studies, consist of listener ratings of Finnish-speaking learners’ pronunciation in read-aloud and free speech. The listeners rated the speakers’ pronunciation on segmental and suprasegmental level on a numeric scale and verbally. Typical descriptions of sentence stress in the data focus on specific error categories and general comments. The sentence stresses that were assessed with the lowest ratings were often described in more detail than those with higher ratings. According to the raters’ comments, the sentence stresses that got the lowest rati…
The European Business excellence model and its improvement
2020
Nowadays the practice of self-assessment is the strategy recommended by the EFQM Excellence Model for organizations aiming for improvement on organizational performance. Rigorous self-assessment helps large, small and medium companies work more efficiently, and it is a comprehensive, systematic and regular exercise for the evaluation of companies’ activities and results. Today’s customers have higher requirements than ever before. Therefore, in order to be competitive in the twenty first century, organizations need to improve continuously, meet the standards of excellence in quality and performance. One of the ways to achieve excellence is the use of Business Excellence Models. The aim of t…
“Can do!” Teacher Promotion of Optimism in Response to Student Failure Expectation Expressions in Classroom Discourse
2019
This study offers detailed observational analyses of how teachers use optimism as an instructional resource when responding to students’ failure expectation displays in classroom situations. The results were based on video-recordings of 25 lessons in two Finnish part-time special education settings, analysed by means of applied conversation analysis. The results showed that the teachers boosted optimism by inverting students’ negative utterances, giving examples of successful experiences of peers, offering praise for students’ earlier performance or focusing on problems through instructional support. The study underlines the importance of addressing and elaborating students’ negative learni…
Conditioned Pain Modulation Is Not Impaired in Individuals with Frozen Shoulder: A Case-Control Study
2021
Frozen shoulder (FS) is a poorly understood condition resulting in substantial shoulder pain and mobility deficits. The mechanisms behind FS are not yet fully understood, but, similar to other persistent pain states, central pain mechanisms may contribute to ongoing symptoms in this population. The objective of this research was to investigate conditioned pain modulation (CPM) in people with FS compared with pain-free individuals. A total of 64 individuals with FS and 64 healthy volunteers participated in this cross-sectional study. CPM was assessed by using the pressure pain threshold (PPT) and an occlusion cuff (tourniquet test) as the test and conditioning stimulus, respectively. The abs…
The inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the Actual Aquatic Skills Test (AAST) for assessing young children’s motor competence in the water
2021
As children’s actual aquatic skills are important for the prevention of drowning as well as their engagement in lifelong aquatic physical activity, researchers and practitioners should be able to assess this vital concept accurately and reliably. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the Actual Aquatic Skills Test (AAST), consisting of 17 different test items for the assessment of young children’s motor competence in the water. Six raters received a training and evaluation session on scoring the AAST, after which five of them assessed four test videos (of various children (n = 38) performing the test items) twice, with one to t…
An assessment model for the musical material produced during the course of music therapy
2016
Assessment is described as the collection and analysis of information with an objective of planning and implementing an effective treatment program. Past research suggests that the professional recognition, level of communication in interdisciplinary teams and the results of research directly depend on the successful implementation of an assessment system. However, to date no tools that assess musical material produced during the course of music therapy are formalised or widely implemented into clinical practice. After exploration of both the clinicians’ and researchers’ needs for an assessment system and thorough analysis of the existing assessment tools used in music therapy settings, an …
Assessment of oral skills in upper secondary schools in Finland : Teachers view
2009
Kielitaidon arviointi on oleellinen osa kielenopetusta. Kieli ja kielitaito koostuvat erilaisista osista; kirjallisesta ja suullisesta taidosta sekä kuuntelun ymmärtämisestä. Jokainen näistä osa-alueista vaatii omanlaisensa opetustavat sekä arviointiasteikot tasapuolisen ja pysyvän arvioinnin mahdollistamiseksi. Suullisen kielitaidon arviointi vaatii erityisesti aikaa sekä nopeaa reagointia opettajan puolelta, sillä mikäli tilannetta ei nauhoiteta, voi opettaja arvioida vain yhtä suoritusta kerrallaan. Erityisen hankalaa suullisen kielitaidon arviointi on normaalissa luokkahuonetilanteessa, jossa paikalla on useita oppilaita. Tämä tutkimus keskittyi tutkimaan suullisen kielitaidon arvioint…
Ego resiliency assessment in a group of teenagers
2010
Diagnozowanie uczniów - program - realizacja a jakość kształcenia
2014
eValue ja Amazing Case : ilmiölähtöisen oppimisen arvioinnin kehittäminen opettajankoulutuksessa
2019
Ilmiölähtöisen opetuksen kehittämisen myötä ovat myös arvioinnin kehittämistarpeet vahvistuneet. Artikkelissa tarkastellaan eValue-hankkeessa tehtyä kehittämistyötä ilmiöperustaisen oppimisen arviointikäytänteiden kehittämiseksi opettajankoulutuksessa. Hankkeessa toteutettiin ilmiölähtöinen, monitieteinen oppimiskokonaisuus, jossa opettajaopiskelijat osallistettiin oppimisprosessinsa suunnitteluun, toteutukseen ja arviointiin alusta pitäen. Artikkelissa tarkastellaan opiskelijoiden kokemuksia osallistavasta arviointiprosessista osana heidän omaa oppimistaan sekä heidän ammatillista kehittymistään ja mallinnetaan, kuinka osallistava arviointi rakentuu osaksi ilmiölähtöistä oppimiskokonaisuut…