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On UML modeling tool evaluation, use and training
2017
Unified Modeling Language™ (UML) is an international standard for systems modeling. UML is used for modeling requirements, architecture, detailed design, and software code generation. UML modeling tools offer graphical editors for UML model development, generating software from UML models, creating UML models from the software, and supporting collaborative model development. This thesis offers new knowledge about UML modeling tool use, evaluation, and training. The main research question is: How can a globally distributed product company where UML modeling activities are scattered across different locations and countries implement a UML modeling tool? Five studies comprise the research proc…
Automatic content analysis in collaborative inquiry-based learning
2019
In the field of science education, content analysis is a popular way to analyse collaborative inquiry-based learning (CIBL) processes. However, content analysis is time-consuming when conducted by humans. In this paper, we introduce an automatic content analysis method to identify the different inquiry-based learning (IBL) phases from authentic student face-to-face discussions. We illustrate the potential of automatic content analysis by comparing the results of manual content analysis (conducted by humans) and automatic content analysis (conducted by computers). Both the manual and automatic content analyses were based on manual transcriptions of 11 groups’ CIBL processes. Two researchers …
Vieraasta kielestä omiksi sanoiksi: Mitä Vološinov sanoi kielen oppimisesta ja opettamisesta?
2014
Toisten ja vieraiden kielten opettamisen perustana ovat mm. erilaiset kieltä ja sen oppimista koskevat käsitykset. Mitä siis opetetaan, kun opetetaan kieltä? Mitä opiskelija kokee oppivansa, kun hän opiskelee kieltä? Mitä arvioidaan, kun arvioidaan kielitaitoa? Usein kieltä – kielenopetuksen keskeisintä käsitettä – tunnutaan pitävän itsestään selvänä. Sitä se ei kuitenkaan ole. Muuttuva maailma ja uudet teoreettiset näkökulmat pakottavat tarkistamaan myös kielikäsityksiä. Tässä artikkelissa esittelen dialogista kielikäsitystä ja keskityn erityisesti Valentin N. Vološinovin antiin. nonPeerReviewed
Changing society - changing language learning and teaching practices?
2012
Swift and unexpected changes have taken place in society over the past few decades: globalisation, increasing mobility, labour market changes and fast technological development have transformed society, making it multicultural, multilingual and multimodal. Education – and here above all language education – is at the centre of most societal activities and should be able to react to the changes quickly and flexibly. However, the changes in education are slow, and the views of the parties involved in the various levels of education as to the changes and their consequences do not always correspond. The purpose of this article is to outline the field of language education in the midst of the cu…
Investigating the effectiveness of a digital game-based task on the acquisition of word knowledge
2020
This study investigates the probable effect of a digital game-based vocabulary learning (DGBVL) task on the acquisition of some components of a word knowledge framework. In so doing, 124 Persian speakers (56 males and 68 females) were randomly assigned to either a control or an experimental group. The experimental group participants completed a DGBVL task for acquiring ten low-frequent inanimate object names, or lexical nouns, by playing a commercial adventure game. The control group participants practiced the same words in a fill-in-the-blank vocabulary acquisition exercise. In brief, first, all participants sat for a word-checklist and a proficiency test; next, they completed their tasks,…
Kieli objektina : miten lapset mieltävät kielen
2003
In this article, children’s views to language are discussed. The data comes from a project called Situated metalinguistic awareness and foreign language learning. It is argued that in children’s conceptualizations, the knowledge and skills that are required at school are separate from the skills of everyday life. For example, the English they learn in everyday life - “Play Station English” - is not identified with the “Classroom English”. It is suggested that the gap between school and everyday life, or, between different school subjects dealing with language (mother tongue and foreign languages) should be better bridged. peerReviewed
Show, Don't Tell : Visualising Finnish Word Formation in a Browser-Based Reading Assistant
2020
This paper presents the NiinMikaOli?! reading assistant for Finnish. The focus is upon the simplified presentation and visualisation of a wide range of word-level linguistic phenomena of the Finnish language in a unified form so as to benefit language learners. The system is available as a browser extension, intended to be used in-context, with authentic texts, in order to encourage free reading in language learners. peerReviewed
Kieli - selviytymisstrategia
2005
Virkaanastujaisesitelmä Jyväskylän yliopistossa 24.11.2004 nonPeerReviewed
”Ai niin, unohdin pyyhkeen ja uikkarin kielisuihkutteluun tänään.” Vieraiden kielten aineenopettajiksi opiskelevien kokemuksia kielisuihkutuksesta
2015
Kuvaamme artikkelissamme vieraiden kielten aineenopettajaksi opiskelevien kokemuksia kielisuihkutusmetodista varhaisen vieraan kielenoppimisen ja -opettamisen välineenä. Tutkimusaineisto koostuu 15 soveltavan ohjatun opetusharjoittelun harjoitteluraportista, joissa kuvataan aamu- ja iltapäivätoiminnassa ja esiopetuksessa suoritettua opetusharjoittelua. Lähestymme tutkimusaineistoa laadullisesti. Tutkimusaineiston analyysissä on etsitty vastauksia, miksi opiskelijat ovat hakeutuneet kielisuihkutukseen, mitä tavoitteita he asettivat kielisuihkutukselle ja sen sisällölle sekä, kuinka he ovat kokeneet harjoittelun vaikuttaneen heidän ammatilliseen kehitykseensä. Opiskelijat ovat kokeneet kielis…