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Conceptions of Assessment as an Integral Part of Language Learning: A Case Study of Finnish and Chinese University Students
2021
Assessment is viewed as an internal and pivotal part of learning, where cultural factors, previous experiences, and future aspirations affect learners’ perceptions. In recent years, an increasing number of western universities have established their campuses or “dual” programmes in China. In the first Sino–Finnish programme, 293 Finnish and Chinese students participated in the same English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course. This study investigated students’ perceptions of assessment through an adapted version of the “Students’ Conceptions of Assessment” inventory, and it explored if the responses on each conception differ between the groups. …
Multimodāli teksti latviešu valodas apguvē: zināšanām, prasmēm, emocijām
2018
Rakstam ir divas daļas: teorētiskā un praktiskā daļa. Teorētiskajā daļā es skaidrošu, kas ir izglītojošā semiotika (edusemiotics) un kā tajā tiek definēta mūsdienu sabiedrībai atbilstoša izglītība un zīmju loma mācību procesā un vispārējās dzīves pieredzes gūšanā. Tad pavisam īsi formulēšu, kas ir multimodāli teksti un kā tie aplūkojami mācību procesa kontekstā. Savukārt praktiskajā daļā es piedāvāšu tēmas “Dalīšanās ar mīlestību” izvērsumu 7.–9. klasei. Tēmas apguvē ir paredzēti autentiski teksti ar verbālas un vizuālas informācijas apvienojumu: grafiti teksti, tīmeklī populārās mēmes, emuāri un video reklāma, arī tradicionālāki teksti, piemēram: dzeja, ziņu portālu informatīvie teksti, vē…
La séduction : aspects sémantiques et rhétoriques
2016
International audience; Dans le cadre de l’analyse du discours, notre propos est d’étudier la séduction comme un rapport énonciatif particulier. Envisager le discours comme séduction, c’est poser une relation et un objectif ; deux actants articulés selon un rapport actif / passif.Nous tenterons de montrer que le discours séducteur repose sur la poétisation. C’est l’effort stylistique qui alimente la séduction argumentative. Sans l’étayage euphorique du signifiant, le lien avec le désir ne se fait pas. Comment un discours peut-il « faire envie » ? Nous étudierons avant tout les formes que peut prendre la séduction, dimension capitale permettant de travailler la dialectique qui distingue deux…
Solidarity in games with a coalition structure
2010
Abstract A new axiomatic characterization of the two-step Shapley value Kamijo (2009) is presented based on a solidarity principle of the members of any union: when the game changes due to the addition or deletion of players outside the union, all members of the union will share the same gains/losses.
Competing Against Simulated Equilibrium Price Dispersions: An Experiment on Internet-Assisted Search Markets
2005
In a four-treatment experiment, we test some of the hypotheses in García-Gallego et al. (2004) concerning competition among a number of firms of which some (or all) are indexed by a price-comparison engine facilitating buyers’ search process. In this paper, we isolate individual behavior from noise due to other players’ actions and learning, facing each subject with simulated rivals whose prices are extracted from mixed strategy equilibrium distributions. We find systematic deviations from both theoretical distributions and previous data obtained in sessions where all players were human. Specifically, departures of experimental data from the corresponding theoretical predictions are enhance…
Reciprocity, matching and conditional cooperation in two public goods games
2005
Previous experimental and empirical evidence has identified social preferences in the voluntary provision of public goods. A number of competing models of such preferences have been proposed. We provide evidence for one model of behavior in these games, reciprocity (or matching, or conditional cooperation). Consistent with previous research, we find that participants in the voluntary contribution mechanism attempt to match the contributions of others in their group. We also examine participants in a related game with different equilibria, the weakest-link mechanism. Here, in contrast, participants contribute so as to match the minimum contribution of others in their group.
Smart Cities and a Stochastic Frontier Analysis: A Comparison among European Cities
2013
The level of interest in smart cities is growing, and the recent literature on this topic (Holland, 2008; Caragliu et al., 2009, Nijkamp et al., 2011 and Lombardi et al., 2012) identifies a number of factors that characterise a city as smart, such as economic development, environment, human capital, culture and leisure, and e-governance. Thus, the smartness concept is strictly linked to urban efficiency in a multifaceted way. A seminal research for European policy conducted by Giffinger et al. (2007) defines a smart city on the basis of several intangible indicators, such as a smart economy, smart mobility, smart environment, smart people, smart living, and smart governance. These authors’ …
What is your couple type? Gender ideology, housework-sharing, and babies
2015
AbstractBACKGROUNDIt is increasingly acknowledged that not only gender equality but also gender ideology plays a role in explaining fertility in advanced societies. In a micro perspective, the potential mismatch between gender equality (i.e., the actual sharing taking place in a couple) and gender ideology (i.e., attitudes and beliefs regarding gender roles) may drive childbearing decisions.OBJECTIVEThis paper assesses the impact of consistency between gender equality in attitudes and equality in the division of household labour on the likelihood of having another child, for different parities.METHODSRelying on two-wave panel data of the Bulgarian, Czech, French, Hungarian, and Lithuanian G…
Presentació del monogràfic «La crisi del nou humanisme a Catalunya, 1918-1936»
2021
Presentació del monogràfic «La crisi del nou humanisme a Catalunya, 1918-1936», coordinat per Xavier Pla i Francesc Montero.
Negative Relationships in the Workplace
2019
A workplace is a network of various relationships, each with their own distinctive features. Negative coworker relationships, such as bullying relationships, may cause significant long-term emotional and psychophysical strain for the individuals involved, the coworkers who observe such relationships, and the entire organization. In contrast to an isolated workplace conflict, a negative relationship can include recurring patterns of dismissive and offensive communication or the perceived threat of such. This chapter explores nonvoluntary relationships that the participants are, to a certain extent, forced to maintain due to their shared office space and organizational goals. Because ending t…