Search results for "acquisition"

Teaching Physical Education in English using CLIL Methodology: A Critical Perspective

2015

Abstract Relatively little research has been carried out in Europe on teaching Physical Education (PE) in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) using the CLIL method. Although CLIL is widely used throughout Europe, the PE content is often limited merely to technical-practical skills without any significant links to a socio-cultural context, critical thinking and/or knowledge acquisition. The aim of this study is to integrate CLIL with the epistemological perspective of critical pedagogy applied to physical education (Kirk, 2014). A theoretical “deconstructive” method will be used to provide guidelines for teaching physical education through CLIL. A cultural content based on language, culture and…

The IceCube prototype string in Amanda

2006

The Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (Amanda) is a high-energy neutrino telescope. It is a lattice of optical modules (OM) installed in the clear ice below the South Pole Station. Each OM contains a photomultiplier tube (PMT) that detects photons of Cherenkov light generated in the ice by muons and electrons. IceCube is a cubic-kilometer-sized expansion of Amanda currently being built at the South Pole. In IceCube the PMT signals are digitized already in the optical modules and transmitted to the surface. A prototype string of 41 OMs equipped with this new all-digital technology was deployed in the Amanda array in the year 2000. In this paper we describe the technology and demonst…

Étude sur les réformes curriculaires par l'approche par compétences en Afrique

2009

Cette étude vise trois objectifs : réaliser un état des lieux des processus de réformes curriculaires en éducation de base en Afrique pour identifier les problèmes rencontrés, les résultats positifs et les "bonnes pratiques", aider les responsables des systèmes éducatifs à prendre des mesures pertinentes et accompagner les réformes et enfin aider les bailleurs de fonds à mieux comprendre les effets de leur aide et à mieux cibler les projets de réforme en termes de coût et d'efficacité à tous les niveaux des systèmes éducatifs impliqués.

Identification des compétences à l'école élémentaire :une approche empirique à partir des évaluations institutionnelles

2007

Cet article propose une analyse des résultats des élèves aux évaluations nationales, l’objectif étant de mieux comprendre comment les acquisitions se structurent à l’école primaire. L’intérêt de cette démarche réside principalement dans l’identification de compétences dont la maîtrise est essentielle à la réussite scolaire. L’approche choisie pour traiter la question est résolument empirique et se base sur l’examen des relations statistiques entre les items. Elle permet de répondre à plusieurs questions susceptibles d’intéresser les chercheurs en éducation, mais aussi les acteurs engagés, à différents degrés, dans le pilotage et la gestion pédagogique de l’enseignement primaire. Les évaluat…

Knowledge Acquisition in Conceptual Ontological Artificial Intelligence System

2009

The paper deals with active knowledge acquisition based on dialogue between AI system and its user. Presented method uses Conceptual Ontological Object Orientated System (COOS) to distinguish differences between concepts and to unequivocally process the input stream. In case of concepts, that do not exist in the system yet, adequate algorithms are being used to position them in ontological core. Separate concepts differ in attributes values or in sets of direct connections with other concepts. The communication aspect of the system deliver information that allow generating proper interpretation for userpsilas statement.

A very brief history of soft computing: Fuzzy Sets, artificial Neural Networks and Evolutionary Computation

2013

This paper gives a brief presentation of history of Soft Computing considered as a mix of three scientific disciplines that arose in the mid of the 20th century: Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Neural Networks, and Evolutionary Computation. The paper shows the genesis and the historical development of the three disciplines and also their meeting in a coalition in the 1990s.

Panel Discussion on Trends in Optical and Radio Data Analysis

1985

Albrecht: What I want to do is to give a brief five-minute introduction to the subject, justifying the title which puts optical and radio astronomy in one and the same category, which I believe it is, as far as data analysis is concerned, and then I will ask the panel members to give us two-minute statements of their opinions on the subject and then I would like to ask the audience to fire questions at us.

First year performance of the IceCube neutrino telescope

2006

The first sensors of the IceCube neutrino observatory were deployed at the South Pole during the austral summer of 2004-2005 and have been producing data since February 2005. One string of 60 sensors buried in the ice and a surface array of eight ice Cherenkov tanks took data until December 2005 when deployment of the next set of strings and tanks began. We have analyzed these data, demonstrating that the performance of the system meets or exceeds design requirements. Times are determined across the whole array to a relative precision of better than 3 ns, allowing reconstruction of muon tracks and light bursts in the ice, of air-showers in the surface array and of events seen in coincidence…

2012

Abstract. A compact mobile aerosol research laboratory (MoLa) for stationary and mobile measurements of aerosol and trace gas characteristics was developed at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC) in Mainz, Germany. Major efforts were made to design an aerosol inlet system which is optimized and characterised for both, stationary and mobile measurements using a particle loss modelling approach. The instrumentation on board allows the determination of a multitude of physical and chemical aerosol parameters, for example particle number and mass concentration (PM1/2.5/10), particle size distributions in the diameter range 6 nm up to 32 μm, and chemical composition of the sub-micron aer…

Data flow of spectral UV measurements at Sodankylä and Jokioinen

2016

Abstract. The data flow involved in a long-term continuous solar spectral UV irradiance monitoring program is investigated and structured to provide an overall view on the multiphase process from data acquisition to the final products. The program employing Brewer spectrophotometers as measuring instruments is maintained by the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) ever since the 1990s at two sites in Finland: Sodankylä (67° N) and Jokioinen (61° N). It is built upon rigorous operation routines, processing procedures, and tools for quality control (QC) and quality analysis (QA) under continuous development and evaluation. Three distinct levels of data emerge, each after certain phase in th…