Search results for "construct"

Variation and variability in L2 learning trajectories : Learning the Finnish existential construction

2022

Taking an onomasiological approach and a dynamic usage-based perspective, this study explores how four beginning L2 learners of Finnish develop in expressing existentiality (‘there is something somewhere’) before and after instruction. Data were collected weekly over a period of nine months and examined for conventionalized and non-conventionalized constructions that express existentiality. As expected from a dynamic usage-based perspective, both inter-individual variation and intra-individual variability were identified. The initial repertoires of two of the learners were quite variable, as they used several different non-conventionalized constructions before settling on more conventionali…

Stone walls in Sicilian late Gothic buildings. Typological influences, constructive techniques and restorations in the twentieth century

2010

The construction of stone walls in the Sicilian Late Gothic architecture – in use for a period spanning between the 15th and 16th centuries – shows stylistic influences and constructive techniques strongly related to the relationship between the local guilds and those from other parts of the Mediterranean area. A specific Sicilian constructive tradition becomes apparent in the transitional period stretching between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, this being the result of communication between Sicilian and foreign guilds alongside cultural changes and evident stylistic analogies, with Spanish architecture in particular. The research performed has focused on the study of a large number o…

Bionika vidusskolas fizikas mācību satura apguvē

2013

ANOTĀCIJA Promocijas darba „ Bionika vidusskolas fizikas mācību satura apguvē” mērķis - izpētīt vidusskolas fizikas mācību saturu, bionikas ieviešanas iespējamību fizikas apguves procesā, izstrādāt skolēnu zināšanas par dabu integrējošu didaktisko modeli, kas sekmē dabaszinību un tehnoloģiju kompetences attīstību un veicina intereses veidošanos par dabaszinātnēm. Pētījumā veikta literatūras un izglītības dokumentācijas analīze par fizikas mācību procesa īstenošanas pedagoģiski psiholoģiskajiem aspektiem, par mācību satura attīstību konstruktīvā, uz kontekstiem balstītā pedagoģiskajā procesā, izstrādāts skolēnu zināšanas par dabu integrējošs didaktiskais modelis, integrējot bioniku vidusskol…

Xarxes socials i valors democràtics. Les tecnologies de la informació i de la comunicació democràtiques com a metodologia

2020

L'us de les TIC s'ha estès de forma vertiginosa a les nostres societats. Actualment, més de la meitat dels xiquets d'entre 9 i 10 anys utilitzen algun tipus de dispositiu electrònic almenys una vegada al dia, però es a la franja d'edat entre els 13 i els 14 on l'smatphone dona el salt i es convertix, d'una tecnologia d'ús esporàdic lúdic, a una ferramenta de comunicació entre el grup d'iguals. Per això es fa una proposta didàctica basada en valors democràtics, pensada per a l'entrenament de l'aprenentatge autoregulat i per a una educació tecnològica amb les TIC que, per una banda, reduïsca les desigualtats (fonamentalment l'escletxa digital) i, per altra, eduque en el correcte ús d'aquestes…

Etude du coaching d’un directeur de recherche de l’INRAE. Soutenu publiquement le 9 janvier 2023. Diplôme d’Université « Coaching & Management ». Par…

2023

The world of public research seems at first sight to be very little concerned by themanagement issues of the business world in which the right decisions must be taken and forwhich there is an obligation to perform. The very idea of coaching researchers seemsincongruous. The purpose of this study is to challenge this idea, by describing precisely whatthe profession of researcher is in the world of public research - their belonging to very complexstructures and the demanding challenges they have to face - then by studying thecontributions of cognitive-behavioural coaching methodologies. The analysis of the practiceshows that coaching based on constructivist psychology can lead to a better pra…

Visitor’s Motivational Framework and Wine Routes’ Contribution to Sustainable Agriculture and Tourism

2022

Wine Routes develop inside the larger context of wine tourism (WT), which is increasingly important for rural communities. Italy is one of the most important countries in the world for wine production and tourism. Sicily is one of the leading regions in Italy for wine production and wine tourists. This study focuses on the Sicilian wine routes (SWRs) and gives an excursus of their development during the last ten years, highlighting strengths and weaknesses. Moreover, the study wants to make an attempt to bridge the existing gap in the literature and highlight the nature and extent of the contribution of the SWR to the development of the WT ‘product’ from the perspective of the increasingly …

An Evaluation of the Belief in Science Scale

2019

The Belief in Science Scale (BISS) is a unidimensional measure that assesses the degree to which science is valued as a source of superior knowledge. Due to increased academic interest in the concept of belief in science, the BISS has emerged as an important measurement instrument. Noting an absence of validation evidence, the present paper, via two studies, evaluated the scale’s factorial structure. Both studies drew on data collected from previous research. Study 1 (N = 686), using parallel analysis and exploratory factor analysis, identified a unidimensional solution accounting for 56.43% of the observed variance. Study 2 (N = 535), using an independent sample, tested the unidimensional …

Automated scoring of teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge : a comparison between human and machine scoring

2020

To validly assess teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), performance-based tasks with open-response formats are required. Automated scoring is considered an appropriate approach to reduce the resource-intensity of human scoring and to achieve more consistent scoring results than human raters. The focus is on the comparability of human and automated scoring of PCK for economics teachers. The answers of (prospective) teachers (N = 852) to six open-response tasks from a standardized and validated test were scored by two trained human raters and the engine “Educational SCoRIng Toolkit” (ESCRITO). The average agreement between human and computer ratings, κw = 0.66, suggests a convergent …

The structural and construct validity of the Coping Strategies Questionnaire for Teachers (CSQ-T).

2010

How do remuneration committees affect corporate social responsibility disclosure? empirical evidence from an international perspective

2022

The main goal of this study is to analyze whether the existence of remuneration committees tend to disclose more corporate social responsibility (CSR) information. In addition, we test the moderating role played by the proportion of independent directors on boards of directors with the relationship between the constitution of remuneration committees and CSR disclosure. Previous research does not appear to have addressed these questions. The research questions proposed are tested using an international sample of 28,610 listed companies, and we took into consideration information on industrial companies from the Middle East, developed Asian and Pacific countries, both emerging and developed E…