Search results for "text"

Sixth graders’ selection and integration when writing from multiple online texts

2022

AbstractThis study examined students’ ability to select relevant ideas from multiple online texts and integrate those ideas in their written products. Students (N = 162) used a web-based platform to complete an online inquiry task in which they read three texts presenting different perspectives on computer gaming and wrote an article for a school magazine on the issue based on these texts. Students selected two snippets from each text during reading and wrote their article with the selected snippets available. The selected snippets were scored according to their relevance for completing the task, and the written products were scored according to their integration quality. The results showed…

Regional differences in Italian students' performance: a simulation model

2017

This work presents the first results of a research project seeking to build a simulation model able to reproduce the differences of Italian students’ performance at regional level. A preliminary qualitative cause-and-effect model defines the main variable involved in the inter-generational skill formation processes, as well as their interplay with the job market context and the triggering of motivational forces for new skill acquisition. Such model was designed according to a system dynamics perspective, considered suitable for capturing the interrelatedness of key variables and for providing useful simulation tools to conduct and communicate future scenario analyses.     Keywords: regional…

Implementing structured document production to support enterprise content management

2017

Within enterprise content management (ECM), the major goal is to develop and deploy systematic solutions for managing documents and other content items. ECM implementation concerns the development and deployment of new content management solutions and practices in an organization. Extensible Markup Language (XML) offers a standardized format for documents supporting the management and preservation of documents as structured documents. However, the deployment of XML may require a demanding standardization process, changes in work practices, and new tools for document management. Consequently, this research explores the implementation of structured document production environments. The focus …

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2006

FRAME MODELIZATION OF DISCOURSE PRESSURES ON INFORMATION TRANSFER AND TEXTUAL ORGANIZATION OF A TEXT GENRE.

2023

The present article aims at investigating the discursive pressures at the phrasal and textual level for a text genre, here wine advertisements from Austrian supermarket leaflets. After having developed the theoretical framework of Germanic inspiration, a case study is conducted to highlight these discursive pressures.

Sémiotique et critique de la culture

2017

Par rapport aux autres sciences humaines et à la philosophie, la sémiotique semble avoir quelque chose en plus, une capacité méta-critique. En effet, en tant qu’étude, à tous niveaux, du discours social en général, elle est également en mesure d’analyser de façon critique, grâce à ses modèles d’analyse, le discours scientifique lui-même, ainsi que le discours philosophique, en explicitant ainsi leurs conditions de possibilité et, donc, les limites historiques que rencontrent leurs fréquentes prétentions à l’universalité. Et cela, en soumettant également son propre discours à cette exigence critique. La critique sémiotique de la culture est donc toujours une mise en crise, un exercice de sus…

L'age d'or de la sémiotique littéraire, et quelques consequences théoriques

2015

Dans cet article, je voudrais comparer trois livres fondamentaux pour l’analyse sémiotique des œuvres littéraires, parus à quelques années de distance l’un de l’autre : S/Z de Roland Barthes (1970a), Maupassant de Algirdas J. Greimas (1976) et Lector in fabula de Umberto Eco (1979). Il s’agit de trois différentes approches à la sémiotique de la littérature, parues dans la même décennie, qui, par conséquent, ont produit trois différents objets de la discipline, en causant, avec un progrès considérable dans la recherche sur la signification, des équivoques théoriques qui sont encore à résoudre.

T9+HUD: Physical Keypad and HUD can Improve Driving Performance while Typing and Driving

2016

We introduce T9+HUD, a text entry method designed to decrease visual distraction while driving and typing. T9+HUD combines a physical 3x4 keypad on the steering wheel with a head-up-display (HUD) for projecting output on the windshield. Previous work suggests this may be a visually less demanding way to type while driving than the popular case which requires shifts of visual attention away from the road. We present a prototype design and report first results from a controlled evaluation in a driving simulator. While driving, the T9+HUD text entry rate was equal compared to a dashboard-mounted touchscreen device, but it reduced lane deviations by 70%. Furthermore, there was no significant di…

A Cooperative Coevolution Framework for Parallel Learning to Rank

2015

We propose CCRank, the first parallel framework for learning to rank based on evolutionary algorithms (EA), aiming to significantly improve learning efficiency while maintaining accuracy. CCRank is based on cooperative coevolution (CC), a divide-and-conquer framework that has demonstrated high promise in function optimization for problems with large search space and complex structures. Moreover, CC naturally allows parallelization of sub-solutions to the decomposed sub-problems, which can substantially boost learning efficiency. With CCRank, we investigate parallel CC in the context of learning to rank. We implement CCRank with three EA-based learning to rank algorithms for demonstration. E…

Replacing Project Managers in Information Technology Projects

2015

According to anecdotal evidence, project managers working on information technology (IT) projects are occasionally replaced, although the literature on information systems (IS) and project management (PM) makes little mention of it. With a view to narrowing this knowledge gap the authors examined the reasons behind the practice. The authors took an interpretive approach to the data gathering and analysis, and collected descriptions about replacing project managers (RPM) from interviews and questionnaires (n=43). The concept of contradiction served as a lens through which to identify the underlying reasons. Contradiction refers to statements asserting or expressing the opposite of another st…