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PHATIC FUNCTION IN ACADEMIC DISCOURSE

Foreign Languages in Higher Education, 2018
The paper puts forward the hypothesis that in academic discourse the phatic function not only provides the discourse continuity but also possesses a discourseorganizing feature. It helps lectures be continued and structured with the help of certain lecture specific tokens, which we have called phatic tokens.
Astghik CHUBARYAN, Nare HAKOBYAN
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Student Perceptions of Academic Functioning During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany

COVID
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges to higher education in Germany, necessitating a rapid transition to remote learning. This study evaluates the impact of the pandemic on academic functioning among German university students.
Pauline A. Hendriksen, Anna H. Koyun, Johan Garssen, Ann-Kathrin Stock, Joris C. Verster   +4 more
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Collaborative learning in small groups in an online course – a case study

BMC Medical Education, 2022
Background The ability to learn collaboratively and work in teams is an essential competency in both educational and healthcare settings, and collaborative student activities are acknowledged as being an important part of the pedagogical approach in ...
Mildrid Jorunn Haugland, Ivar Rosenberg, Katrine Aasekjær   +2 more
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A Literature Review of Understanding and Supporting Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in the Classroom

Northwest Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
The effects of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has on academic performance are evident. This mini-literature review aims to gain insight into which parts of ADHD affects a student’s academic achievement and to provide suggestions to use ...
KeriLyn Creelman
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
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Language, Culture, and Cancer: Qualitative Insights Into Communication Disparities Among Spanish‐Speaking Caregivers of Children With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Latino children are projected to make up nearly one‐third of United States (US) children by 2060, and many of their caregivers speak Spanish. Prior survey research has documented communication difficulties for Spanish‐speaking caregivers of children with cancer, but contemporary qualitative data are limited.
Jenny Ruiz, Alejandra Curbelo‐Paz, Sonia Morales, Elizabeth Contreras, Amy Houtrow, Scott H. Maurer, Judy C. Chang   +6 more
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ADHD in higher education institutions in Ireland- services, supports and student needs

Cogent Education
It is estimated that up to 40,000 students in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Ireland have Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The aim of this study is to determine the existing ADHD services and supports in HEIs in Ireland and to ...
Christine Boyd, Margo Wrigley, Ken Kilbride, Aisling Mulligan, Jessica Bramham   +4 more
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Exercise Capacity, Physical Activity, Fatigue, and Neurocognitive Function in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk of reduced exercise capacity, decreased physical activity levels, persistent fatigue, and neurocognitive deficits. The aim was to investigate exercise capacity and physical activity levels of adult survivors of childhood ALL and their associations with ...
Laura Jess, Gustaf Glavå, Simon Skau, Hans‐Georg Kuhn, Maria Bäck, Marianne Jarfelt   +5 more
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“We Cannot Talk as a Family”: Complexities of Survivorship Communication Among Hispanic/Latino Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Parents, and Clinicians

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Young adult childhood cancer survivors (YA‐CCS) have an increased risk of treatment‐related health complications throughout their lives. Lifelong survivorship care is recommended, yet many YA‐CCS experience disruptions in care during pediatric‐to‐adult transitions and do not receive recommended survivorship care.
Kevin Shanchen Pu, Nicole Fernández‐Viña, Briana C. Martin‐Villa, Daniela Ramirez, Rebecca M. Lewinsohn, Mary Smith, Heidi Boynton, Lidia Schapira, Stephanie M. Smith   +8 more
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Guidelines for the Establishment and Review of Academic Centers [PDF]

, 2009
This document contains the Guidelines for the Establishment and Review of Academic ...
Council on Academic Affairs
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