Alternative versus conventional attitudes in higher agricultural education [PDF]
From radical positions it is argued that it will take paradigmatic transformations to develop a sustainable agriculture and that values and attitudes have to be changed.
Kaltoft, Pernille, Rasmussen, Jesper
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Combined Cytotoxic Effects of the Fungicide Azoxystrobin and Common Food-Contaminating Mycotoxins
This study assessed the cytotoxicity of the individual and combined exposure to the fungicide azoxystrobin (AZX) and the three common mycotoxins found in food: ochratoxin A (OTA), deoxynivalenol (DON), and T-2 toxin.
Cristina Fuentes +3 more
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Self-Assessment and Peer-Assessment in Writing Course of Iranian EFL Students: An Investigation of Writing Anxiety [PDF]
The beneficial role of self-assessment and peer-assessment as the sub-categories of alternative assessment in second language (L2) has received much attention in the existing literature.
Jalil Fathi, Mohammad Reza Khodabakhsh
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Alternative assessment or traditional testing: How do Iranian EFL teachers respond? [PDF]
Introducing alternative modes of assessment is but one response to the recent call for democratic and ethical language assessment. Yet, despite the recent emphasis in the discourse community and the rise in publication on alternative assessment, these ...
Abbas Ali Rezaee +2 more
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Rethinking Portfolio-Based Assessment in Writing Courses
Compared to standard assessment, alternative assessment as a performance-based attempt to evaluate students’ performance has been regarded to have considerable relevance for English Language Teaching (ELT, hereafter), yet all scholars have not received ...
Şakire Erbay Çetinkaya
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Adherence to self-administered tuberculosis treatment in a high HIV-prevalence setting: a cross-sectional survey in Homa Bay, Kenya. [PDF]
Good adherence to treatment is crucial to control tuberculosis (TB). Efficiency and feasibility of directly observed therapy (DOT) under routine program conditions have been questioned.
AK Person +46 more
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Olympiad in the English Language as a Form of Alternative Language Assessment
Although a variety of the English language written olympiads (language competitions) exist, fairly little is known about how they are different from traditional forms of language assessment.
Evgeniya Bolshakova
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Assessment of the performance of alternative aviation fuel in a modern air-spray combustor (MAC) [PDF]
Recent concerns over energy security and environmental considerations have highlighted the importance of finding alternative aviation fuels. It is expected that coal and biomass derived fuels will fulfil a substantial part of these energy requirements ...
Borman, DJ +5 more
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SELF-ASSESSMENT AMONG YOUNG LEARNERS OF ENGLISH
The implementation of self-assessment among young learners becomes a challenging issue to include in English classroom assessment. The common belief that children cannot self-assess accurately as adults do seems to yield that the inclusion of self ...
Arni Sukmiarni
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Using feedback requests to actively involve assessees in peer assessment : effects on the assessor’s feedback content and assessee’s agreement with feedback [PDF]
Criticizing the common approach of supporting peer assessment through providing assessors with an explication of assessment criteria, recent insights on peer assessment call for support focusing on assessees, who often assume a passive role of receivers ...
Boelens, Ruth +3 more
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