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Transitioning to Higher Education: A Case Study of an Individual With Autism

Psychology in the Schools, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Necessary arrangements should be made to enable university students with autism (the term “autism” is used to refer to the entire autism spectrum in this study) to improve their transition to university. The need for support may be higher in countries like Türkiye, where the number of university students with autism is relatively low, as ...
Mahmut Serkan Yazıcı, Şenay Baş, Mustafa Karnas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychometric properties of an aptitude test administered to Sri Lankan first-year medical students

The Asia Pacific Scholar
Introduction: Selection for basic medical training is highly contextual. The use of cognitive aptitude tests, which commonly supplement measures of prior academic achievement in the selection process of medical schools internationally, is rarely reported
Sivapalan Sanchayan, Sisira Dharmaratne, Shalika Pathirana, Pavithra Godamunne, Madawa Chandratilake   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A social work study on the effect of personal characteristics on academic performance [PDF]

Management Science Letters, 2013
This study examines the relationship between career interests, aptitude, mental health, happiness and academic performance among first-year high school students.
Maryam Mehri, Fatemeh Rezaei, Mohammad Reza Abedi   +2 more
doaj  

Providing a Gender Perspective on Sustainability Competences and Pedagogical Approaches: Experiences of Students From 17 International Case Studies

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the last three decades, higher education institutions (HEIs) have integrated sustainability into their curricula. Recent research has focused on sustainability competences and pedagogical approaches, and how the latter foster the development of the former. Previous studies have examined the connections between pedagogical approaches and
Gabriela Ortiz‐Martínez, Maria Barreiro‐Gen, Jordi Segalàs, Alberto Mendoza, Sandra Caeiro, João Simão, Claudio Favi, Bartłomiej Gładysz, María Alló, Carmen Gago‐Cortés, Ubiratã Tortato, Ferenc Mónus, Sevket Bostanci, Márta Dobróné Tóth, Javier Benayas, María Teresa Jiménez Munguía, Déborah Xanat Flores Cervantes, René Alejandro Lara Díaz, Nelly Ramírez Corona, Cheryl Desha, Rob Hales, Jennifer Boddy, Ilija Djekic, Savindi Caldera, Orlando Sáenz, Leyla Azizi, Remmer Sassen, Rodrigo Lozano   +27 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling the Paths from L2 Use and Socio‐Affective Variables to Communication Skills: A Mixed‐Methods Approach

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Previous research demonstrated that communication anxiety reduces L2 learners' willingness to communicate and communication frequency, but left unexplored its impact on performance. The current mixed‐methods study investigated factors impacting L2 communication skills.
Debra M. Hardison
wiley   +1 more source

Communicative Drills: The Impact of Communicative Intent on Oral Proficiency

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This exploratory study investigated the role of communicative intent in second language (L2) oral practice by comparing communicative and meaningful drills. English language learners played a game designed to elicit repeated use of the second conditional.
Jonathan Serfaty
wiley   +1 more source

An assessment of the impact of formal preparation activities on performance in the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT): a national study. [PDF]

BMC Med Educ, 2022
Kulkarni S, Parry J, Sitch A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Implementing Argument‐Based Validity in Second Language Research on Individual Differences

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Quantitative meta‐syntheses focusing on the psychometric properties of measurement tools in second and foreign language (L2) individual differences (ID) research have drawn scholars' attention to the quality of data collection instruments (Plonsky & Derrick, 2016; Sudina, 2023).
Katalin Piniel, Ekaterina Sudina
wiley   +1 more source

ECG‐TransCovNet: A hybrid transformer model for accurate arrhythmia detection using Electrocardiogram signals

CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Abnormalities in the heart's rhythm, known as arrhythmias, pose a significant threat to global health, often leading to severe cardiac conditions and sudden cardiac deaths. Therefore, early and accurate detection of arrhythmias is crucial for timely intervention and potentially life‐saving treatment.
Hasnain Ali Shah, Faisal Saeed, Muhammad Diyan, Nouf Abdullah Almujally, Jae‐Mo Kang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

ANPGT: Towards Adaptive Node Property Extraction and Integration

CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Graph transformers (GTs) with elaborate positional/structural encodings (PEs/SEs) have excelled in graph representation learning, especially in graph‐level tasks. However, their potential in large‐scale node classification remains untapped for several reasons: (i) Current PEs/SEs are insufficient in modelling large‐scale real‐world graphs ...
Qin Chen, Yuanyi Ren, Guojie Song, Liang Wang, Bo Zheng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source