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The Role of Practicum in TESOL Education: Integrating Theory and Practice for Effective Language Teaching Development

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract For this TESOL Quarterly 60th anniversary special issue, we examine the journal's contributions to research on the TESOL practicum, synthesizing trends in theory, research, and practice. We identified 28 TESOL Quarterly articles published between 1967 and 2025 that have a specific focus on the practicum.
Chang Pu, Wayne E. Wright
wiley   +1 more source

Leaderboards or badges in two gamified forums: motivational and engagement differences

open access: yesInternational Journal of Serious Games
In a digital forums, the differences regarding the effectiveness of use leaderboards or badges separately and not in combination have not yet been compared.
Joel Manuel Prieto Andreu   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thirteenth Amendment and the Regulation of Custom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Custom is an underdeveloped concept in Thirteenth Amendment jurisprudence. While a substantial body of work has explored the technical meaning of custom as it applies to § 1983 and, to a lesser extent, Congress’s power to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment,
Miller, Darrell A. H.
core   +1 more source

Understanding student behavior and perceptions toward earning badges in a gamified MOOC

open access: yesUniversal Access in the Information Society, 2019
Despite the advantages of MOOCs, such as the open and free access to education, these courses are criticized for students’ lack of motivation and their high dropout rates.
Alejandro Ortega-Arranz   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bisphenols and Phthalates in Bottled Mineral Water: First Evidence of Co‐Occurrence, Estrogenic Activity, and Health Risk in Brazil

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bisphenol A (BPA), its structural analogs, and phthalates are synthetic chemicals widely used, with documented endocrine‐disrupting activity. This study aimed to develop and validate a selective multiresidue analytical method for the simultaneous determination of BPA, 10 bisphenol analogs, and six phthalates in PET‐bottled mineral water.
Giulia Boito Reyes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Four of the States of Matter [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This kinesthetic science activity reintroduces participants to three states of matter (solid, liquid, gas), and introduces them to a fourth state of matter, plasma, and its connection to the Sun.

core  

Games and gamification projects in the Australian public sector

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract This article surveys the arrival of gameful government into Australian public sector practice. Gameful government is a shorthand, descriptive term denoting the interpenetration of (video)games, and design elements and thinking from them, into public sector work.
David Threlfall, Catherine Althaus
wiley   +1 more source

Badging the library: are digital badges the next innovation for library skills and training?

open access: yes, 2015
Libraries are frequently at the forefront of innovation and uniquely positioned to develop and deliver new technologies. This paper evaluates the benefits of one such innovation, digital badges.
Freund, Katharina   +2 more
core  

Automatic Prediction Of Small Group Performance In Information Sharing Tasks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In this paper, we describe a novel approach, based on Markov jump processes, to model small group conversational dynamics and to predict small group performance.
Dong, Wen, Lepri, Bruno, Pentland, Alex
core   +1 more source

‘I used to walk around the playground wondering where all my friends had gone’: The reflections of how adults with developmental prosopagnosia made friends in childhood

open access: yesBritish Journal of Special Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Current research into developmental prosopagnosia (DP) estimates a high prevalence rate in the general population, but there exist many gaps in the research. More needs to be learned about the lived experience of those with DP and how to identify it in children. Using reflexive thematic analysis, this study explored the lived experience of how
Alison Shorer
wiley   +1 more source

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