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Measuring learner-centred education in studio-based learning: a natural case study of student–tutor interaction in design crits

open access: yesDesign Science
This paper introduces a quantitative approach to assessing the effectiveness of student–tutor crit interactions in fostering constructivist learner-centred education in design studios.
Hadas Sopher   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engaging Struggling Adolescent Readers to Improve Reading Skills [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This study examined the efficacy of a supplemental, multicomponent adolescent reading intervention for middle school students who scored below proficient on a state literacy assessment.
Ainley   +121 more
core   +1 more source

Motivation, cognitive engagement, and academic achievement

open access: yesProcedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2011
AbstractThe purpose of this study was to test predictions of a model explaining the impact of motivational factors include perceived ability, perceived instrumentality, achievement goals on cognitive engagement and academic achievement. Participants were 1371 junior year high school students from 19 public high schools distributed across Tehran.
Sedaghat, Maryam   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Applying an Ethical Lens to the Treatment of People With Multiple Sclerosis

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The practice of neurology requires an understanding of clinical ethics for decision‐making. In multiple sclerosis (MS) care, there are a wide range of ethical considerations that may arise. These involve shared decision‐making around selection of a disease‐modifying therapy (DMT), risks and benefits of well‐studied medications in comparison to
Methma Udawatta, Farrah J. Mateen
wiley   +1 more source

Balancing speed and experience: the cognitive and affective impacts of playback acceleration in digital media consumption

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
Playback-speed controls are ubiquitous on media platforms, yet their effects on viewers’ experience and outcomes are not fully understood. We examined how acceleration influences cognitive engagement, affective experience (satisfaction, discomfort ...
Rich Yueh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relating Therapist Characteristics to Client Engagement and the Therapeutic Alliance in an Adolescent Custodial Group Substance Misuse Treatment Program [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Client engagement in substance misuse treatment programs is directly associated with positive treatment outcomes. The nature of these programs means there are often difficulties engaging and retaining clients, but authors have consistently ...
Carlo Tramontano   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Brainstem and Cerebellar Volume Loss and Associated Clinical Features in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative ‘tauopathy’ with predominating pathology in the basal ganglia and midbrain. Caudal tau spread frequently implicates the cerebellum; however, the pattern of atrophy remains equivocal.
Chloe Spiegel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The lobster and the maid: scenario-dependence and reader manipulation in Agatha Christie [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Readers of detective fiction deliberately seek to be deceived by the stories they read; in this manner, the genre forms a series of texts that aim to manipulate and persuade.
Alexander, M.
core  

Helping learners engage with L2 words: the form-meaning fit [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The pace at which new words are acquired is influenced by the degree of engagement with them on the part of the learner. Insights from Cognitive Linguistics into the non-arbitrary aspects of vocabulary can be turned into stimuli for such engagement.
Boers, Frank   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

CX3CL1 in Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease: Plasma Dynamics Across Age and Disease Stages

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Backgrounds Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid‐beta plaques, tau tangles, and neuroinflammation. C‐X3‐C motif chemokine ligand 1 (CX3CL1, also known as fractalkine), a neuroimmune chemokine implicated in AD pathogenesis, shows inconsistent alterations in plasma/serum across studies.
Ling Wang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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