A Familiar(ity) Problem: Assessing the Impact of Prerequisites and Content Familiarity on Student Learning. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Prerequisites are embedded in most STEM curricula. However, the assumption that the content presented in these courses will improve learning in later courses has not been verified.
Justin F Shaffer +8 more
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Familiarity breeds content: assessing bird species popularity with culturomics [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Understanding public perceptions of biodiversity is essential to ensure continued support for conservation efforts. Despite this, insights remain scarce at broader spatial scales, mostly due to a lack of adequate methods for their assessment.
Ricardo A. Correia +3 more
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Working memory capacity, content familiarity, and university EFL students’ reading comprehension
Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2018 This study explores the effect of working memory capacity (WMC) and content familiarity (CF) on EFL reading comprehension. Seventy senior students from a private university in Malang, Indonesia, were involved in the study, having been selected based on ...
Dwi Fita Heriyawati +2 more
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Emotions and Familiarity of Content in Generative Processes of Prospective Artists
Studia Psychologica, 2022 Relations between creativity, dimensions of emotional experience (valence and arousal), and familiarity of content were examined in an experiment with 92 students, grouped into two sub-samples: art and non-art students.
Irena J. Ristić, Miloš Milošević
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Recollection, familiarity, and content-sensitivity in lateral parietal cortex: A high-resolution fMRI study [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013 Numerous studies have identified brain regions where activity is consistently correlated with the retrieval (recollection) of qualitative episodic information.
Jeffrey D. Johnson +2 more
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Consumer Assessment of Pork Loin Quality: How Important Are Sensory Attributes, Pig Breed, and Familiarity? [PDF]
FoodsThe literature on pork quality perception is fragmented, particularly regarding the role of sensory and intrinsic attributes and consumer familiarity.
Ángel Millán, Marta Retamosa
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Curricular material, content familiarity and topic interest in interaction
Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada, 2021 In this investigation we report results from a qualitative case study focused on Spanish as a second language teaching context in Chile. With the aim of exploring the relation between curricular material characteristics, topic familiarity and topic ...
Maha Soliman
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Familiarity between patient and general practitioner does not influence the content of the consultation [PDF]
BMC Family Practice, 2008 Background Personal continuity in general practice is considered to be a prerequisite of high quality patient care based on shared knowledge and mutual understanding.
van Essen Gerrit A +5 more
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Reading in English for Academic Purposes
Journal of Modern Languages, 2017 This study considers the issue of the relative importance of familiarity of content and language proficiency in reading in a second/foreign language.
Soon Hock Tan
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Journal of Language and Education, 2021 Developing writing skills has become a priority for many students in English as a foreign language (EFL) contexts. To this end, classroom practices should be facilitative of opportunities to communicate accurately and fluently in written and oral forms ...
Daniela Itzé Arredondo-Tapia +1 more
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