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LONELINESS AS IT STANDS IN RELATION TO THE HUMAN CONDITION: DAVID FOSTER WALLACE’S GRAPPLING WITH LONELINESS, DEPRESSION, AND A DESIRE TO LESSEN THE PAIN OF EACH [PDF]

open access: yes
David Foster Wallace’s unique writing style hinges on difficulty. His approach to storytelling challenges the reader’s expectations, forcing them to actively engage with the characters and scenes rather than passively observing the story.
Billimek, Andy
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The Difficulty with Setting a Standard Based on Difficulty: The Role of Validity in Determining Assessment Standards

open access: yesEducation Sciences
When setting standards for high-stakes assessments, it is necessary to be clear whether the primary criterion should be importance or difficulty.
Steven Ashley Burr   +2 more
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The Neurobiology of Reading Difficulties

open access: yesProstaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids (PLEFA), 2000
There is very little agreement about why so many otherwise intelligent children experience such difficulty learning to read. Up to 10% of children fail to learn to read at the level expected of their age and other cognitive abilities. Some people still believe that their problems are purely linguistic, due to inheriting or acquiring a defective ...
openaire   +6 more sources

Construção de uma tarefa de leitura em voz alta de palavras: análise psicométrica dos itens The construction of a word reading aloud task: a psychometric item analysis report

open access: yesPsicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 2012
O estudo descreve a análise dos itens que irão compor uma tarefa de leitura em voz alta de palavras isoladas. Um grupo de crianças do 2º ao 5º ano do Ensino Fundamental leu, por meio de microcomputadores, uma lista contendo 323 palavras de baixa ...
Patrícia Silva Lúcio   +3 more
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Effect of intrinsic problem difficulty.

open access: yes, 2017
Accuracy (A) and RT (B) for three instruction levels are shown as a function of intrinsic problem difficulty (Difficulty). (C) SA for the three difficulty levels, divided according to the RT differences for each participant.
Hironori Nakatani (3615392)   +4 more
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Target difficulty, intra-year target revisions and firm performance: evidence from business units' targets

open access: yes, 2012
Target difficulty is often argued to increase performance. While this association is well established in experimental research, empirical evidence in field research is rather mixed.
Arnold, Markus Christopher, Artz, Martin
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An ERP study for the degrees of the difficulty in visual search

open access: yes, 2007
The present study mainly probed the relationships between ERP components and the degrees of difficulty in visual search. Three experimental and one controlled conditions were randomly selected.
Ma Yanyun   +3 more
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