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Revisiting Clickers: In-Class Questions Followed by At-Home Reflections Are Associated with Higher Student Performance on Related Exam Questions

open access: yesJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 2022
Clicker questions are a commonly used active learning technique that stimulates student interactions to help advance understanding of key concepts.
Dana L. Kirkwood-Watts   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Buying in and Checking out: Identity Development and Meaning Making in the Practice of Mathematics Homework

open access: yesQualitative Research in Education, 2013
This paper presents findings from an ethnographic study of the role and meaning of mathematics homework in the lives of middle school students. The study conceptualizes and examines homework as a social practice, with a focus on how students make ...
Mara Landers
doaj   +2 more sources

Relationship Between Students’ Prior Academic Achievement and Homework Behavioral Engagement: The Mediating/Moderating Role of Learning Motivation

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
The interest of assigning homework is frequently discussed due to its alleged low impact on student achievement. One of the current lines of research is to emphasize the quality of student homework engagement rather than the amount of time spent on ...
Susana Rodríguez   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fitness Promotion in a Jump Rope-Based Homework Intervention for Middle School Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Physical activity (PA) homework offers a promising approach for students to be physically active after school. The current study aims to provide holistic insights into PA homework design and the effects of implementation in practice.
Fang Huang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

COVID-19 and Labour Law: Iceland

open access: yesItalian Labour Law e-Journal, 2020
The Icelandic response to the COVID-19 has been based to follow evident based measures to curb the spread of the virus and save lives at the same time as the Icelandic Government tries to keep the economy afloat.
Elín Blöndal
doaj   +1 more source

GEOGRAPHY HOMEWORK. STUDENTS’ OPINIONS [PDF]

open access: yesRomanian Review of Geographical Education, 2017
The topic of homework is constantly brought into discussion, not only by researchers or curriculum designers, but also by students, teachers and parents, its importance for learning quality being generally recognised.
Marius-Alin NICOLAE   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sequence determinants of RNA G‐quadruplex unfolding by Arg‐rich regions

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We show that Arg‐rich peptides selectively unfold RNA G‐quadruplexes, but not RNA stem‐loops or DNA/RNA duplexes. This length‐dependent activity is inhibited by acidic residues and is conserved among SR and SR‐related proteins (SRSF1, SRSF3, SRSF9, U1‐70K, and U2AF1).
Naiduwadura Ivon Upekala De Silva   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Homework Effort and Approaches Matter? Regulation of Homework Motivation Among Chinese Students

open access: yesEducation Sciences
Informed by multiple theoretical frameworks, our study examined multilevel models of homework motivation management among middle-schoolers in China. At the individual level, homework motivation management was positively associated with managing time ...
Jianzhong Xu
doaj   +1 more source

Homework in the Foundation Phase: Perceptions of principals of eight public primary schools in Johannesburg

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Education, 2018
This article reports on a qualitative study done in Johannesburg, South Africa, which investigated attitudes of primary school principals of eight public primary schools towards the use of homework in teaching and learning in the Foundation Phase (which ...
Misheck Ndebele
doaj   +1 more source

Structural instability impairs function of the UDP‐xylose synthase 1 Ile181Asn variant associated with short‐stature genetic syndrome in humans

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The Ile181Asn variant of human UDP‐xylose synthase (hUXS1), associated with a short‐stature genetic syndrome, has previously been reported as inactive. Our findings demonstrate that Ile181Asn‐hUXS1 retains catalytic activity similar to the wild‐type but exhibits reduced stability, a looser oligomeric state, and an increased tendency to precipitate ...
Tuo Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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