Upper‐limb movement in infants at risk for unilateral spastic cerebral palsy: A scoping review
Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.This scoping review mapped current evidence on early upper limb movements in infants aged 0–12 months indicative of developing unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (USCP). Clinical signs of USCP become more apparent with increasing age. However, data also suggest that early signs in upper limb movements might be present from the first weeks of life but ...
Cornelia H. Verhage +5 more
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Transformation of Rasch model logits for enhanced interpretability. [PDF]
BMC Med Res Methodol, 2022 Ekstrand J +4 more
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HABIT‐ILE in young children with bilateral cerebral palsy in Benin: A randomized controlled trial
Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.Abstract Aim To investigate the efficacy of the Hand‐Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy Including Lower Extremities (HABIT‐ILE) compared with usual physiotherapy delivered at the same dosage in children with bilateral cerebral palsy (CP) in Benin. Method This randomized controlled trial involved 32 children (19 males, 13 females) with bilateral CP, aged 2 ...
Emmanuel Segnon Sogbossi +8 more
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The Development and Validation of the Chinese Vocabulary Levels Test
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In response to the increasing need for effective Chinese vocabulary assessments, this study developed the Chinese Vocabulary Levels Test (CVLT), a test designed for intermediate‐level Chinese as a second or foreign language (CSL/FL) learners, based on the vocabulary lists (levels 4–6) from the Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for ...
Shiwei Qi, Ailan Fu
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Retracted: An Analysis of the Cognitive Ability of Knowledge Mapping Homeschooling Based on the Rasch Model. [PDF]
Comput Intell Neurosci, 2023 Intelligence And Neuroscience C.
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Measuring Interactional Competence in a Japanese University EFL Speaking Context
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The ability to interact is an integral aspect of speaking proficiency. Therefore, methods of assessing interaction need to be incorporated into second language (L2) speaking tests. The main purpose of this exploratory study is to attempt to quantify interactional competence (IC) in a Japanese university EFL (English as a foreign language ...
Paul Garside
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Expert judgement of collaborative cloud classroom quality and its criteria using the many-facets rasch model. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Ramadhani R +3 more
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Exploring Peer L2 Grit in Relation to Grit and Motivation
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Grit has attracted considerable attention because of its positive association with second language (L2) learning; however, its socio‐contextual dimensions remain underexplored. Specifically, little is known about how learners’ perceptions of their peers’ perseverance and sustained interest in L2 learning, conceptualized in this study as peer ...
Mitsuko Tanaka +2 more
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The Italian Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit Questionnaire: A Psychometric Evaluation Using the Rasch Model. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel), 2023 Danielis M +7 more
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Finetuning Pre‐Trained Language Models for Automatic Assessment of English‐Chinese Interpreting
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent years have seen growing interest in leveraging pre‐trained language models (PLMs) for automatic assessment of spoken‐language performance. Contributing to this emerging line of work, the present study offers the first attempt to finetune two PLMs, GTE‐multilingual and mmBERT, for assessing English‐Chinese interpreting, using over 1700 ...
Zhaokun Jiang, Chao Han
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