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The Viewpoints of Indonesian Pupils Regarding ELT in Shadow Education

open access: yesMajapahit Journal of English Studies
The escalating demand for shadow education in Indonesia gives rise to concerns regarding the calibre of instruction provided in institutions. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to compare how students perceive English language instruction in ...
Muhammad Mujtaba Mitra Zuana
doaj   +1 more source

Test Preparation and Students’ Performance: The Case of the Colombian High School Exit Exam

open access: yesCuadernos de Economía, 2020
Standardized test scores play a central role in determining college admission decisions in both developed and emerging countries. For that reason, many courses are offered by schools and other educational institutions to prepare students for the exams ...
Silvia Consuelo Gómez Soler   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The “secrets” of English private tutoring in China: Chinese students’ experiences of study abroad test preparation in cram schools

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
English private tutoring, a.k.a. “shadow education” has been an important way that international students rely on for overseas test preparation. Despite the plethora of research on private tutoring in various countries and regions, scarce research ...
Cong Zhang, Yi Zhang, Yun Gao
doaj   +1 more source

Should Shadow Education Stay as a Shadow or Exist as Co-curricula Alongside Mainstream Education?

open access: yesJournal of Educational Issues, 2021
Intense competition and educational privatization have fostered demands for student personalization, leading to shadow education becoming entrenched in the Asian education sector. Its social influence is expanding and far-reaching, which has attracted many scholars to study this issue.
Yvonne Wei, Wenyu Guan
openaire   +2 more sources

Tau acetylation at K331 has limited impact on tau pathology in vivo

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We mapped tau post‐translational modifications in humanized MAPT knock‐in mice and in amyloid‐bearing double knock‐in mice. Acetylation within the repeat domain, particularly around K331, showed modest increases under amyloid pathology. To test functional relevance, we generated MAPTK331Q knock‐in mice.
Shoko Hashimoto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CAMBODIAN TWELFTH GRADERS' CHOICE FOR ENGLISH PRIVATE TUTORING: QUIT OR NOT TO QUIT?

open access: yesTEFLIN Journal, 2020
Private tutoring is not a new phenomenon for education in both developed and developing countries. However, English private tutoring (EPT) attracted a limited number of studies, although English is viewed as the key to success in non-English speaking ...
Sopha Soeung
doaj   +1 more source

Modes and Trajectories of Shadow Education in Denmark and China: Fieldwork Reflections by a Comparativist

open access: yesECNU Review of Education, 2021
Purpose In the domain of shadow education (private supplementary tutoring), Denmark and China may be placed at opposite ends of a spectrum. Denmark has a recently emerged, small, and high-cost sector that mostly serves low achievers, while China has a ...
Wei Zhang (张薇)
doaj   +1 more source

A methionine‐lined active site governs carbocation stabilization and product specificity in a bacterial terpene synthase

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study reveals a unique active site enriched in methionine residues and demonstrates that these residues play a critical role by stabilizing carbocation intermediates through novel sulfur–cation interactions. Structure‐guided mutagenesis further revealed variants with significantly altered product profiles, enhancing pseudopterosin formation. These
Marion Ringel   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effective therapeutic targeting of CTNNB1‐mutant hepatoblastoma with WNTinib

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
WNTinib, a Wnt/CTNNB1 inhibitor, was tested in hepatoblastoma (HB) experimental models. It delayed tumor growth and improved survival in CTNNB1‐mutant in vivo models. In organoids, WNTinib outperformed cisplatin and showed enhanced efficacy in combination therapy, supporting its potential as a targeted treatment for CTNNB1‐mutated HB.
Ugne Balaseviciute   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross-Border Shadow Education: Private Supplementary Tutoring in the Global Education Industry

open access: yesRevista Española de Educación Comparada, 2022
This paper focuses on the so-called shadow education provision of private supplementary tutoring by companies operating internationally. Some have a history of decades, while others are younger and emerged to take advantage of technological developments.
Marc Bray, Wei Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

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