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Vocabulary and Processing Speed Explain Reading and Writing Disparities Between Linguistic Groups in Higher Education

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Selective admissions at universities in the United Kingdom aim to ensure a baseline language competence, yet, despite persistent achievement disparities across linguistic backgrounds, systematic comparisons of linguistic skills underpinning academic success remain rare.
Justyna Mackiewicz, Danijela Trenkic
wiley   +1 more source

The Teutonic Order and the Baltic Crusades [PDF]

, 2019
When people think of Crusades, they often think of the wars in the Holy Lands rather than regions inside of Europe, which many believe to have already been Christian. The Baltic Crusades began during the Second Crusade (1147-1149) but continued well into
Eidler, Alex
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Input Variability in Foreign Language Verb–Argument Construction Learning: A Primary School Intervention

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Input variability (i.e., varied experience with different grammar exemplars; “[talk/think/rant/wonder] about [god/bicycles/dogs]”) can improve generalization (i.e., “[Verb] about [Noun]”) and enhance learning. Controlled experiments show that input variability benefits children's generalization and extension of linguistic information from ...
Johannes Schulz, Victoria Murphy, Elizabeth Wonnacott   +2 more
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Theodor Steinbüchel's Great Figures of Christian Humanism

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Theodor Steinbüchel (1888–1949) offers a study of eight figures in Western history who may be regarded as gestalts of Christian Humanism. He argued that none of these eight figures will ever return in the same way, but since there was an eternal conception of Christianity to which their ethos gave human form, each of these gestalts can be ...
Tracey Rowland
wiley   +1 more source

Numismatic relics of trading and military relations of the russian lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the State of the Teutonic Order in Prussia

, 2018
Reikšminiai žodžiai: Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė, Kryžiuočių Ordinas; Monetos; Numizmatikos šaltiniai; Ukraina. Keywords: Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Teutonic Order; Coins; Numismatic sources; Ukraine Reikšminiai žodžiai: 13 amžius; 14 amžius; 15 ...
Орлик, Василий, Орлик, В.   +1 more
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A Kampfschwert from the 15th century – a reinterpretation of the so called ‘Teutonic estoc’ from the Princes Czartoryski Collection in Cracow, Poland

Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2015
The paper aims at reinterpreting the so called ‘Teutonic estoc’ (inventory number: MNK XIV-49) from the Czartoryski Princes Collection, Cracow, Poland.
Maciej Talaga
doaj   +1 more source

Speaking for Dionysus: Empathy and choral advocacy in Aristotle and Nietzsche

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay argues for an abiding connection between empathy and advocacy by revealing their unrecognized parallels in Aristotle and Nietzsche. The argument makes three new claims. First, I identify an ancient form of sharing emotions, unnamed in but fundamental to Aristotle's Rhetoric, that I call “empathy by analogy.” Next, I show that the ...
Ellwood Wiggins
wiley   +1 more source

Misterium Caritatis: Christian Values in the Polish School of the Law of Nations (Ius Gentium) [PDF]

Studia Gilsoniana
The Polish medieval theory of the law of nations (ius gentium) was born in the nation’s conflict with the Order of Teutonic Knights, which pursued a bloody military expansion into Eastern Europe under the pretext of converting pagans, invoking the ...
Wanda Bajor
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Citizens' Expectations vs. Recruitment Signals: Are Public Administrations Trying to Attract the Ideal Public Servant?

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Job advertisements play a crucial role in attracting applicants, yet little is known about how closely they reflect the values citizens expect from public servants. Drawing on signaling theory and prior research on citizens' normative expectations of ideal public servants, this study employs a large language model to analyze 1825 job ...
Melissa Satzger Grøn, Dominik Vogel
wiley   +1 more source

Archaeological investigations at the castle of the Teutonic Order in Viljandi : Arheoloogilised uurimistööd Viljandi ordulinnusel

Archaeological investigations at the castle of the Teutonic Order in ...
Lillak, Anti, Valk, Heiki, Juurik, Riina
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