The Effect of Direct/Indirect Corrective Feedback on the Writing Accuracy

In this study, the researcher tries to examine the effectiveness of direct and indirect error correction in improving L2 writing accuracy of Iranian EFL learners. The participants for this study are 75 Iranian EFL learners, including 35 males and 40 females with an age range of 13 to 18 at upper-intermediate level. The test in the current study is deployed over two testing sessions (pretests and post-tests), each being an error correction test. An examination of the two experimental groups' scores on the posttest revealed that there were no significant differences between direct and indirect written corrective feedback in the writing of Iranian EFL learners. The results of this study can be significant for EFL teachers and learners as it represented an attempt to overcome the shortcomings of the previous studies by investigating the effects of corrective feedback on EFL learners' writing performance as a whole, not just focusing on one aspect of it. The results of the study have some pedagogical implications for language teachers and syllabus designers. Keywords: Feedback, Corrective Feedback, Indirect Corrective Feedback, Direct Corrective Feedback DOI: 10.7176/JLLL/99-03 Publication date:October 31st 202

A survey of the business graduates of 1945-1949 of the Winthrop Senior High School, Winthrop, Massachusetts, to determine the effectiveness of the (intensified) business curriculum.

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

Create Space–Create Communal Change: An Exploration of Tactics Used by Augusta Savage and Theaster Gates

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College

A Decentralized Data Logger System For Water Related Disaster With Wireless Mesh Topology

Climate change refers to the increase of earth’s temperature. It results to catastrophic disasters such as floods, heavy rains, tsunamis, storm surge, and extreme heat. The events produces property destruction, loss of crops, landslides, melting of ice and many more. Most of the disasters stated are water-related, that parameters such as water level and water flow are the primary factors of such phenomena, so this study developed a smart environment network that monitors the rise of water level and water flow.  The system utilized a Zigbee protocol (802.15.4) for the transmission of the signal from the Base Station to other nodes. Bluetooth technology was used for the access of the users to the network. A localized water level sensor was utilized with the help of an operational amplifier and together with the water flow sensor. The system underwent evaluation tests such as functionality test and reliability test for three days.  Analysis of the results showed that the system functions as expected. It indicates that the study was reliable for detecting water level and water flow reading especially on the transmission of data even if there were no electric power, no internet connection and no cellphone signal

Technology Assessment Tool - An Application of Systems Engineering to USDOE Technology Proposals

This paper discusses the system design for a Technology Assessment (TA) tool that can be used to quantitatively evaluate new and advanced technologies, products, or processes. Key features of the tool include organization of information in an indentured hierarchy; questions and categories derived from the decomposition of technology performance; segregation of life-cycle issues into six assessment categories; and scoring, relative impact, and sensitivity analysis capability. An advantage of the tool's use is its ability to provide decision analysis data, based on incomplete or complete data

Effects of subjects' expectancy of experimenter's involvement on live and taped relaxation training

Progressive or deep muscle relaxation training has become an increasingly popular psychotherapeutic procedure. The usage of relaxation training has increased primarily because of the impressive success of treatment procedures utilizing such training. As the experimental and clinical use of relaxation increased, some of the procedures have been automated in order to facilitate standardization, decrease intrasession variability, and increase the effective use of the therapist's time. Although experimental and clinical studies utilizing automated procedures have been successful, the only research directly investigating the comparability of live and tape instruction procedures has indicated tape relaxation training to be inferior to live relaxation training. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of live and taped relaxation training on the reduction of physiological arousal (muscle tension, heart rate) and subjective tension and distress (Anxiety Differential, Subjective Units of Discomfort, Level of Relaxation). It was hypothesized that differences in treatment effect using identical live and tape relaxation training instructions would be a function of the amount of involvement exercised by the experimenter in individualizing the therapeutic procedure

Treatment Deployment Evaluation Tool

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for the final disposition of legacy spent nuclear fuel (SNF). As a response, DOE's National Spent Nuclear Fuel Program (NSNFP) has been given the responsibility for the disposition of DOE -owned SNF. Many treatment technologies have been identified to treat some forms of SNF so that the resulting treated product is acceptable by the disposition site. One of these promising treatment processes is the electrometallurgical treatment (EMT) currently in development; a second is an Acid Wash Decladding process. The NSNFP has been tasked with identifying possible strategies for the deployment of these treatment processes in the event that the treatment path is deemed necessary. To support the siting studies of these strategies, economic evaluations are being performed to identify the least-cost deployment path. This model (tool) was developed to consider the full scope of costs, technical feasibility, process material disposition, and schedule attributes over the life of each deployment alternative. Using standard personal computer (PC) software, the model was developed as a comprehensive technology economic assessment tool using a Life-Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis methodology. Model development was planned as a systematic, iterative process of identifying and bounding the required activities to dispose of SNF. To support the evaluation process, activities are decomposed into lower level, easier to estimate activities. Sensitivity studies can then be performed on these activities, defining cost issues and testing results against the originally stated problem

A AQUARIOFILIA COMO FERRAMENTA DE EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL PARA CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/223613084613This article aims to show how the aquarium can be an important tool for Environmental Education,a hobby that has been expanding steadily in Brazil. The aquarium, as a form of entertainment,work or research, allows the direct observation of nature countless mysteries of the submarinewhile it analyzes the diverse ways of life of the species that inhabit it. The theoretical concepts ofenvironmental conditions existing in nature and any changes occurring in the artificial medium,allows the hobbyist to expand their knowledge, acquire sufficient concepts, and also provides youwith skills needed to provide a suitable environment for the vital requirements of aquatic life. Theaquarium in Environmental Education, aims to pure and applied research in the maintenance andreproduction of aquatic organisms in semi-closed systems in association with the preservation ofthe environment through activities restocking and reintroduction of agencies, and publicawareness for biodiversity conservation. Still, the aquarium can collaborate with the teaching ofthe chemical, physical and biological water.http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/223613084613O presente artigo pretende mostrar como a aquariofilia pode ser uma relevante ferramenta para Educação Ambiental, um hobby que vem expandindo progressivamente no Brasil. O aquarismo, como forma de diversão, trabalho ou pesquisa, permite a observação direta dos incontáveis mistérios da natureza submarina, ao mesmo tempo que analisa a diversificada maneira de vida das espécies que nela habitam. Os conceitos teóricos das condições ambientais existentes na natureza e eventuais transformações ocorridas no meio artificial, permite ao aquarista ampliar seus conhecimentos, adquirindo noções suficientes e, ainda, presta-lhe aptidão necessária para proporcionar o ambiente adequado as exigências vitais dos seres aquáticos. A aquariofilia na Educação Ambiental, visa a pesquisa pura e aplicada na manutenção e reprodução de organismos aquáticos em sistemas semi-fechados em associação com a preservação do meio ambiente através de atividades de repovoamento e reintrodução de organismos, bem como a conscientização da população, para a conservação da biodiversidade. Ainda, a aquariofilia pode colaborar com o ensino de parâmetros químicos, físicos e biológicos da água

Association Between Cirrhosis and 30-Day Rehospitalization After Index Hospitalization for Heart Failure.

There are limited data on clinical outcomes in patients re-admitted with decompensated heart failure (HF) with concomitant liver cirrhosis. We conducted a cross sectional analysis of the Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD) years 2010 thru 2012. An Index admission was defined as a hospitalization for decompensated heart failure among persons aged ≥ 18 years with an alive discharge status. The main outcome was 30 - day all-cause rehospitalization. Survey logistic regression provided the unadjusted and adjusted odds of 30 - day rehospitalization among persons with and without cirrhosis, accounting for age, gender, kidney dysfunction and other comorbidities. There were 2,147,363 heart failure (HF) hospitalizations among which 26,156 (1.2%) had comorbid cirrhosis. Patients with cirrhosis were more likely to have a diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) during their index hospitalization (18.4% vs 15.2%). There were 469,111 (21.9%) patients with readmission within 30 - days. The adjusted odds of a 30 - day readmission was significantly higher among patients with cirrhosis compared to without after adjusting for comorbid conditions (adjusted Odds Ratio [aOR], 1.3; 95% Confidence Interval [CI}: 1.2 to 1.4). The relative risk of 30 - day readmission among those with cirrhosis but without renal disease (aOR, 1.3; 95% CI: 1.3 to 1.3) was lower than those with both cirrhosis and renal disease (aOR, 1.8; 95% CI: 1.6 to 2.0) when compared to persons without either comorbidities. Risk of 30 - day rehospitalization was significantly higher among patients with heart failure and underlying cirrhosis. Concurrent renal dysfunction among patients with cirrhosis hospitalized for decompensated HF was associated with a greater odds of rehospitalization