1,704 research outputs found
Talk to Text
This thesis seeks to both examine and embrace the lack of concrete language available regarding what actually happens with students during face-to-face conversations about their wr iting. The context of âconversationsâ covers a broad spectrum of participants - teacher and student, student and student, student and tutor, as well as student with self - and domains - cognitive, affective, psychological and creative - that are particularly vexing to capture in words. Attempts by authors to weave together such disparate, dynamic forces breed tension. Such tension is good, and, quite often, purposeful. My research seeks to explore how such constructive tension is created in particular by Donald Murray and Peter Elbow, and how each author uses language to challenge the reader to experience a similar type of tension that one or both participants feels during the âconversationsâ concerning student texts. Furthermore, by closely reading each authorâs work through Jacque Derridaâs lens of Differance - a theory that presumes a perpetual gap between authorâs word and readerâs understanding - 1 seek to argue how the readerâs interpretive tension experientially brings her uniquely inside the uncertain substance of the âconversationâ itself.
Furthermore, I seek to reposition Differance as a hermeneutic â an essential skill of talk - for the teacher or tutor to effectively use in speaking with students about their work. By embracing the inherent mutability of ideas, texts, and meaning, and talking through such, instability with students, I propose a more particular kind of talk that empowers studentâs metalinguistic skills. Rather than contemplating misunderstandings between participants in âconversationsâ as stylistic failures, my thesis considers Derridaâs theory as a pedagogy that can stimulate awareness in students as to how such instability creates rhetorical possibilities. Such heightened talk promotes enduring metalinguistic and metacognitive consciousness in the student, which endures well beyond the âconversationâ itself
Bayesian Inference in Estimation of Distribution Algorithms
Metaheuristics such as Estimation of Distribution Algorithms and the Cross-Entropy method use probabilistic modelling and inference to generate candidate solutions in optimization problems. The model fitting task in this class of algorithms has largely been carried out to date based on maximum likelihood. An alternative approach that is prevalent in statistics and machine learning is to use Bayesian inference. In this paper, we provide a framework for the application of Bayesian inference techniques in probabilistic model-based optimization. Based on this framework, a simple continuous Bayesian Estimation of Distribution Algorithm is described. We evaluate and compare this algorithm experimentally with its maximum likelihood equivalent, UMDAG c
Structure of the copper tripodal Schiff base complex {tris[4-(2-thienyl)-3-aza-ÎșN-3-butenyl]amine-ÎșN}copper(I) tetrafluoroborate
The copper Schiff base complex {tris[4-(2-thienyl)-3-
aza-~N-3-butenyl]amine-~N} copper(I) tetrafluoroborate,
[Cu{N(CTHgNS)3 }]+.BF4- (I), crystallizes with the cation
residing in a general position and two disordered tetrafluoroborate
anions residing on twofold axes. The cation
has approximate threefold symmetry and the copper(I)
geometry is distorted trigonal pyramidal with coordination
from the apical tertiary amine N atom and the three
azomethine N atoms but not from the S atoms of the three
thiophene moieties. The principal bond lengths are Cu--
Napical 2.300 (5) ,~ and mean Cu--Nequatorial 1.994 (4) A,,
with a mean Cu-..S contact of 3.270 (2) A
You are the Speaker: Considerations of the Art and Science of an Effective Presentation
Effective communication is often stated as a key component to success in many aspects related to wildlife damage management. The objective of this presentation is to provide considerations of the components that can lead to an efficient and effective delivery of the desired messages. Clearly accepting the constraints of the presentation related to the audience and time available is the first step. Understanding that most effective presentations rarely have more than three âtake-home messagesâ can be critical. Those messages must be clearly defined and refined.Observing and accounting for typical physical and environmental conditions that influence audio-visual technology should be considered. Finally, the role of the presenter in delivery of the information is critical. Factors ranging from the presenterâs appearance and recognition of the importance of explaining information are essential to an effective presentation
Probing Broad Absorption Line Quasar Outflows: X-ray Insights
Energetic outflows appear to occur in conjunction with active mass accretion
onto supermassive black holes. These outflows are most readily observed in the
approximately 10% of quasars with broad absorption lines, where the observer's
line of sight passes through the wind. Until fairly recently, the paucity of
X-ray data from these objects was notable, but now sensitive hard-band missions
such as Chandra and XMM-Newton are routinely detecting broad absorption line
quasars. The X-ray regime offers qualitatively new information for the
understanding of these objects, and these new results must be taken into
account in theoretical modeling of quasar winds.Comment: Submitted to Advances in Space Research for New X-ray Results from
Clusters of Galaxies and Black Holes (Oct 2002; Houston, TX), eds. C. Done,
E.M. Puchnarewicz, M.J. Ward. Requires cospar.sty (6 pgs, 5 figs
What in the World Just Happened? Studentsâ Self-Regulation in Asynchronous PreCalculus During the COVID-19 Pandemic
We describe studentsâ learning practices in an online asynchronous PreCalculus course during Fall 2020, the first complete semester of distance learning induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Results were compiled using a thematic analysis of a questionnaire administered to 43 students enrolled in PreCalculus at a university in the Midwest (United States). Students were given opportunities for active learning and various synchronous Q&A sessions, yet they primarily learned through watching videos and reading worked examples, minimizing interactions with the instructor and available tutors. The questionnaire results show that students knew active learning was helpful, but they were unable to curtail unproductive learning practices. The questionnaire also showed that students struggled to stay motivated and keep to a schedule. We conclude that by developing their study techniques and self-regulatory habits, students will be able to take more control over their learning, particularly in asynchronous classes
4-Methyl-2,6-bis(phosphonomethyl)phenol dihydrate
The 4-methyl-2,6-bis(phosphomethyl)phenol molecule,
which crystallizes with two water molecules per asymmetric
unit, has approximate twofold symmetry and is
involved in extensive three-dimensional hydrogen bonding
in which every available OH group participates.
The principal dimensions include P--O 1.4981 (13)
and 1.5015 (14) ,~, four P--OH distances in the range
1.5395(14) to 1.5688(13) A, P--C 1.7857(17) and
1.7893 (17) ~k, and O...O intramolecular and intermolecular
hydro.gen-bond distances in the range 2.458 (2) to
2.866 (2) A
The structure of triphenylgermanium hydroxide
C18H~6GeO, Mr = 320.9, triclinic, Pi, a =
15.408 (6), b = 19.974 (7), c = 23.264 (11) A, a =
107.78 (4), 13 = 1.03.54 (4), y= 101.51 (3) °, V =
6338 (5)/~3, Z = 16, Dx = 1.34 g cm -3, a(Mo Ka) =
0.71073A, /z = 19.1cm-1, F(000)=2624, T=
293 K, R = 0.055 for 6846 observed reflections. The
eight independent molecules in the asymmetric unit
form two independent O--H...O hydrogen-bonded
tetramers with the O atoms in a flattened tetrahedral
arrangement [hydrogen-bond distances in the range
2.609 (11) to 2.657 (11)A]. The Ge atoms are tetrahedrally
coordinated with mean Gc O 1.791 (7) and
Gc C 1.931 (8) A
Structure of the partial cone conformer of 25,26,27,28-tetrakis[(2-pyridylmethyl)oxy]calix[4]arene
The partial cone conformer of tetrakis[(2-pyridylmethyl)-
oxy]pentacyclo[ 19.3.1.13'7.19'13.115,19]octacosa- 1 (25),-
3,5,7 (28),9,11,13 (27), 15,17,19(26),21,23-dodecaene, (I),
adopts a conformation in which the pendant OCH2py
group of the rotated aryl ring is oriented away from the
calixarene cavity produced by the other three aryl rings,
with its N atom exo to the calixarene cup. The orientation
of the four aromatic rings is such that two rings are almost
parallel to each other and the other two are at an angle of
42 ° . This conformation precludes any solvent molecule
being enclathrated within the small molecular cavity
Intermolecular N-H...O=C hydrogen bonding in the crystal structure of 6-amino-1,3-dimethyluracil
The 6-amino- 1,3-dimethyluracil molecule [6-amino- 1,3-
dimethyl-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione], C6H9N302 (I),
lies on a crystallographic mirror plane and participates
in an extensive two-dimensional hydrogen-bonding network
in the solid state. Each molecule is involved in N--
H...O=C hydrogen bonding involving the amino and
carbonyl gr. oups, with O...N separations of 2.894 (3) and
2.904 (3) A
- âŠ