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International Research Symposium on Talent Education, Part 5: The challenges of offering group class
This is the fifth installment in a series of articles reporting on a largeâscale demographic survey of North American Suzuki teachers. The last article in this series examined some of the perceived benefits of group class. In this article, we will review participantsâ perceptions of the challenges of group class. Participating teachers were asked to respond to the openâended question, "What is the greatest challenge of group class?" Their responses were coded and analyzed for important themes
International Research Symposium on Talent Education, Part 6: Parent education in Suzuki studios
This is the sixth installment in a series of articles reporting on a largeâscale demographic survey of North American Suzuki teachers. The previous article in this series examined some of the perceived challenges of group class. In this article, we will review teachers' descriptions of the parent education offerings within their studios. Teachers were asked to provide information about the structure, content, and intensity of their parent education programs. The survey questions included both initial education for new families entering their studios, as well as ongoing education for returning families
ZONING DESIGN FOR HANDÂWRITTEN NUMERAL RECOGNITION
Microsoft, Motorola, Siemens, Hitachi, IAPR, NICI, IUF
In the field of Optical Character Recognition (OCR), zoning is used to extract topological information from patterns. In this paper zoning is considered as the result of an optimisation problem and a new technique is presented for automatic zoning. More precisely, local analysis of feature distribution based on Shannon's entropy estimation is performed to determine "core" zones of patterns. An iterative regionÂgrowing procedure is applied on the "core" zones to determine the final zoning
International Research Symposium on Talent Education, Part 4: The joys and benefits of Suzuki group class
This is the fourth article in a series reporting the findings of a large-scale demographic study of Suzuki teachers in Canada and the United States. Previous articles introduced the research, reporting on basic demographic statistics, teacher training, studio size, and structure of group classes. In this article we report on the results of an open-ended response question regarding the benefits of student participation in Suzuki group class
A PERTURBATIONÂBASED APPROACH FOR MULTIÂCLASSIFIER SYSTEM DESIGN
Microsoft, Motorola, Siemens, Hitachi, IAPR, NICI, IUF
This paper presents a perturbationÂbased approach useful to select the best combination method for a multiÂclassifier system. The basic idea is to simulate small variations in the performance of the set of classifiers and to evaluate to what extent they influence the performance of the combined classifier. In the experimental phase, the Behavioural Knowledge Space and the DempsterÂShafer combination methods have been considered. The experimental results, carried out in the field of handÂwritten numeral recognition, demonstrate the effectiveness of the new approach
Why don't more boys want to become teachers? The effect of a gendered profession on studentsâ career expectations
Gender differences in teaching career expectations were explored among 15-year-old students in 49 countries participating in the 2015 cycle of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Results revealed that boys were generally less likely than girls to expect to work as teachers, but the magnitude of the gender gap varied across countries. Boys were more likely to expect to work as teachers in countries with a greater representation of male teachers and in countries with higher teacher salaries. In countries with more egalitarian gender beliefs (i.e., beliefs and attitudes toward gender equality), both boys and girls were less likely to expect teaching careers, but this negative association was stronger for boys than for girls
Non perturbative renormalization in coordinate space
We present an exploratory study of a gauge-invariant non-perturbative
renormalization technique. The renormalization conditions are imposed on
correlation functions of composite operators in coordinate space on the
lattice. Numerical results for bilinears obtained with overlap and
O(a)-improved Wilson fermions are presented. The measurement of the quark
condensate is also discussed.Comment: Lattice2003(improve), 3 page
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