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    Assessment for learning in the English language classroom

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    Assessment is part of every English Language Teaching (ELT) classroom and though there are different types of assessment, there are two which clearly stand out: Assessment of Learning (AoL), which is about the final product, and Assessment for Learning (AfL), which is about the process and how learners can be involved in their learning and assessment. Recent methodologies suggest that teaching should be learner-centred and that learners should be part of the teaching and assessment process. As a result, in Assessment for Learning, teachers and learners share responsibilities concerning the teaching/learning process. Timely and adequate feedback given to learners throughout tasks helps learners to adjust their learning in order to achieve their learning goals. Self-assessment (SA) becomes a regular practice and allows students to reflect upon their performance. Another procedure is peer assessment (PA). By assessing their peers’ work, students also reflect about their own. Literature confirms that Assessment for Learning promotes learning and fosters motivation and engagement in learners. My research focuses on Assessment for Learning in the English Language classroom. The research was carried out during 6 lessons and was classroom-based. My research focused on AfL and behavioural engagement as it referred to how learners reacted to tasks and engaged with them during class. As it was more visible than other types of engagement (for example cognitive), it allowed me to observe students’ performance and to monitor their involvement with tasks. Students were asked to answers questionnaires and exit tickets and to do self- and peer assessment. Results show that students benefited both from self- and peer assessment and seemed more engaged with activities. In Assessment for Learning, when students reflect upon their performance and engage in self-assessment, they are learning, they are overcoming the gap between where they are at the moment and where they want to be. This process motivates and engages students in their learning, avoiding school failure and consequently, school drop-out. My findings support that AfL can promote behavioural engagement in students through activities and SA and PA, where students are in charge of their learning and can make decisions about the learning process together with the teacher.A avaliação faz parte de todas as salas de aula de Ensino da Língua Inglesa e, embora existam diferentes tipos de avaliação, há dois que se destacam claramente: Avaliação das Aprendizagens, que é sobre o produto final, e Avaliação para as Aprendizagens, que se centra no processo e de como os alunos podem participar no seu processo de aprendizagem e avaliação. As metodologias recentes sugerem que o ensino deve ser centrado no aluno e que os alunos devem fazer parte do processo de ensino e avaliação. Como resultado, na Avaliação para as Aprendizagens, professores e alunos compartilham responsabilidades em relação ao processo de ensino/ aprendizagem. O feedback oportuno e adequado dado aos alunos ao longo das tarefas ajuda-os a reajustarem o seu percurso para atingir os seus objetivos de aprendizagem. A autoavaliação torna-se uma prática regular e permite que os alunos reflitam sobre o seu desempenho. Outro procedimento é a heteroavaliação: ao avaliarem o trabalho de seus pares, os alunos também refletem sobre o seu trabalho. A literatura confirma que a Avaliação para as Aprendizagens promove a aprendizagem e estimula a motivação e o envolvimento dos alunos. A minha pesquisa teve como foco a Avaliação para as aprendizagens na sala de aula de Ensino da Língua Inglesa. A pesquisa foi realizada durante 6 aulas em sala de aula. A minha pesquisa centrou-se no envolvimento comportamental, uma vez que se referia a como os alunos reagiam às tarefas e se empenhavam nas mesmas durante a aula. Como era mais visível do que outros tipos de envolvimento (por exemplo, cognitivo), permitiu-me observar o desempenho dos alunos e monitorizar seu envolvimento nas tarefas. Os alunos foram convidados a responder a questionários, bilhetes de saída e a fazer a auto e heteroavaliação. Os resultados mostram que, os alunos beneficiaram quer da auto como da heteroavaliação e pareciam mais empenhados nas atividades. Na Avaliação para as Aprendizagens, quando os alunos refletem sobre seu desempenho e fazem autoavaliação, eles estão a aprender, estão a superar a lacuna entre onde estão no momento e onde querem estar. Esse processo motiva e empenha os alunos na aprendizagem, evitando o fracasso escolar e, consequentemente, o abandono escolar. As minhas descobertas apoiam que a Avaliação para as Aprendizagens pode promover o envolvimento comportamental dos alunos por meio de atividades, onde os alunos são responsáveis por sua aprendizagem e podem tomar decisões sobre o processo de aprendizagem em conjunto com o professor

    Superação da pobreza e a nova classe média no campo

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    Serie NEAD EspecialA partir de uma análise aprofundada das mudanças nos últimos anos em áreas rurais, a superação da pobreza e da publicação da nova classe média no campo, esta publicação traz uma imagem interessante sobre o crescimento da renda e movimento entre classes econômicas no campo brasileiro

    Revista de Vertebrados de la Estación Biológica de Doñana

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    La reproducción de Hyla meridionalis en el suroeste de EspañaAlimentación y relaciones tróficas entre larvas de Triturus marmoratus, T. alpestris y T. helveticus (Amphibia: CaudataOrganization of behaviour in isolated lizards (Gallotia galloti galloti) as revealed by multivariate analyseComposición y estructura de las comunidades de aves a lo largo de un gradiente altitudinal en tres medios arbustivos del macizo de Ayllón(Sistema Central)La comunidad de aves de un acebuchar del sur de España durante el periodo invernal y de cria.Alimentación del buho chico (Asio otus) en la isla de Tenerife y análisis comparativo con la dieta de Tyto albaAlimentación del zorzal charlo (Turdus viscivoros) en la sierra de Cazorla, SE de España.La migración en España del verderón común (Carduelis chloris, L.) según los resultados de anillamientoIdentificación de los principales quirópteros ibéricos a partir de sus dientes aislados. Valor sistemático de los caracteres morfológicos y métricos dentariosRitmo de actividad en Gazella dorcasSobre la sistemática y biología de Eliomys quercinus en la Cordillera Cantábrica.Primeras citas de Barbus microcephalus Almaça, 1967 (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae) en EspañaSobre la presencia de Lampetra planeri BLOCH, 1784 en España.Sobre el status taxonómico del género Valencia Myers, 1928 en el suroeste de IberiaNuevas localidades de Chondrostroma polypis Steindachner, 1865 (Ostariophysi, Cyprinidae) en España.Sobre la distribución Gobio gobio (L., 1758)(OSTAOPHYSI, CIPRINIDAE) en EspañaNotas sobre la alimentación de larvas de anfibios: 2. Salamandra salamandra de CazorlaNuevos datos sobre la permanencia de caracteres larvarios en individuos adultos de una población de tritón pirenaico (Euproctus asper) en el valle de AránLa variación del diseño natural como método de reconocimiento individual en Triturus boscaiPresencia de Triturus boscai en la provincia de Córdoba.Datos sobre la alimentación de Athene cunicularia en la Reserva de fauna altoandina de Ulla-Ulla, Bolivia.Falco peregrinus cassini en BoliviaAlgunos datos sobre quirópteros de Galicia.Notas sobre la alimentación de la nutria (Lutra lutra) en el embalse de Matavacas, HuelvaPeer reviewe

    Oxidized renewable materials for the removal of cobalt(II) and copper(II) from aqueous solution using in batch and fixed-bed column adsorption.

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    Batch and continuous adsorption of Co2+ and Cu2+ from aqueous solutions by oxidized sugarcane bagasse (SBox) and oxidized cellulose (Cox) were investigated. The oxidation reaction of sugarcane bagasse and cellulose was made with a mixture of H3PO4?NaNO2 to obtain SBox and Cox, with the introduction of high number of carboxylic acid functions, 4.5 and 4.8?mmol/g, respectively. The adsorption kinetics of Co2+ and Cu2+ on SBox and Cox were modeled using two models (pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order) and the rate-limiting step controlling the adsorption was evaluated by Boyd and intraparticle diffusion models. The Sips and Langmuir models better fitted the isotherms with values of maximum adsorption capacity of 0.68 and 0.37?mmol/g for Co2+ and 1.20 and 0.57?mmol/g for Cu2+ adsorption on Cox and SBox, respectively. The reuse of both spent adsorbents was evaluated. Adsorption of Cu2+ and Co2+ on SBox in continuous was evaluated using a 22 factorial design with spatial time and initial metal concentration as independent variables and and effective use of the bed as responses. The breakthrough curves were very well described by the Bohart?Adams original model and the values for Co2+ and Cu2+ were 0.22 and 0.55?mmol/g. SBox confirmed to be a promising biomaterial for application on a large scale

    Female Institutional Directors on Boards and Firm Value

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    The aim of this research is to examine what impact female institutional directors on boards have on corporate performance. Previous research shows that institutional female directors cannot be considered as a homogeneous group since they represent investors who may or may not maintain business relations with the companies on whose corporate boards they sit. Thus, it is not only the effect of female institutional directors as a whole on firm value that has been analysed, but also the impact of pressure-resistant female directors, who represent institutional investors (investment, pension and mutual funds) that only invest in the company, and do not maintain a business relation with the firm. We hypothesize that there is a non-linear association, specifically quadratic, between institutional and pressure-resistant female directors on boards and corporate performance. Our results report that female institutional directors on boards enhance corporate performance, but when they reach a certain threshold on boards (11.72 %), firm value decreases. In line with female institutional directors, pressure-resistant female directors on boards also increase firm value, but only up to a certain figure (12.71 % on boards), above which they have a negative impact on firm performance. These findings are consistent with an inverted U-shaped relationship between female institutional directors and pressure-resistant female directors and firm performance

    Este libro de memorias de ntras. madres y hermanas difuntas se enquadernó , año de 1787, siendo abadesa de este conbento, la Me. Sor Mª Joaquina Ximenez de Cisneros [Manuscrito]

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    En el interior, cinco obras impresasContiene los siguientes impresos: Carta en que la M. Sor Clara de Elepiane, abadesa del ... Convento ... de Capuchinas de Murcia, da cuenta ... de la vida y muerte de la Madre soror Isabel Francisca de Oyos. [1739]. -- Carta de la Madre Sor Luisa Velasco, abadesa del Convento... de Capuchinas de Murcia, sobre la muerte y virtudes de la Madre sor María Rosa de la Canal y Conde... [1752]. -- Breve noticia de la vida, virtudes de la Madre sor Juana Jacinta Romera, religiosa del Convento... de Capuchinas de la ciudad de Murcia. 1761. -- Carta en que la M. sor Clara de Elepiane, abadesa del ... Convento de... Capuchinas de Murcia, da cuenta... de la vida y muerte de la M. soror María Francisca Lucas Guill. [1738]. -- Carta en que la M. sor Clara de Elepiane, abadesa del... Convento de... Capuchinas de Murcia, da cuenta ... de la vida y muerte de la M. soror María Antonia Luxan. [1739]MU-AM, Colección Alegría. -- Caja 49, n. 34
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