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Information theory and representation in associative word learning
A significant portion of early language learning
can be viewed as an associative learning
problem. We investigate the use of associative
language learning based on the principle that
words convey Shannon information about the
environment. We discuss the shortcomings
in representation used by previous associative
word learners and propose a functional representation
that not only denotes environmental
categories, but serves as the basis for activities
and interaction with the environment.
We present experimental results with an autonomous
agent acquiring language
2015: A Year of China-U.S. Competition and Cooperation
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From âSage on the Stageâ to âGuide on the Sideâ: A Good Start
While the now-clichĂ©d shift from âsage on the stageâ to âguide on the sideâ that characterizes the changing role of teachers is a good start, it is just that â a start. In this paper, I argue for a detailed look at the concomitant shift in the role of students, as they leave the world of passive recipients and join the ranks of active participants in the teaching-learning nexus. The paper discusses the problematic conflation of the terms âinformationâ and âknowledgeâ that surfaces in consideration of the shifting roles of teachers and students, and argues that, in addition to defining information and knowledge precisely, we must consider the significance of the processes that transform the former into the latter. And finally, I reiterate the importance of making these distinctions and defining these processes not in the abstract but, rather, in the context of the various disciplines
âBoyer Reconsideredâ: Fostering Studentsâ Scholarly Habits of Mind and Models of Practice
In his Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate, Ernest L. Boyer argued for a conception of âscholarshipâ that recognizes traditional research â what he termed the âscholarship of discoveryâ â but which also includes the scholarly domains of âintegrationâ, âapplicationâ, and âteachingâ. His validation of teaching has spawned a virtual âindustryâ devoted to what is now known as the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).
In this paper I seize upon the fact that, in the process of assembling his argument for better recognition of the range of faculty work, Boyer reconsidered the very concept of scholarship, arriving at a broader conception that highlights and celebrates a rich intersection of varied scholarly activities and practices. After introducing Boyerâs four domains of scholarship and summarizing the various scholarly activities â what might be termed the âhabits of mindâ and âmodels of practiceâ â that are associated with those domains, I use the faculty-teaching-scholar template that emerges to generate a map for the development of the student-as-scholar. There is, I believe, a serious need to balance the (quantitatively and qualitatively) great work on the faculty-teaching component of SoTL with an increased focus on the student-learning side.
Finally, I demonstrate how the various scholarly habits of mind and models of practice that help define the student-as-scholar are potentially developed in teaching and learning contexts identified as âhigh-impact educational practicesâ. These scholarly habits of mind, models of practice, and high-impact practices are placed in the broader context of âpurposeful pathwaysâ, i.e., degree-level curricular and co-curricular plans that could be considered as analogues of faculty-scholarsâ research agenda
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A Study of the Characteristics of Pupil Dropouts with Special Reference to the Ninth and Tenth Grades of United Township High School, East Moline, Illinois
From âSage on the Stageâ to âGuide on the Sideâ: A Good Start
While the now-clichĂ©d shift from âsage on the stageâ to âguide on the sideâ that characterizes the changing role of teachers is a good start, it is just that â a start. In this paper, I argue for a detailed look at the concomitant shift in the role of students, as they leave the world of passive recipients and join the ranks of active participants in the teaching-learning nexus. The paper discusses the problematic conflation of the terms âinformationâ and âknowledgeâ that surfaces in consideration of the shifting roles of teachers and students, and argues that, in addition to defining information and knowledge precisely, we must consider the significance of the processes that transform the former into the latter. And finally, I reiterate the importance of making these distinctions and defining these processes not in the abstract but, rather, in the context of the various disciplines
On Sojourn Times in the Finite Capacity Queue with Processor Sharing
We consider a processor shared queue that can accommodate at most a
finite number of customers. We give an exact expression for the sojourn
time distribution in the finite capacity model, in terms of a Laplace
transform. We then give the tail behavior, for the limit , by
locating the dominant singularity of the Laplace transform.Comment: 10 page
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