Storytelling as a pedagogical strategy for culturally responsive mathematics teaching

This paper reports an intervention study with 60 Primary three students in Hong Kong mathematics classrooms in which the language of instruction (English) was not the first language for neither the teachers nor their students. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of storytelling to develop fraction language and concepts based on the theory of culturally responsive teaching. The pre-test scores of the intervention group was significantly lower than the control group, yet post-test scores showed that both groups performed comparably well. These initial findings suggested that integrating storytelling with a culturally responsive teaching approach can reduce the achievement gap between culturally and linguistically diverse students in rural settings and their peers in urban districts

Priority based bandwidth allocation scheme for WIMAX systems

IEEE 802.16 based wireless access scheme (commonly known as WiMAX) is considered as one of the most promising wireless broadband access schemes for communication networks in metropolitan areas today. One of the most challenging tasks in the access scheme is the need to support quality of service (QoS). The paper proposes a priority based bandwidth allocation mechanism in WiMAX networks which is compliant with the standards

Anomalous scaling behaviour of cobalt cluster size distributions on graphite, epitaxial graphene and carbon-rich (6√3 × 6√3)R30°

10.1016/j.susc.2012.06.011Surface Science60621-221586-1593SUSC

Draft genome sequence of a marine actinobacteria Sciscionella strain SE31

The bacterium strain SE31, a member of the genus Sciscionella, was isolated from intertidal sediments collected from Cape Rachado, Malaysia. The high quality draft genome sequence of Sciscionella strain SE31 with a genome size of approximately 7.4. Mbp is reported. Preliminary analysis revealed 46 putative gene clusters involved in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites and 113 putative genes that are associated with bacterial virulence, disease and defense. Availability of the genome sequence of Sciscionella SE31 will contribute to a better understanding of the genus Sciscionella

Growth dynamics and kinetics of monolayer and multilayer graphene on a 6H-SiC(0001) substrate

10.1039/b927452aPhysical Chemistry Chemical Physics124113522-13533PPCP

Unusual amino acid determinants of host range in the Mtx2 family of mosquitocidal toxins

10.1074/jbc.271.24.14183Journal of Biological Chemistry2712414183-14187JBCH

Probing epitaxial growth of graphene on silicon carbide by metal decoration

10.1063/1.2883941Applied Physics Letters9210-APPL

Study of copper diffusion into tantalum and tantalum diffusion into copper

International Journal of Modern Physics B161-2100-107IJPB

Study of copper diffusion into Ta and TaN barrier materials for MOS devices

10.1016/j.tsf.2004.05.102Thin Solid Films462-463SPEC. ISS.240-244THSF