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Distributed Cognition and Exam Preparation in Higher Education: What Sources Students Use before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Di Blas, Nicoletta – Research on Education and Media, 2022
What 'sources' of knowledge do higher education students draw on, to prepare for exams? And has the pandemic made any difference? The study presented in this paper addresses these questions, in the belief that gaining awareness of the sources through which students learn is important for the instructional design of the courses and the evaluation…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Sources, Test Preparation, College Students
Delivering and Assessing Learning Material through Gquest: A Case Study on Patient Education
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Lanzola, Giordano; Ginardi, Germana; Russo, Paola; Quaglini, Silvana – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2014
Gquest is a mobile platform for administering interviewing and learning material. It relies on a model that supports adaptivity in the dialog with its users and enforces consistency rules to constrain their input. Gquest downloads its modules over the air making them available to the users, then a synchronization engine collects any input provided…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Case Studies, Patient Education, Diseases
Looking Outwards: Using Learning Materials to Help Learners Harness Out-of-Class Learning Opportunities
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Pinard, Lizzie – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
With the growth of English as an International Language [McKay, S. 2002. "Teaching English as an International Language." Oxford: Oxford University Press], there is a wealth of it now accessible to learners in their out-of-class environments; be these real, virtual, or a mixture of the two. Tomlinson (2008. "EFL Materials in the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Materials
Integrated Learner Support through Language Advising: Initial Experiences and Considerations at Padova University Language Centre
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Bisset, Mariana; Gödeke, Barbara – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2015
The Language Centre at the University of Padova provides language courses for students of all disciplines and with a wide range of needs. Over the years, the number of students having to deal with a language requirement has increased exponentially, while the teaching personnel and general resources have struggled to keep up. Catering to all of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Advising, Second Language Learning
Assessment Literacy of Foreign Language Teachers: Findings of a European Study
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Vogt, Karin; Tsagari, Dina – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2014
Training of pre- and in-service teachers constitutes one of the most important aspects in the quality assurance of language testing and assessment (LTA). For instance, foreign language (FL) teachers have to deal with standardised tests as well as their own classroom-based assessment procedures. This means they need the necessary expertise that can…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Handbook on Human Rights and Citizenship: Perspectives of Five Nations.
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Ferguson, Henry, Ed. – 1981
This handbook was designed to help students learn the cultural contexts in which human rights are variously defined. It provides a comparative study of five nations, selected for their geographic and cultural scope, as a unique way to study human rights. Chapter 1 sets the stage for the study by presenting activities for establishing class…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Civil Rights, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries