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Language And Social Justice In Us Climate Movements: Barriers And Ways Forward, Julia Coombs Fine

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

Climate movements increasingly conceptualize the climate crisis as an issue of social injustice, both in terms of its root causes and its present and future effects. Climate justice calls for participatory decision-making within climate movements, which, as communication scholars have pointed out, necessitates inclusive and accessible communicative practices. Within sociocultural linguistics, a growing body of research has explored sociolinguistic justice, or marginalized groups' struggle for self-determined language use. This analysis interweaves these two research areas, applying the theory of sociolinguistic justice to climate communication in organizing contexts. Drawing on 67 semi-structured interviews and 112 online surveys with climate activists from …

Front Matter, Naya Sucha-Xaya, Kanya Wattanagun

Journal of Letters

No abstract provided.

Fraktur Script: Another Key To The World Of German Language And Culture, Akra Chowchong, Peera Panarut

Journal of Letters

This article highlights the relevance of Fraktur, a typeface widely used in German language and culture until the Second World War, which has been associated for many centuries with German national identity as well as Protestantism in the German cultural context. Readers unaccustomed to its distinctive appearance and orthography may experience trouble reading texts written in Fraktur. This article, therefore, deals with the origin of Fraktur in brief, introduces its forms and basic orthography and provides example texts, which could be useful for research dealing with texts in German featuring this typeface.

Towards Multimodal Open-World Learning In Deep Neural Networks, Manoj Acharya

Theses

Over the past decade, deep neural networks have enormously advanced machine perception, especially object classification, object detection, and multimodal scene understanding. But, a major limitation of these systems is that they assume a closed-world setting, i.e., the train and the test distribution match exactly. As a result, any input belonging to a category that the system has never seen during training will not be recognized as unknown. However, many real-world applications often need this capability. For example, self-driving cars operate in a dynamic world where the data can change over time due to changes in season, geographic location, sensor types, …

Allure: A Multi-Modal Guided Environment For Helping Children Learn To Solve A Rubik's Cube With Automatic Solving And Interactive Explanations, Kausik Lakkaraju, Thahimum Hassan, Vedant Khandelwal, Prathamjeet Singh, Cassidy Bradley, Ronak Shah, Forest Agostinelli, Biplav Srivastava, Dezhi Wu

Faculty Publications

Modern artificial intelligence (AI) methods have been used to solve problems that many humans struggle to solve. This opens up new opportunities for knowledge discovery and education. We demonstrate ALLURE, a collaborative educational AI system for learning to solve the Rubik's cube that is designed to help students improve their problem solving skills. ALLURE can both find its own strategies for solving the Rubik's cube and explain those strategies to humans. In the future, ALLURE will also be able to collaborate with humans by building on user-provided strategies for solving the Rubik's cube and as well as generalize to other …

Explainable And Cooperative Autonomy Across Networks Of Distributed Systems, Peter Joseph Jorgensen

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Large networks of complex systems-of-systems are commonplace and evermore present in both mundane and extraordinary facets of human existence. From the exponential growth of connectivity via the internet and other information networks, to the miniaturization of computers and sensors, to cross-domain sensor and communication networks, these networks of distributed systems-of-systems (NDSS) present incredible benefits and challenges. Autonomy is perhaps the most important and most difficult to achieve enabling technology for efficient performance of the NDSS. Giving each individual agent in a network the ability to manage its internal state in dynamic operating environments and in pursuit of multiple complex and …

Psychometric Characteristics Of Academic Language Discourse Analysis Tools, Courtney (Cici) Brianna Claar

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Academic language plays a key role in students’ educational success, yet its development in primary grades is poorly understood and often neglected (Snow & Uccelli, 2008). Academic language skills may enhance overall academic performance if targeted early and intensively. However, current methods of assessment are not sufficient to understanding the construct well enough to develop evidence-based intervention strategies. This investigation examined the psychometric properties of two discourse analysis tools designed to directly measure students’ comprehension and production of academic language. Academic language samples (n = 7,887) from a previous cohort-design study (n = 1,040; Kindergarten through third grade participants) were …

Jordanian Efl Students’ Attitudes Toward Dialogic Teaching اتجاهات الطلبة الاردنيين متعلمي اللغة الانجليزية نحو التدريس الحواري, Lana Abdullah Halloush, Prof. Abdallah Ahmad Baniabdelrahman

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract: This study investigates the Jordanian EFL seventh grade students' attitudes toward dialogic teaching. A total of 31 homogeneous female participants were selected at Yarmouk University Model School, Irbid, Jordan during the second semester of the year 2018-2019. The speaking activities of Enterprise 1 were redesigned based on dialogic teaching principles. The implementation of the dialogic-teaching instructional program lasted for two months.A questionnaire on the students’ attitudes after implementing the program was used.The questionnaire is a five-point rating scale that included eleven items in English, then they were translated into Arabic for students’ convenience. Validity and reliability of the program …

A Critical Look At The Importance Of Teaching National Identity In Algerian Efl Classrooms: Perceptions Of Public Middle And Secondary School Teachers نظرة فاحصة على أهمية تدريس الهوية الوطنية في صفوف اللغة الإنجليزية كلغة أجنبية في الجزائر: تصورات معلمي المدارس المتوسطة والثانوية الحكومية, Miral Bassaid, Prof. Oqlah M. Smadi

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract: Over the past decades, studies investigating the concept of national identity within educational settings have grown increasingly prevalent and in demand. Ergo, the following study has set out to examine the perceptions of EFL teachers regarding the importance of incorporating national identity within newly developed English textbooks used in public middle and secondary schools in Algeria. The researchers elicited the views of 112 Algerian teachers during the second semester of the academic year 2017-2018 regarding the efficiency of home-grown textbooks in teaching national and local matters as well as their role in helping Algerian students foster their intercultural competence. …

Effect Of The Double Entry Journal Strategy On Ninth-Grade Students' Attitudes Toward It In Creative Reading أثر استراتيجية المفكرة ذات المدخل المزدوج على اتجاهات طالبات الصف التاسع في القراءة الابداعية, Eman Mohammad Qudah, Prof. Abdallah Baniabderlrahman, Dr. Imad Tawfiq Sa'di

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the ninth-grade students' attitudes toward using Double Entry Journal strategy (DEJ). The researchers chose a school purposefully. Two ninth grade sections were chosen randomly to be the sample of the study. They were 60 students. The sample was divided into two groups; the experimental group and the control group. Each group consisted of 30 students. The researchers developed a questionnaire in order to achieve the purpose of the study. The questionnaire was applied to the experimental group, which was taught through using the DEJ. The results of the study showed that the ninth grade …

The Effect Of Using Error Analysis On Basic - Ninth Grade Students' English Writing Skills أثر استخدام تحليل الأخطاء في مهارات الكتابة باللغة الإنجليزية لدى طالبات الصف التاسع الأساسي, Thekrayat Ali Subaihat, Prof. Abdallah Baniabdelrahman

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract: This study aimed at examining the effect of the error analysis on ninth grade students' writing skills. To achieve the aims of the study, a quasi-experimental research design was used in which the participants of the study consisted of 65 ninth-grade female students who were randomly assigned as one control group (n=30) and one experimental group (n=35) who were enrolled at Safia Bint Abd Al-Mutalib secondary school for girls, at Mafraq Directorate of Education, in the first semester of the academic year 2018-2019. To collect data, a pre- posttest was prepared. The researcher taught the experimental group, whereas the …

Jordanian Efl Eleventh- Grade Female Students' Attitudes Towards Using Online Discussion Forums In Their Writing اتجاهات طالبات الصف الحادي عشر الاردنيات متعلمات اللغه الانجليزية كلغة أجنبية نحو استخدام منتديات النقاش عبر الانترنت في أدائهن الكتابي, Anwar Bader Al-Sharo', Prof. Abdallah Baniabdelrahman, Dr. Ebtesam Qassim Rababah

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract: This study aimed at examining Jordanian eleventh- grade female students' attitudes towards using online discussion forums in their writing performance. To achieve the aims of the study, a quasi-experimental research design was used in which the participants of the study consisted of 52 eleventh - grade female students who were randomly assigned as one control group (n= 27) and one experimental group (n = 25) who enrolled at Howwarah secondary school for girls in the first semester of the academic year 2017/2018. To collect data, the researchers adapted an attitudinal questionnaire from Ghorbanpour (2013:224-229) that was distributed to the …

The Effect Of Using Oral And Digital Storytelling Strategies In Improving Critical Listening Skills Among The Female Students Of The Basic Ninth Grade In Jordan أثر استخدام استراتيجيتي السرد القصصي الشفوي والرقمي في تحسين مهارات الاستماع الناقد لدى طالبات الصف التاسع الأساسي في الأردن, Dr. Lamia’ Muhammad Omoush, Dr. Feras Mahmoud Alslaiti

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract: The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of using oral and digital storytelling strategies in improving critical listening skills among female students of the basic ninth grade in Jordan. The participants of the study consisted of (86) female students of the ninth grade, who were selected from the schools of the brigade of Bani Obaid - Irbid. The students were set in three groups. The oral storytelling strategy was used in teaching the first experimental group. The digital storytelling strategy was used in teaching of the second experimental group, while the usual method was used to …

The Effect Of Stations And Centers Strategy On Jordanian Efl Tenth Grade Students’ Motivation In Reading Comprehension أثر استراتيجية المحطات والمراكز في دافعية طالبات الصف العاشر الأردنيات في الاستيعاب القرائي, Ream Khawaldeh', Prof. Abdallah Ahmad Baniabdelrahman, Dr. Khaled Al-Omari

Jordanian Educational Journal

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هدفت هـذه الدراسـة إلـى استقصـاء أثـر التـدريس باسـتخدام استراتيجية المحطات والمراكز فـي تحسين مستوى دافعية طالبات الصف العاشر الأردنيات نحـو الاستيعاب القرائي. حيث قام الباحث باختيار المدرسة بشكل قصدي. وقد تكونت عينة الدراسة التي تم اختيارها عشوائيا من 80 طالبة. إذ قسمت العينة الى مجوعتين, مجموعة ضابطة مكونة من 40 طالبة ومجموعة تجريبية مكونة من 40 طالبة. وقد طُبّقت الاستبانة على المجموعة الضابطة التي تم تطبيق الاستراتيجية عليها. أظهرت نتائج الدراسة أن مستوى دافعية الطالبات نحو استخدام استراتيجية المحطات والمراكزفي حصص مهارات الاستيعاب القرائي كانت إيجابية ومرتفعة. وبالاعتماد على هذه النتائج, يوصي الباحثون باستخدام هذه الاستراتجية في تدريس مهارات …

The Effect Of Aesthetic Teaching Of Arabic Language In Improving The Skills Of Aesthetic Taste, For The Sixth Grade Students In Jordan أثر التدريس الجمالي لمبحث اللغة العربية في تنمية التذوق الجمالي لدى طلبة الصف السادس الأساسي في الأردن, Amany Khalil Younis, Prof. Abdul Rahman Al Hashemi

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract: This study aimed at investigating the effect of Aesthetic teaching on the improving of aesthetic taste skills of the Arabic language, for sixth grade students in Jordan. The sample of the study consisted of (158) students, who had been distributed in two groups: experimental and control, the experimental group studied for 8 weeks according to the method of Aesthetic teaching, while the control group studied according to the usual method. The aesthetic taste skills test was implemented on both groups before and after teaching. The results of ANCOVA analysis reveal statistically significant difference at (α=0.05) between the two groups …

Privatization In Poland: A Legal Analysis Of Foreign Investment, Drew Marszal

Florida Journal of International Law

This article will focus on the path that Poland has chosen to facilitate foreign investment, as well as analyze specific legislation enacted to govern the process. Legal obstacles and benefits are examined, as is the application of the legislation to specific foreign investment procedures. The conclusion of the article will discuss the probability of Poland’s success or failure based upon the current course of the privatization process.

The New Zealand Bill Of Rights: A Step Towards The Canadian And American Examples Or A Continuation Of Parlimentary Supremacy?, Michael Principe

Florida Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

German Reunification: The Effect On International Joint Ventures, Leonard P. Feldman

Florida Journal of International Law

The German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG or West Germany) have reunified economically. Western businessmen who seek to invest in Germany have prepared for virtually any possibility, including overnight revision of business plans and concepts. While some citizens who remain in the GDR clash with newly forming opposition parties, many East German residents flee daily to the FRG. Yet within the first few months since the Berlin Wall fell, East-West business partners have signed and negotiated numerous cooperative agreements.

One such cooperative agreement which the GDR and FRG currently are promoting is …

High Quality, Equity, And Assessment: An Analysis Of Variables Impacting English Learner Standardized Science Test Performance And Implications For Construct Validity, Maria Del Carmen Salazar, Joanna K. Bruno, Melissa P. Schneider

Curriculum and Instruction: Faculty Scholarship

In the United States, assessment is seen as a lever that can facilitate high-quality education. This study on English learners, students whose native language is not English, was based on data from eighth-grade English learners’ performance on science general and content-specific (physical, life, and earth science) standardized exams and an English language proficiency exam. The researchers utilized regression analysis to examine factors (i.e., socioeconomic status, home language, English language proficiency, and receptive and productive elements of language) that are predictive of English learner performance in general and content-specific science standardized assessments to identify implications for construct validity of high-stakes science …

War, Love, And Journeys: A Comparative Analysis Of Conceptual Metaphors In Political Speeches, Kelly N. Woods

Theses and Dissertations

In convention speeches and inaugural addresses, presidential candidates and newly-elected presidents attempt to persuade listeners to vote for and support them. One persuasive tool that they use in these speeches is metaphor, considered a fundamental form of reasoning (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980). The present study focuses on three conceptual metaphors (POLITICS IS WAR, POLITICS IS A JOURNEY, and POLITICS IS LOVE) used in 40 speeches given by American presidents from 1944 to 2021 in order to see if there are differences in metaphor usage across political party (i.e., Democrat and Republican) and across speech type (i.e., nomination acceptance and inaugural …

It's The Focus On Black Girls For Me: A Mixed Methods Inquiry Into Perceptions Of School Climate, Eshe Price

Theses and Dissertations

Local and national context, along with some educational research, indicate the racialized and gendered challenges Black girls are facing in schools. Although there has been an increase in research centered on Black girls' schooling experiences, few studies investigate the realities Black girls face in rural communities. Accordingly, the aim of this three-article dissertation is to deepen our understanding of Black girls' schooling experiences in order to improve the climate in schools for Black girls in predominantly white, rural communities. The first article is a conceptual paper that unpacks the four tenets of critical race quantitative intersectionality (CRQI). The second article …

A Universally Translatable Explication Of Adam Smith's Famous Proposition On "The Extent Of The Market", Bart J. Wilson, Gian Marco Farese

ESI Publications

Following Adam Smith’s line of argument, we examine the semantics of four economic principles in Chapter III of the Wealth of Nations that compose his famous proposition “that the division of labour is limited by the extent of the market.” We apply the Natural Semantic Metalanguage framework in linguistics to produce a series of explications that are clear and plain, cross-translatable into any language, intelligible to twenty-first-century readers, and faithfully close to the original text. Our paper explicates Smith’s logical argument in Chapter III and demonstrates how his ideas can be shared among speakers with different linguacultural backgrounds in line …

She’S Just Not That Into Me: Sexual Self-Concept Among Heterosexual Men Who Identify As Involuntary Celibates, Kyle J. Justin, Dustin K. Shepler, Joseph R. Kinel

Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

Emerging adult men experiencing involuntary celibacy are increasingly self-identifying as “incels.” Popular culture has painted a negative view of incel men. Nonetheless, almost no research has addressed the experiences of incels or systematically compared incels to their peers to identify whether actual differences exist in psychological functioning. In this study, we surveyed a total of 129 emerging adult men (75 incels and 54 non-incels) to determine if and how incels differ from their non-incel peers. MANOVA results indicated that incels disproportionately struggled with low self-esteem, social anxiety, difficulty approaching women, and optimism about partnered sexual experiences compared to their non-incel …

Effectiveness Of Recruitment Strategies Of Latino Smokers: Secondary Analysis Of A Mobile Health Smoking Cessation Randomized Clinical Trial., Evelyn Arana-Chicas, Francisco Cartujano-Barrera, Katherine K. Rieth, Kimber K. Richter, Edward F. Ellerbeck, Lisa Sanderson Cox, Kristi D. Graves, Francisco J. Diaz, Delwyn Catley, Ana Paula Cupertino

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND: Latinos remain disproportionately underrepresented in clinical trials, comprising only 2%-3% of research participants. In order to address health disparities, it is critically important to increase enrollment of Latino smokers in smoking cessation trials. There is limited research examining effective recruitment strategies for this population.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of direct versus mass and high- versus low-effort recruitment strategies on recruitment and retention of Latino smokers to a randomized smoking cessation trial. We also examine how the type of recruitment might have influenced the characteristics of enrolled participants.

METHODS: Latino smokers were enrolled …

The Effect Of A Grammatical Educational Program Based On Contemporary Standards Of Curricula In Developing Grammatical Structures Among Students Of The Department Of Arabic Language At Aal Al- Bayt University أثر برنامج تعليمي نحوي قائم على المعايير المعاصرة للمناهج في تنمية التراكيب النحويّة لدى طلبة قسم اللغة العربيّة في جامعة آل البيت, Abdullah Abdelmu’Ti Sha’T, Prof. Abdulrahman Al-Hashimi

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract: This study aimed at exploring the effect of a grammatical educational program based on contemporary standards of the curricula in developing grammatical structures among students of the department of Arabic language at aal al- Bayt University. To achieve this aim, the educational program has been prepared and a test of grammatical structures. The study group members were students enrolled in the Arabic grammar course (2), all of whom were included in one division chosen intentionally. They studied for nine weeks according to the educational program, and the grammer test was applied to them before and after the experiment. After …

The Effect Of Teaching Using Science Fiction Films In Developing Creative Thinking For The Basic Tenth Grade Students In Light Of Their Motivation Towards Learning The Subject Of Life Sciencies In Jordan أثر التدريس باستخدام أفلام الخيال العلمي في تنمية التفكير الإبداعي لدى طلبة الصف العاشر الأساسي في ضوء دافعيتهم نحو تعلم مبحث العلوم الحياتية بالأردن, Nisreen Kareem Dahdoul

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the effect of teaching using a proposed strategy based on science fiction films in the development of creative thinking for the basic tenth grade students in light of their motivation towards learning the life sciences subject in Jordan. The sample of (51) students was chosen from two basic tenth – grade classes at the “Model School” in Jordan. The students of the two divisions were randomly assigned to an experimental group that was studied using science fiction films, and a control group that studied in the msual method. A measure of creative thinking was …

Parents’ Perceptions Of Their Children’S Achievement In The Reading Class Using A Flipped Classroom Model: A Case Study Of Tenth Grade Female Students In Zarqa Directorate Of Education تصورات أولياء الأمور لإنجازات أطفالهم في دروس القراءة باستخدام أنموذج التعليم المقلوب: دراسة حالة لطالبات الصف العاشر الاساسي في مديرية تربية الزرقاء, Tasneem Shraideh, Prof. Abdallah Ahmad Bani Abdelrahman

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract: The flipped classroom is considered as an academic trend worldwide. Despite its growing popularity, this area of research remains unsettled in Jordan as very few studies were devoted to this model. Hence, the study at hand sets out to investigate the perceptions of parents following the implementation of a flipped classroom model in the EFL reading classroom (Grade 10) in Zarqa Directorate of Education, Jordan. A questionnaires was developed and distributed to (51) parents by the end of the second academic semester of the year 2018/2019. Results showed that parents were positively influenced by their children’s feedback after experiencing …

The Effect Of A Reciprocal-Based Instructional Program On Ninth-Grade Students’ Reading Comprehension In Public Schools In Jordan أثر استخدام برنامج تدريسي قائم على التدريس التبادلي على مهارات الاستيعاب القرائي لدى طلبة الصف التاسع في المدارس الحكومية في الاردن, Mohammad Ahmad Al Jboor, Prof. Abdallah Ahmad Bani Abdelrahman

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract: This study aimed at investigating the effect of using a reciprocal-based instructional program on improving reading comprehension among ninth grade students in Jordan. The sample of the study consisted of 107 ninth grade male and female students in the academic year 2017/2018 in four schools in North West Badia Directorate of Education. Two classroom sections were chosen to represent the experimental groups and the other two were chosen to represent the control groups. The study followed a quasi-experimental design, where the experimental groups were taught reading comprehension using a reciprocal based instructional program and the control groups were taught …

Conditional Sentence Constructions In English: Frequencies And Distribution In American And British English A Corpus- Based Study بنية الجملة الشرطية في اللغة الإنجليزية: التكرارات والتوزيع في الإنجليزية الأميركية والبريطانية, Wajed Rasmi Al Ahmad, Prof. Ryiad Fayez Hussein

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract: This study is a corpus-based research, which investigates patterns and frequency of use of conditional sentence (CS) constructions, with four conditional conjunctions (CCs): if, unless, provided that and on condition that. Data is obtained from two corpora,: the British National Corpus (BNC) and the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). Further, this study examines the patterns and frequency of use of those CCs in spoken, written and different sections of COCA and BNC. This study also investigates the most frequently used collocates with subjunctive conditionals (if I/she/ he/it were) in the spoken and written subsections of BNC and COCA. …

The Role Of Saudi Arabian Universities In Combating Extremism As Perceived By The Faculties دور الجامعات السعودية في مكافحة التطرف حسب تصور الكليات, Dr. Ameera Al Hammouri, Dr. Areej Altuwayjiri

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract: The purpose was to identify the role of universities in Saudi Arabia in combating extremism from viewpoints of the faculties. The researchers designed a 30-item questionnaire covering four domains and was administered to a sample of (264) faculty members selected by the random convenience sampling method. Results revealed high significance of the role of universities in Saudi Arabia in extremism combating efforts as perceived by the faculties, where the political domain was placed first, then the academic domain was placed secondly and the social domain was ranked lastly. Results showed statistically significant differences among subject estimates on the study …