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Environmental Studies
E. F. Chipango
Summary: The study reveals that energy poverty in Zimbabwe is primarily framed as a net deficit discourse. These narratives construct energy poverty as a result of external factors while alternative views are not adequately considered due to asymmetrical power relations.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2021)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ruiyuan Wang, Jing Han, Bruno Di Biase, Mark Antoniou
Summary: This study investigates the impact of study-abroad experience on lexical translation among Chinese interpreting students. The results highlight the positive effect of study-abroad experience in resolving language competition and streamlining language switching for interpreting students.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
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Entomology
David C. Molik
Summary: Initiatives like the i5k are important for cross-species analysis, but there is still a question of how to quantitatively measure the impact of genomes.
JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE
(2022)
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Computer Science, Cybernetics
Charalampos Chelmis, Khandker Sadia Rahman
Summary: Homelessness is increasing due to the Covid-19 pandemic, making it essential to address the needs of the homeless early on to prevent them from giving up. By analyzing their pathways through homeless services, we found that initial living conditions and placement influence the challenges individuals face. We also discovered that simple signals can predict individuals at risk of falling through the cracks.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SYSTEMS
(2023)
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Education & Educational Research
Yilmaz Soysal
Summary: This study examines how science teachers use challenging questions to encourage students to observe and discuss natural phenomena in new ways. The research identifies eight types of challenging questions used by the teachers and offers recommendations for teacher noticing and professional development.
SCIENCE & EDUCATION
(2022)
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Computer Science, Information Systems
Ling Long Tsai
Summary: The study found that college students' preference for keyboard typing over speech input is influenced by functional and psychological barriers, while perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness impact their intention to adopt speech input.
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Kyle E. E. Karen, Cynthia L. L. Evetts
Summary: Although aesthetic experiences related to occupation are mentioned in the occupational science literature, they have not been the focus of study. By drawing on anthropological, philosophical, psychological, and neuroaesthetics concepts, we explore everyday aesthetics from an occupational perspective. Objects play a critical role in an aesthetic event at the occupational, societal, and cultural level. The process of object appraisal in the brain is a key source of aesthetic emotion in everyday life.
JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE
(2023)
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Education & Educational Research
Irma Talic, Ronny Scherer, Herbert W. Marsh, Samuel Greiff, Jens Moeller, Christoph Niepel
Summary: This study examines the structure and correlates of student state perceptions of instructional quality, and finds that state perceptions are positively related to grades and academic interest, which provides opportunities to enhance teaching effectiveness.
LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION
(2022)
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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Shalaunda M. Reeves, Kent J. Crippen, Erica D. McCray
Summary: There has been growing interest in the use of virtual reality laboratories (VR Labs) in science education over the past two decades. However, there is a lack of diverse theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding the student learning experience with VR Labs. A phenomenographic investigation revealed four qualitatively different learning experiences among undergraduate chemistry students, including hindrance, influence of prior knowledge/experience, perceived affordances enhancing learning, and removal of perceived barriers to learning.
COMPUTERS & EDUCATION
(2021)
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Education & Educational Research
Sheng-Lun Cheng, Kui Xie
Summary: The study found that students' perceived content relevance and technology usability influence academic procrastination, with conscientiousness also being an important predictor. Instructor engagement and peer interaction, however, were not related to academic procrastination.
INTERNET AND HIGHER EDUCATION
(2021)
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Education & Educational Research
Kevin Cherbow
Summary: Recent reforms in K-12 science education emphasize the need for coherent curricular materials that address students' questions and problems. This study examines how one middle school science teacher improvises from the planned storyline to accommodate students' divergent science work, and how this improvisation contributes to the development of collective knowledge objects. The findings highlight the importance of considering epistemic agency and instructional design work in relation to students' convergent and divergent science work in the curriculum.
JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE TEACHING
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Joanne M. Fuller, Emmelie Barenfeld, Inger Ekman
Summary: Despite decades of research on medicines, many people still struggle with their medications. This study focused on individuals' perspectives on medicine-taking, highlighting five main themes where participants experience medicines in various ways. The results can serve as a basis for a co-creative approach to enhance open and honest dialogues between patients and healthcare professionals regarding medications.
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Medicine, Legal
Frank Crispino
Summary: Despite crime scene management being seen more as a technical rather than scientific field, this paper argues for the importance of a generalised dedicated academic course in this area. It explains the rationale, goals, and implementation of such a course within an academic curriculum, highlighting the benefits in providing broader employment opportunities for forensic graduates.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Feifei Han
Summary: Adopting an ecological perspective, this study compared the cognitive, social, and material elements of blended learning experience between 193 domestic and 120 international students. The results showed that domestic students had more deep approaches to learning, while international students had more positive perceptions towards the blended learning environment. In terms of social elements, there was a higher proportion of domestic students choosing to collaborate compared to international students. Additionally, international students showed different preferences in material elements, with a higher tendency to select the option of showing the answer for solving multiple choice questions. It is suggested that strategies such as mixing domestic and international students in group work and training international students' intercultural communication skills could enhance the collaborative learning experience for international students.
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Linguistics
Yinghui Li, Yanping Dong
Summary: The study found that the frequency of explicitation used by interpreting students increased with training stages, and that the frequency of explicitation positively correlated with interpreting performance. A sufficient understanding of the source language was identified as a prerequisite for using explicitation.
PERSPECTIVES-STUDIES IN TRANSLATION THEORY AND PRACTICE
(2022)