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How Communication Noise Erodes Quality and Undermines Learning
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Ifeduba, Emmanuel Chukwunonye – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2020
Purpose: Communication, which is the cornerstone of knowledge creation and transmission, is sometimes undermined by noise often described simply as errors but hardly interrogated as communication noise. Therefore, this paper aims to explain noise from the perspective of communication (content creation, decoding and transmission) with a view to…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Problems, Textbooks, Error Patterns
Towards a Content-Based Epistemic Measure in Physics
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Sirnoorkar, Amogh; Mazumdar, Anwesh; Kumar, Arvind – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
We elaborate on a new approach of assessing content-based epistemic clarity of college physics students in terms of their ability to discriminate between different epistemic warrants for propositions in a chained argument in physics. A threefold classification (nominal, physical, and mathematical) of warrants is used, with each class split into a…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, College Science, Measurement Techniques
A Survey of the Speaking Components of an ESP Course: The Students' Mindset
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Venkateswara, U.; Divya, John – MEXTESOL Journal, 2021
This investigation focused on the speaking-skills component of the syllabi of Technical English I and II (Regulation 2013) at Anna University in Chennai, India. It was meant to formulate strategies for effective schemes to develop the English-speaking skills of engineering students in the colleges affiliated to the University. The major research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Skills, Communication Skills, Second Language Learning
Action Research in Education: Incorporation of Feedback among Students Using a Combination of Reinforcement and Immediate Transfer
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Vinay, Aparna – Online Submission, 2019
The present study is an action research in the field of education. The aim of the study was to see if immediate transfer of feedback and reinforcement can help to improve students' academic performance and help in the understanding and incorporation of feedback. The study was done on a sample of 15 psychology students of an international School in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Research, Feedback (Response), Transfer of Training
Inclusive Education Complexly Defined for Teacher Preparation: The Significance and Uses of "Error"
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Naraian, Srikala – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
Research in the implementation of inclusive education in international contexts shows that progress in the Global South appears to lag behind nations in the North. In this paper, I investigate this phenomenon not by associating it with regional cultural and socioeconomic resource limitations, but by reconsidering the assumptions within inclusive…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Teacher Education, Error Patterns, Scholarship
Proceedings of International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES) (Austin, Texas, October 13-16, 2022). Volume 1
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Shelley, Mack, Ed.; Akerson, Valarie, Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
"Proceedings of International Conference on Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES), which took place on October 13-16, 2022, in Austin, Texas. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, discuss theoretical and…
Descriptors: Mental Health, COVID-19, Pandemics, Nursing Students