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Lidster, Ryan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
When acquiring a second language, learners must become able to perceive the difference between novel sounds ("discrimination") and also associate strings of sounds with distinct vocabulary items ("lexical encoding"). Recent research has questioned whether discrimination is a sufficient or necessary condition for encoding, and…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Japanese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Gerwin, Katelyn Lippitt – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Purpose: Children with speech sound disorder (SSD) mispronounce more speech sounds than is typical for their age and a growing body of research suggests that a deficit in speech perception abilities contributes to development of the disorder. However, little work has been done to characterize the neurophysiological processes indexing speech…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Phonetics, Diagnostic Tests, Preschool Children
Carhart, Elliot D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This applied dissertation investigated the effect of crew resource management (CRM) training on medical errors in a simulated prehospital setting. Specific areas addressed by this program included situational awareness, decision making, task management, teamwork, and communication. This study is believed to be the first investigation of CRM…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Performance Technology, Simulation, Improvement Programs
Ramsey, Gregory W. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation proposes and tests a theory explaining how people make decisions to achieve a goal in a specific task environment. The theory is represented as a computational model and implemented as a computer program. The task studied was primary care physicians treating patients with type 2 diabetes. Some physicians succeed in achieving…
Descriptors: Physicians, Diabetes, Error Patterns, Computer Software
Hinton, Janine E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The quasi-experimental research study developed and tested an education process to reduce and trap medication errors. The study was framed by Endsley's (1995a) model of situation awareness in dynamic decision making. Situation awareness improvement strategies were practiced during high-fidelity clinical simulations. Harmful medication errors occur…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Nursing Education, Safety, Allied Health Personnel
Martoccio, Alyssa Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation tests a grammatical structure, differential object marking (DOM), which is particularly difficult for L2 learners to acquire. DOM is a phenomenon in which some direct objects are morphologically marked to distinguish them from subjects (Comrie, 1979). In Spanish, animate and specific direct objects are marked with the preposition…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Difficulty Level, Metalinguistics