5) The development of appropriate active strategies to construct meaning from print. 6) The development and maintenance of a motivation to read. In a word, reading is the process of constructing meaning from written texts. It is a complex skill requiring the coordination of a number of interrel...
you must be willing to read the article several times. On the first reading, try to gain a general notion of what the article is trying to say. Once you've done this write down your initial impression. This is most likely the thesis, or main ...
In the process of pro-ducing, undergraduates especially freshmen who embark on academic writing prefer to organize their text with introduction, mainbody and conclusion, which is generally considered as three basic portions of an essay. The theory about how to establish a three-stage academic ...
So stop. Stop trying to write a good essay (or even a “good-enough” essay). Instead, write aninterestingessay, write an essay you think is fascinating. And when you're finished, go back and edit it until it's “good” or “proficient” according to your teacher's standards. You d...
One rather elementary matter that has not been addressed by the IAT is the issue of how test scoresfunctionallyrelate to known magnitudes of the construct of interest. In other words, we do not know how scores on the measures provide an adequate index of the various constructs they claim to...
It should have an introduction, rising action, a climax where transformation occurs, falling action, and a solution. Here is a rough formula for you to use in your case study: Problem (Act I): > Solution (Act II) > Result (Act III) > Conclusion. Types of Case Studies The purpose of...
to monitor during problem-solving. If a learner has acquired a high level of understanding, this should be reflected in good problem-solving performance and hence the cue of problem-solving performance should be highly diagnostic. In support of this notion, Baars et al. (2014a,b) found that...
Based on [76,77], the following types of validity were identified and discussed in this study: internal, external, construct and conclusion validity. Although we carefully followed the SM process to minimize any threats to the validity of the results and conclusions drawn, we encountered some iss...
To identify the moderating effect of government subsidies (Hypothesis 3). Referring to the literature [55], we construct a moderating effect model as follows. We use the interaction term 𝐶𝑃𝑈𝑡−1×𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑖,𝑡CPUt−1×subsidiesi,t to determine the ...
But our good intentions fall flat when reading the Bible just doesn’t seem to help us experience God in a real way. What should feel dynamic and important and alive often feels confusing and boring and irrelevant. But it doesn’t have to feel this way. ...