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Evaluating dimensionality in non-cognitive measures: Exploratory vs. hierarchical exploratory graph analysis
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Wongvorachan, Tarid, Gorgun, Guher, Bulut, Okan
Network psychometrics is a new approach to exploring dimensionality of a measurement tool using partial correlations among items. In this study, we showcased the performance of exploratory graph analysis (EGA) and hierarchical EGA in detecting the true dimensional structure of non-cognitive...
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Exploring the persuasive writing skills of students with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Johnson, Andrew, Brown, Heather, Smyth, Rachael, Oram-Cardy, Janis
Previous studies of students with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HFASD) have shown great variability in their writing abilities. Most previous studies of students with HFASD have combined individuals with linguistic impairments (HF-ALI) and individuals without linguistic impairments...
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Facilitating Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Indigenous Youth to Grow into Resilience through Cultural Intersections
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This paper explores how transgender youth can grow into resilience through the mixture of cultural intersections (concept of Métissage) on the history of Two Spirit (TS) people, Navajo culture, and the Alaskan Two Spirit Braided Resiliency Framework, which can help transgender youth to develop...
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4/21/2014
The objective of this paper is to examine how language acquisition can be most effectively maximized through film as the visual medium. This project explores ways of using modern Hollywood movies in the ESL classroom as a means of developing the writing skills of ESL learners. To my knowledge, no...
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Finding hope in the darkness: Stories of two Chinese newcomers enrolled in Canadian high school
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Hope has been described as the ability to envision a future in which one wishes to participate. A burgeoning body of research consistently points to the vital role hope plays in learning and successful change. Employing narrative inquiry (Clandinin and Connelly, 2000), in this paper, we explore...
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Game changers: Evaluating post-secondary students’ computational thinking in a video game design class
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Yuen, C., Cutumisu, M., Solez, A.
First introduced by constructionist Seymour Papert [1], the term Computational Thinking (CT) was popularized by Jeannette Wing in 2006 as a new literacy encompassing specific critical thinking skills and dispositions used for problem solving in broad disciplines [2]. However, while CT is more...
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2006
Onuczko, Curtis, Schaeffer, Jonathan, Cutumisu, Maria, Roy, Thomas, Carbonaro, Mike, McNaughton, Matthew, Szafron, Duane
To compete in today's market, companies that develop computer role-playing games (CRPGs) must quickly and reliably create realistic, engaging game stories. Indeed, intricate storylines and realism that goes beyond graphics have become major product differentiators. To establish both, it's...
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2006
Cutumisu, Maria, Szafron, Duane, Roy, Thomas, Carbonaro, Mike, McNaughton, Matthew, Schaeffer, Jonathan, Onuczko, Curtis
Many computer games use custom scripts to control the ambient behaviors of non-player characters (NPCs). Therefore, a story writer must write fragments of computer code for the hundreds or thousands of NPCs in the game world. The challenge is to create entertaining and non-repetitive behaviors...