Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of TBLT and the Introduction of Rap Battles in Foreign Language (FL) Teaching by Noelia Mª Galán-Rodrígez

“…The latest educational trends have put emphasis on a communicative approach to FL teaching and learning, focusing on meaning, functionality, and the integration of skills (Richards and Rodgers 2015) Therefore, it is necessary that FL teachers become acquainted with methodologies which follow an integrated-skills approach such as TBLT This article analyses pre-service teachers’ uptakes on TBLT and the use of rap battles in FL teaching in primary education through an exploratory analysis After having taken a one-week course on TBLT in a TEFL module, a questionnaire was given to participants Results show that pre-service teachers understand the importance of integrating all language skills in FL lessons for primary school students as well as the 4 Cs on learning and innovation skills (Partnership for 21st-Century Learning 2011) Furthermore, they report that rap battles are motivating and creative resources which could be exploited in FL lessons, although they also point out some challenges.…”
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Policy Challenges in the Fight against Childhood Obesity: Low Adherence in San Diego Area Schools to the California Education Code Regulating Physical Education by G. Consiglieri, L. Leon-Chi, R. S. Newfield

“…We report on 288 students (59% females), mostly Hispanic (43%) or Caucasian (34%). …”
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Assessment of Food Wastage in Hostel Messes – An Exploratory Qualitative Study by M. Rajalakshmi, S. Harshavardhini

“…Methodology: It was a qualitative exploratory study carried out amongst 50 students residing in girls’ and boys’ hostel of tertiary care teaching hospital. …”
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Eye-tracking dataset of endoscopist-AI teaming during colonoscopy: Retrospective and real-time acquisition by Yan Zhu, Rui-Jie Yang, Pei-Yao Fu, Zhen Zhang, Yi-Zhe Zhang, Quan-Lin Li, Shuo Wang, Ping-Hong Zhou

“…Eye-tracking data was collected from graduate students, nurses, senior endoscopists, and novice endoscopists while they reviewed retrospectively recorded colonoscopy withdrawal videos, both with and without computer-aided detection (CADe) assistance. …”
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Development of a tool to assess the compliance of cafeteria menus with the Mediterranean Diet by S. S. Silva, A. Rocha, L. Ferreira, B. Neto, D. Dikmen, S. Vidacek Filipec, Z. Satalic, C. Viegas

“…Higher Education food services present an excellent scenario to encourage students healthy eating habits and modulate food choices. …”
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From Muscat to the Maghreb: Pan-Arab Networks, Anti-colonial Groups, and Kuwait’s Arab Scholarships (1953–1961) by Talal Al-Rashoud

“…These organizations capitalized on the presence of their students in Kuwait to branch out into other activities, contributing to the country’s emergence as a regional hub for political activism.…”
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Evaluation of the Implementation of Waste Bank Activities by Irdam Ahmad

“…With adequate Human Resources (lecturers and students), universities are expected to be able to develop WB into professional business units, create many jobs, benefit the government and the people living around the WB…”
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Behavior Anomaly Detection Based on Multi-modal Feature Fusion and Its Application in English Teaching by Lei Kan, Man Wang

“…The encoder module is used to extract the characteristic information of students behavior image and transfer it to the detection module. …”
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Some Fixed and Periodic Points in Abstract Metric Spaces by Abd Ghafur Bin Ahmad, Zaid Mohammed Fadail, Mujahid Abbas, Zoran Kadelburg, Stojan Radenović

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THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION: APPYING HOFSTEDE’S POWER DISTANCE IN BUSINESS ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES by Daniela ISTODOR, Patrick LAVRITS

“…Practical teaching strategies and classroom activities are proposed to engage students in critical thinking and real-world application of intercultural communication concepts. …”
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Development and Validation of Activity Based Learning Scale among Teachers by Ritu Samaddar, Deb Prasad Sikdar

“…Objective: Activity Based Learning (ABL) is a method where students continuously engage in tasks and think about them, helping them understand the teacher's desired outcomes. …”
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Evaluating an internal quality assurance process for achieving national accreditation standards in midwifery education: a study protocol by Frida Berg, Kerstin Erlandsson, Paridhi Jha, Helena Wigert, Bharati Sharma, Malin Bogren

“…Data will be collected using self-administered questionnaires and focus group discussions with midwifery faculty and final-semester students. Descriptive statistics and regression models will be performed for the quantitative data, and the qualitative data will be analysed using content analysis. …”
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Methods for forming skills of solving “rule of three” problems by Lyubov Leonidovna Burkova, Lyana Levovna Bagova

“…The article is devoted to the topical issue of improving the methodology of working with text problems on “uniform processes” (finding the fourth proportional), which form the concept of a direct and inversely proportional relationship between values in younger students. Problems of this type cause the greatest difficulties for younger students. …”
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Familycentric School Leadership in Inner-City Schools in Saskatchewan by Mickey Jutras

“…This article presents the findings of a study that examined school-based leadership in a Saskatchewan inner-city elementary school with a high Indigenous student population. In this qualitative study, the researcher utilized the conversational method. …”
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Pre-Training Multi-Concept Question Embeddings for Knowledge Tracing by Yaowen Lu, Xiankun Zhang, Huitao Zhang

“…With the rise of online education platforms, the vast number of accumulated data conceal patterns regarding the evolution of students’ knowledge states. Tracking a student’s knowledge state through their historical interaction records is known as knowledge tracing, a critical task in intelligent educational systems. …”
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Phonological awareness in children: The perspective of preschool and primary school teachers by Perišić Snežana P., Minić Vesna Lj.

“…Since the acquisition of reading skills depends largely on the teachers who teach this skill and the relationship that is established with the students, it is important to investigate how they perceive children's phonological awareness, which is an important segment of reading skill. …”
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Lifestyle and Job-Related Factors Associated with Sleep Quality: Gender-Specific Insights from Taiwanese Hospital Physicians by Hou WH, Hsu TC, Chen FL, Wu JC

“…Statistical analyses—Student’s t test, Pearson’s correlation test, and multivariate linear regression—were conducted to identify factors associated with sleep quality. …”
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Fertility knowledge, desire, and associated factors among Iranian couples: a cross-sectional study in Northwest Iran by Sepideh Mashayekh-Amiri, Behnam Molaie, Fatemeh Aliasghari, Fatemeh Rashidi, Elnaz Hemati, Mojgan Mirghafourvand

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Bahan Ajar Teks Prosedur Berorientasi Kebudayaan Lokal (Local Culture Oriented Procedure Text Teaching Materials) by Jaja Jaja, Sri Rahayu, Tri Pujiatna

“…This book can improve students' understanding of procedural texts.</em></p><p><em>Penelitian ini bertujuan menghasilkan <em>handout</em> berorientasi kebudayaan lokal. …”
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Pembelajaran Direct Instruction Melalui Media Video Terhadap Keterampilan Praktik Shalat Berjamaah by Maslani Maslani

“…Thus, it can be concluded that there is a significant influence on prayer practice skills in congregation by using the Direct Instruction model through video media for class VII students of SMP Negeri 2 Ciparay.…”
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