scholarly journals A debate on a Universal Morphology

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Roberta D'Alessandro ◽  
Ángel Gallego ◽  
Alexandru Nicolae ◽  
María Carme Parafita Couto ◽  
Diego Pescarini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Keynote Lecture ◽  
First Year ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Irregular Verbs

This debate stems from Michal Starke’s keynote lecture at NELS 51, entitled “UM. Universal Morphology”. The video can be found at this link: https://michal.starke.ch/talks/2020-11_nels/nels_starke.mp4.             In his talk, Starke sketches a nanosyntactic analysis of French irregular verbs, with the aim of showing that irregularities in French verbal paradigms (and in general) are only apparent.             We asked some prominent morphologists and morpho-syntacticians to comment on and provide replies to Starke’s proposal and arguments. Subsequently, the author wrote a reply to these comments. You can find them all here.             We wish to thank the NELS 51 organizing committee for allowing us to use the talk as a starting point for the debate, Michal Starke for his availability, and the linguists who agreed to engage in this interesting and fruitful exchange.             This keynote debate celebrates the first year of the new Isogloss, in the hope of having more occasions to host discussions like this one.

First-Year Engineering Students’ Conceptualization of Entrepreneurial Mindset

2021 ◽  
pp. 251512742110292
Author(s):  
Darby R. Riley ◽  
Hayley M. Shuster ◽  
Courtney A. LeMasney ◽  
Carla E. Silvestri ◽  
Kaitlin E. Mallouk
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
College Student ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Multidisciplinary Design ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Semester ◽  
First Year College ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Reflection Prompts

This study was conducted to examine how first-year engineering students conceptualize the Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) and how that conceptualization changes over the course of their first semester of college, using the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)’s 3Cs as a starting point. Students enrolled in an introductory, multidisciplinary design course responded to biweekly reflection prompts on their educational experiences (either in high school or as a first-year college student) and related this experience to one of the 3Cs of EM: Curiosity, Connections, or Creating Value. Results indicate that students’ conceptualization of the 3Cs often align with definitions of EM from KEEN, as well as foundational works in the entrepreneurship field, and that their interpretation of each of the 3Cs does change during their first semester in college. For instance, students were less likely to write about curiosity and more likely to write about creating value at the end of the semester compared to the beginning.

scholarly journals A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY ON FRESHMEN’S KNOWLEDGE OF GENETICS, EVOLUTION, AND THE NATURE OF SCIENCE

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-18
Author(s):  
Andrej Šorgo ◽  
Muhammet Usak ◽  
Milan Kubiatko ◽  
Jana Fančovičova ◽  
Pavol Prokop ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nature Of Science ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Human Evolution ◽  
Scientific Reasoning ◽  
Darwinian Evolution ◽  
First Year ◽  
Scientific Explanations ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
First Year University

The purpose of this study was to measure the freshmen’s level of knowledge about genetics, evolution, human evolution, the nature of science, and opinions on evolution and the presence of non-scientific explanations among Czech, Slovakian, Slovenian and Turkish students. Determination of prior knowledge and pre-conceptions about these issues is important because they are filters to learning other related concepts. The results are going to be a starting point for developing teaching strategies concerning Darwinian evolution and preparing prospective science teachers for working with students in national and international contexts. A total of 994 first-year university students from the Czech Republic (276; 27.8%), Slovakia (212, 21.3%), Slovenia (217, 27.3%) and Turkey (235, 23.6%) participated in this study. The findings can be summarized as follows: knowledge especially that of the nature of science at the freshmen level was seriously flawed. Non-scientific explanations were present in high percentages. Both were regarded as barriers towards scientific reasoning and acceptance of general human evolution especially for students expressing orthodox religious beliefs. Key words: evolution, genetics, human evolution, nature of science, non-scientific explanations.

scholarly journals Motivate or Demotivate? Factors Influencing Choice of Media as a Career

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 239
Author(s):  
Kavitha Iyer ◽  
Anupam Siddhartha
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Female Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Career Option ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Undergraduate Programme

The choice of media as a career has conventionally not been a top priority amongst undergraduate students in India. Despite the surging need for responsible media professionals in a developing country like India, this career is not widely accepted or chosen. This research aimed at determining specific motivations among the first-year undergraduate students choosing a career in media. The same were determined through expert interactions followed by an online survey to include over 400 students pursuing an undergraduate programme at various colleges across India. The analysis showed that undergraduate media students are passionate with a deep interest in the concerned field and have an enhanced need to be different from others. They are creative, highly communicative, would like to pursue their interest and passion as well as distinguish themselves from conventional career seekers. Choice of media as a career at the undergraduate level is preferred more by female students compared to their male counterparts. Most interestingly and importantly, media as a career is mostly against the wishes of parents; the influence of parents being negative. This study contributes to a deep understanding of motivational factors and their criticalities in influencing the young generation in India. The factors can aid the educational policymakers, academicians, industry experts, and researchers to develop strategies to encourage students to choose a career in media. This research also serves as a starting point to generate discussions to change the belief and attitudes of parents towards media as a career option for their wards.

scholarly journals Trabalho Docente com Estatística nos Primeiros Anos de Escolarização: um Estudo de Caso

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-202
Author(s):  
Cíntia Poffo ◽  
Janaína Poffo Possamai ◽  
Viviane Clotilde Da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary Education ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
First Year ◽  
Statistical Literacy ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Organizational Perspective ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Practice Problem ◽  
New Ideas

ResumoO letramento estatístico pode ser desenvolvido desde os primeiros anos de escolarização, envolvendo o contexto de brincadeira e de vida. Também, a análise e apresentação de dados que pode tomar como base a perspectiva de organização que as crianças já têm em mente. Nesse contexto, esse trabalho tem como objetivo analisar como é realizado o trabalho com estatística no pré-escolar e no primeiro ano do Ensino Fundamental em um município do interior de SC, com o intuito de, na continuação da pesquisa, desenvolver uma proposta de intervenção do no que se refere ao ensino de estatística, no primeiro ano do Ensino Fundamental. Esse é um estudo do tipo descritivo de análise qualitativa, sendo todos os professores da pré escola e do primeiro ano do ensino fundamental que atuam na rede municipal em questão, entrevistados por meio de um questionário semiestruturado. A análise das entrevistas indica que os professores identificam a necessidade de desenvolver um trabalho que tenha como ponto de partida temáticas de interesse e do cotidiano das crianças. Também evidencia a importância de se conhecer verticalmente o currículo da Educação Infantil e do Ensino Fundamental, de modo a resgatar os conhecimentos prévios e então construir novos, com base nas conexões que as crianças conseguem estabelecer.Palavras-chave: Letramento Estatístico. Prática Docente. Resolução de Problemas.AbstractStatistical literacy can be developed from the first years of schooling, involving the context of play and life, and,the analysis and presentation of data can be based on the organizational perspective that children already have in mind. In this context, this work aims to analyze how work with statistics is carried out in pre-school and in the first year of elementary school in a city in the interior of SC, with the intention of, in the continuation of the research, developing an intervention proposal regarding the teaching of statistics, in the first year of elementary school. This is a descriptive type study of qualitative analysis, with all pre-school and first-year elementary school teachers working in the municipal network in question, interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. The analysis of the interviews indicates that the teachers identify the need to develop a work that has as a starting point themes of interest and the daily lives of children. It also highlights the importance of vertically learning the curriculum for Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education, in order to rescue previous knowledge and then build new ideas based on the connections that children are able to establish.Keywords: Statistical Literacy. Teaching Practice. Problem Solving

scholarly journals Teaching Socrates to First-year Philosophy Students in Iran, Based on Plato's Euthyphro

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (38) ◽  
pp. 36-41
Author(s):  
Maryam Forghani ◽  
Sofia A Koutlaki
Keyword(s):  
Practical Experience ◽  
First Year ◽  
Socratic Method ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The One ◽  
Everyday Routine

AbstractIs it possible to teach philosophy to first-year philosophy students in a way similar to the one Socrates used to teach his interlocutors in the early dialogues? Socrates conducted challenging discussions in the agora of Athens; he began with examining everyday routine concepts, subjected his interlocutors to scrutiny—ἒλεγχος— showed the contradictions in their thinking, and often finally arrived at both his and their ignorance. The starting point of this paper is whether is it possible to teach Socratic philosophy following the Socratic Method. Here, we defend this possibility based on our practical experience of teaching Plato's Euthyphro to first-year students. In particular, the first author taught three groups of first-year philosophy students, for three semesters—Autumn 2016, Spring and Autumn 2017—in the Department of Philosophy at ATU (Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran).

The Art of Teaching: A Technique for Solving Simple “Set Up” Equations in One Unknown

1946 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-38
Author(s):  
May L. Wilt
Keyword(s):  
First Year ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Simple Set ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Ability Groups ◽  
Good Starting Point ◽  
Art Of Teaching ◽  
Set Up ◽  
One Year

No longer can teachers of mathematics be satisfied with the type of teaching that produces uncertain results. The first year of algebra is a good starting point for developing teaching techniques. Most children, who have had one year of algebra, can solve simple “set up” equations in one unknown if they are directed “what to do next.” They should be able to know “what to do next.” Very bright children find out for themselves, but the average and slower ability groups must be helped to develop a technique that will produce certainty and accuracy in results.

scholarly journals The Evidence-Informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) in Chile: lessons learned from a year of coordinated efforts

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristián Mansilla ◽  
Cristian A Herrera ◽  
Andrea Basagoitia ◽  
Tomás Pantoja
Keyword(s):  
Health Systems ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Policy Networks ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
World Health ◽  
First Year ◽  
Policy Network ◽  
Implementation Model ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Good Starting Point

Informing the health policymaking process with the best available scientific evidence has become relevant to health systems globally. Knowledge Translation Platforms (KTP), such as the World Health Organization’s Evidence Informed Policy Networks (EVIPNet), are a recognized strategy for linking research to action. This report describes the experience of implementing EVIPNet in Chile, from its objectives, organizational structure, strategy, activities, and main outputs, to its evolution over the course of its first year. Lessons learned are also covered. Of the activities initiated by EVIPNet-Chile, the Rapid Response Service proved to be a good starting point for engaging policymakers. Capacity building workshops and policy dialogues with relevant stakeholders were also successful. Additionally, EVIPNet-Chile developed a model for engaging academic institutions in policymaking through a network focused on preparing evidence briefs. A number of challenges, such as changing methods for producing rapid evidence syntheses, were also identified. This KTP implementation model located in a Ministry of Health could contribute to the development of similar initiatives in other health systems.

A Student Asks about (–5)!

2017 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-110
Author(s):  
E. Paul Goldenberg ◽  
Cynthia J. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
First Year ◽  
Negative Numbers ◽  
Secondary School Mathematics ◽  
Starting Point

A first-year algebra student's curiosity about factorials of negative numbers became a starting point for an extended discovery lesson into territory not usually explored in secondary school mathematics.

scholarly journals Hierarchies and Dominance Behaviors in European Pond Turtle (Emys orbicularis galloitalica) Hatchlings in a Controlled Environment

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1510
Author(s):  
Simone Masin ◽  
Luciano Bani ◽  
Davide Vardanega ◽  
Norberto Chiodini ◽  
Valerio Orioli
Keyword(s):  
Hierarchical Structures ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
First Year ◽  
Controlled Environment ◽  
Wild Populations ◽  
Emys Orbicularis ◽  
Pond Turtle ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
First Year Of Life

Few species of reptiles are known to establish stable social structures and among these, chelonians provided scarce and conflicting results. Moreover, studies on turtles are usually performed on adult individuals. In this study, we checked whether and when hatchlings of the European Pond Turtle (Emys orbicularis galloitalica) established stable hierarchical structures in their first year of life, whether hierarchies were stable in time and how steady they were. We also verified whether social ranks were associated to the individuals’ size. We observed dyadic interactions daily within three small groups of turtles reared in a controlled environment for seven months. After two months, the hatchlings started to interact and progressively established stable hierarchical structures. However, the effectiveness of the three types of observed aggressive behaviors in reversing social ranks was low and the resulting hierarchies were flat. We did not find a significant effect of the turtles’ size on their interactions’ outcome and hierarchy structure. Our results provide clear evidence of the development and the characteristics of social behaviors in young reptiles in captivity. This study could be a starting point for investigating social structures in wild populations.

scholarly journals Can indicators for sustainable tourism improve tourism planning in the coastal destinations?

Tourism ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-155
Author(s):  
Kristina Brščić ◽  
Lluis Prats Planaguma ◽  
Antonio Raschi ◽  
Valentina Marchi ◽  
Tina Šugar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
First Year ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Regional Tourism ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Tourism Flows

Due to the continuous increase of the tourism industry, tourism destinations need to be managed under a sustainable framework, with the main aim of minimizing the adverse effects caused by tourism flows. In recent years, several attempts have been made to measure those effects and value the level of sustainability of every destination. A clear example of this is the European Tourism Indicator System (ETIS). In the paper, the results are presented of a project which aimed to test indicators of sustainable tourism in coastal destinations of Catalonia, Istrian Region, and Tuscany Region. The results of 33 collected indicators are available on the online platform of the project INTERREG MED MITOMED+. During the first year, in every category of indicators (economic, social-cultural and environmental) only some indicators were collected, which was expected because different regions apply different methodologies. The collected data is the starting point that shows destinations how the indicator can be obtained and what its purpose is. Furthermore, collected data can help local and regional tourism stakeholders to prevent factors of risk, to take decisions and to improve the implementation of policies for sustainable maritime and coastal tourism development in the Mediterranean area.

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