bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Portfolio Partnerships between Faculty and WAC: Lessons from Disciplinary Practice, Reflection, and Transformation
Authors: Peters Brad , Robertson Julie Fisher
Published: March 2024

In portfolio assessment, WAC helps other disciplines increase programmatic integrity and accountability. This analysis of a portfolio partnership also shows composition faculty how a dynamic culture of assessment helps us protect what we do well, improve what we need to do better, and solve problems as writing instruction keeps pace with programmatic change.
An Inter-Institutional Model for College Writing Assessment
Authors: Pagano Neil , Bernhardt Stephen A. , Reynolds Dudley , Williams Mark T. , McCurrie Kilian
Published: March 2024

In a FIPSE-funded assessment project, a group of diverse institutions collaborated on developing a common, course-embedded approach to assessing student writing in our first-year writing programs. The results of this assessment project, the processes we developed to assess authentic student writing, and individual institutional perspectives are shared in this article.
More “Seriously Visible” Reading: McCloud, McLuhan, and the Visual Language of The Medium Is the Massage
Authors: Brooks Kevin x
Published: March 2024

This article provides an analysis of Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore’s The Medium Is the Massage, a visual-verbal text that is generally acknowledged as innovative but seldom taken seriously or read carefully. The analysis draws on the visual language vocabulary developed by Scott McCloud in Understanding Comics and argues that the field of composition studies would benefit from more sustained and sophisticated readings of visual-verbal academic texts even as the field shifts from analysis to design.
Review Essay: Assessment in the Service of Learning
Authors: Neal Michael R.
Published: March 2024

Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment in College, 2nd ed. Barbara E. Walvoord and Virginia Johnson Anderson San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010. 255 pp. A Guide to College Writing Assessment Peggy O’Neill, Cindy Moore, and Brian Huot Logan: Utah State University Press, 2009. 218 pp. Organic Writing Assessment: Dynamic Criteria Mapping in Action Bob Broad, Linda Adler-Kassner, Barry Alford, Jane Detweiler, Heidi Estrem, Susanmarie Harrington, Maureen McBride, Eric Stalions, and Scott Weeden Logan: Utah State University Press, 2009. 167 pp. Teaching and Evaluating Writing in the Age of Computers and High-Stakes Testing Carl Whithaus Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2005. 169 pp. Composition in Convergence: The Impact of New Media of Writing Assessment Diane Penrod Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2005. 184 pp.
The Undergraduate Writing Major: What Is It? What Should It Be?
Authors: Balzhiser Deborah , McLeod Susan H.
Published: March 2024

Using the data collected by the CCCC Committee on the Major, the authors demonstrate how quickly the writing major is growing, map the commonalities among various majors, discuss some of the problems in developing a major, and raise questions about what a writing major should be.
The State of WAC/WID in 2010: Methods and Results of the U.S. Survey of the International WAC/WID Mapping Project
Authors: Thaiss Chris , Porter Tara
Published: March 2024

As writing across the curriculum (WAC) has matured and diversified as a concept and as an organizational structure in U.S. higher education, there has arisen a need for accurate, up-to-date information on the presence and characteristics of WAC and writing-in-the-disciplines (WID) programs. Following on the only previous nationwide survey of WAC/WID in 1987, new data from the U.S./Canada survey of the International WAC/WID Mapping Project indicate that the presence of such programs has grown in U.S. institutions by roughly one-third. Moreover, clear patterns emerge regarding the formal components of these programs, their intra-institutional relationships, funding sources, reporting lines, and characteristics of leadership (e.g., faculty rank and length of service). Further, a comparison of data from all reporting institutions with those from well-established programs indicates some patterns of sustainability.
Symposium: Talking about Race and Whiteness in Crash
Authors: Middleton Joyce Irene
Published: March 2024

Teaching films like Crash gives teachers and researchers the opportunity to discuss films as social texts that engage students in critical thinking and self-reflection. This particular movie is especially effective in its use of a pulp-fiction visual rhetoric. Unfortunately, the film equates and replaces the term “race” with the term “prejudice” and then argues that everyone is a little prejudiced. The result is a missed opportunity to investigate whiteness as a powerful social construction.
Symposium: Crash: Rhetorically Wrecking Discourses of Race, Tolerance, and White Privilege
Authors: Nunley Vorris L.
Published: March 2024

“Crash” has value insofar as it dives into the muck and dirt of racial and ethnic tensions. But the film de-voices African Americans in the face of white privilege, and it papers over significant social tensions by ultimately emphasizing love and redemption.
Review: Teacher Lessons
Authors: Donahue Patricia
Published: March 2024

Reviewed are What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain and Life on the Tenure Track: Lessons from the First Year by James M. Lang.
“Who’s the President?” Ghostwriting and Shifting Values in Literacy
Authors: Brandt Deborah
Published: March 2024

Drawing on her interviews with professional ghostwriters who work primarily in organizations, the author examines what this practice implies about society’s current attitudes toward authorship, written work, and literacy in general. She also examines the ethical arguments that various critics of ghostwriting have made.
Opinion: The Ethical Exhibitionist's Agenda: Honesty and Fairness in Creative Nonfiction
Authors: Bradley William
Published: March 2024

Although writers of personal essays and autobiographies must often rely on vulnerable memory, they should not engage in sheer invention if they want to call their work “nonfiction.”
A Woman’s Place Is in the School: Rhetorics of Gendered Space in Nineteenth-Century America
Authors: Enoch Jessica
Published: March 2024

Nineteenth-century American leaders in education came to advocate a redesign of the schoolroom that resulted in its being seen as more the province of female teachers than of male teachers. This discourse of reform serves as a case study of how space itself may be rhetorically “gendered.”
Consuming Prose: The Delectable Rhetoric of Food Writing
Authors: Bloom Lynn Z.
Published: March 2024

The author surveys various characteristics of contemporary food writing, identifying not only technical features but ways in which such texts shape and invite certain kinds of reader response.
Opinion: Measuring “Success” at Open Admissions Institutions: Thinking Carefully about This Complex Question
Authors: Sullivan Patrick
Published: March 2024

The author examines surveys indicating that, in general, community college students are significantly less inclined and less able than students at four-year colleges to earn a bachelor’s degree. He argues that it is important for teachers of English to understand the numerous conditions that limit the first group’s chances for such “success.”
The Philosopher, the Rabbi, and the Rhetorician
Authors: Handelman Susan
Published: March 2024

The author explores the topic of Jewish rhetorics by examining how particular Jewish thinkers have conceptualized the ethical relation between self and other. She draws particular attention to the tacit rhetorical methodology at work in the teachings of Rabbi Yéhouda Léon Askénazi. She shows that he distinguished himself from the more well-known philosopher Emmanuel Levinas by calling for reciprocity between human beings, including within the relationship between giver and receiver.
What Kind of Teacher Will I Be? Creating Spaces for Beginning Teachers’ Imagined Roles
Authors: Agee Jane
Published: March 2024

This qualitative study focuses on ten graduate students in an English education master;’s program, who were enrolled in a course that I taught on teaching literature in the secondary school.
The State of English Education and a Vision for Its Future: A Call to Arms
Authors: Alsup Janet , Emig Janet , Pradl Gordon , Tremmel Robert , Yagelski Robert P. , Alvine Lynn , DeBlase Gina , Moore Michael , Petrone Robert , Sawyer Mary
Published: March 2024

Elaborating three major dimensions of our profession, the authors argue the need for critically literate citizens and the urgent need for English teacher educators to prepare teachers who envision that as their key professional responsibility. The authors contextualize this task within the current political and social climate in which distortion of language in civic discourse threatens to undermine not only our profession, but also American public life and democracy.
Are Methods Enough? Situating English Education Programs within the Multiple Settings of Learning to Teach
Authors: Dickson Randi , Smagorinsky Peter
Published: March 2024

In this piece, the authors argue that we should reconsider several critical programmatic issues, including the need for greater program coherence, the continuing dilemma of the gulf between schools and universities, and both the promise and the problems of student cohorts. In addition, the authors offer a brief review of the current political climate that questions the value of pedagogical coursework. They urge us to reconsider the value of course work and field experiences, and to look more closely at the observational component in an effort to make it more meaningful. They also call for more investigations into the nature and effects of teacher preparation, â€œresearch that can help us and our students articulate the ways our work has import, especially in these new and challenging times.
Catching Butterflies
Authors: Fisher Maisha
Published: March 2024

Playmaking for Girls, founded by Rachel May and directed by Susie Spear Purcell, assembles a diverse ensemble of teaching artists committed to using playwriting and performance to help with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated teen girls to help them think and thus act for themselves’ (Freden, 2001, p. 70). These teaching artists, with the guidance of Synchronicity Performance Group, understand that literacy is a civil right for adjudicated youth. Their aim is to demonstrate that this kind of programming can allow these young women to re-enter schools, the workplace, and their communities with a sense of integrity and possibility.
Writer, Teacher, Person: Tensions between Personal and Professional Writing in a National Writing Project Summer Institute
Authors: Whitney Anne Elrod
Published: March 2024

Whitney’s case study of one teacher at a National Writing Project Summer Institute explores the tension between personal and professional writing, arguing that both are germane and integral in the development of a teacher of writing.
Process, Product, and Playmaking
Authors: Fisher Maisha T. , Purcell Susie Spear , May Rachel
Published: March 2024

Maisha T. Fisher, Susie Spear Purcell, and Rachel May discusses how teachers and teacher educators can employ theater and drama to teach English language arts. The authors examine specific ways to use theater as a political and educational tool to develop critical readers, writers, speakers, and thinkers through the lens of an after-school theater group for adolescent girls called Playmaking for Girls
Performing New Geographies of Literacy Teaching and Learning
Authors: Vasudevan Lalitha
Published: March 2024

Lalitha Vasudevan’s “Performing New Geographies of Literacy Teaching and Learning.” Vasudevan explores how urban adolescents and adults at the Alternative to Incarceration Program (ATIP) in New York City redefine the spaces, meanings, and purposes of teaching and learning through expressive multimodal literacy practices. Relying on research in literacy, multimodality, and spatiality allows her to investigate intricate relationships, interactions, and practices among students and adults at ATIP.
Teaching English Learners: Building on Cultural and Linguistic Strengths
Authors: Souto-Manning Mariana
Published: March 2024

Souto-Manning examines the role of classroom discourse analysis in helping to change a teacher’s perceptions of English Language Learners from students who need “fixing” to experts from whom teachers may learn. She finds that blurring the lines between teacher/student and subject/object positions opens up pedagogical third spaces that are often missing from traditional classrooms.
An Afterword: Opening Curricular Closets in Regulated Times: Finding Pedagogical Keys
Authors: Haas Dyson Anne
Published: March 2024

Anne Haas Dyson concludes the issue by challenging readers to see the diversity of languages within which one’s own voice sounds.
Dialogic Praxis in Teacher Preparation: A Discourse Analysis of Mentoring Talk
Authors: Bieler Deborah
Published: March 2024

This study examined the complexities of mentoring discourse and agentive teacher preparation. I argue that such an examination is necessary to better prepare student teachers to engage agentively with the powerful status quo in schools. I begin by discussing the intersections of current thinking about mentoring and dialogue, and I describe how these intersections suggest productive avenues for analyzing mentoring discourse. I then use a conceptualization of “dialogic praxis” to look closely at one instance of mentoring talk. Finally, I suggest this study’s implications for teacher preparation research, practice, and policy.
More Than Words: Comics as a Means of Teaching Multiple Literacies
Authors: Jacobs Dale
Published: March 2024

Historically, comics have been viewed as a “debased or simplified word-based literacy,” explains Dale Jacobs, who considers comics to be complex, multimodal texts. Examining Ted Naifeh’s Polly and the Pirates, Jacobs shows how comics can engage students in multiple literacies, furthering meaning-making practices in the classroom and beyond.
Invitation to All: Welcoming Gays and Lesbians into My Classroom and Curriculum
Authors: Daniel Patricia L.
Published: March 2024

Encouraging teachers to create safe schools by challenging homophobic remarks, using inclusive language and materials, and providing literature that depicts gay and lesbian characters and concerns, Patricia L. Daniel recommends a list of resources and strategies for communicating to students and the school community an “acceptance of all people in the classroom.”
Taking Time: Rethinking theCore: Teaching Theater and English in the High-Stakes Testing Climate
Authors: Perry Tonya
Published: March 2024

“Taking Time” addresses challenges in teaching and curriculum that affect middle level education through focusing on the middle child in urban, rural, and suburban settings.
Transforming English with Graphic Novels: Moving toward Our “Optimus Prime”
Authors: Carter James Bucky
Published: March 2024

James Bucky Carter argues for the transformative potential of graphic novels in the English classroom. He advises teachers to be actively aware of the newer and lesser-known graphic novels and suggests approaches for examining the complex social issues the novels address.
Vygotsky and the Social Dynamics of Classrooms
Authors: Smagorinsky Peter
Published: March 2024

Stressing the importance of Lev S. Vygostky’s ideas about teaching and learning, Peter Smagorinsky challenges readers to form their own interpretations of the Russian psychologist’s work. He highlights three points with implications for secondary school English teachers working to “cultivate a literate citizenry.”
Feminist Pedagogy Is for Everybody: Troubling Gender in Reading and Writing
Authors: Bruce Heather E. , Brown Shirley , McCracken Nancy Mellin , Bell-Nolan Mary
Published: March 2024

Four teachers share their lessons for drawing students into a critical examination of race, class, gender, and sexual identity. They strive to heighten students’ awareness of ways literature “and gendered patterns in the world foreground or silence groups of people or issues,” and they offer students and teachers tools for change.
Writing Steps: A Recursive and Individual Experience
Authors: Warne Bonnie Mary
Published: March 2024

High school teacher Bonnie Mary Warne facilitates students’ ease and awareness of their writing processes as they learn to apply knowledge of it on state assessment tests. Through ongoing discussion, practice, observations of patterns in their writing, and shared terminology, students begin to understand how individualized writing processes are, while still following a general array of steps that support them as successful writers.
The Students Are the Living Authors: Publishing Student Work Using Print on Demand
Authors: Heyer Zachariah L.
Published: March 2024

When students write for publication, student motivation and concentration improve. Heyer shows you the hows and whys of print-on-demand publishing.
Literacy, Sexuality, and the Value(s) of Queer Young Adult Literatures
Authors: Banks William P.
Published: March 2024

In a personal account, Banks suggests reading LGBT YA lit critically and empathetically.
“Watch What You Teach”: A First-Year Teacher Refuses to Play It Safe
Authors: Sieben Nicole , Wallowitz Laraine
Published: March 2024

A new high school teacher describes her efforts to teach queer theory.
EJ in Focus: Real-World Writing: Making Purpose and Audience Matter
Authors: Wiggins Grant
Published: March 2024

One of the best-known proponents of authentic assessment describes why teaching real-world writing skills is important.
From National History Day to PeaceJam: Research Leads to Authentic Learning
Authors: Powers Beth Havercamp
Published: March 2024

Powers’s innovative assignments have fostered community service and the development of a thriving charitable organization.
Flipping the Switch: Code-Switching from Text Speak to Standard English
Authors: Turner Kristen Hawley
Published: March 2024

Does texting language make you cringe? Let this author show you how to help students learn where texting does and does not belong.
Shakespeare Troupe: An Adventure in Words, Fluid Text, and Comedy
Authors: Biondo-Hench Susan C.
Published: March 2024

Staging student performances, this teacher relearns the transformative power of Shakespeare’s words.
Words, Words, Words: Reading Shakespeare with English Language Learners
Authors: Porter Christina
Published: March 2024

Think Shakespeare’s English is beyond the reach of ELLs? Read this high school literacy coach’s advice and think again.
Cultural and Political Vignettes in the English Classroom: Problem-Posing, Problem-Solving, and the Imagination
Authors: Darvin Jacqueline
Published: March 2024

Addressing real social issues requires intelligence, determination, and imagination. Darvin suggests ways for helping students develop these skills.
Helping Students Cross the Threshold: Implications from a University Writing Assessment
Authors: Brockman Elizabeth , Taylor Marcy , Crawford MaryAnn K. , Kreth Melinda
Published: March 2024

When their colleagues said, ’These students can’t write!’ these writing teachers found out what that really meant and what they could do about it.
Exploring Freedom and Leaving a Legacy: Enacting New Literacies with Digital Texts in the Elementary Classroom
Authors: Damico James , Riddle Ruthie
Published: March 2024

Fifth-graders explore complicated social issues and create a CD entitled Exploring Freedom.
Language with an Attitude: White Girls Performing Class
Authors: Jones Stephanie
Published: March 2024

Based on data collected during a three-year ethnographic study, this article explores the inextricably-linked notions of language and identity for White girls living in a high-poverty neighborhood in the US. Class-specific primary discourses are analyzed through an informal discussion, a literature-based discussion, and a conflict within a tutoring session. Drawing on sociocultural theory, I argue that the White, working-poor girls have constructed language practices and identities that reflect intimate relations at home and the material and discriminatory conditions they face in society. Such language practices, however, don’t serve them well in academic contexts therefore the girls are faced with learning multiple languages – and what I call hybrid languages and identities – to succeed in academic contexts.
Santa Stories: Children’s Inquiry about Race during Picturebook Read-Alouds
Authors: Copenhaver-Johnson Jeane F. , Bowman Joy T. , Johnson Angela C.
Published: March 2024

Two first-grade teachers and a university researcher study children’s inquiry-oriented responses to literature to better understand how children’s experiences during read-alouds (and in related, later conversations) help them enlist others in their efforts to make sense of race.The authors argue teachers should be making spaces for children’s curiosities about race, and teachers should be inquirers alongside children as they make meaning of complex issues of diversity.
Reclaiming Recess: Learning the Language of Persuasion
Authors: Gebhard Meg , Harman Ruth , Seger Wendy
Published: March 2024

Using a case study approach, the authors describe how a teacher used the tools of systemic functional linguistics (SFL) to teach her fifth grade English Language Learners how to use academic language to challenge school policies regarding recess. In reflecting on these data, we discuss the potential of SFL to support teachers in responding to current school reforms.
Focus on Policy: Taking a Stand on NCLB
Authors: Allen JoBeth , Altwerger Bess , Edelsky Carole , Larson Joanne , Rios-Aguilar Cecilia , Shannon Patrick , Yatvin Joanne
Published: March 2024

Educators, authors, and researchers share their perspectives on No Child Left Behind – what it should do, what it fails to do, and what we can do about it.
No Longer on the Margins: Researching the Hybrid Literate Identities of Black and Latina Preservice Teachers
Authors: Haddix Marcelle
Published: March 2024

In this article, the author takes a close look at the discursive ways that Black and Latina preservice teachers reconcile tensions between their racial and linguistic identities and the construction of teacher identities in the current context of preservice teacher education in the United States.Through the study of language as representative of teacher identities, the author presents a critical discourse analysis of the language and literacy practices of Black and Latina preserviceteachers “all nonstandard language and dialect speakers” across diverse contexts within and beyond the university and school setting. This examination of their literacy and language practices elucidated a move beyond marginalization and inferiority toward agency and linguistic hybridity.
Instructional Note: Meeting Student Writers Where They Are: Using Wikipedia to Teach Responsible Scholarship
Authors: Patch Paula
Published: March 2024

Instead of penalizing students for using Wikipedia as their go-to research source, writing faculty should encourage students to critically analyze this online encyclopedia in order to teach them how to think critically about all texts, online and in print.
Instructional Note: “As Y’all Know”: Blog as Bridge
Authors: Gallagher Jamey
Published: March 2024

This article promotes the use and study of blogs in the composition classroom in order to motivate students toward academic writing.
Researching the Conflicts: Undergraduate Research and the Introductory Literature Curriculum
Authors: Grobman Laurie
Published: March 2024

This article provides a pedagogical model for students in introductory literature classes to participate in the undergraduate research international curricular movement.
Does Being a Good Girl Lead to Being a Good Student?
Authors: DuPre Carrie P.
Published: March 2024

This article examines the social influences that affect how women perform in a composition course focused on first-year students. We know that society encourages young women to be good girls, but does being a good girl lead to being a good student? Can first-year composition assignments illuminate gender gaps at play in higher education?
Cin(E)-Poetry: Engaging the Digital Generation in 21st Century Response
Authors: Stuart Denise H.
Published: March 2024

There is a need to integrate into classroom learning the out-of-school technologies that students interact with every day. We know that reader response approaches to the study of literature engage learners, and we also know that both students and teachers have mixed attitudes about the study of poetry. In this article, a response activity with poetry integrates technology and engages the 21st-century digital learner. Middle level preservice teachers collaborated to develop Cin(E)-Poetry, and in the process, they not only negotiated meanings of poems but had a change of attitude about teaching and learning poetry. Both process and product are presented for developing this engaging genre of new literacies.
A new Soil Management System in Enhancing the Yield of Plantation Using IoT Technique and Machine Learning for Smart Pineapple Farming
Authors: Norhanna Amalin binti Che Ismail  , Elmy Johana binti Mohamad
Published: March 2024

The machine learning technique is studied to aid farmers in decision-making and analysing soil quality based on the nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium NPK nutrients as the current soil in Malaysia experience degradation of soil organic that affect in production of the nutrient for the crops. The research aim is to study and analyse the Artificial Neural Network model in analysing the quality of soil based on the prediction of NPK level class, which the data collected from Smart Agri-Scan. Next objective is to evaluate the prediction and accuracy of the model. The ANN model is constructed in Neural Net Fitting App in MATLAB. A feedforward neural network is applied to the ANN model and trains it with two different training functions and a different number of neurons of hidden layers. The model with the smallest Mean Square Error is chosen for data analysis as it means the model has the best performance. From the prediction graph, the output of training and validation that corresponds to the prediction model is observed. The points of the output prediction close to the reference line are considered a good prediction model, which means it can analyse soil quality accurately. In future, the model might be able to do the analysis and decision directly at the monitoring platform based on the real-life prediction data.
ففتھ جنریشن وار فئیر اور اس کے اہم ذرائع (اسلامی تعلیمات اور عصر حاضر کے تناظر میں)
Authors:   The University of Faisalabad, Awan Hafiz Ahmad Saeed Awan , Barvi Dr. Muhammad Ramzan Najam ,   The University of Faisalabad
Published: March 2024

Fifth generation warfare is conducted by psychological tactics. This war is primarily fought through non-kinetic military action such as misuse of social media, spreading misinformation, cyberattacks along with emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and fully autonomous systems. The term “fifth generation warfare” was first time used in 2010 by Lieutenant Colonel Alberts who was American army officer and theorist. The concept of four generations in the history of modern warfare was created by a team of United States analysts including William S. Lind in 1989 for the purpose of an argument that changing face of war entering into a fourth generation. The intention behind fifth generation war is to use latest technology of current era as well as save all resources which are used in physical warfare.
The Selection of Spouse With Free and Full Consent, A Comparison between Islam and UDHR Article 16 (A Comparative Study)
Authors:   Student, Mehmood Student Asad , Saeed Abid ,   Ph.D. Scholar, Muslim Youth University Islamabad
Published: March 2024

An Essential motive to choose this topic is that to share Islamic version about selection of spouse for marriage as compare to Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) Article 16 which also considered about selection of spouse. UDHR and Islam deliberated about significance of Marriage for both man and women to extend their family but have some difference of standard about Selection of spouse for Marriage .In this article we will share point of UDHR article 16 and Islamic vision about Selection of spouse for marriage .This article will also explain comparison between Islamic and United Nation Human right charter explanation about Selection of spouse with free and full consent. Islam allow boy or girl to choose their life partner will free and full consent under Islamic law but with the advice and guideline of parents or elder ,while UDHR authorized boy and girl to may choose their spouse with full authority without any limitation of race, color ,religion or nationality. Although all Muslim countries signed this United Nation Human right charter so after signing this charted they need to follow UN Human right charter all 30 articles but now they realize that this charter have difference criteria about selection of spouse which causing clash, same time United Nation Human Right Department considering around 1.8 Billion Muslim Population as major part of the world population ,second largest Religion of the world that Muslim can practice their religious beliefs freely with considering of International Human Right charter .This article will assist Muslim population to recognize, reconsideration and attempt to modification some articles of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) especially regarding Spouse selection criteria for Marriage (Nikah), and UN Human right department need to re-consider this point under different religions and regional beliefs ,regional and culture value.
Educação em valores e as áreas de ciências da natureza e suas tecnologias na base nacional comum curricular - BNCC - etapa do ensino médio: uma reflexão
Authors: Adinolfi Valeria Trigueiro Santos
Published: March 2024

Este artigo apresenta uma discussão da proposta da Base Nacional Comum Curricular – Etapa do Ensino Médio - com foco na educação em valores, especialmente na área de Ciências da Natureza e Suas Tecnologias. Debate-se se também o conceito de educação em valores, suas possibilidades e seu lugar na construção da autonomia dos sujeitos e como isto aparece na BNCC-Etapa do Ensino Médio, que propõe uma formação integral permeada pelo desenvolvimento da ética como competência a permear todas as áreas do conhecimento. Por fim, discute-se o fazer científico tecnológico como paradigma da sociedade contemporânea e a educação científico-tecnológica como pressuposto para a cidadania, e o lugar da ética e dos valores sociais neste campo de conhecimento. A metodologia utilizada para análise foi de análise de conteúdo, que possibilitou o destaque quantitativo de aspectos da proposta da BNCC-Etapa do Ensino Médio em relação à temática.
Integración de la educación en reumatología: Estrategias y resultados en la formación de profesionales de la salud
Authors: Caiza Asitimbay Mónica Alexandra , Casco Manzano Cecilia Margarita , Cushpa Guamán Mauro Rubén , Silva Guayasamín Lizbeth Geovanna
Published: March 2024

Resumen

La integración de la educación en reumatología es esencial para la formación de profesionales de la salud que pueden abordar de manera efectiva las necesidades de los pacientes con enfermedades reumáticas. este artículo revisa los programas de formación de pregrado y posgrado, y evalua la integración de competencias específicas para una atención integral. Los resultados indicaron que existe una variabilidad significativa en la formación posgraduada en reumatología entre distintas regiones, con desafíos como la limitada inclusión de la especialidad en el currículo de pregrado y la necesidad de estandarización de la formación. Se sugiere la adopción de estrategias pedagógicas que promuevan el aprendizaje activo y la participación de los estudiantes. En conclusión, es fundamental mejorar la enseñanza de la reumatología para asegurar que los futuros profesionales médicos estén preparados para enfrentar los desafíos clínicos de esta especialidad, adaptando los programas educativos a las demandas del sistema de salud y de la sociedad.
Design and Construction of A Remotely Controlled Multy-Tasking Chain-Wheel Combat Robot
Authors: Muda Nur Rachman Supadmana , Fadilah M.Faisal , Faranadila Bilqis , Safanabila Dinar
Published: March 2024

Troops in the context of reconnaissance or search tasks to find out the enemy in difficult, protected and disguised terrain is an element of vulnerability that needs to be taken into account. If you insist on finding out the enemy's condition, there is a possibility that contact will occur early and cause casualties which could thwart the main task. Therefore, a tool or robot is needed to help obtain data about protected enemies by diverting the enemy's attention and providing resistance. The aim of this research is to create a prototype chain-wheeled combat robot platform system that is capable of maneuvering, firing SS2 and rockets, detecting mine-prone areas, and detecting body thermals. The robot control system consists of a mobile controller and a base station. The mobile controller functions to control robot movements such as forward, backward, right turn, left turn, weapon azimuth movement, weapon elevation movement and shooting using 2.4 GHz radio control and target monitoring using FPV ((First person view) directly in the field on a frequency of 5.6 GHz, base station functions to control the robot's movement and monitor targets using a laptop via the internet. The robot system is equipped with GPS and a metal detector, so that the robot's position can be monitored and report the presence of mines to the base station. Thus, the robot created is expected to be able to help to combat duty in the context of war military operations.
Quality of Life of Coronary Artery Disease Patients Based on the Degree of Physical Ability
Authors: Zuriati Zuriati , Farida Moh. Said
Published: March 2024

Introduction: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a chronic disease that can reduce the patient's quality of life (QoL). Decreased physical ability is one of the factors that can influence the QoL of CAD patients.
Methods: This study used a cross-sectional descriptive design with a sample of 125 CAD patients aged 35-64 years at Dr. M. Djamil General Hospital Padang. QoL data was collected using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire, and the degree of physical ability was measured using the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) questionnaire. Data analysis used the chi-square test.
Results: The results showed that 43.8% of patients had good QoL, and 56.2% had very severe physical abilities. There is a significant relationship between the degree of physical ability and QoL in CAD patients (p-value 0.000).
Conclusion: The degree of physical ability is a predictor of QoL in CAD patients. Interventions to improve physical abilities can help improve QoL in CAD patients.
The case for open notebook science
Authors: Neylon Cameron
Published: March 2024

The reasons for pursuing more openess in science from the perspective of the science and funding communities have been well rehearsed and described elsewhere (see 3 Quarks Daily 1,2, and 3 for an excellent overview). There are excellent discussions of where this might take us in terms of capability and in terms of the efficient re-use of government or charity funded research.
Followup on ‘open methods’
Authors: Neylon Cameron
Published: March 2024

I wanted to followup on the post I wrote a few days ago where I quoted a post from Black Knight on the concept of making methodology open. The point I wanted to make was the scientists in general might be even more protective of their methodology than they are of their data. However I realised afterwards that I may have given the impression that I thought BK was being less open than he ‘should’, which was not my intention.
Open methods vs open data – might the former be even harder?
Authors: Neylon Cameron
Published: March 2024

Continuing the discussion set off by Black Knight and continued here and by Peter Murray-Rust I was interested in the following comment in Black Knight’s followup post (my emphasis and I have quoted slightly out of context to make my point). A lot of the debate has been about posting results and the risk of someone stealing them or otherwise using them. But in bioscience the competitive advantage that a laboratory has can lie in the methods.
UK E-Science all hands meeting – initial thoughts
Authors: Neylon Cameron
Published: March 2024

If it hasn’t been obvious from what has gone previously I am fairly new to the whole E-science world. I am definitely not in any form a computer scientists. I’m not a computer-phobe either but my skills are pretty limited. It’s therefore a little daunting to be going for the first time to an e-science meeting.
The Southampton E-lab blog notebook – Part 1 Aims
Authors: Neylon Cameron
Published: March 2024

This is the starting point for a description of the development work being done in the School of Chemistry at the University of Southampton on a blog-based electronic laboratory notebook for biochemistry/molecular biology. Ultimately the aim is for this document to form the first draft of a paper describing the system.
A great example of ‘fun’
Authors: Neylon Cameron
Published: March 2024

I wrote the other day about the idea of fun being a motivating factor to taking up open notebook science. Sometimes something is just cool and you want to share it. Then along comes a great example. Via petermr’s blog: At ‘Life of a Lab Rat‘: As petermr says this is just very cool. The molecular biology is fairly conventional. But that’s not the point.
When is open notebook science not?
Authors: Neylon Cameron
Published: March 2024

Well when it’s not open obviously. There are many ways to provide all the information imagineable while still keeping things hidden. Or at least difficult to figure out or to find. The slogan ‘No insider information’ is useful because it provides a good benchmark to work towards. It is perhaps an ideal to attain rather than a practical target but thinking about what we know but is not clear from the blog notebook has a number of useful results.
The Southampton E-lab Blog Notebook – Part 3 Implementation
Authors: Neylon Cameron
Published: March 2024

In Part 1 and Part 2 I discussed the criteria we set for our system to be successful and the broad outlines of a strategy for organisation. In this part I will outline how we apply this strategy in practise. This will not deal with the technical implementation and software design for the Blog engine which will be discussed later.
Mapping translation process research: A bibliographic study on special issues since year 2005
Authors: Liu Xiaodong
Published: March 2024

This paper investigates recent developments in translation process research (TPR) as an emerging sub-discipline of descriptive translation studies by surveying articles published from 2005–2019 in special issues of eight major translation/linguistic journals. The overall trend in the field is first presented, followed by a systematic analysis of the articles in terms of authorship, regional distribution, themes, and methodology. To perform the thematic analysis, a three-layer classification system was developed, which includes the type of translation tasks, the type of study (theoretical/review or data-based research articles), and specific topics addressed in each article. This article presents distribution within each category and sub-category, followed by a discussion of trends and future research directions. The major findings are: 1) 61.36% of the articles in the database were single authored while UK and Spain had the highest number of authored publications; 2) 77.27% of the articles focused on written translation tasks, and 34.09% of the research articles were dedicated to new topics in TPR; 3) 59.38% of the publications employed more than one research method. The outcomes of this study allow future researchers investigating translation processes, such as the specific and in-depth analysis of theoretical models and the combined use of experimental and naturalistic methods, to expand the research landscape and pursue new methodological innovations.
Unveiling students test strategizing through the lens of Monitor Theory: Teaching insights
Authors: Al Fraidan Abdullah A.
Published: March 2024

This paper explores the integration of Monitor Theory into the design and implementation of Test-Taking Strategy (TTS) instruction tasks. It critically analyzes the landscape of language test-taking strategies, addressing key issues such as the advisability of explicit teaching, methods for identification, and the impact of less beneficial strategies. Advocating for the teaching of test-taking strategies, the paper recommends the Monitor Theory as an optimal model for pedagogical integration. The exploration aims to provide valuable insights for refining language assessment practices, ensuring alignment with the principles of language acquisition. The content-independent nature of these strategies maintains test validity, offering students opportunities for more comprehensible input and enhancing critical thinking. It proposes a model that emphasizes natural language use, acquisition through natural inference, and feedback mechanisms to enhance language learning and test performance. Practical strategies such as interactive test reviews, critical thinking tasks, and real-world applications are suggested to optimize TTS instruction. By linking test-taking strategies with the acquisition-learning hypothesis, this paper offers a comprehensive approach to optimizing language assessment practices and promoting holistic language development. The discussion underscores the importance of authentic learning experiences, learner autonomy, and comprehensive coaching interventions in fostering genuine understanding and proficiency in language assessment contexts.
The Effect Of Sugar And Jelly Concentration On The Quality Of Young Coconut Pudding (Cocos nucifera L.)
Authors: Antonio C. Martins
Published: March 2024

Oil plants (Cocos nucifera L.) is a versatile plant or plants that have a steeper economic value of all parts of the coconut tree can be the benefits for human needs. False coconut oil is a processed product made from young coconut meat coconut pudding manufacture in modern done through the stages are quite complicated and costly, so that only done by large industries. affect factors on fermentation needs to be optimized to result in qualified young coconut pudding the purpose of this study was to determine influence concentration of sugar and agar-agar to quality coconut pudding in addition to knowing the most permanent treatment that can produce the highest quality coconut pudding the hypothesis of this study. Presumably the influence concentration of sugar and agar-agar to the quality of pudding coconut. And affect the level of consumer preferences. The method used is an experimental research by using a completely randomized design (RAL), which consists of two factors, namely: Concentrations of sugar and gelatin with 300 gram 400 gram 500 gram while the factors gelatin with composition 7 g, 14 g, 21 g. While the variable that is used to measure the level of preference is the color flavor aroma and texture. Variables were measured in this study is using composition test by testing the level of preference are: color, taste, aroma, and texture. Using a scoring scale test method (numbering) commonly in use No. 1-5 and panelists in use totaled 15 0rang representing consumers the results of composition test of the level of preference of color, flavor, aroma, and texture of pudding meat fruit coconut based assessment best treatment that is adjusted from public view representing 15 people panelists then be in concluded that treatment in consider best is in treatment ( GPI Aa2).
The Importance of Decision Making in Improving the Artificial intelligence by Applying to Decision-Makers in the Private Banks in Yemen
Authors: Al-Arashani Akram Mohammed , Al-Syaghi Abdolkareem K.
Published: March 2024

The objective of this study is to determine the impact of change management on digital transformation initiatives in Yemeni telecom sector. A quantitative approach with analytical and deductive methods was adopted to examine the relationship and determine the impact between change management and digital transformation. The study targeted a population of 902 managers and team leaders in the sector. A questionnaire was developed and distributed to a stratified sample of 226 respondents. The random sample was 25% of each stratum. The questionnaire items were designed to measure the change management dimensions (Change Urgency, Visionary Coalition, Empowerment and Sustainability) and digital transformation dimensions (Technology, Processes, People, Culture and Business Model).  The results generated show a highly significant positive relationship between effective change management practices and the successful implementation of digital transformation initiatives (substantial positive coefficient B of 0.786, R2 of 0.62 and high t-value of 29.34, and the extremely low p-value below 0.001). In conclusion, this study indicates that digital transformation initiatives require practicing proper and structural change management practices.
The terrible unknown: How uncertainty fosters nationalist and anti-immigration attitudes
Authors: Alves Sara G. , Pinto Isabel R. , Marques José M.
Published: March 2024

Uncertainty-identity theory (Hogg, 2000, 2007, 2012) postulates that people strengthen their adherence to, and identification with, extreme ideologies when they undergo an enduring uncertainty regarding their self-definition. Concomitantly, nationalist and extreme right-wing ideologies have been associated with the attribution of a threatening character to immigrant and refugee groups. We propose that self-uncertainty precedes the perceived threat posed by the latter groups, which in turn predicts adherence to nationalist attitudes. In one correlational (Study 1; n = 169) and one experimental study (Study 2; n = 309), we tested the mediational effects of perceived realistic and symbolic threat towards immigrants on the association between self-uncertainty and nationalist attitudes (belief in national superiority, support for anti-immigration laws and intention to vote for an anti-immigration party). In both studies, perceived realistic threat emerged as the most reliable mediator between self-uncertainty and nationalist attitudes. In addition (Study 2), we found a causal effect of self-uncertainty on realistic threat. We discuss the implications of these findings for social inclusion policies based on the reduction of uncertainty generated by immigration.
Strategy for Overcoming the Spread of COVID-19 During the Pandemic
Authors: Lubis Ika Syani Putri
Published: March 2024

The increasing number of people affected by the Covid-19 virus is due to society's lack of preparation for the arrival of this disease. Today's pandemic conditions have increased the number of victims every time, so a strategy is needed to overcome the spread of COVID-19. The research location in this study was at several health institutions, and data was collected from various communities. The research location was carried out in the city of Medan through various health agencies. The research results show that maintaining distance and using medical equipment such as masks are the right strategies to overcome the spread of COVID-19. This is proven by various communities starting to comply with the rules, and the spread of COVID-19 can be reduced. This research concludes that maintaining distance and using masks is the most appropriate strategy for reducing the spread of COVID-19 in Medan.