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Sydorenko, Tetyana; Jones, Zachary W.; Daurio, Phoebe; Thorne, Steven L. – Language Learning & Technology, 2020
Usage-based linguistics posits that communicative functions, including pragmatics, are at the core of language (Tomasello, 1992). It is surprising, then, that pragmatics is rarely systematically included in second language curricula (e.g., Bardovi-Harlig, 2017), especially since pragmatics instruction has been shown to significantly contribute to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Pragmatics, Independent Study, Language Usage
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Hii, King Kuok; Rzepa, Henry S.; Smith, Edward H. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
The coupling of a student experiment involving the preparation and use of a catalyst for the asymmetric epoxidation of an alkene with computational simulations of various properties of the resulting epoxide is set out in the form of a software toolbox from which students select appropriate components. At the core of these are the computational…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Laboratory Experiments, Science Experiments, College Science
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Mas, J.; Farre, A.; Cuadros, J.; Juvells, I.; Carnicer, A. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
Optical trapping is an attractive and multidisciplinary topic that has become the center of attention to a large number of researchers. Moreover, it is a suitable subject for advanced students that requires a knowledge of a wide range of topics. As a result, it has been incorporated into some syllabuses of both undergraduate and graduate programs.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Advanced Students, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education