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Direct linkMichael Hermann Hahn – ProQuest LLC, 2022
As humans, we use language with ease and speed, solving the complex computational problem of processing form and meaning seemingly without effort. This dissertation studies how the properties of language enable us to achieve this, by investigating what is computationally difficult about language, and what is easy. We first investigate the…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Difficulty Level, Artificial Intelligence, Language Processing
Garrett Michael O'Day – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Extensive evidence supports the effectiveness of retrieval practice as a powerful method for promoting long-term learning. For students to obtain the maximum benefit from retrieval practice they need to incorporate the strategy into their study routines as a learning tool that is used early and often. Unfortunately, many students avoid retrieval…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Memory, Intervention, Learning Strategies
Juliana Otoni Parma – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation describes a program of research encompassing three studies that focused on examining the effects of enhanced expectancies and perceptions of success on motor learning. OPTIMAL theory (Wulf & Lewthwaite, 2016) proposes that practice manipulations that enhance a learner's expectations for future successful outcomes lead to…
Descriptors: Motor Development, Memory, Goal Orientation, Learning Motivation
Seok-Joo Kwak – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Since the beginning of the development of massive open online courses (MOOCs), these and other online learning environments have been considered as potential partial solutions to some persistent problems in higher education. These learning environments, while they have great educational value, have not been as effective as they could be, because…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Intervention
Horness, Paul – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study was an investigation into the effects of repetition on a listening comprehension test for second language learners. Repetition has been previously examined in a cursory way, usually as a secondary question to a primary treatment. Additionally, the method of repetition was limited to one way and to one treatment condition; therefore, it…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Repetition, Listening Comprehension, Listening Comprehension Tests
Li, Shanshan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the instructional effectiveness of animated signals among learners with high and low prior knowledge. Each of the two treatments was presented with animated instruction either with signals or without signals on the content of how an airplane achieves lift. Subjects were eighty-seven undergraduate…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Prior Learning, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries
