Search for dissertations about: "Skills Assessment"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 188 swedish dissertations containing the words Skills Assessment.

  2. 6. Detection and Classification Multi-sensor Systems : Implementation of IoT and Systematic Design Approaches

    Author : Damian Dziak; Wlodek Kulesza; Darius Andriukaitis; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Assessment; Behavior Recognition; Classification; Design Methodology; Detection; Indoor Localization; Internet of Things; Multi-Sensor System; Skills Assessment; Outdoor Localization; Wireless Sensor Network; Applied Signal Processing; Tillämpad signalbehandling;

    Abstract : The detection and classification of features or properties, which characterize people, things or even events can be done in reliable way due to the development of new technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), and also due to advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms. Interconnection of users with sensors and actuators have become everyday reality and IoT, an advanced notation of a Multi-sensor System, has become an integral part of systems for assessment of people’s habits and skills as well as the evaluation of quality of things or events' performances. READ MORE

  4. 7. Social anxiety disorder in children and adolescents : assessment, maintaining factors, and treatment

    Author : Rio Cederlund; Lars-Göran Öst; Samantha Cartwright-Hatton; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social anxiety disorder; youth; behavior therapy; parent involvement; assessment; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : The present dissertation consists of three empirical studies on social anxiety disorder (SAD) in a sample of Swedish children and adolescents. Based on findings made in a large behavior treatment study, the thesis contributes to the field of research on childhood SAD by investigating a factor that maintains the disorder, ways to measure and screen for diagnosis, and the treatment of the disorder. READ MORE

  5. 8. Self-Assessment of Writing in Learning English as a Foreign Language. A Study at the Upper Secondary School Level

    Author : Anne Dragemark Oscarson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; self-assessment; assessment; language education; EFL; writing; lifelong learning; feedback;

    Abstract : The main aim of this study is to explore the role of self-assessment in EFL learning in developing lifelong language learning skills and in furthering the development of more comprehensive and thereby fairer assessment practices. The study explores how upper secondary school students perceived their own general and specific writing abilities in relation to syllabus goals and whether these perceptions are affected by self-assessment practices. READ MORE

  6. 9. Virtual patients for assessment of clinical reasoning

    Author : Elenita Forsberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : assessment;

    Abstract : In healthcare education it is essential for the students to develop and achieve clinical reasoning skills. Clinical reasoning is complex to teach and learn, and effective assessment methods are also lacking. READ MORE

  7. 10. Occupation-based evaluation and intervention : validity of the assessment of motor and process skills when used with persons with mental retardation

    Author : Anders Kottorp; Birgitta Bernspång; Anne G. Fisher; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mental retardation; intellectual disability; developmental disabilities; occupational therapy; activities of daily living; ADL assessment; performance skills; occupational performance; Many- faceted Rasch measurement; single case design;

    Abstract : The ability to perform everyday life occupations is a critical component in both evaluation and intervention for persons with mental retardation (MR). While the ability to perform personal and instrumental activities of daily living (ADL) has always been important for occupational therapy (OT) practice, there is an absence in OT literature and research with a focus on ADL and persons with MR. READ MORE