Search for dissertations about: "affective learning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 swedish dissertations containing the words affective learning.

2. 1. Simulation in university chemistry education : cognitive and affective aspects

   Author : Mikael Winberg; Leif Hedman; Michael Sjöström; Helge Strömdahl; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Simulation; knowledge accessibility; discourse quality; cognitive load; task design; affective experiences; learning; attitudes; Subject didactics; Ämnesdidaktik;

   Abstract : This thesis undertakes two main tasks; to explore, within the authentic educational context, variables that influence the quality and outcomes of the knowledge-constructing activity during the simulation exercise; and to find appropriate instruments and methods to measure these variables, processes and outcomes. Closed-ended tasks that provided a high degree of structure, i. READ MORE

4. 2. Nurturing a heritage language : Language-centered practices in mother-child interactions in multilingual families

   Author : Olga Abreu Fernandes; Ann-Carita Evaldsson; Helen Melander Bowden; Mathew Burdelski; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; language-centered practices; language learning environments; multilingual children; family interaction; family language policy; heritage language maintenance; language socialization; bilingual literacy; multimodal interactional analysis; Russian; Pedagogik; Education; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Abstract : Situated within research on language socialization and family language policy, this thesis explores how young children (2–4 years old) learn their heritage language in multilingual, transnational families, and how multilingualism becomes an integral part of family life. It draws on video-ethnographic fieldwork in three bi/multilingual families in Sweden with preschool-aged children where the mothers speak Russian and the parents aspire to raise children multilingually. READ MORE

5. 3. Machine learning for identification of brain activity patterns with applications in gentle touch processing

   Author : Malin Björnsdotter Åberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : Somatosensory; Machine learning; Pattern recognition; fMRI; Support vector machines; Neuroscience; Brain; BOLD; Signal processing; Artificial intelligence; Touch; Human; Unmyelinated; Sensory; Affective;

   Abstract : Since the first mention of artificial intelligence in the 1950s, the field of machine learning has provided increasingly appealing tools for recognition of otherwise unintelligible pattern representations in complex data structures. Human brain activity, acquired using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), is a prime example of such complex data where the utility of pattern recognition has been demonstrated in a wide range of studies recently (Haynes et al. READ MORE

6. 4. Getting started : Children’s participation and language learning in an L2 classroom

   Author : Asta Čekaitė; Karin Aronsson; Ben Rampton; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; language classroom; language learning; second language acquisition; social interaction; language socialization; peer group; affective stances; language play; socialt samspel; språksocialisation; kamratgruppen; språklig lek; affektiva uttryck; förberedelseklass; andraspråksinlärning; Bilingualism; Tvåspråkighet;

   Abstract : Denna avhandling handlar om en förberedelseklass med elever (7-10 år) som har ett annat hemspråk än svenska (arabiska, kurdiska, thailändska). Utifrån empiri som samlats in genom videoinspelningar och observationer under ett års tid i en förberedelseklass studeras elevernas deltagande och språkinlärning i det dagliga klassrumsarbetet. READ MORE

7. 5. Teacher Change in relation to Professional Development in Entrepreneurial Learning

   Author : Helena Sagar; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; teacher professional development; entrepreneurial learning; science and technology education; authentic learning;

   Abstract : Abstract Compulsory school teachers’ perceptions and change in relation to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in entrepreneurial learning are investigated in this thesis. The teacher level focus is based on evidence pointing to the teacher’s strong impact on student interest and learning and the teacher as the single most influential actor on the implemented curriculum. READ MORE