Search for dissertations about: "discern"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 137 swedish dissertations containing the word discern.

2. 1. Making a difference : Exploring the teaching and learning of the English progressive aspect among Swedish 6th grade students

   Author : Clare Lindström; Ulla Runesson; Yuefeng Ellen Zhang; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to generate knowledge about what 6th grade students (12-13 years old) need to discern in order to be able to use the English progressive aspect (PROG) in a syntactically and semantically accurate way. This object of learning is not only complex, but it is unmarked grammatically in Swedish, which poses considerable difficulties for English language learners. READ MORE

4. 2. Discerning the Receiver : A learning study with inexperienced writers aged 14-16

   Author : Britta Larsson Lindberg; Ulla Runesson Kempe; Anette Svensson; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; writing instruction; writing; second language writing; dyslexia; inclusion;

   Abstract : The overall aim of the present study is to develop knowledge of Swedish students’ writing in English, and how teaching of a specific kind of writing can be designed and enacted. The study focuses on what the students need to discern in order to develop a more differentiated knowledge of how to adapt a message to an unknown receiver—in this case a message for a person at a hotel. READ MORE

5. 3. "I am walking in my city" : The Production of Locality in Githa Hariharan’s In Times of Siege, Vikram Chandra’s Love and Longing in Bombay, and Amit Chaudhuri’s Freedom Song

   Author : Anna Stibe; Åke Bergvall; Mark Troy; Nahem Yousaf; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arjun Appadurai; Githa Hariharan; Vikram Chandra; Amit Chaudhuri; the production of locality; work of the imagination; agency; haunting; storytelling; secularism; Indian English literature; cities.; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : At the center of this study are three Indian novels with an urban setting and dealing with political and social issues of the 1990s: Githa Hariharan’s In Times of Siege (2003), Vikram Chandra’s Love and Longing in Bombay (1997) and Amit Chaudhuri’s Freedom Song (1998). The Delhi of In Times of Siege is portrayed as a city infused with power but haunted by a troubled past that is brought to the present by a dissenting professor of history. READ MORE

6. 4. Novice Programming Students' Learning of Concepts and Practise

   Author : Anna Eckerdal; Michael Thuné; Anders Berglund; Lauri Malmi; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Computer science education; computer science education research; object-oriented programming; novice students; phenomenography; variation theory; dimensions of variation; learning; higher education; concepts; practise; Ways of Thinking and Practising; Datavetenskap med inriktning mot datavetenskapens didaktik; Computer Science with specialization in Computer Science Education Research;

   Abstract : Computer programming is a core area in computer science education that involves practical as well as conceptual learning goals. The literature in programming education reports however that novice students have great problems in their learning. These problems apply to concepts as well as to practise. READ MORE

7. 5. Dual-modality probe for prostate cancer detection by combining Raman spectroscopy and tactile resonance technology

   Author : Morgan Nyberg; Tomas Jansson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Medical Engineering for Healthcare; Medicinsk teknik för hälsovård;

   Abstract : Prostate adenocarcinoma, or prostate cancer (PCa), is the most common type of cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths for men in Sweden and Europe. Radical prostatectomy (RP) is the most common curative treatment for PCa. This is a surgical procedure where the entire prostate is removed. READ MORE