The amount of available data has been growing significantly over the last decades. Thus, linking entries across heterogeneous data sources such as databases or knowledge bases, becomes an increasingly difficult problem, in particular w.r.t. the runtime of these tasks. Consequently, it is of utmost importance to provide time-efficient approaches for similarity joins in the Web of Data. While a n...

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Various puzzles, quizzes, games, humorous definitions, or mathematical that should engage the interest of readers.

Current pretest-posttest Classroom Action Research (CAR) attempted to examine the effect of in-class activities based on VLSs vocabulary achievement and their perspectives using them. The research sample consisted 43 female Saudi EFL students in Community College at Taibah University. Participants were assigned an experimental group (N=23) a control (N=20). Data collected via five instruments: ...

Background: Using online low stakes MCQ quizzing as a formative learning method is common in many introductory courses; allowing for rapid student feedback. Purposes: A comparative study oftwo different approaches administering multiple choice quizzes tools to enhance large-lecture marketing course was undertaken.Methodology/Approach: The sample population 490 students drawn from two separate c...

Currently there appears to be no impartial set of guidelines for choosing an appropriate constraint language for solving a speci c constraint satisfaction problem. A wrong choice can cause disastrous solutions, not only relative to e cient performances, but also with respect to the code clarity of the solution, which can be important for future modi cations. In this paper we make a comparative ...

Abstract After being taught how to perform a new mathematical operation, students are often given several practice problems in single set, such as homework assignment or quiz (i.e., massed practice). An alternative approach is distribute across multiple homeworks quizzes, increasing the temporal interval between spaced Spaced has been shown increase long-term retention of various types mathemat...