This paper discusses a longitudinal study that explored the relationship between use of organizational memory and knowledge (OM/K) and knowledge worker productivity within the engineering group at a nuclear power plant. Three data points were taken over five years. An OM/K System (OM/KS) was identified that improved effectiveness/productivity of the organization. The basic components of the OM/...

This study examined the longitudinal associations between sustained attention in preschool and children’s school success in later elementary school within a low-income sample (N = 2,403). Specifically, two facets of sustained attention (focused attention and lack of impulsivity) at age 5 were explored as independent predictors of children’s academic and behavioral competence across eight measur...

Abstract Literature review indicates that an effective and good teacher has an important role in students' performances and their success. Pivotal roles of teachers may affect students’ attitudes and motivations to language learning. Improving the field of foreign language teaching and learning without improving the qualities of EFL teachers seems impossible. This attempt, at first hand, requir...

Teachers promote student learning and well-being in school by establishing a supportive classroom structure. The term classroom structure refers to how teachers design tasks, maintain authority, and evaluate student achievement. Although empirical studies have shown the relation of classroom structure to student motivation, achievement, and well-being, no prior investigations have examined the ...

Teacher coaching is considered a highquality professional development opportunity that emphasizes job-embedded practice, intense and sustained durations, and active learning (Desimone, 2009; Russo, 2004). Generally, coaches observe teachers in their classes and then provide targeted feedback aimed at improving these practices. Coaching is closely related to teacher mentoring, which also targets...

Model-based reinforcement learning is a powerful paradigm for learning tasks in robotics. However, in-depth exploration is usually required and the actions have to be known in advance. Thus, we propose a novel algorithm that integrates the option of requesting teacher demonstrations to learn new domains with fewer action executions and no previous knowledge. Demonstrations allow new actions to ...

The topic of this thesis is learning through social interaction, consisting of experiments that focus on word acquisition through imitation, and a formalism aiming to provide stronger theoretical foundations. The formalism is designed to encompass essentially any situation where a learner tries to figure out what a teacher wants it to do by interaction or observation. It groups learners that ar...

'Partnerships' has become a key term in teacher education discourse. Partnerships between universities and schools, have come to function as a strategic and rhetorical lynchpin in proposals for reform, signifying potential for success in contrast to the failures of the past. This paper seeks to inject a note of caution about such claims with regards to both their capacity to sustain strategic m...