Second language  learners often develop grammatical competence in the absence of concomitant pragmatic competence (Kasper & Roever, 2005) and the exact nature of the relationship between the two competences is still indistinct and in need of inquiries ( Bardovi-Harlig, 1999; Khatib & Ahmadisafa, 2011). This study is a partial attempt to address the lacuna and aims to see if any relationship ca...

objective: the present study has been carried out to compare the social competence in two group students with intellectual disability (id) and gifted. method: this research was kind of descriptive research with 2 comparative groups. 100 gifted and intellectual disability (id) students aged 12 to 13 years (50 gifted & 50 id) were selected randomly as statistical sample. for the assessment of soc...

K. G. Arun,* Bala R. Iyer, B. S. Sathyaprakash, Siddhartha Sinha,3,5,x and Chris Van Den Broeck4,k LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, Orsay, France GReCO, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris–C.N.R.S., Paris, France Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, 560 080, India School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, 5, The Parade, Cardiff, United Kingdom, CF24 3YB Department of Physics, Ind...

AUTHOR Kearsley, Greg TITLE Introducing New Technology into the Workplace: Retraining Issues and Strategies. Background Paper No. 8b. SPONS AGENCY Department of Labor, Washington, DC. Commission on Workforce Quality and Labor Market Efficiency. PUB DATE Sep 89 CONTRACT 99-9-4760-75-012-04 NOTE 35p.; In "Investing in People: A Strategy to Address America's Workforce Crisis" (CE 054 080). PUB TYP...

Background The need for competence training and development in health management and leadership workforces has been emphasised. However, evidence of the outcomes and impact of such training and development has not been systematically assessed. The aim of this review is to synthesise the available evidence of the outcomes and impact of training and development in relation to the competence of he...