It would be difficult to overstate the importance of algebra in mathematics. If mathematics is the language of science, then algebra provides the alphabet, vocabulary, and syntax. In particular, the traditional college algebra course covers the elementary functions of analysis: linear and quadratic functions; polynomials and rational functions; roots, exponentials, and logs. These functions are...

In this paper we examine language modeling for text simplification. Unlike some text-to-text translation tasks, text simplification is a monolingual translation task allowing for text in both the input and output domain to be used for training the language model. We explore the relationship between normal English and simplified English and compare language models trained on varying amounts of t...

Organisation/Institution: University of Southampton Contact Name: Julie Wintrup Contact Email: [email protected] [1] Start Date: Monday, 15 September, 2014 to Tuesday, 30 June, 2015 Theme: Student centred education [2] Student experience [3] Student participation [4] Student interest [5] Student satisfaction [6] Student voice [7] Content Classification: Commissioned research [8] HEA Work Ar...

TechTrends Volume 50, Number 4 nteraction between teacher and students and among students is fundamental to higher education (Berge, 1999). Teacher-student and student-student interactions are prerequisite to course satisfaction (Allen, Bourhis, Burrell, & Mabry, 2002) and are associated with decreased attrition (Muilenburg & Berge, 2001). Thus, in all instructional contexts, including hybrid a...

Student project are an essential part of the Mechatronics education program at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences in Maribor. Mechatronics education program and the student projects conducted up to date are briefly described in the paper. Student project with a title Virtual robotic Lab for remote control is described in greater detail. This project enables execution of...

This article discusses complexity and simplification in Ewaw (also known as Kei or Keiese), an Austronesian language Southeast Maluku. Section 1 provides introduction to the genetics, spelling, phonology of this language, which is related languages Timor. There are two main dialects subdivide into variants each. 2 overview productive inflection its derivational morphology, only reduplication st...

introduction: the importance of optimal clinical nursing education in professional skills development is undeniable. in clinical education, nursing students are often faced with problems. recognizing nursing students’ perception on clinical education is the first step to remove the barriers of this challenge. methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the nursing...

BACKGROUND Student ratings are a popular source of course evaluations in undergraduate medical education. Data on the reliability and validity of such ratings have mostly been derived from studies unrelated to medical education. Since medical education differs considerably from other higher education settings, an analysis of factors influencing overall student ratings with a specific focus on m...