Rebecca Palmer Assessing the Relationship between SafeCare Fidelity and Competence Measures (Under the direction of Daniel Whitaker, Ph.D.) As more evidence-based programs are implemented in community settings, there is a strong need to ensure those models are implemented with integrity. Implementation of programs should be evaluated for fidelity, the degree of adherence to treatment protocols,...

Prompt photon production has been known to be a sensitive probe to the gluon luminosity inside a hadron because it is mainly produced by quark-gluon scattering. For the same reason prompt photon production should also be sensitive to the anomalous couplings of gluons to quarks. We will examine the effects of two specific anomalous couplings – chromoelectric and chromomagnetic dipole moments of ...

Developing multi-agent systems requires an adequate modeling of knowledge in order that the agents and the human person are able to understand and accept the concepts of domain area in the same way. Ontologies allow developing an coherent framework for a specified domain. Based on the concepts used ant the relations between them, the agents are able to understand, reason and act in the domain i...

The authors describe a new approach towards assessing skills of medical trainees. Based on experiences from previous projects with (i) applying virtual environments for medical training and (ii) competence assessment and personalisation in technology enhanced learning environments, a system for personalised medical training with virtual environments is built. Thus, the practical training of mot...

Effective pedagogical practice promotes the achievement of students and builds up confidence of the teachers in teaching. The major cause for the gap in pedagogical practices can be attributed to the lack of pedagogical competence. The present study employed a mixed method research approach to examine Iranian high school English Language teachers’ perception of pedagogical competence in two pha...