This experiment compared the effect of computerized visual feedback (computer assisted instruction) with traditional play interaction (personal instruction) in promoting vocal imitation in children with autism. Ten non-verbal children with autism participated in ten sessions. Each session was composed of four sections: a parent and a trainer interacted with the child on the computer or using pl...

Preand postsurveys were administered and analyzed regarding student knowledge of course content and attitudes concerned with the instruction for two groups of students for the same class—one taught completely in a traditional, face-to-face classroom setting and the other taught completely online with Blackboard and Second Life software products. Both groups were taught by the same instructor. R...

Traditional network security models have not meet the development of network technologies, so PPDR model emerged, as the times require. Instruction detection technology is an important composed part in PPDR model and it make up for the shortages of firewall and data security protection. This technology has not only distinguished from computer and network resources, but also has given important ...

New DSP processors with increasingly complex instruction sets are continously being developed. To master such complexity it is becoming essential to quickly provide efficient high level language compilers for these processors. This paper describes the use of new compiler generation tools (CoSy) to automatically generate a code generator for the Digital Signal Processor SHARC ADSP 2106x from a d...

Multimedia technology is increasingly being used as a complementary way of delivering instruction. To find out whether the use of a multimedia-interactive system is able to help the students to better learn complex issues such as Data Structures, this article describes an exploratory study comparing the effect of using three different teaching approaches, such as traditional teacher-led instruc...

In the development of embedded systems, Instruction-Set Simulators (ISS) plays an important role. When using an ISS, simulation speed is a significant issue. In this paper, we present a dynamic translation technique that uses the LLVM open-source compiler infrastructure to increase the simulation speed. Our dynamic translation technique translates hot basic blocks of the target instruction set ...

Our data analysis suggests that the following factors contribute to the faculty adoption of and satisfaction with the online mode of instruction: improvement in traditional teaching ability through online teaching, higher quality of education that faculty believe online students receive, higher rating of the majority of students’ technical sophistication, and higher number of online courses pre...

This paper presents a novel compiler backend which generates assembly code for Synchronous Transfer Architecture (STA). STA is a Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) architecture and in addition it uses a non-orthogonal Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). Generating efficient code for this architecture needs highly optimizing techniques. The compiler backend presented in this paper is based on Int...

Abstract The present study investigated the effect of blended online and face-to-face instruction on the use of reading strategies by Iranian EFL learners. Out of 100 pre-selected learners, 60 homogeneous participants were identified as intermediate, according to their scores on the Oxford Placement Test. The participants were assigned to experimental (n=30) and control (n=30) groups. Then, a p...

At the brink of a new millennium, a shift in pedagogy toward a learner-centered approach is emerging, where critical thinking skills are fostered through problembased learning opportunities and innovative approaches to instruction and student work assessment. New media technologies are being effectively used to help achieve such goals in engineering education. This paper describes technology-ai...