THERE IS LIMITED INFORMATION on how communication barriers impact on the health of deaf individuals. The present article describes the development of a standardized interview tool to collect health-related information from deaf adults via face-to-face interviews in American Sign Language (ASL). Questions were selected largely from existing standardized questionnaires. Key steps in standardizing...

Conversational Virtual Human (VH) agents are increasingly being used to support role-play experiential learning across a range of use-cases and populations. This project examined whether use of the Virtual Interactive Training Agent (VITA) system would improve job interviewing skills in a sample of persons with autism or other developmental disability. The study examined performance differences...

This paper describes the implementation of an active learning approach in an MIS capstone course that allows students to actively participate in learning about the key issues that CIOs face when managing information resources. The objective of this approach was to help students to develop an understanding of IS management issues and the role of CIOs in organizations. In an attempt to achieve th...

the main objective of this research was identifying an appropriate model for the work values in public services of iran within the framework of islamic value system. the basic in this study is: what are components and dimensions of the work values in public services of iran within the framework of islamic value system? in this basic research, data was gathered through filed and library data col...

introduction. what is the conception of talented students about university and academic and social life? does this conception change before and after entering the university? how these changes occur and in which direction? are these changes important? do the talented students have any solution for academic life problems? method. in a qualitative study 20 medical talented students were selected....

Peter Mühlhäusler is the Foundation Professor of Linguistics at the University of Adelaide, and Supernumerary Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford. He has taught at the Technical University of Berlin and in the University of Oxford. He is an active researcher in several areas of linguistics, including ecolinguistics, language planning, and language policy and language contact in the Australian-Pac...

Purpose This study examines the role of personality attributions in understanding the relationships between nonverbal cues and interview performance ratings. Design/methodology/approach A structured behavioral interview was developed for identifying management potential in a large, national company. Using a concurrent design to validate the interview, managers were interviewed and the interview...