Since the late 70s, investigations into the language learning strategies used by successful learners in the field of second and foreign language learning attracted attention with the studies of Rubin (1975), Stern (1975), and Naiman et al. (1978), which aimed to figure out what good language learning strategies might be and to share those strategies with unsuccessful language learners. Previous...

Recent years have seen a growing interest in the role of tasks in second language acquisition. A substantial body of research now exists investigating the effects of different task types and their accompanying instructions on learning. Less is known about how tasks affect intake and the relationship between intake and acquisition. This study investigated the effects of 1) implicit and explicit ...

An important problem in number theory is to study the distribution of the non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta-function which, if one is willing to assume the Riemann Hypothesis, all lie on a vertical line. It is relatively easy to count how many of these zeros lie in a large interval, so the average spacing between consecutive zeros is easy to compute. However, it is a difficult and interesti...

In this talk I will agree with Harry Potter that one should "never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can't see where it keeps its brain". I’ll argue that humans need to locate intelligence, and that this issue poses problems for the disappearing computer. Bodies are the best possible example of located intelligence, of course, and interacting with another person is best done when...

The Internet is one of the major information sources for trip planning. However, sometimes it can be difficult to use, especially for planning a trip to a novel destination with a different culture. Using mixed methods which are comprised of process tracing, think aloud protocol, and clickstream analysis, this research explores the usability problems and barriers when American college students'...

Emerging technologies for children often require the involvement of children as test subjects in software development projects. Previous research studies have indicated that children behave differently than adults when involved in usability test sessions. Thus, children impose new opportunities and limitations in the evaluation and we still need to investigate proper and fruitful ways of involv...

<p><strong>Abstract:</strong> This study aims to find out the misconceptions experienced by students during learning process using <em>think aloud protocol (TAP) </em>and physics multiple choice tests (TPGF) on hydrostatic pressure materials. research design uses <em>mixed method </em>with <em>embedded experimental design.</em> Quantitative ...

Room-scale virtual reality (VR) holds great potential as a medium for communication and collaboration in remote and same-time, same-place settings. Related work has established that movement realism can create a strong sense of social presence, even in the absence of photorealism. Here, we explore the noteworthy attributes of communicative interaction using embodied minimal avatars in room-scal...