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The world has encountered and witnessed the great popularity of various emerging e-learning resources such as massive … the characteristics of users to assist them to find desired and relevant learning resources in such a large volume of … learning systems. The language learning effectiveness can be significantly improved if the pre-knowledge levels of learners on …
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Beginning learners of English frequently use flashcards as a tool for learning vocabulary. However, because of the …' comprehension of the vocabulary terms on the flashcards. This article develops and evaluates an English vocabulary learning strategy … learning strategy was beneficial for increasing both their learning motivation and memory retention. The learners could create …
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prominent role in learning a foreign language (Schmitt,2000). There has been considerable debate about the most effective way of …/foreign language teachers. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of  CALT techniques on FL vocabulary learning in … comparison with FL vocabulary learning with traditional method (teachingFL without computer).Two groups of female intermediate …
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In a real-world environment, a social robot is constantly required to make many critical decisions in an ambiguous and demanding (stressful) environment. Hence, a biological stress response system model is a good gauge indicator to judge when the robot should react to such environment and adapt...
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The assessment of cognitive abilities is critical in large-scale survey studies that aim at elucidating the longitudinal interplay between the individual's cognitive potential and socio-economic variables. The format of such studies calls for assessment methods which can not only be administered...
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Working memory capacity is thought to play an important role for a wide range of cognitive and noncognitive skills such as fluid intelligence, math, reading, the inhibition of pre-potent impulses or more general self-regulation abilities. Because these abilities substantially affect individuals'...
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Economics is currently experiencing a climate of uncertainty regarding the soundness of its theoretical framework and even its status as a science. Much of the criticism is within the discipline, and emphasizes the alleged failure of the neoclassical viewpoint. This article proposes the...
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We investigate how stable individuals' risk attitudes are with respect to changes in cognitive load. In a laboratory experiment using pairwise lottery choice and a within-subject design, we showthat putting subjects under load via a concurrent working-memory task significantly increases their...
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that hypotheses drawn from modern theories of working memory (e.g., Baddeley and Hitch, 1974) would lead to the opposite …
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