Essays about: "Books are for use"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 221 essays containing the words Books are for use.

1. 6. Recommending digital books to children : Acomparative study of different state-of-the-art recommendation system techniques

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Malvin Lundqvist; [2023]
   Keywords : Recommendation Systems; Collaborative Filtering; Matrix Factorization; Multi-Layer Perceptron; Neural Network-based Collaborative Filtering; Implicit Feedback; Deep Learning; Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency; Rekommendationssystem; Kollaborativ filtrering; Matrisfaktorisering; Flerlagersperceptron; Neurala nätverksbaserad kollaborativ filtrering; Implicit data; Djupinlärning; Termfrekvens med omvänd dokumentfrekvens;

   Abstract : Collaborative filtering is a popular technique to use behavior data in the form of user’s interactions with, or ratings of, items in a system to provide personalized recommendations of items to the user. This study compares three different state-of-the-art Recommendation System models that implement this technique, Matrix Factorization, Multi-layer Perceptron and Neural Matrix Factorization, using behavior data from a digital book platform for children. READ MORE

3. 7. Eyes on the prize-winners – a descriptive study of radical change in five contemporary award-winning Arabic picturebooks

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)

   Author : Julia Krueger; [2023]
   Keywords : children’s literature picturebooks; Arabic; radical change theory; directed qualitative content analysis;

   Abstract : Radical change theory (RCT) was conceived in a North American context in the mid-1990s, in order to explain changes in contemporary literature for youth related to the digitization of society. This study uses directed qualitative content analysis (DQlCA) to look at a select sample of contemporary award-winning Arabic picturebooks through the lens of radical change theory. READ MORE

4. 8. Exercising freedom of speech: A cultural analysis of the Dawit Isaak Library

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Livia Skåve; [2023]
   Keywords : freedom of speech; free speech; artistic freedom; banned books; the Dawit Isaak Library; library selection; field theory; democracy; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how freedom of speech is implemented in a Swedish library context, by examining what actions and practices the concept is translated into at the Dawit Isaak Library in Malmö, a library focused on freedom of speech and banned literature that opened at Malmö City Archive in 2020. The aim of the study is to illuminate and clarify discrepancies between the theoretical definition and the physical performance of freedom of speech, and it investigates the dilemmas that may arise there. READ MORE

5. 9. THE USE OF PROGRAMMING AS A TOOL FOR DESIGN BASED LEARNING IN BIOLOGY A classroom experiment in a 5th grade class

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Ahoo Shokraiefard; [2022-09-15]
   Keywords : STEM education; Middle school; Block programming; Designed based learning; Inquiry-based learning;

   Abstract : The purpose of education is to prepare students for the future. The goal of integrating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) into education is to develop scientific and technological knowledge in students, to prepare them for an advanced technological and democratic society, and to broaden their perspective of how to use, create, and make decisions about technology, and not less important, to prepare them for their future jobs (Honey, Pearson, and Schweingruber, 2014; Eng lish and King, 2015; Holbrook, 2017; Lachapelle et al. READ MORE

6. 10. It’s Comical! A mixed-method study of EFL teachers’ experiences using comic books at the upper secondary level

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Lärarutbildningsnämnden

   Author : Paulo Maldonado; [2022-09-08]
   Keywords : Comic books; EFL classroom; Teacher usage; Reading comprehension; Reading motivation;

   Abstract : The reputation of comic books has not always been the best. The public view of comic books has long been that it is a lesser medium with no educational value. READ MORE