Essays about: "cognitive proficiency"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words cognitive proficiency.

1. 1. Bilingualism and Event Conceptualisation Patterns: Conceptual Transfer in Swedish-English Bilinguals

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Emma Knudsen; [2024]
   Keywords : Linguistic relativity; Conceptual transfer; Grammatical aspect; Endpoint encoding; Event conceptualisation; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : In this paper, the event conceptualisation patterns of Swedish-English bilinguals are examined. Swedish and English differ from each other with regard to the existence of grammatical aspect, which previous work has shown to affect how speakers conceptualise motion events. READ MORE

3. 2. PowerPoint Proficiency in Physics Pedagogy : A cognitive perspective on teacher experience

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Fysikundervisningens didaktik

   Author : Ulf Andersson; Erik Marklund; [2023]
   Keywords : cognitive; pedagogy; powerpoint; arousal; pacing; signaling; redundancy; stimuli; physics; didactics; ict; ctml; upper secondary school;

   Abstract : In this small-scale qualitative study we examine PowerPoint presentations using cognitive perspectives (such as the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning, Arousal theory, and Dual Channel processing) to compare teacher experience with a theoretical background. By analyzing collected PowerPoint presentations and interviewing the experienced teachers that created them about their didactic choices, we are able to identify and focus on four aspects of multimedia learning: Pacing, Student Stimuli, Signaling and Redundancy. READ MORE

4. 3. Calling Bullshit: A Study on Pseudo-Profound Bullshit in a Business Context

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

   Author : Eva Klocke; Christopher Kuo; [2020]
   Keywords : pseudo-profound bullshit; judgment and decision making; fluency; familiarity; bullshit receptivity;

   Abstract : The global concern for fake news, pseudo-science, and conspiracy theories is growing, fueling research on why individuals are receptive to this kind of information as well as on the factors that contribute to this phenomenon. Pseudo-profound bullshit, which is randomly generated and designed to impress without any regard for the truth, has become a relevant field of research in this regard. READ MORE

5. 4. Are metaphors worth teaching? : A study about the relation between the use of metaphors in L2 writing and high grades in the National test of English for year 9 in the compulsory education in Sweden.

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Pedagogik, språk och Ämnesdidaktik

   Author : Adriana Sturesson; [2019]
   Keywords : metaphors; writitng; national tests; MIP; EFL; L2;

   Abstract : The present study offers an initial exploration of the implications of metaphoric competence in L2 writing in the Swedish educational context. Metaphors from a cognitive perspective, are a core part of our daily lives. READ MORE

6. 5. Task Complexity (‘Here-and- Now’ Dimension) and Written Performance across Proficiency Levels

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för språkdidaktik

   Author : Sara Zoi Kalamakis; [2019]
   Keywords : Cognitive Task Complexity; CAF measures; Cognition Hypothesis; Limited Attention Capacity Hypothesis; Trade-off Hypothesis; Proficiency; Writing performance;

   Abstract : Research on task-based language teaching (TBLT) offers a large body of evidence suggesting that cognitive task complexity influences learners’ language production and development. Studies that investigate task complexity, however, provide contradictory results on the way different linguistic aspects of performance are affected by the manipulation of cognitive task complexity. READ MORE