Essays about: "definition of reading"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 36 essays containing the words definition of reading.

1. 21. Construction of Crises : Climate, Terror and the Eiffel Tower

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

   Author : Sara Lundstedt; [2016]
   Keywords : Climate change; Terrorism; Image; Ideology; Apparatus; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This work investigates visualizations of two crises; terrorism and climate change. Focus lies on mediated images concerning Paris 2015, where terrorist attacks had an impact on the following UN climate change conference (COP21). The symbol of the Eiffel Tower was used to portrait both issues and will be studied through a semiotic analysis. READ MORE

3. 22. On the Workings of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation : A study on its cause and effects on the experience of learning a second language

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för utbildningsvetenskap (UV)

   Author : Victor Andersson; [2016]
   Keywords : Intrinsic motivation; Extrinsic motivation; Cognitive perspective; Psychodynamic perspective; Sociocultural perspective; Zone of proximal development; Efferent reading; Aesthetic reading.;

   Abstract : Abstract The purpose of this study was to focus on the cause and effect of what has been referred to as intrinsic and extrinsic motivation when it comes to second language learning through literature, where the novel To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee served as an example. The study started off by presenting a definition of the so called intrinsic and extrinsic motivation respectively, as well as the three perspectives psychodynamic, cognitive and socio-cultural by which it was discussed, in order to cement the framework of it and problematize its boundaries accordingly. READ MORE

4. 23. In the mood for Being : Grammatical mood and modality through phenomenological notions

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

   Author : Adam Forsström; [2016]
   Keywords : mood; modality; phenomenology; Heidegger; Being;

   Abstract : Linguistic mood is a grammatical term as well as a morphological category of the verb. Due to its often philosophical implications it is challenging to find a definition or a common understanding of the notion; it has been proven historically and linguistically difficult to analyze. READ MORE

5. 24. Developing pause thresholds for keystroke logging analysis

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Simon Rosenqvist; [2015]
   Keywords : cognitive; writing; keystroke; keystroke logging; language; reading;

   Abstract : Research on the process of writing uses bursts and pauses as key artifacts of underlying cognitive processes. However, the definition of a pause in writing is primarily based on tradition and ease of comparison between studies. READ MORE

6. 25. Playful public spaces : how can play change the way we think about public space design?

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Juho-Atte Riikonen; [2015]
   Keywords : play; public space; urban design; landscape architecture; urban planning;

   Abstract : In the end phases of an urban design course that was oriented towards children, it dawned on me: the shocking realization that we are talking about play as something that is only significant for children. How could it be that we are talking about playgrounds that adults have no business in. READ MORE