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1. 1. Exploring the Correlation Between Reading Ability and Mathematical Ability : KTH Master thesis report

   University essay from KTH/Lärande

   Author : Richard Sol; Alexander Rasch; [2023]
   Keywords : Reading ability; Mathematical ability; Model optimization; Eye-tracking; Correlation between mathematics and reading; Machine-learning models; Reading Fluency; Reading comprehension; Formative assessment; Ordinal Regression; Spearman’s correlation coefficient; Grid search.; Läsförmåga; Matematisk förmåga; Modelloptimering; Ögonspårning; Korrelation mellan matematik och läsning; Maskininlärningsmodeller; Läsflyt; Läsförståelse; Formativ bedömning; Ordinal regression; Spearmans korrelationskoefficient; Rutnätssökning.;

   Abstract : Reading and mathematics are two essential subjects for academic success and cognitive development. Several studies show a correlation between the reading ability and mathematical ability of pupils (Korpershoek et al., 2015; Ní Ríordáin & O’Donoghue, 2009; Reikerås, 2006; Walker et al., 2008). READ MORE

3. 2. Zero-shot, One Kill: BERT for Neural Information Retrieval

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Stergios Efes; [2021]
   Keywords : neural information retrieval; passage ranking; weak supervision; question answering; passage reranking; BERT; transfer-learning in IR; zero-shot IR; passage-retrieval; BERT for passage-retrieval; MS Marco; information retrieval; neural IR;

   Abstract : [Background]: The advent of bidirectional encoder representation from trans- formers (BERT) language models (Devlin et al., 2018) and MS Marco, a large scale human-annotated dataset for machine reading comprehension (Bajaj et al., 2016) that made publicly available, led the field of information retrieval (IR) to experience a revolution (Lin et al. READ MORE

4. 3. Reading Strategies : Multilingual students learning English in a Swedish context

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Jessica Ericsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Second-language learning; English as a foreign language; reading comprehension; reading strategies; third-language learning;

   Abstract : This thesis aims at exploring what linguistic challenges and opportunities multilingual students experience when reading in English. This paper has a qualitative approach and consists of focus group interviews as the method for collecting data. The participants were students in compulsory school, ninth grade, studying English as a foreign language. READ MORE

5. 4. Online and Offline Gaming as Support for English Education in Swedish Upper Elementary Schools with Focus on Reading Comprehension Online and Offline Gaming as Support for English Education in Swedish Upper Elementary Schools with Focus on Reading Comprehension : A literature review about online and offline gaming as a resource for developing English reading comprehension in Swedish schools in year 4-6

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   Author : Ida Sandin; [2015]
   Keywords : Computer- and videogames; reading comprehension in English; online gaming; integrating gaming in school;

   Abstract : The aim of this degree thesis is to see what research says about the use of computer and video games to support upper elementary pupils’ development in English reading comprehension in Swedish schools. Other goals are to see how online and offline gaming can be integrated in the Swedish schools and what attitudes teachers have towards gaming. READ MORE

6. 5. Dirt, Decadence, and Dionysus -Treatise on the New Orleans punk scene

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Karoline Hjelle; [2013]
   Keywords : punk; subculture; class; the Dionysian; transgression; dirt; abjection; excess; homology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the relation between subcultures’ utilization of assumed working class attributes and those cultural elements tied to hedonism and boundary breaking. It does so by taking as its case a segment of the American punk- and traveling community as it expressed itself in New Orleans during the time of six spring weeks in 2012. READ MORE