Oral and mental activities 2.

Esta publicación se ha escrito específicamente para estimular en los niños el pensamiento matemático a través de más de ciento veinte actividades, con una duración de cinco o diez minutos, organizadas en siete capítulos y todo lo relacionado con los objetivos del nuevo marco de la enseñanza primaria:el uso y aplicación de las matemáticas; contando y comprendiendo el número; conociendo y utilizando los números; calculando; entendiendo la forma, como por ejemplo visualizar y decir el nombre común de figuras en dos dimensiones y de sólidos en tres dimensiones y describir sus características; medición; manipulación de datos. Hay actividades destacadas para ensayar, recordar, actualizar, mejorar, leer y razonar las matemáticas. Las actividades se vinculan a las directrices de Escocia y al revisado plan de estudios de Irlanda del Norte.

Oral and mental activities 4.

Esta publicación se ha escrito específicamente para estimular en los niños el pensamiento matemático a través de más de ciento veinte actividades, con una duración de cinco o diez minutos, organizadas en siete capítulos y todo lo relacionado con los objetivos del nuevo marco de la enseñanza primaria:el uso y aplicación de las matemáticas; contando y comprendiendo el número; conociendo y utilizando los números; calculando; entendiendo la forma, como por ejemplo visualizar y decir el nombre común de figuras en dos dimensiones y de sólidos en tres dimensiones y describir sus características; medición; manipulación de datos. Hay actividades destacadas para ensayar, recordar, actualizar, mejorar, leer y razonar las matemáticas. Las actividades se vinculan a las directrices de Escocia y al revisado plan de estudios de Irlanda del Norte.

Oral and mental activities 5.

Esta publicación se ha escrito específicamente para estimular en los niños el pensamiento matemático a través de más de ciento veinte actividades, con una duración de cinco o diez minutos, organizadas en siete capítulos y todo lo relacionado con los objetivos del nuevo marco de la enseñanza primaria:el uso y aplicación de las matemáticas; contando y comprendiendo el número; conociendo y utilizando los números; calculando; entendiendo la forma, como por ejemplo visualizar y decir el nombre común de figuras en dos dimensiones y de sólidos en tres dimensiones y describir sus características; medición; manipulación de datos. Hay actividades destacadas para ensayar, recordar, actualizar, mejorar, leer y razonar las matemáticas. Las actividades se vinculan a las directrices de Escocia y al revisado plan de estudios de Irlanda del Norte.

Oral and mental activities 6.

Esta publicación se ha escrito específicamente para estimular en los niños el pensamiento matemático a través de más de ciento veinte actividades, con una duración de cinco o diez minutos, organizadas en siete capítulos y todo lo relacionado con los objetivos del nuevo marco de la enseñanza primaria:el uso y aplicación de las matemáticas; contando y comprendiendo el número; conociendo y utilizando los números; calculando; entendiendo la forma, como por ejemplo visualizar y decir el nombre común de figuras en dos dimensiones y de sólidos en tres dimensiones y describir sus características; medición; manipulación de datos. Hay actividades destacadas para ensayar, recordar, actualizar, mejorar, leer y razonar las matemáticas. Las actividades se vinculan a las directrices de Escocia y al revisado plan de estudios de Irlanda del Norte.

Self-Reported Capabilities Among Young Male Adults in Switzerland: Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of a German, French and Italian Version of a Closed Survey Instrument

There is a shortage of empirical applications of the capability approach that employ closed survey instruments to assess self-reported capabilities. However, for those few instruments that have been designed and administered through surveys until now, no psychometric properties (reliability, validity, and factor structure) were reported. The purpose of this study is the assessment of the psychometric properties of three new language versions (German, French, and Italian) of an established (English) set of eight self-reported capability items. The set of items is taken from a previously published British study by Anand and van Hees (J Soc Econ 35(2):268–284, 2006). Our sample consists of 17,152 young male adults aged 18–25 years from the three major language regions in Switzerland. The results indicate good reliability of the three language versions. The results from the exploratory factor analyses suggest a one-dimensional factor structure for seven domain specific items. Furthermore, the results from multiple regression analyses suggest that a global summary item on overall capabilities represents a measurement alternative to the set of seven domain specific capability items. Finally, the results confirm the applicability of the closed capability instrument in a large scale survey questionnaire and represent the first attempt to measure self-reported capabilities in Switzerland.

Current cancer research on oral and head and neck cancer.

Prepared for the ICRDB Program by the Current Cancer Research Project Analysis Center.

Final report of the Special Education Advisory Panels and special education content-area standards /

The content-area standards recommended by the panels include standards for: all special education teachers; teachers of students with mild and moderate disabilities; teachers of students with moderate and severe disabilities; early childhood special education teachers; teachers of students who are deaf/hard of hearing; teachers of students who are deaf-blind/blind or visually impaired; speech-language pathologists; bilingual special education teachers; and special education standards for regular classroom teachers.

The vocational education of girls and women,

"This book is written as a companion volume to industrial education--its methods, problems and dangers, and The means and methods of agricultural education."

Rifampicin and sodium fusidate reduces the frequency of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolation in adults with cystic fibrosis and chronic MRSA infection

Nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) frequently results in chronic respiratory tract carriage. This is an increasing problem, adds to the burden of glycopeptide antibiotic use in hospitals, and represents a relative contraindication to lung transplantation. The aim of this study was to determine whether it is possible to eradicate MRSA with prolonged oral combination antibiotics, and whether this treatment is associated with improved clinical status. Adult CF patients (six mate, one female) with chronic MRSA infection were treated for six months with rifampicin and sodium fusidate. Outcome data were examined for six months before treatment, on treatment and after treatment. The patients had a mean age of 29.3 (standard deviation = 6.3) years and FEV1 of 36.1% (standard deviation = 12.7) predicted. The mean duration of MRSA isolation was 31 months. MRSA isolates identified in these patients was of the same lineage as the known endemic strain at the hospital when assessed by pulsed-field get electrophoresis. Five of the seven had no evidence of MRSA during and for at [east six months after rifampicin and sodium fusidate. The proportion of sputum samples positive for MRSA was lower during the six months of treatment (0.13) and after treatment (0.19) compared with before treatment (0.85) (P < 0.0001). There was a reduction in the number of days of intravenous antibiotics per six months with 20.3 +/- 17.6 on treatment compared with 50.7 before treatment and 33.0 after treatment (P = 0.02). There was no change in lung function. Gastrointestinal side effects occurred in three, but led to therapy cessation in only one patient. Despite the use of antibiotics with anti-staphylococcal activity for treatment of respiratory exacerbation, MRSA infection persists. MRSA can be eradicated from the sputum of patients with CF and chronic MRSA carriage by using rifampicin and sodium fusidate for six months. This finding was associated with a significant reduction in the duration of intravenous antibiotic treatment during therapy. (C) 2003 The Hospital Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Dialogue, speech and images:the companions project data set

This paper describes part of the corpus collection efforts underway in the EC funded Companions project. The Companions project is collecting substantial quantities of dialogue a large part of which focus on reminiscing about photographs. The texts are in English and Czech. We describe the context and objectives for which this dialogue corpus is being collected, the methodology being used and make observations on the resulting data. The corpora will be made available to the wider research community through the Companions Project web site.

The role of volunteer support in the community for adults with hearing loss and hearing aids

Objectives: To explore interactions between audiology patients and volunteers, to describe encounters and define the role of volunteers. Methods: Qualitative ethnographic and interview study of volunteer-patient interactions. Ten volunteer participants from two volunteer schemes in South West England were observed and interviewed. Three patient participants were interviewed. Results: Analysis of observational data showed that volunteers provided support relating to local services and hearing aids, but did not engage in discussions about hearing loss. Interviews with volunteers identified gaps in audiology provision, including accessible services and clear information and highlighted a need for more support from audiology services to enable them to fulfil their role. Volunteer interactions with patients mimicked a clinician-patient encounter and volunteers employed strategies and behaviours used by professional audiologists. Conclusions: Audiology volunteers could provide an accessible bridge between health services and the community but their care is limited to focus on hearing aids. Practice implications: Volunteers enable patients to use hearing aids appropriately and are a core element of current care arrangements. However, volunteers express a need for adequate support from audiology services. Volunteers have the potential to increase service capacity and to bridge the gaps between community and audiology healthcare services.

Effects of structured writing versus nonstructured writing as an effective and efficient teaching and learning strategy

This research investigated the effectiveness and efficiency of structured writing as compared to traditional nonstructured writing as a teaching and learning strategy in a training session for teachers.^ Structured writing is a method of identifying, interrelating, sequencing, and graphically displaying information on fields of a page or computer. It is an alternative for improving training and educational outcomes by providing an effective and efficient documentation methodology.^ The problem focuses upon the contradiction between: (a) the supportive research and theory to modify traditional methods of written documents and information presentation and (b) the existing paradigm to continue with traditional communication methods.^ A MANOVA was used to determine significant difference between a control and an experimental group in a posttest only experimental design. The experimental group received the treatment of structured writing materials during a training session. Two variables were analyzed. They were: (a) effectiveness; correct items on a posttest, and (b) efficiency; time spent on test.^ The quantitative data showed a difference for the experimental group on the two dependent variables. The experimental group completed the posttest in 2 minutes less time while scoring 1.5 more items correct. An interview with the training facilitators revealed that the structured writing materials were "user friendly." ^

On the Current Mismatch of English Education in China and Its Possible Improvement in Pedagogy for Chinese College non-English Majors

By reviewing the current mismatch of English education in China,the paper argues the content of English curriculum and instruction in China need guide students to learn the difference between Chinese and English,examine Chinese learners’ English that are incorporated with typical Chinese language characteristics.