This paper proposes a theoretical framework for the conceptualization and design of help options in computer-based second language (L2) listening. Based on four empirical studies, it aims at clarifying both conceptualization ...

The current study examined changes and continuities in how 11 secondary teacher preparation programs and 743 preservice teachers conceptualized the content and sequence of field-based teacher preparation. Although curricula ...

This paper reports on the findings of two qualitative exploratory studies that sought to investigate design features of help options in computer-based L2 listening materials. Informed by principles of participatory design, ...

The aim of this project is to realize a qualitative investigation, on the practice and the novice teacher of history PUCV in his initial teacher's formation, and in I make concrete on his professional performance executing ...

During his first period in Paris (1910-1914), the Russian painter Marc Chagall met, most of all at the Louvre Museum, the masters of western painting, as he wrote in "My life", his autobiography. The case in study, which ...

At present, cyber-citizens have become the focus of interest of an increasing number of online mainstream newspapers. Most of these news portals provide access to their readers to post their views on the content of editorials, ...

In 2003, Chile began to implement a teacher evaluation and incentives policy to strengthen the teaching profession and the quality of education. Using a qualitative case study, we analyzed the discourses of municipal schools ...

Commercial aquaculture continues to expand as it strives to meet growing global demand for healthier protein. In this context, farmers are under great pressure to address problems of biofouling and predation, all while ...

Companies with relatively thin trading, a high concentration of insider ownership, and a privatized pension system characterize Chile's Santiago Stock Exchange. Within this setting, we study the relationship between ownership ...

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