Search results for author:"Lindsay Miller"
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Issues in Lecturing in a Second Language: Lecturer's Behaviour and Students' Perceptions
Lindsay Miller
Studies in Higher Education Vol. 32, No. 6 (December 2007) pp. 747–760
This article explores how Hong Kong Chinese engineering students with low English language proficiency manage to cope with their lectures given in English. An ethnographic case study approach was used with multiple sources of data triangulated to...
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Hot Trends in Information Technology
Lindsay Miller
Tech Directions Vol. 59, No. 4 (1999) pp. 20–23
The U.S. Department of Labor reports that computer-related jobs will increase by 60% over the next decade. Information technology will fuel economic growth in the next millennium. Certification is increasingly being used to screen job applicants. (JOW)
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Fostering Learner Autonomy in English for Science: A Collaborative Digital Video Project in a Technological Learning Environment
Christoph A. Hafner; Lindsay Miller
Language Learning & Technology Vol. 15, No. 3 (October 2011) pp. 68–86
This paper reports on the syllabus design and implementation of an English for Science and Technology (EST) course at an English-medium university in Hong Kong. The course combined elements of project-based learning and a "pedagogy for...
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To Dismantle an Idle Past: Using Historiography to Construct a Digital Learning Environment
Grant R. Miller; Shannon Lindsay Toth
Social Studies Vol. 103, No. 2 (2012) pp. 73–80
In this article, the authors describe how they used primary and secondary sources related to the Indian Removal Act to develop a learning activity in which students analyze, corroborate, and synthesize primary sources. Using the free, online...
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Intensive Speech and Language Therapy for Older Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Systems Approach
Lindsay Pennington; Nick Miller; Sheila Robson; Nick Steen
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology Vol. 52, No. 4 (April 2010) pp. 337–344
Aim: To investigate whether speech therapy using a speech systems approach to controlling breath support, phonation, and speech rate can increase the speech intelligibility of children with dysarthria and cerebral palsy (CP). Method: Sixteen...
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Project-Based Learning in a Technologically Enhanced Learning Environment for Second Language Learners: Students' Perceptions
Lindsay Miller; Christoph A. Hafner; Connie Ng Kwai Fun
E-Learning and Digital Media Vol. 9, No. 2 (2012) pp. 183–195
This article presents a new approach to English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course design. Situated in the context of an English-medium university in Hong Kong, the article describes an undergraduate course in English for science, which focused not...
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Impact of the Thinking Reader[R] Software Program on Grade 6 Reading Vocabulary, Comprehension, Strategies, and Motivation: Final Report. NCEE 2010-4035
Kathryn Drummond; Marjorie Chinen; Teresa Garcia Duncan; H Ray Miller; Lindsay Fryer; Courtney Zmach; Katherine Culp
"Thinking Reader" is a software program for students in Grades 5-8 that incorporates elements commonly identified in policy reports as being key components of effective adolescent literacy instruction. This evaluation of the impact of "Thinking...
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Behavioral Assessment of Impulsivity: A Comparison of Children with and without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Nancy A. Neef; Julie Marckel; Summer J. Ferreri; David F. Bicard; Sayaka Endo; Michael G. Aman; Kelly M. Miller; Sunhwa Jung; Lindsay Nist; Nancy Armstrong
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Vol. 38, No. 1 (2005)
We conducted a brief computer-based assessment involving choices of concurrently presented arithmetic problems associated with competing reinforcer dimensions to assess impulsivity (choices controlled primarily by reinforcer immediacy) as well as...