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Using Evidence to Inform Decision Making at the University of Washington
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Using Google™ facets as implicit feedback for query expansion in database searching
(2012)The purpose of this study is to examine the Google facets, namely the suggestions found occasionally under the section "Searches related to" on the Google results page. The study focuses on whether they constitute good ... -
Using handhelds to search in physical and digital information spaces
(2008)In recent years a wealth of information is becoming available thanks to computer and networking technology. Modern libraries incorporate in their collections information content in both physical and digital form. Meanwhile, ... -
Using interactive simulations to enhance Students’ explanations regarding physical Phenomena
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)The objective of this research was to investigate the effects of Interactive Computer-Based Simulations (ICBSs) on student’s ability to give “scientifically accepted” explanations regarding physical phenomena in Mechanics, ... -
Using midi in music instruction
(Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)The contribution deals with practical use of musical format MIDI in singing lessons and in improving the technique of playing musical instruments. Even the practice of one s part in harmonizing with other musical instruments ... -
Using National and International Score Norms as a Library Service Quality Benchmarking Tool
(Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων, 2008)There are three primary mechanisms for interpreting library service quality assessment scores. First, we can compare our scores for one year with the scores we obtained on the same measure in previous years. This is the ... -
Using of tips programs packages in engineering education
(Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)One of the tasks of higher school is to teach students for creative work. This task equally concerns both to students of natural sciences specialities, and the pupil – “humanities”. In this report the main features of the ... -
Using physical and virtual manipulatives to Enhance conceptual understanding in heat and temperature
(University of Cyprus, 2007)The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of Physical Manipulatives (PM) and the combination of Physical Manupulatives with Virtual Manipulatives (VM) on pre-service teachers’ understanding of scientific concepts ... -
Using policies for developing geospatial collections: Current situation in western world
(2018)In the great number of articles written for the development of geospatial collections in the early years of the ARL GIS project, policies were always mentioned as a necessity. Nowadays that the tremendous disposal of ... -
Using qualitative research methods for the improvement of collaborative information searching tools design
(2008)Regarding the change of information seeking to a collaborative activity, DLs as dynamic information systems, have to adopt collaboration searching tools. This study investigates the degree of collaboration in information ... -
Using real -time graphs to enhance understanding of kinematics graphs: motions detectors in the physics classroom
(University of Cyprus, 2010)The activities and the case study were inspired by publications uncovering a consistent set of student difficulties with graphs of position, velocity and acceleration versus time. Research indicates that the use of a Motion ... -
Using Semantic Technologies in Digital Libraries – A Roadmap to Quality Evaluation
(2009)In digital libraries semantic techniques are often deployed to reduce the expensive manual overhead for indexing documents, maintaining metadata, or caching for future search. However, using such techniques may cause a ... -
Using technology in early childhood education: the 100 days of school project
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)This study has three primary objectives. First, it describes the ways in which six teachers in an urban school environment in New York City integrated technology within a common and familiar theme among lower grade students, ... -
Using the attitude-behavior theory of Reasoned action to understand science teachers' attitudes towards physics, computer simulations and inquiry-based experiments
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)The purpose of this paper was to investigate how use of an Interactive Computer-Based Simulation (ICBS) prior to performing a Laboratory Inquiry-Based Experiment (LIBE), in a conceptually oriented physics course, affects ... -
Using time-driven activity-based costing to improve the managerial activities of academic libraries
(2019-09)Nowadays, Academic libraries are required to provide high quality services despite their limited budget. Library managers should rely on valid information to keep the library's activities, resources and costs under control. ... -
Using webct with an off-campus diagnostic ultrasound course
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, offers a Graduate Diploma in Medical Ultrasound by off-campus distance learning (DL). These DL students are required to study under significantly different circumstances than ... -
Using wikis as a teaching and learning resource
(University of Cyprus, 2007)Wikis represent the next natural and logical development in the ‘history of writing’. They were first introduced over 10 years ago as a fully editable writing tool to facilitate collaboration through the use of networked ... -
Utility-based High Performance Digital Library Systems
(2009)Many practical digital library systems have had to deal with scalability of data collections and/or service provision. Early attempts at enabling this scalability focused on data/services closely coupled with or tightly ... -
A Utilization Model of Users' Metadata in Libraries
(2014)The purpose of this paper is to define a utilization model of meaningful users' tags in subject indexing work in libraries. The research work was originally performed with a quantitative method; a large number of relations ... -
Utopian or Contemporary rulers
(2012-07)