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'Creative Education: Educating gifted learners about their creative attributes'

  • Teo, Chua-Tee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for the Gifted Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.27-32
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    • 2005
  • As humanity embarks on its learning journey in the 21st century, education needs to take on new dimensions. This discourse focuses on the essentials of what educators could do to promote creative development in young gifted and talented students.Current practices in Singapore's Gifted Education Programme are shared. Future possibilities of educating the young gifted studentson their creative attributes like Piirto's 7 Is, brain functions, energy levels or intensities, volition, virtues and other personal and interpersonal skills will be explained. Gifted students are the captains of their own ships, the pilot of their own planes. Teaching them about their creative potential is the first step in awakening their consciousness from within. It is up to them to decide to become more creative with support from parents and teachers thereafter.

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An Analysis of the Semantic and Discourse Functions of the Korean Special Marker '-to' (한국어 특수조사 '도'의 의미, 문맥적 기능 분석)

  • Park, June-K.;Park, Jong-C.
    • Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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    • 1999.10e
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    • pp.324-331
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    • 1999
  • 본 논문은 한국어의 특수조사, 특히 '도'의 의미, 문맥적 기능에 대하여 다루고 있다. '도'는 문맥의 자연스러운 연결에 있어서 중요한 역할을 수행한다. '도'가 쓰인 문장의 배경에는 반드시 일정한 전제가 존재한다. 전제는 그 문장의 의미 뿐만 아니라 기존 문맥과도 직접적으로 연관된다. 본 논문에서는 '같음', '유사함', '극한', '첨가' 및 병렬문에서 쓰이는 다섯 가지 '도'의 기능에 대하여 설명하고, alternatives semantics를 이용하여 이를 결합범주문법(CCG)에서 구현하는 방법을 제시한다.

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Robust Dialog Management with N-best Hypotheses Using Dialog Examples and Agenda (대화 예제와 아젠다를 이용한 음성 인식 오류에 강인한 대화 관리 방법)

  • Lee, Cheongjae;Jung, Sangkeun;Kim, Kyungduk;Lee, Gary Geunbae
    • Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.156-161
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    • 2008
  • This work presents an agenda-based approach to improve the robustness of the dialog manager by using dialog examples and n-best recognition hypotheses. This approach supports n-best hypotheses in the dialog manager and keeps track of the dialog state using a discourse interpretation algorithm with the agenda graph and focus stack. Given the agenda graph and n-best hypotheses, the system can predict the next system actions to maximize multi-level score functions. To evaluate the proposed method, a spoken dialog system for a building guidance robot was developed. Preliminary evaluation shows this approach would be effective to improve the robustness of example-based dialog modeling.

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A Case Study On the 6th Graders' Understanding of Variables Using LOGO Programming (Logo 프로그래밍을 통한 초등학교 6학년 아동의 변수개념 이해)

  • 류희찬;신혜진
    • Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.85-102
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    • 2000
  • The concept of variables is central to mathematics teaching and learning in junior and senior high school. Understanding the concept provides the basis for the transition from arithmetic to algebra and necessary for the meaningful use of all advanced mathematics. Despite the importance of the concept, however, much has been written in the last decade concerning students' difficulties with the concept. This Thesis is based on research to investigate the hypothesis that LOGO programming will contribute to 6th grader' learning of variables. The aim of the research were to; .investigate practice on pupils' understanding of variables before the activity with a computer; .identify functions of LOGO programming in pupils' using and understanding of variable symbols, variable domain and the relationship between two variable dependent expressions during the activity using a computer; .investigate the influence of pupils' mathematical belief on understanding and using variables. The research consisted predominantly of a case study of 6 pupils' discourse and activities concerning variable during their abnormal lessons and interviews with researcher. The data collected for this study included video recordings of the pupils'work with their spoken language.

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Combinatory Categorial Grammar for the Syntactic, Semantic, and Discourse Analyses of Coordinate Constructions in Korean (한국어 병렬문의 통사, 의미, 문맥 분석을 위한 결합범주문법)

  • Cho, Hyung-Joon;Park, Jong-Cheol
    • Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.448-462
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    • 2000
  • Coordinate constructions in natural language pose a number of difficulties to natural language processing units, due to the increased complexity of syntactic analysis, the syntactic ambiguity of the involved lexical items, and the apparent deletion of predicates in various places. In this paper, we address the syntactic characteristics of the coordinate constructions in Korean from the viewpoint of constructing a competence grammar, and present a version of combinatory categorial grammar for the analysis of coordinate constructions in Korean. We also show how to utilize a unified lexicon in the proposed grammar formalism in deriving the sentential semantics and associated information structures as well, in order to capture the discourse functions of coordinate constructions in Korean. The presented analysis conforms to the common wisdom that coordinate constructions are utilized in language not simply to reduce multiple sentences to a single sentence, but also to convey the information of contrast. Finally, we provide an analysis of sample corpora for the frequency of coordinate constructions in Korean and discuss some problematic cases.

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The Value of Film as Material for Learning a Foreign Language: Using Posh Discourse (영상자료가 지니는 외국어 학습 자료로서의 가치 : 공손한 언어를 중심으로)

  • Kim, Hye-Jeong
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.643-651
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    • 2016
  • This study considers the value of English-language films as material for learning a foreign tongue using posh discourse. In daily life, when we decline an invitation or convey unpleasant information to a listener, we use polite expressions; we are careful with our words. English language learners need to learn polite expressions in order to interact peacefully with others; doing so can minimize conflict, which is inherent in social relationships. This study uses the British drama Downton Abbey, which is about aristocracy. This study analyzes the posh discourse used in Downton Abbey and insists that students need to learn it explicitly. It is important to learn the polite expressions of this authentic drama in a real classroom. This study suggests that students work in groups to create a short video, and to try to understand the characters' personalities. Movies, TV dramas, and sitcoms provide great content that shows the various functions of the language that students want to learn. As a source of learning material, film can help improve students' motivation and interest in learning a foreign language.

An Investigation of Beginning and Experienced Teachers' PCK and Teaching Practices - Middle School Functions - (초임교사와 경력교사의 교수학적 내용지식과 수업실제 분석 - 중학교 함수단원 -)

  • Choi, Yoon-Hwa;Choi, Sang-Ho;Kim, Dong-Joong
    • Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.251-274
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze characteristics of PCK before class, investigate how these characteristics are enacted in classrooms when beginning and experienced teachers teach mathematical functions, and provide pedagogical implications. Two beginning teachers and two experienced teachers participated in the study. In order to analyze characteristics of PCK before class, interviews and survey research were conducted. An investigation of classroom discourse was used to examine how the PCK characteristics appear in classrooms. Results show that experiences teachers enacted their PCK about learner, curriculum, teaching methods, and teaching environment in classrooms, whereas beginning teachers could not show their PCK. These results suggest practical implications for the developments of teacher education curriculum and teacher training program.

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Acquisition of prosodic phrasing and edge tones by Korean learners of English

  • Choe, Wook Kyung
    • Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of the current study was to examine the acquisition of the second language prosody by Korean learners of English. Specifically, this study investigated Korean learners' patterns of prosodic phrasing and their use of edge tones (i.e., phrase accents and boundary tones) in English, and then compared the patterns with those of native English speakers. Eight Korean learners and 8 native speakers of English read 5 different English passages. Both groups' patterns of tones and prosodic phrasing were analyzed using the Mainstream American English Tones and Break Indices (MAE_ToBI) transcription conventions. The results indicated that the Korean learners chunked their speech into prosodic phrases more frequently than the native speakers did. This frequent prosodic phrasing pattern was especially noticeable in sentence-internal prosodic phrases, often where there was no punctuation mark. Tonal analyses revealed that the Korean learners put significantly more High phrase accents (H-) on their sentence-internal intermediate phrase boundaries than the native speakers of English. In addition, compared with the native speakers, the Korean learners used significantly more High boundary tones (both H-H% and L-H%) for the sentence-internal intonational phrases, while they used similar proportion of High boundary tones for the sentence-final intonational phrases. Overall, the results suggested that Korean learners of English successfully acquired the meanings and functions of prosodic phrasing and edge tones in English as well as that they are able to efficiently use these prosodic features to convey their own discourse intention.

A Study on the Tendancy of Architecturalizing in lighting for a Residential building - Focus on the Interior Magazine from 2000 to 2009 - (주거공간조명의 건축화에 관한 연구 - 2000년부터 2009년까지 인테리어잡지를 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Su-Jung;Lee, Sung-Me
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.61-70
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    • 2011
  • Based on the trend of architectural lighting of residential building, this study is to examine architectural lighting for residential buildings, and deduce the value and significance of architectural lighting by analyzing architectural lighting and characteristics of residential building through the analysis of works according to the types of works and by analyzing discourse relating to works of architectural lighting of residential building. First, architectural lighting for residential buildings can be categorized according to continuity and extensibility, lighting method and lighting factor. Second, architectural lighting of residential building has come into play since 2000 due to diversified activities at home. Third, architectural lighting had been introduced for living room and used in the form of structure or foundation up until early 2000s, but since mid 2000s, it has been used in intellectual and abstract form using various shapes, finishing material or objects. Fourth characteristic is a space of changing functions overcoming limited space, suggesting an alternative space, and using finishing material and object.

Looking at Organizational Socialization from the Developmental Network Perspective

  • Chang, Jihyun;Kim, Taesung
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.195-206
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    • 2018
  • Paying close attention to those new to an organization, whether fresh or experienced, whose primary interest is in (re)socialization, the current study intends to (1) further the concept of mentoring from a bilateral relationship to a community and culture fostered by developmental networks, (2) propose an integrated conceptual framework for organizational socialization, and (3) suggest implications for practice and future research. This study reviews, analyzes, and integrates research assets and subsequently re-conceptualizes the aggregate information as valid propositions and a conceptual framework. The findings include (1) 11 propositions regarding the relationships among network characteristics (embeddedness, diversity), developmental functions (career support, psychosocial support, and role modeling), and socialization outcomes (learning and attitudinal outcomes); and (2) an integrated conceptual framework that depicts a comprehensive mechanism through which developmental networks conduce to organizational socialization of newcomers. Implications are that developmental networking must be an individual's fundamental competency and an essential part of organizational onboarding processes, and imperative for both members' career development and innovative organizational culture. By integrating research assets on the developmental phenomenon into conceptualizations, this study furthers the concept of mentoring to organizational culture and stimulates a substantive discourse for theory-building towards organizational socialization from the developmental network perspective.