Extra Credit as a Spaced-Study Motivator

Monetization as a Motivator for the Freemium Educational Platform Growth

The paper describes user behavior as a result of introducing monetization in the freemium educational online platform. Monetization resulted in alternative system growth mechanisms, causing viral increase in the number of users. Given different options, users choose the most advantageous and simple ones for them. System metrics in terms of the K-factor was utilized as an indicator of the system...

Interest as the Missing Motivator in Self-Regulation

Typically, models of self-regulation include motivation in terms of goals. Motivation is proposed to fluctuate according to how much individuals value goals and expect to attain them. Missing from these models is the motivation that arises from the process of goal-pursuit. We suggest that an important aspect of self-regulation is monitoring and regulating our motivation, not just our progress t...

Guilt as a Motivator for Moral Judgment: An Autobiographical Memory Study

The aim was to investigate the phenomenology of self-defining moral memory and its relations to self-conscious feelings of guilt and willingness to do wrong (moral intention) in social and economic moral situations. We found that people use guilt as a moral motivator for their moral intention. The reparative function of guilt varied, however, with type of situation; that is, participants felt g...

CS 511 Extra Credit Study: Fall 2008 A Survey on Vertical Search in the Biomedical Domain

corpus stylistics and translation toni morrisons beloved as a case study

سبک شناسی به عنوان روشی جهت فهم و برداشت از یک متن ادبی با رویکردهای متفاوتی به تحلیل متن می پردازد که در نتیجه آن شاخه های مختلفی از سبک شناسی به وجود آمده است از جمله سبک شناسی فرمالیستی، سبک شناسی اداراکی، سبک شناسی مبتنی بر کورپس و غیره. این تحقیق در نخستین گام به دنبال نشان دادن اهمیت و سودمندی سبک شناسی مبتنی بر کورپس در تحلیل و بررسی ویژگی های سبکی یک اثر ادبی است و برای این منظور به صور...