Performance Pattern Language

Explanation of affecting factors on Perceptual organization pattern of district 1 of contemporary Tehran based on pattern language theory

District 1 of Tehran had experienced many changes during past few decades and much of these changes, had included few tangible matters, and never considered public’s concept of urban system pattern. The present study, tried to explain pattern language system of district 1 of Tehran, based Christopher Alexander’s theory of pattern language and adapt this theory to public’s concepts. This purpose...

Performance Prediction from Agent Design Patterns

We describe a technique for deriving performance models from design patterns expressed in the Uniied Modelling Language (UML) notation. Each design pattern captures a theme within the Aglets mobile agent library. Our objective is to nd a middle ground between developing performance models directly from UML, and dealing with a more constrained case based on the use of design patterns. Performanc...

Stress Pattern System in Central Sarawani Balochi

The present article investigates the stress pattern system of Central Sarawani Balochi (CSB), spoken in Sarawan located in Sistan and Baluchestan province of the Islamic Republic of Iran, based on metrical theory as developed in Hayes (1995). Correspondingly, the present research illustrates the position of primary and secondary stress in mono-morphemic words, verbal paradigms, compound words, ...

The Role of Mediation of English Learning Anxiety in the Relationship between Motivational Language Selves Systems and Language Performance

Introduction: Language learning is the product of the complex interaction of internal factors of thinking and cognition, and external factors of emotions and social and cultural interactions. Second language learning anxiety as one of the types of educational anxiety can affect learners' performance. So, the aim of this study was the modeling of English language motivational selves based on lan...

Evaluate the Theory of Urban Villages and the Adaptation Rate of it with Alexander’s Pattern Language

Cloze-Elide Test as an Alternative Test Method: Linking Personality Types to Test Method Performance

More innovative test methods may measure language learners’ test performance more accurately, contributing to much fairer decisions. This study examined Iranian language learners’ performance on cloze-elide test as an innovative, integrative test method. It specifically focused on investigating whether personality types correlated with their performance and whether personality types could predi...