Digestion of DNA with restriction enzymes, calculation of volumes and concentrations of reagents for reactions, and the separation of DNA fragments by agarose gel electrophoresis are common molecular biology techniques that are best taught through repetition. The following open-ended, investigative laboratory exercise in plasmid restriction mapping allows students to gain technical expertise wh...

This paper summarizes the design, execution and results of the first AAAI Robotics Competition which took place in conjunction with the tenth national AI conference this past summer. As of this writing, no specific efforts have been made to evaluate the performance of the various robot intelligence techniques used in light of the scoring that took place. Rather this paper attempts to point out ...

This paper offers a method for analysing pedagogic practice of all kinds that is detailed, exhaustive and appliable to designing effective teaching practice. The analysis builds on research into the structuring of pedagogic discourse by applying systemic functional (SF) research methods to the contextual stratum of register. Each meaningful element of pedagogic practice is presented as an optio...

Governments have been using computers since the early 1950s and academics have been writing about government’s use of computers for almost as long. This paper explores this literature and examines the evolution of research into and thinking about the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in government and public administration over the past 50 years. Questions asked include to ...

Abstract The present study was an attempt to investigate the relationship between EFL learners’ anxiety and writing complexity. For the purpose of the study, 70 female learners, between 17 and 24 years old (mean=20) from Najm language school in Tehran participated in the study. The participants’ level of anxiety was measured using Horwitz, Horwitz, and Cope’s Anxiety Questionnaire (1986) and th...

The present study aimed to explore learners’ perceptions while using Google Translate (GT) during online English-Writing lessons and evaluate its effectiveness on English writing skills. Online questionnaires individual interviews were used collect self-reported opinions from 24 Vietnamese students. Learner samples the 12-week session also collected in order identify possible improvements writi...

Timed single-draft essays as summative assessment tasks have been argued to be inadequate for both teaching and assessing writing in the context of process writing. This is because single draft assess product rather than process. To address this concern, authors developed, implemented, evaluated two FL (foreign language) English courses that integrate various formative activities The course-emb...

This research was conducted to analyze the effectiveness of using advertisements in improving students writing skills. The subject this an English teacher and 26 X-MIPA class. To gather data, interview questionnaire were done with given then qualitatively analyzed. data gotten, these steps used; reduction, display, conclusion. study's conclusions showed that lessons helped feel happy, enthusias...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect target cultural knowledge on listening comprehension proficiency Chinese EFL learners. Two groups intermediate-level English language learners participated in study. One group received lessons reading, writing, listening, and speaking, as well a curriculum focused knowledge, specifically culture Britain US. other only without any focus k...