Despite the saliency of raising critical thinking not only in ELT but also in other aspects of life, there is still lack of studies in this regard that need to be filled. Previous studies dealt with Faiclough’s model not that of van Dijk, and besides, they weren’t concerned about CDA effects on different proficiency levels. The present study, however, examined the impact of critical discourse a...

The goal of the research was to create enhanced practical methods to estimate and simulate hyperspectral images by using recorded data of low spectral resolution images. These data can be used to test algorithms designed for many hyperspectral image analysis tasks, such as target detection, classification and tracking. An advantage is that these images are unclassified and can be used in a univ...

JOURNAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES & LIFE SCIENCES EDUCATION VOLUME 37 200 Scholarly research in the life sciences has traditionally centered on accessing peer-reviewed literature from hardcopy serials (Larivière et al., 2006) and citing this information in publications or presentations of scientific results. There are benefits to utilizing peer-reviewed scientific literature in undergraduate curricu...

erature. However, current studies lack empirical evaluations of social work students’ core competencies. Using 332 social work undergraduates in China, this paper examined core competences of social work undergraduates in China and compared the results with that in the United States. The results revealed that Chinese students’ core competences were significantly lower than American students’. P...

Most universities today have developed intellectual property policies which clearly establish ownership rights in any commercially valuable process developed by professors and graduate students in a university laboratory. Increasingly, undergraduates are also being encouraged to take an active part in research since this often encourages them to go on to graduate school. It is also, in itself, ...