We present a modular architecture for processing informal mathematical language as found in textbooks and mathematical publications. We point at its properties relevant in addressing three aspects of informal mathematical discourse: (i) the interleaved symbolic and natural language, (ii) the linguistic, domain, and notational context, and (iii) the imprecision of the informal language. The obje...

Verbal inter-human exchange forms an important part of informal learning, especially for workplace learning. But informal learning of an employee within inter-human communication implies informal teaching of another employee on the other side. And in the same way we try to integrate the learning process into the surrounding work processes, we also need to integrate the teaching process into the...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To develop a definition of informal caregiving dynamics through a selective literature review and explore the proposed definition in the context of blood and marrow transplantation using a case study. DATA SOURCES Published articles. DATA SYNTHESIS Informal caregiving dynamics are commitment, expectations, and negotiation that move a dyadic informal caregiving relationshi...

The four items mentioned in the title are put into context in an informal way.

Extending choice and control for social care service users is a central feature of current English policies. However, these have comparatively little to say about choice in relation to the informal carers of relatives, friends or older people who are disabled or sick. To explore the realities of choice as experienced by carers, the present paper reviews research published in English since 1985 ...

The paper is a kind of "back to basics" response to the scepticism which disciplines with a tradition for social science approaches tend to have towards land registration in context of informal settlements. The general argument is that specific efforts are needed to improve interdiciplinary discussion. The paper suggests three ways to improve the general understanding of the importance of land ...

This position paper presents work in progress (within the first year) of the doctoral research into adoption of social collaborative e-learning in higher education. The research coins three concepts which intersect to form the fourth, social collaborative e-learning. These concepts are: informal learning, social networking and learning management. This paper explores the conceptual and theoreti...

This paper explores the application of restricted relationship graphs (RDF) and statistical NLP techniques to improve named entity annotation in challenging Informal English domains. We validate our approach using on-line forums discussing popular music. Named entity annotation is particularly difficult in this domain because it is characterized by a large number of ambiguous entities, such as ...

A design experiment where students in Grade 5 (11–12 years old) play the Color Run game constitutes context for investigating how can be introduced to informal hypothesis testing. The result outlines a three-step hypothetical learning trajectory on In first step, came favor sample space reasoning over idiosyncratic when was changed between color runs. second and third steps, used degrees of var...