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The benefits of Facebook “friends”: Social capital and college students’ use of online social network sites
, 2007
"... This study examines the relationship between use of Facebook, a popular online social network site, and the formation and maintenance of social capital. In addition to assessing bonding and bridging social capital, we explore a dimension of social capital that assesses one’s ability to stay connecte ..."
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connected with members of a previously inhabited community, which we call maintained social capital. Regression analyses conducted on results from a survey of undergraduate students (N = 286) suggest a strong association between use of Facebook and the three types of social capital, with the strongest
Ecology of the family as a context for human development: Research perspectives.
- Developmental Psychology,
, 1986
"... This review collates and examines critically a theoretically convergent but widely dispersed body of research on the influence of external environments on the functioning of families as contexts of human development. Investigations falling within this expanding domain include studies of the interac ..."
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of the interaction of genetics and environment in family processes; transitions and linkages between the family and other major settings influencing development, such as hospitals, day care, peer groups, school, social networks, the world of work (both for parents and children), and neighborhoods and communities
Illusion and well-being: A social psychological perspective on mental health.
- Psychological Bulletin,
, 1988
"... Many prominent theorists have argued that accurate perceptions of the self, the world, and the future are essential for mental health. Yet considerable research evidence suggests that overly positive selfevaluations, exaggerated perceptions of control or mastery, and unrealistic optimism are charac ..."
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owe a great deal to a number of individuals who commented on earlier drafts: Nancy Cantor, Edward Emery, Susan Fiske, Tony Greenwald, Connie Hammen, Darrin Lehman, Chuck McClintock, Dick Nisbett, Lee Ross, Bill Swann, Joanne Wood, and two anonymous reviewers. Correspondence concerning this article
A Mouse on Each Desk: An Inexpensive Classroom Interaction Technique for Remote Teaching
"... This paper presents a novel method of improving classroom technology access in developing regions for use in distance and co-located education. By placing a mouse on each student’s desk in a classroom and connecting those mice to a single computer, the system affords simple anonymous and non-anonymo ..."
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This paper presents a novel method of improving classroom technology access in developing regions for use in distance and co-located education. By placing a mouse on each student’s desk in a classroom and connecting those mice to a single computer, the system affords simple anonymous and non-anonymous
Animated Pedagogical Agents: Face-to-Face Interaction in Interactive Learning Environments
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION
, 2000
"... Recent years have witnessed the birth of a new paradigm for learning environments: animated pedagogical agents. These lifelike autonomous characters cohabit learning environments with students to create rich, face-to-face learning interactions. This opens up exciting new possibilities; for example, ..."
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Recent years have witnessed the birth of a new paradigm for learning environments: animated pedagogical agents. These lifelike autonomous characters cohabit learning environments with students to create rich, face-to-face learning interactions. This opens up exciting new possibilities; for example
The Coevolution of Trust and Institutions in Anonymous and Non-anonymous Communities
, 2002
"... We report on a research program that employs the indirect evolutionary approach to analyze how the institutional environment drives the evolution of trust and trustworthiness through the evolution of moral preferences, and how in turn the evolution of preferences shapes the evolution of the rules ..."
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of the rules of the game. In particular, we describe how the ability to detect trustworthiness in non-anonymous communities supports the evolution of trust and thus crowds out legal institutions. If anonymous interaction prevents type detection, legal institutions such as courts and legal insurance may
1 Modeling Chinese Classrooms for Low-Cost Ubiquitous Interaction in the Classroom
"... This paper presents a novel method of improving classroom technology access in developing regions for use in distance and co-located education. By placing a mouse on each student‟s desk in a classroom and connecting those mice to a single computer, the system affords simple anonymous and non-anonymo ..."
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This paper presents a novel method of improving classroom technology access in developing regions for use in distance and co-located education. By placing a mouse on each student‟s desk in a classroom and connecting those mice to a single computer, the system affords simple anonymous and non-anonymous
Restructuring the classroom: Conditions for productive small groups
- Wisconsin Center for Education Research
, 1992
"... Moving beyond the general question of effectiveness of small group learning, this conceptual review proposes conditions under which the use of small groups in classrooms can be productive. Included in the review is recent research that manipulates various features of cooperative learning as well as ..."
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as studies of the relationship of interaction in small groups to outcomes. The analysis develops propositions concerning the kinds of discourse that are productive of different types of learning as well as propositions concerning how desirable kinds of interaction may be fostered. Whereas limited ex
The persona effect: Affective impact of animated pedagogical agents
, 1997
"... Animated pedagogical agents that inhabit interactive learning environments can exhibit strikingly lifelike behaviors. In addition to providing problem-solving advice in response to students ’ activities in the learning environment, these agents may also be able to play a powerful motivational role. ..."
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Animated pedagogical agents that inhabit interactive learning environments can exhibit strikingly lifelike behaviors. In addition to providing problem-solving advice in response to students ’ activities in the learning environment, these agents may also be able to play a powerful motivational role
A Taxonomy of Software Visualization
- Journal of Visual Languages and Computing
, 1992
"... Software visualization is the use of interactive computer graphics, typography, graphic design, animation, and cinematography to enhance the interface between the software engineer or the computer science student and their programs. Although several taxonomies of software visualization have been pro ..."
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Software visualization is the use of interactive computer graphics, typography, graphic design, animation, and cinematography to enhance the interface between the software engineer or the computer science student and their programs. Although several taxonomies of software visualization have been
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