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A comparative case study investigating the effectiveness of interactive whiteboard’s as motivational teaching and learning tools in the primary school

Walsh, Moya (University of Limerick, 2013)

This comparative case study aimed to examine the effects of using Interactive Whiteboards for teaching and learning in primary schools. The research study was two-fold; firstly it set out to examine the effects of using ...

Depressive realism and outcome density bias in contingency judgments: the effect of the context and intertrial interval

Msetfi, Rachel M.; Murphy, Robin A.; Simpson, Jane; Kornbrot, Diana E. (American Psychological Association, 2005)

The perception of the effectiveness of instrumental actions is influenced by depressed mood. Depressive realism (DR) is the claim that depressed people are particularly accurate in evaluating instrumentality. In two ...

Depressive realism and the effect of intertrial interval on judgements of zero, positive, and negative contingencies

Msetfi, Rachel M.; Murphy, Robin A.; Simpson, Jane (Psychology Press, 2007)

In three experiments we tested how the spacing of trials during acquisition of zero, positive, and negative event–outcome contingencies differentially affected depressed and nondepressed students’ judgements. Experiment 1 ...

'Dissecting the bird to articulate the song': exploring the nature of teaching and learning poetry in the Irish leaving certificate classroom

Hennessy, Jennifer (University of Limerick, 2011)

Motivated by the conviction that listening to pupils’ and teachers’ perspectives enables the researcher to gain a deeper understanding of teaching and learning processes, this research explores the nature and provision ...

Dysphoric mood states are related to sensitivity to temporal changes in contingency

Msetfi, Rachel M.; Murphy, Robin A.; Kornbrot, Diana E. (Frontiers, 2012)

A controversial finding in the field of causal learning is that mood contributes to the accuracy of perceptions of uncorrelated relationships. When asked to report the degree of control between an action and its outcome, ...

Educational innovation and change in the teaching and learning of science in the contemporary Irish school and classroom

Power, Sancha Anne (University of Limerick, 2012)

This research study is focused primarily on educational innovation and change in the Irish lower secondary science classroom. The overall goal of the research was to encompass three domains through the development of a ...

Enterprise education policy future directions: experiences and suggestions on family business education

Kansikas, Juha; Birdthistle, Naomi; Karjalainen, Kari; Solankallio, Tytti; Niemelä, Margit (Access Press UK, 2010)

The aim of this policy paper is to describe the current role of academic family enterprise education in Finland. Family business centers and family business programmes have been started around the world to offer education ...

Expanding technological frames towards mediated collaboration : groupware adoption in virtual learning teams

Fitzgerald, Brian; Bjorn, Pernille (Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, 2006)

This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the technological and social factors that led to the successful adoption of groupware by a virtual team in a educational setting. Drawing on a theoretical framework based on ...

An exploration of the adaptation of the dimensions of learning framework to promote thinking skills in a 21st century adult learning environment through the development of digital media narrative. A case study

Purcell, Vivienne (University of Limerick, 2013)

The worlds of education and learning in the 21st century are being shaped by rapidly changing environments of digital medias and new technologies which require new learning and communication skills. The aim of this ...

The impact of holistic assessment using adaptive comparative judgement on student learning

Canty, Donal (University of Limerick, 2012)

The shift in philosophy in Irish technology education has brought with it new challenges for practitioners, curriculum developers and awarding bodies. With the emphasis on technological capability the technology student ...

Increasing student involvement and learning through using debate as an assessment

Doody, Owen; Condon, Mairead (Elsevier, 2012)

Assessment has long been recognised as the single most influential factor in shaping what and how students in higher education choose to learn and the quality of learning outcomes depends on the quality of assessment. ...

Individual differences in associative learning: Editorial

Murphy, Robin A.; Msetfi, Rachel M. (Frontiers, 2014)

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Introduction: Language, learning and teaching: Irish research perspectives

Farr, Fiona; Moriarty, Máiréad (Peter Lang, 2013)

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Language learning as discourse analysis: implications for the LSP learning environment

Chambers, Angela (Universite de Bordeaux II (Victor Segalen) * Groupe d'Etude et de Recherche en Anglais de Specialite, 2007)

From the mid-twentieth century onwards, three parallel developments in language studies have contributed to shaping the current landscape in Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP). Firstly, discourse analysis has become ...

Learning resources and open access in higher education institutions in Ireland

Risquez, Angelica; McAvinia, Claire; O'Keeffe, Anne; Bruen, Catherine; Desmond, Yvonne; Rooney, Pauline; Flynn, Sharon; Ryan, Deirdre; Farr, Fiona; Marcus-Quinn, Ann; Coughlan, Ann (NDLR: National Digital Learning Resources, 2015)

Over the past decade or so the open education movement has continued to gather momentum in higher education, spurred on by increasing demand for more flexible education options; by the potential of developments in ...

The open dataset on students’ perceptions of virtual learning environments in Ireland: collaborating to listen to the student voice

Risquez, Angelica; Raftery, Damien; Costello, Eamon (John Wiley & Sons, 2015)

The Irish inter-institutional virtual learning environments (VLEs) open dataset stems from ongoing work with a rolling longitudinal survey of students’ usage of VLEs which has been ongoing in 12 higher education institutions ...

Perspectives on the problem of alternative conceptions

Sheehan, Muireann (University of Limerick, 2017)

Alternative conceptions present an ongoing problem that has proven difficult to address. Much research into the alternative conceptions of various groups of learners, including preservice science teachers (PSSTs), has ...

Plateaux in pronunciation: the case of French learners of English as a foreign language

Farr, Fiona (IRAAL: Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, 2004)

Within the field of second language acquisition the question of cessation of learning short of the target language norms, particularly among adult populations, has been widely discussed since the term FOSSILIZATION was ...

SSRI enhances sensitivity to background outcomes and modulates response rates: a randomized double blind study of instrumental action and depression

Msetfi, Rachel M.; Kumar, Poornima; Harmer, Catherine J; Murphy, Robin A. (Elsevier, 2016)

Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have immediate effects on synaptic levels of serotonin but their therapeutic effects are often delayed. This delay has been suggested to reflect time required for new learning and ...

Training and learning strategies of family businesses: an Irish case

Birdthistle, Naomi (Emerald Publishing, 2006)

The purpose of this paper is to examine the training and learning strategies adopted by family businesses in Ireland.

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