Gesture recognition and sensorimotor learning-by-doing of motor skills in manual professions: A case study in the wheel-throwing art of pottery

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alina Glushkova ◽  
Sotiris Manitsaris
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Gesture Recognition ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Sensorimotor Learning ◽  
Wheel Throwing

Contamination Lab of Turin (CLabTo)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonora FIORE ◽  
Giuliano SANSONE ◽  
Chiara Lorenza REMONDINO ◽  
Paolo Marco TAMBORRINI
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Assessment Data ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Positive Effect

Interest in offering Entrepreneurship Education (EE) to all kinds of university students is increasing. Therefore, universities are increasing the number of entrepreneurship courses intended for students from different fields of study and with different education levels. Through a single case study of the Contamination Lab of Turin (CLabTo), we suggest how EE may be taught to all kinds of university students. We have combined design methods with EE to create a practical-oriented entrepreneurship course which allows students to work in transdisciplinary teams through a learning-by-doing approach on real-life projects. Professors from different departments have been included to create a multidisciplinary environment. We have drawn on programme assessment data, including pre- and post-surveys. Overall, we have found a positive effect of the programme on the students’ entrepreneurial skills. However, when the data was broken down according to the students’ fields of study and education levels, mixed results emerged.

scholarly journals Twin-To-Twin Transfusion Syndrome Donor and Recipient and Their Subsequent Cognitive Functioning in Late Childhood as Juvenile Athletes—A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2545
Author(s):  
Ilona Bidzan-Bluma
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Late Childhood ◽  
Semantic Fluency ◽  
Motor Functioning ◽  
Gross Motor Skills ◽  
History Of

Objective: It is estimated that twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) occurs in 10–15% of monochorionic twin pregnancies. One of the fetuses takes on the role of donor and the other of recipient. The treatment administered involves serial amnioreduction and laser photocoagulation of the communicating blood vessels. After TTTS, children may have deficiencies in psychomotor functioning, in particular in cognitive functions, expressive language, and motor skills. Few scientific reports indicate that twins after TTTS do not demonstrate significant differences in tests which measure intellectual functioning. Methods: The cognitive functioning of twins in the late childhood period was compared using the following tools: an analysis of their medical history, an interview with their parents, and neuropsychological tests allowing the evaluation of their whole profile of cognitive functions. Case Study: Cognitive functioning in the late childhood period was analyzed in a pair of 11-year-old male twins (juvenile athletes), a donor and a recipient, who had developed TTTS syndrome in the prenatal period. Results: Comparison of the cognitive functioning profile of the donor and recipient revealed that children with a history of TTTS develop normally in terms of cognitive and motor functioning in late childhood. A comparative analysis of the donor and recipient was more favorable for the recipient, who had a higher level of general intelligence, visual–motor memory, and semantic fluency. Conclusions: The fact that both the donor and the recipient chose to pursue athletics suggests that gross motor skills are their strongest suit. Playing sports as a method of rehabilitation of cognitive function of children born prematurely after TTTS could contribute to the improvement of cognitive functioning.

Fish Habitat: Essential Fish Habitat and Rehabilitation

1999 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Lake Erie ◽  
Habitat Management ◽  
Fish Habitat ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
Physical Habitat ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
Habitat Features ◽  
Fish Habitats

<em>Abstract.—</em> The quality and quantity of habitats determine ecosystem productivity. Hence, they determine the potential fish productivity that sustains the fish harvests extractable from freshwaters and seas. Efforts to conserve and protect fish habitats are frustrated by key unanswered questions: which habitat types and how much must be protected to ensure natural self-sustaining fish stocks? Minns and Bakelaar presented a prototype method for assessing suitable habitat supply for fish stocks in Lake Erie, an analysis that can be used to address conservation issues. Here, the method is refined and extended, taking the assessment of habitat supply for pike <em>Esox lucius </em> in the Long Point region of Lake Erie as a case study. As with the previous study, much emphasis is placed on “learning by doing.” Because available inventories of habitat features are coarse and incomplete, improved guidelines for estimating habitat supply are expected from these prototype studies. The habitat supply method previously presented by Minns and Bakelaar is elaborated in three ways here: (1) the basic physical habitat assessment is derived from a remote-sensing inventory database; (2) methods of quantifying the thermal regime and integrating it with other habitat elements are examined; (3) habitat supply estimates are used in a pike population model, and pike biomass and production are simulated for the Long Point region of Lake Erie and then compared with available records. The roles of error and uncertainty are examined for all elements in the estimation and application of suitable habitat supply values. There is potential for supply measurement and analysis to guide fish habitat management.

scholarly journals Understanding of landslide risk through learning by doing: case study of Koroška Bela community, Slovenia

Landslides ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 1681-1690
Author(s):  
Mateja Jemec Auflič ◽  
Špela Kumelj ◽  
Tina Peternel ◽  
Jernej Jež
Keyword(s):  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Landslide Risk

Focus of Attention Verbalizations in Beginning Band: A Multiple Case Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 002242942097363
Author(s):  
John E. Parsons ◽  
Amy L. Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
Beginning Band ◽  
External Focus ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Complex Motor ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Complex Motor Skills

Although the effects of focus of attention (FOA) on the performance of gross motor skills are now well understood, less is known about the role of FOA in naturalistic classroom settings where learners are engaged in the ongoing acquisition and refinement of complex motor skills. The purpose of this study, the first of its kind, was to explore how music teachers focus learners’ attention on physical actions (internal focus) and on the effects of those actions (external focus). We recorded three experienced band directors teaching beginner classes (sixth graders) and completed a content analysis of video recordings to describe (a) teachers’ use of internally focused (IF) and externally focused (EF) verbalizations and (b) patterns among IF and EF verbalizations. These teachers most often directed student attention to internal aspects of performance, and they also paired IF and EF statements to clearly convey how those actions affect external outcomes. Although our descriptive multiple case study design precludes generalization, these data suggest possibilities for future studies that could explore relationships between teachers’ FOA verbalizations and skill development in music classrooms.

scholarly journals The Source of Palm Orientation Errors in the Signing of Children with ASD: Imitative, Motoric, or Both?

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 268
Author(s):  
Aaron Shield ◽  
Megan Igel ◽  
Kristina Randall ◽  
Richard P. Meier
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
Deaf Parents ◽  
Single Child ◽  
Hearing Children ◽  
Reversal Errors

Palm orientation reversal errors (e.g., producing the ‘bye-bye’ gesture with palm facing inward rather than outward as is customary in American culture) have been documented in the signing of deaf and hearing children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and in the imitation of gestures by signing and non-signing children with ASD. However the source of these unusual errors remains opaque. Given that children with ASD have documented difficulties with both imitation and motor skills, it is important to clarify the nature of these errors. Here we present a longitudinal case study of a single child with ASD, a hearing, signing child of Deaf parents. Samples of the child’s signing were analyzed at ages 4;11, 6;2, 10;2, and 14;11. Lexical signs and fingerspelled letters were coded for the four parameters of sign articulation (handshape, location, movement, and palm orientation). Errors decreased for handshape, location, and movement after age 4;11, but increased on palm orientation from 4;11 and remained high, exceeding 55% of signs by 14;11. Fingerspelled letters contained a large proportion of 180-degree reversals, which suggest an origin in imitation differences, as well as midline-facing errors, suggestive of a motor origin. These longitudinal data suggest that palm orientation errors could be rooted in both imitation differences and motoric difficulties.

scholarly journals What Is WhatsApp for? Developing Transmedia Skills and Informal Learning Strategies Through the Use of WhatsApp—A Case Study With Teenagers From Spain

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 205630512094288
Author(s):  
Carmen Costa-Sánchez ◽  
Mar Guerrero-Pico
Keyword(s):  
Informal Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Social Content ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Study Methodology

Smartphones and WhatsApp are, respectively, the medium and application that Spanish teenagers most want. However, research into the use of WhatsApp is still quantitatively and qualitatively limited. In addition, little research has been carried out regarding its impact on the development of transmedia skills and informal learning strategies outside the classroom. This article aims to expand the knowledge on teenagers’ motivations and their development of transmedia skills and informal learning strategies in relation to their use of WhatsApp. Specifically, a qualitative analysis of data gathered from workshops, interviews, and media diaries is applied as part of a case study methodology involving teenagers from 10 schools located in five different Spanish regions. The results reveal the new WhatsApp uses teenagers are applying in their daily lives as well as the skills and strategies they are developing through said uses in the context of interpersonal and group (WhatsApp groups) interactions: on one hand, production, social, content, and individual management skills, and on the other hand, learning by doing, teaching, and evaluating strategies.

Motor Development of Autistic Monozygotic Twins: A Case Study

1977 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dolores Geddes
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Spatial Orientation ◽  
Monozygotic Twins ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Language Communication ◽  
Walking Balance ◽  
Balance Board

A pair of autistic monozygotic twins were assessed on relevant portions of the Geddes Psychomotor Inventory. Over-all motor development of the 3-yr., 6-mo. old twins was similar and considered a partial consequence of the same genotype and comparable environmental experiences from birth. The twins exhibited poor or unsuccessful performance on tasks requiring abilities in language, communication, and appropriate relationships to objects; superior performance on specific fine manual motor skills, walking balance board, and climbing; at-age performance on tasks which were considered measures of patterned gross movement, balance, postural maintenance, and spatial orientation; and few typical autistic motor characteristics.

Infrastructure, Commodity Spectra, and Trade Transitions in Economic Development

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1850166
Author(s):  
Roger J. Bowden ◽  
Hui Huang
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Social Spending ◽  
Accelerate Growth ◽  
Physical Infrastructure ◽  
Capital Services ◽  
Manufactured Exports

Infrastructure growth and its regional concentration can accelerate growth and diversification of international trade, in terms of both commodities and the implied factor content. The origins and mechanism are explored via a model of endogenous growth that internalizes social spending on physical infrastructure, leading to the accumulation of human capital as a result of learning by doing. Infrastructure developed in the first instance to enhance and diversify manufactured exports can create a supply push into the export of human capital services. As a leading case study, China's recent free trade agreements show clear signs of a development strategy shifting orientation towards the export of services, such as those relating to infrastructure construction and tourism, and the financial services required in support.

Heterogeneous IS Resources Acquisition: A Case Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 26-28 ◽  
pp. 426-429
Author(s):  
Bao Liang Hu
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Heterogeneous Information ◽  
Heterogeneous Information Systems ◽  
Learning By Using

Combined with the deep case study of Wahaha, this paper probe into the issue of enterprise heterogeneous information systems(IS) resources acquisition. And the findings show: learning by doing and learning by using are the effective approaches for the enterprise to acquire the heterogeneous IS human capital; initiative is crucial to acquire heterogeneous IS partnership; the preferred contractor is the important model for the enterprises to acquire the heterogeneous IS infrastructure. These findings not only enrich the theory of IS resources, but also expand the scope of existing research.

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