Contradicting Evidence regarding Age-Performance Correlation in Labour-Intensive Work Settings – A Comparative Study of Work Teams in Germany and Sweden

Scientific Conference (2009)

The emergence of leapfrogging in an urban growth model combining an economic approach and cellular automata

Scientific Conference (2009)

Des traîtres et des conspirateurs : les martyrs catholiques anglais vus par les auteurs protestants. Le cas d’Edmund Campion

Scientific Conference (2009)

MC simulations regarding the melting transition in a 2d hard disc fluid

Scientific Conference (2009)

English syntactic reordering for English-Thai phrase-based statistical machine translation

Scientific Conference (2009)

Gewalt gegen Kinder

Scientific Conference (2009)

Quels modèles psychométriques pour les politiques d’évaluation locale ?

Scientific Conference (2009)

Relations between numerical and visuospatial competencies

Scientific Conference (2009)

Perceived grand parental support: relationship quality, support dimensions and justice evaluations

Scientific Conference (2009)

A Newcomer in a Multilingual and Diverse Primary School: A Close Look at Classroom Interactions

Scientific Conference (2009)

Percolation in networks of nano-rods

Scientific Conference (2009)

Soigner et/ou punir. Le jugement des experts psychiatres. France et Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

Scientific Conference (2009)

Une chercheure en « terrain miné » : pour une ethnographie de la prostitution de rue à Luxembourg ville

Scientific Conference (2009)

An axiomatic approach to firewall rule update

Scientific Conference (2009)

To give is better than to receive - Reciprocity in parent-child relations in later life

Scientific Conference (2009)

How ellipsoids freeze

Scientific Conference (2009)

Does the position of correct answers in multiple-choice items influence item difficulty?

Scientific Conference (2009)

Due to economical reasons, the multiple-choice response format is often the preferred response format for test construction, especially in large-scale-assessments which claim for quick processing on the ... [more ▼]

Due to economical reasons, the multiple-choice response format is often the preferred response format for test construction, especially in large-scale-assessments which claim for quick processing on the examinees side and automated scoring on test makers side. As a disadvantage, research on effects of answer-key balancing and various “response sets” indicates an unfavourable influence of the position of correct answers on item difficulty. To examine this effect, two different multiple-choice response formats (“1 out of 6” and “2 out of 5”) were administered in 3 versions each (correct answers at extreme position, middle position or random) in the course of a large-scale competence assessment in reading comprehension. Furthermore, to investigate age-dependent effects this design was applied to 4th and 8th grade students and finally analyzed using the LLTM (Fischer, 1973). Results give useful hints for further test developments, especially in the field of Large-Scale-Assessments. [less ▲]

The challenges of the Cité des Sciences in Esch-Belval

Scientific Conference (2009)

Trajectoires situées d’apprentissage et transformations de l’expérience en formation professionnelle initiale

Scientific Conference (2009)

White Manipulation in Judgment Aggregation

Scientific Conference (2009)

Distributive systems consisting of autonomous and intelligent components need to be able to reason and make decisions based on the information these components share. Judgment aggregation investigates how ... [more ▼]

Distributive systems consisting of autonomous and intelligent components need to be able to reason and make decisions based on the information these components share. Judgment aggregation investigates how individual judgments on logically connected propositions can be aggregated into a collective judgment on the same propositions. It is the case that seemingly reasonable aggregation procedures may force the group to hold an inconsistent judgment set. What happens when the agents realize that the group outcome will be inconsistent? We claim that, in order to avoid an untenable collective outcome, individuals may prefer to declare a non-truthful, less preferred judgment set. Thus, the prospect of an individual trying to manipulate the social outcome by submitting an insincere judgment set is turned from being an undesirable to a “virtuous” (or white) manipulation. We define white manipulation and present the initial study of it as a coordinated action of the whole group. [less ▲]

Turkish migrants and native Germans compared: The effect of inter-ethnic and intra-ethnic friendships on the transition from unemployment to work

Scientific Conference (2009)

Labour market entry of ethnic minorities in Belgium: The role of academic and domestic contexts

Scientific Conference (2009)

Des havres de tolérance ? Mythes et réalités de la coexistence interreligieuse aux Pays-Bas et en Angleterre

Scientific Conference (2009)

Partnerships Preferences of the Belgian Second Generation: Who lives with whom?

Scientific Conference (2009)

Network and performance of new product development : the strength of strong ties

Scientific Conference (2009)

Management buy-in of small businesses: a comparative study of intentions to buyout viable vs distressed firms in France

Scientific Conference (2009)

Methodology of Entrepreneurship Research in a Radical Subjectivist Paradigm

Scientific Conference (2009)

Team members’ network and the performance of new product development: the strength of strong ties

Scientific Conference (2009)

Corpus-informed EAP syllabus design: a study of lecture functions

Scientific Conference (2008, November 22)

Increasing student and lecturer mobility along with the spread of English as an academic lingua franca (Mauranen, 2006) means a growing number of university lecturers in Europe are delivering at least ... [more ▼]

Increasing student and lecturer mobility along with the spread of English as an academic lingua franca (Mauranen, 2006) means a growing number of university lecturers in Europe are delivering at least some lectures in English. Well-designed English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses can help lecturers whose first language is not English in meeting this challenge and findings from corpus linguistic research on authentic lectures are invaluable in informing decisions about the development of such courses. However, a comprehensive corpus-based account of language use in English language lectures does not exist, although recent publications by Biber (2006) and Crawford Camiciottoli (2007) constitute significant contributions to such a description. This paper aims to add to our understanding of what language is used for in lectures by providing an overview of language functions (e.g. interacting, evaluating, organizing discourse, class management) as related to the reported purposes of lectures (e.g. knowledge transfer and the socialization of students into disciplinary communities). This functional framework is based on a manual inspection of British lectures using qualitative methods, with larger stretches of speech being assigned to particular functional categories on the basis of lexico-grammatical features, an understanding of the text and generic knowledge (Dudley-Evans, 1994). Biber, D. (2006). University language: a corpus-based study of spoken and written registers. Studies in Corpus Linguistics 23. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. Crawford Camiciottoli, B. (2007). The language of business studies lectures. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Dudley-Evans, T. (1994). Genre analysis: an approach to text analysis for ESP. In Coulthard, M. (ed.). Advances in written text analysis. (pp. 219-228). London: Routledge. Mauranen, A. (2006). Spoken discourse, academics and global English: a corpus perspective. In Hughes, R. (Ed.). Spoken English, TESOL and applied linguistics. (pp. 143-158). Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. [less ▲]

Do victims of bullying tend to be cyber bullies?

Scientific Conference (2008, November)

« La formation professionnelle initiale en crise ? L’analyse du discours face à une demande sociale

Scientific Conference (2008, November)

Reliability analysis and lattice polynomial system representation

Scientific Conference (2008, October 17)

Thin Film Preparation of Chalcopyrites for Solar Cells and Fundamental Material Physics

Scientific Conference (2008, October)

Gender and mathematical competencies!?

Scientific Conference (2008, September 04)

A qualitative corpus-based study of lecture functions

Scientific Conference (2008, September)

Increasing student and lecturer mobility along with the spread of English as an academic lingua franca (Mauranen, 2006) means a growing number of university lecturers in Europe are delivering at least ... [more ▼]

Increasing student and lecturer mobility along with the spread of English as an academic lingua franca (Mauranen, 2006) means a growing number of university lecturers in Europe are delivering at least some lectures in English. Well-designed English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses can help lecturers whose first language is not English in meeting this challenge and findings from corpus linguistic research on authentic lectures are invaluable in informing decisions about the development of such courses. However, a comprehensive corpus-based account of language use in English language lectures does not exist, although recent publications by Biber (2006) and Crawford Camiciottoli (2007) constitute significant contributions to such a description. This paper presents the results of a qualitative corpus-based study of common language functions in lectures (e.g. predicting, describing, reporting, interpreting, evaluating) as related to the overall purposes of lectures such as knowledge transfer and the socialization of students into disciplinary communities. The investigation is based on a manual analysis of lectures selected from the British Academic Spoken English (BASE) Corpus. In contrast to most existing studies, this study is motivated by the spoken language needs of lecturers rather than by student (listening comprehension) needs and is not restricted by a focus on pre-determined linguistic features that can be searched and quantified. The current non-quantified language description thus hopes to demonstrate the value of insights that can only come from reading and studying a corpus from a more global perspective using qualitative methods. Biber, D. (2006). University language: a corpus-based study of spoken and written registers. Studies in Corpus Linguistics 23. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. Crawford Camiciottoli, B. (2007). The language of business studies lectures. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. [less ▲]

Organismal and functional partitioning within natural microbial communities

Scientific Conference (2008, August)

Ankereffekte in der schulischen Leistungsbeurteilung: Hat Berufserfahrung einen Einfluss auf Urteilsfehler im Rahmen schulischer Leistungsdiagnostik?

Scientific Conference (2008, August)

GeoGebra – free dynamic mathematics software

Scientific Conference (2008, July 09)

GeoGebra is free, multi-platform, open-source dynamic mathematics software with rapidly growing worldwide popularity. The basic idea of the software is to join dynamic geometry, algebra, and calculus ... [more ▼]

GeoGebra is free, multi-platform, open-source dynamic mathematics software with rapidly growing worldwide popularity. The basic idea of the software is to join dynamic geometry, algebra, and calculus, which other packages treat separately, into a single easy-to-use package for learning and teaching mathematics from elementary through university level. Participants of this workshop will be introduced to the versatile possibilities of GeoGebra in hands-on activities in geometry, algebra, and calculus. They will learn how to use GeoGebra as a visualization tool for teaching and to create student-engaging interactive online materials. Free software and materials will be provided. No special computer experience is required. [less ▲]

Digit ratio (2D:4D) and short-term mating orientation

Scientific Conference (2008, July)

Deffenbacher Driving Scale: Psychometric properties of a German Version

Scientific Conference (2008, July)

S’engager dans la culture œnophile. L’imbrication ordinaire entre la singularité des expériences et la collectivité des références

Scientific Conference (2008, July)

Partant du constat de la croissance de la réflexivité alimentaire en général, et de la culturalisation de la consommation de vin en particulier, je propose une analyse micro-sociologique de la pratique ... [more ▼]

Partant du constat de la croissance de la réflexivité alimentaire en général, et de la culturalisation de la consommation de vin en particulier, je propose une analyse micro-sociologique de la pratique discursive œnophile contemporaine, au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, en me concentrant sur sa normativité inhérente et ses appropriations ordinaires. Cette articulation est constituée par la dégustation ‘pour débutant-e-s’, enseignée dans le cadre de la formation tout au long de la vie, institutionnalisée par l’Etat. La scientifisation (historiquement rationalisée) du jugement esthétique œnophile, véhiculant une normativité située et épistémique, est imbriquée dans des dynamiques hédoniques et éthiques de réalisation de soi : elle problématise et entend façonner les choix individuels. Ces derniers se construisent par des appropriations variées du canon œnophile véhiculé, liées à des différenciations socio-économiques et structurales (trajectoire, position sociale et genre), ainsi que – avant tout – culturelles et contextuelles (milieux d’élection, interactions, choix, techniques et expérimentations effectuées dans un projet de subjectivation). Par l’analyse d’un point de friction et de négociation entre les pratiques discursives ‘ordinaires’ et leur pendant ‘ambiant’, on aperçoit les mécanismes de la fabrication du lien social abstrait à partir des liens concrets, toujours potentiellement compétitifs/sélectifs (créant du pouvoir) ou sublimés/créatifs (créant du sens). [less ▲]

Comment diagnostiquer et gérer la colère?

Scientific Conference (2008, July)

Musik & Kreativität

Scientific Conference (2008, July)

Une analyse de l’expérience de publics faiblement qualifiés, base pour l’élaboration de parcours qualifiants

Scientific Conference (2008, June)

Bewegungslernen & Persönlichkeitsentwicklung im Schul- und Vereinssport: Neue Ansätze zu einem alten Problem

Scientific Conference (2008, June)

New forms of School Violence - Cyber bullying in Luxembourg

Scientific Conference (2008, June)

La reprise d’entreprise familiale par les filles d’entrepreneur: Une lecture en termes de genre

Scientific Conference (2008, May 15)

Notre communication présente les résultats d’une recherche consacrée à la problématique de la reprise d’entreprise familiale par les filles d’entrepreneur. L’analyse de onze études de cas nous a permis ... [more ▼]

Notre communication présente les résultats d’une recherche consacrée à la problématique de la reprise d’entreprise familiale par les filles d’entrepreneur. L’analyse de onze études de cas nous a permis d’analyser le processus de succession tel que vécu et perçu par les filles d’entrepreneur qui reprennent l’entreprise familiale, en identifiant les acteurs clés de l’environnement interne et externe. Nous effectuons une lecture des trajectoires en termes de genre, en examinant les phénomènes de séparation et de hiérarchisation. Nous portons une attention particulière à la configuration familiale (composition de la fratrie mixte ou féminine) et au secteur d’activité (à prédominance masculine ou féminine). Nos résultats mettent en évidence des effets de genre importants, notamment en ce qui concerne le choix du cédant en matière de successeur, ce qui amène des conséquences en termes de positionnement et de motivations des filles d’entrepreneur (reprise par choix ou par nécessité). Par ailleurs, le positionnement des filles en tant que successeurs « par défaut » nous permet de souligner des phénomènes de hiérarchisation. Enfin, nos résultats montrent de quelle manière les filles d’entrepreneur, une fois identifiées comme successeurs, se font accepter et construisent leur crédibilité et leur légitimité vis-à-vis de la famille et des parties prenantes. [less ▲]

Probleme der Implementierung selbstgesteuerter Lernformen in den Sportunterricht aus Lehrer- und Schülersicht

Scientific Conference (2008, May)

"But I don’t have the time !" : time, learning and agency in the workplace

Scientific Conference (2008, May)

Dass mir de Wee nun och hu fonnt. Aspects sur l‘histoire de la musique au Luxembourg

Scientific Conference (2008, April)