Espaces (in)sensibles : l'appropriation en didactique comparée

in Thiltges, Sébastian; Raus, Tonia (Eds.) spaces (in)sensibles : l'appropriation en didactique comparée (2022)

La nouvelle d'anticipation « Une voix dans le silence » (trad.) de Yorick Schmit sensibilise les lecteurs aux bouleversements environnementaux, psychologiques et affectifs engendrés par une catastrophe ... [more ▼]

La nouvelle d'anticipation « Une voix dans le silence » (trad.) de Yorick Schmit sensibilise les lecteurs aux bouleversements environnementaux, psychologiques et affectifs engendrés par une catastrophe nucléaire. Partant d'une lecture écopoétique, nous imaginons l'étude de ce récit en langue luxembourgeoise en cours de français, afin d'exploiter la tension ainsi créée par le dispositif translinguistique et interculturel. Dans une double perspective de didactique des langues et de la littérature, nous interrogeons dès lors le rôle du sensible dans le développement du plurilinguisme dans l'enseignement-apprentissage de la littérature. Pour ce faire, notre approche de didactique comparée se fonde sur le paradigme de l'appropriation en tant que concept à la fois linguistique et littéraire : le lecteur devient sensible en faisant sien le récit lu, dans un corps à corps avec la matérialité du texte écrit dans une langue familière en tant que langue véhiculaire mais étrangère en tant que langue littéraire, favorisant ainsi une prise de conscience des sens de la langue et du texte. [less ▲]

Biocomposites with Epoxy Resin Matrix Modified with Ingredients of Natural Origin

in Materials (2022), 15

This study aims to present various forms of cellulose, whose shape depends on the source of origin, and to demonstrate the differences in the influence on the properties of materials produced with its ... [more ▼]

This study aims to present various forms of cellulose, whose shape depends on the source of origin, and to demonstrate the differences in the influence on the properties of materials produced with its participation. For this purpose, composites with various plant additives have been designed and obtained. Some of them have undergone chemical and pyrolytic modifications. The results of the mechanical, physicochemical and microscopic tests showed differences in cellulose structure, even in the case of very similar sources, and its diversified influence on the characteristics of the obtained materials. The research shows the effect of the use of natural additives and their modified versions on the mechanical properties of the composite based on epoxy resin. It turns out that cellulose modifiers are not only fillers that reduce the price of the final product but can also increase some mechanical properties, e.g., compressive strength, which is an additional advantage and a reason for wider use. The potential of natural resources is not yet fully understood. Relatively recently, people have started to be interested in cellulose on a nanometric scale, as it turns out that it can exist in several different forms with interesting properties. [less ▲]

Fostering preservice teachers’ expectancies and values towards computational thinking

in Frontiers in Psychology (2022), 13

Theory: Digital technologies have become an integral part of everyday life that children are exposed to. Therefore, it is important for children to acquire an understanding of these technologies early on ... [more ▼]

Theory: Digital technologies have become an integral part of everyday life that children are exposed to. Therefore, it is important for children to acquire an understanding of these technologies early on by teaching them computational thinking (CT) as a part of STEM. However, primary school teachers are often reluctant to teach CT. Expectancy-value theory suggests that motivational components play an important role in teaching and learning. Thus, one hindrance to teachers’ willingness to teach CT might be their low expectancies of success and high emotional costs, e.g., anxiety towards CT. Thus, introducing preservice teachers to CT during their university years might be a promising way to support their expectancies and values, while simultaneously alleviating their emotional costs. Prior CT competences might contribute to these outcomes. Aims: We investigated whether a specifically designed seminar on CT affected preservice teachers’ expectancies and values towards programming. Method: A total of 311 German primary school and special education preservice teachers took part in the study. The primary school preservice teachers received a seminar on CT and programming with low-threshold programming tasks, while the special education teachers served as a baseline group. The seminar was specifically designed to enhance expectancies and values and decrease emotional costs, following implications of research on expectancy-value theory. Results: The preservice teachers who visited the seminar gained higher expectancies and values towards CT and programming compared to the baseline group. Moreover, their emotional costs decreased. CT was positively related to change in expectancies and values and negatively related to emotional costs. Discussion: Interventions with low-threshold programming tasks can support primary school preservice teachers in finding trust in their abilities and values towards CT. Moreover, their anxiety towards CT and programming can be alleviated. Thus, first steps in preparing preservice teachers to teach CT in their future classrooms can be taken in university. [less ▲]

Ungleichheiten in schulischen Gesundheitsproblemen und subjektivem Wohlbefinden bei luxemburgischen Grund- und Sekundarschüler/innen

in Heinen, Andreas; Samuel, Robin; Willems, Helmut Erich (Eds.) et al Wohlbefinden und Gesundheit im Jugendalter. Theoretische Perspektiven, empirische Befunde und Praxis (2022)

Verifiable Decryption in the Head

in ACISP 2022 (2022)

In this work we present a new approach to verifiable decryption which converts a 2-party passively secure distributed decryption protocol into a 1-party proof of correct decryption. This leads to an ... [more ▼]

In this work we present a new approach to verifiable decryption which converts a 2-party passively secure distributed decryption protocol into a 1-party proof of correct decryption. This leads to an efficient and simple verifiable decryption scheme for lattice-based cryptography, especially for large sets of ciphertexts; it has small size and lightweight computations as we reduce the need of zero-knowledge proofs for each ciphertext. We believe the flexibility of the general technique is interesting and provides attractive trade-offs between complexity and security, in particular for the interactive variant with smaller soundness. Finally, the protocol requires only very simple operations, making it easy to correctly and securely implement in practice. We suggest concrete parameters for our protocol and give a proof of concept implementation, showing that it is highly practical. [less ▲]

How Patent Rights Affect University Science

E-print/Working paper (2022)

Der 50cm lange Gliedermaßstab

in Beiträge zum Mathematikunterricht 2022 (Tagungsband GDM) (2022)

Das Neue in der Kritik der reinen Vernunft

in Immanuel Kant 1724–2024. Ein europäischer Denker, (2022)

A Conjecture of Coleman on the Eisenstein Family

E-print/Working paper (2022)

We prove for primes $p\ge 5$ a conjecture of Coleman on the analytic continuation of the family of modular functions $\frac{\Es_\k}{V(\Es_\k)}$ derived from the family of Eisenstein series $\Es_\k$. The ... [more ▼]

We prove for primes $p\ge 5$ a conjecture of Coleman on the analytic continuation of the family of modular functions $\frac{\Es_\k}{V(\Es_\k)}$ derived from the family of Eisenstein series $\Es_\k$. The precise, quantitative formulation of the conjecture involved a certain on $p$ depending constant. We show by an example that the conjecture with the constant that Coleman conjectured cannot hold in general for all primes. On the other hand, the constant that we give is also shown not to be optimal in all cases. The conjecture is motivated by its connection to certain central statements in works by Buzzard and Kilford, and by Roe, concerning the ``halo'' conjecture for the primes $2$ and $3$, respectively. We show how our results generalize those statements and comment on possible future developments. [less ▲]

Luxemburger als Söldner in der globalen militärischen Arbeitswelt - eine Notiz zum 19. Jahrhundert

in Kolnberger, Thomas; Niederkorn, Benoit (Eds.) Militärgeschichte Luxemburgs. Grundzüge einer transnationalen Entwicklung von Militär, Krieg und Gesellschaft (2022)