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The 'call to adventure' : learner agency in the traditional school
(2014-10)In this presentation I will share how students in my Level 2 NCEA class and I worked together to bring more agency into the learner experience as well as my teaching practice. Through this action research project I was ... -
Cambodian banking sector experience of strategic human resources partnerships with business
(2015-12)Empirical studies carried out in the field of strategic human resource management suggest that HR strategic partnerships bring positive impacts to business resulting in an improvement in organisational excellence. A survey ... -
Cameras in early childhood settings : preliminary findings from a small scale study.
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Over the last two decades, the use of photographs in assessment documentation has accompanied a shift towards Learning Stories in early childhood education (ECE). This was modelled within the assessment exemplars in Kei ... -
Can a pre-participation test of movement quality predict injury in sport and exercise? Systematic review of reliability and validity for the 'Functional Movement Screen'
(2016-11)Sport and exercise is critical for healthy communities, but participation is inevitably associated with exposure to risk of musculoskeletal injury. Loss of participation due to injury not only threatens the health benefit ... -
Can ecosystem-scale translocations mitigate the impact of climate change on terrestrial biodiversity? : promises, pitfalls, and possibilities
(F1000 Research Ltd, 2016-03-07)Because ecological interactions are the first components of the ecosystem to be impacted by climate change, future forms of threatened-species and ecosystem management should aim at conserving complete, functioning communities ... -
Can I say something? The effects of digital game play on willingness to communicate.
(Sponsored by the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at the University of Hawai’i, University of Hawai‘i Center for Language and Technology (CLT), and the Center for Language Education, and Research (CLEAR) at Michigan State University, 2014-06-01)This paper reports on a study into the effects of digital game play on learners’ Willingness to Communicate (WTC), or individuals’ “readiness to enter into discourse at a particular time with a specific person or persons, ... -
Can long-term musculoskeletal, spinal pain improve with movement education using SEMG biofeedback?
(2021)The research explained the impact of using surface electromyography (SEMG) as a biofeedback tool to improve long-term musculoskeletal, spinal pain. The study aimed to understand the impact of using SEMG within the context ... -
Can models be used successfully to mimic the real thing to prevent canine predation of an endangered species?
(2013)Dogs pose a significant threat to kiwi (Apteryx spp.) through predation. In an attempt to balance kiwi conservation and the need for dogs to be used for hunting purposes in kiwi habitat, the New Zealand Department of ... -
Can Vivaldi help in IP geolocation?
(Przegl ˛ad Elektrotechniczny, 2013)The paper deals with IP geolocation based on communication latency measurement. The aim of IP geolocation is to estimate the geographical location of an IP-enabled node. Latency-based IP geolocation methods measure latency ... -
Can we improve participation in university course surveys using mobile tools? : a practical experiment
(2014-12)Student course surveys provide an important feedback mechanism for universities. However the quality of this feedback depends largely on the level of participation. New technologies have enabled course surveys to evolve ... -
A cancer centre cure : re-envisioning the healing environment
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTION How can healthcare environments provide a reassuring and comforting experience for cancer patients and their families? ABSTRACT Cancer is a disease that touches everyone; much of a cancer sufferer’s ... -
Capacity building with educational leaders in Vietnam : The Social Work Education Enhancement Project
(2017-02)The Social Work Profession was recognized by the government in 2010 The Government issued Decision 32/2010/QD-TTg and National Plan 32 to develop the SW profession in 2010 BSW programs have grown very fast since 2004 and ... -
Capital Structure and Financing Choices in Australia
(2012)We use a modified pecking order framework to analyse financing choices for Australian firms. The traditional pecking order model has been extended to allow a non-linear relationship between a firm’s requirements for ... -
Capture the talent : secondary school education with cyber security competition
(Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC), 2015-11)Recent advances in computing have caused cyber security to become an increasingly critical issue that affects our everyday life. Both young and old in society are exposed to benefits and dangers that accompany technological ... -
Capturing construction client values
(New Zealand Built Environment Research Symposium (NZBERS), 2017-10)To improve the delivery of construction services, it is important to understand client values. The research aims to capture construction client values. To help achieve this, a systematic literature review was used. The ... -
Capturing immediate feedback in the classroom: An embedded action research study
(Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, 2003-07)This paper explores emergent results from one action research ‘project within a project’ (PWP). A large action research project (ARP) was conducted in semester 1, 2002 across two schools within the same faculty. Whilst the ... -
Carbon allowance accounting and disclosure in Australia and New Zealand
(2014-11-09)Research Question(s): (1) How are the companies that are affected by NZ ETS and Australian Carbon Tax, financially accounting for carbon emission allowances in the absence of a uniform accounting guidance? (2) How are ... -
Carbon dioxide and methane emissions from pasture soils and wetland soils, Kapuka dairy-farm, Watituna catchment
(2020)Over the last century, increasing concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane have caused global warming and climate change. Soil, a huge stock of carbon, plays an important role in driving the amount of ... -
The carbon footprint of the increase in home insulation levels in New Zealand
(2011)As an energy saving measure, part of an integrated response to mitigate climate change, the New Zealand Government raised the legal minimum requirements for the thermal performance of new homes. A carbon footprint provides ...
