Unitec Research Bank: Recent submissions
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Tools for enabling developmental feedback and teamwork grading by peer assessment: PeerAssessPro™.
(2018-11)The aim of the project is to develop a streamlined tool for teachers, Peer Assess Pro Version 2.0, that helps students provide both developmental feedback to their peers, and a quantitative rating providing fair grades ... -
Dissemination of biosecurity information for passengers travelling to pest-free islands in the Hauraki Gulf. Preliminary report
(Auckland Council (N.Z.), 2018)This report aims to measure the effectiveness of biosecurity information dissemination within the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park (HGMP). Passengers visiting pest-free islands within the HGMP may not be practising recommended ... -
Impact of building envelope design on Auckland public library energy consumption
(2018)This study investigated impact of building envelope design on energy consumption of Auckland public libraries under local climatic conditions. Energy consumption data and library building envelope design data of the 30 ... -
Attending to affective state : attention bias as a measure of psychological welfare in rhesus macaques
(2017-11)Measuring stress Attention bias Attention to facial expressions Attention bias as a welfare measure Evidence that emotion mediates social attention in Rhesus macaques The current project Methodology Experiment Additional ... -
Urban Bhishti : Infrastructure for the sacred
(2017)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can water infrastructure be developed to create a place of significance and progress in an Urban Indian context? ABSTRACT: The need to protect any country’s freshwater resources is becoming ... -
Policy document analysis : a practical educational leadership tool and a qualitative research method
(Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık Education Consultancy (Ankara, Turkey), 2018-11-28)This paper presents policy document analysis as practical tool that can be put to valuable use by educational leaders and can also be adopted as a research method. Educational leaders are at the forefront of policy ... -
What is BIM? : a need for a unique BIM definition
(EDP Sciences, 2019-02-20)Building Information Modelling (BIM) has rapidly developed in the construction industry recently; it is also considered as one of the core concepts in the Industry 4.0. However, BIM understanding is always seen as a ... -
Visible learning : health and physical education. A collaborative secondary/tertiary partnership supported by the Teacher-led Innovation Fund (TLIF)
(New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE), 2018-11)Impetus to our research Our research team - intended outcomes What is Visible Learning 3 important questions The purpose of feedback is to close the gap in learning Our process 10 stategies 3 - VL Rubric Research ... -
Democratized living : an examination of how digital tools in the use of a transitional shelter can affect building methods.
(2018)Issues of lower quality architecture those who need it most have been around for decades. States of emergency, such at the 2010 Christchurch earthquake, see the production of architectural solutions to provide immediate ... -
Architecture : a machine for healing. A study into the use of architecture as an active tool in the rehabilitation of the human gait cycle
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How a proportion based design process applied at different scales could offer an architectural solution to aid in both the pedagogical and practising systems of a gait rehabilitation center, as well as ... -
Breaking down the barrier : collaborating and educating farmers for protecting and cultivating farm land in India
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can an architectural intervention in Chikkaballapur, India, help slow urban migration by supporting collaborative farming, creating a boundary that protects farmland from encroachment and educating ... -
Earth - sky - infinity : New Zealand’s emerging space program
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can the culture and landscape of New Zealand be integrated into the framework of Rocket Lab and Launch Complex One, to produce innovation and precedent for the future of New Zealand tourism? ... -
Architectural strategies in the education of the sciences
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: How can architecture be designed to be more engaging in educating the fields of science and technology? How can this be done through architecture expression avoiding a repository response? ABST ... -
What if there is another chance (to establish a balanced architectural relation between a heritage building and a new construction)?
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: What if there is another chance to re-establish a balanced architectural status between heritage buildings and new constructions? This primary question is divided into a number of secondary research ... -
Pavilions and parameters
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: What role does the pavilion serve to the architectural discourse? [Specifically] • How can a parametric approach be used to develop a pavilion design? SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS: The research project ... -
The use of green roofs and living walls to regenerate the urban eco-system and revitalize the public realm
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can green roofs and living walls be used as an integrated part of urban development to increase biodiversity and re-establish the connections between people and nature? During the last few decades, ... -
Good luck, have fun
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can the principles of Feng Shui be translated architecturally to a modern gaming facility? Electronic Sports or “eSports” is a form of competition that happens on the virtual stage with high ... -
Connecting water to architecture : encouraging the interaction between people and surroundings
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can a better interaction with water be encouraged through the use of the architectural atmosphere? Or more specifically: How can an urban waterfront building in Auckland provide interaction ... -
Dead reckoning : curating the currents of Oceania on a journey towards rediscovery
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How might we elevate our understanding of indigenous cultures through refining an architectural artefact in a progressive society? Indigenous Samoa is the subject of this research project. Thousands ... -
Not a monastery : transposing and interpreting the ancient typology
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can the typology of the European monastery be used as a vehicle to re-assimilate the practice and preservation of authentic Florentine art and crafts into the city of Florence? Monasticism was ...
