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The Process of Political Decision-Making in Groups: Search Behavior and Choice Shifts
(American Behavioral Scientist, 1976-09-01)
Comments on Neural Networks
(Sociological Methods & Research, 2000-05-01)
Although neural networks do offer a few advantages over some other nonlinear methods, in certain situations these advantages are difficult to utilize. However, many neural network applications in the social sciences are ...
Coarse Grained Modeling of Multiphase Flows with Surfactants
(2022-01-28)
Coarse-grained modeling methods allow simulations at larger scales than molecular dynamics, making it feasible to simulate multifluid systems. It is, however, critical to use model parameters that represent the fluid ...
Transformative Autoethnography: An Examination of Cultural Identity and its Implications for Learners
(Adult Learning, 2014-02-01)
The cultural experiences of minority learners are often omitted from the formal curriculum leading to exclusion and a sense of cultural loss. In this study, the researcher’s lived experience serves as the basis to develop ...
A Content Analysis Investigating Relationships Between Communication and Business Continuity Planning
(Journal of Business Communication, 2009-07-01)
This study provides an exploratory content analysis of business continuity planning (BCP) literature. The researchers systematically sampled multiple databases and codified artifacts using a set of variables developed by ...
Scaffolding Novice Instructional Designers' Problem-Solving Processes Using Question Prompts in a Web-Based Learning Environment
(Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2005-09-01)
The present study investigated the effects of question prompts in scaffolding novice instructional designers solving ill-structured, instructional design problems in a Web-based learning environment. The effects of question ...
Predator foraging altitudes reveal the structure of aerial insect communities
(2016-06-29)
The atmosphere is populated by a diverse array of dispersing insects and their predators. We studied aerial insect communities by tracking the foraging altitudes of an avian insectivore, the Purple Martin (Progne subis). ...
Effect of Intervention With the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction on Access and Goal Attainment
(Remedial and Special Education, 2012-09-01)
Promoting self-determination has been identified as best practice in special education and transition services and as a means to promote goal attainment and access to the general education curriculum for students with ...
A Comparison of Two Approaches to Learning to Detect Harmonic Alterations
(Journal of Research in Music Education, 1988-07-01)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate instructional activities and practice techniques of musicians attempting to improve their accuracy in detecting errors in music examples heard. In this study, a commonly recommended ...
Bringing cosmos to culture : Harlow Shapley and the uses of cosmic evolution
(2009)
In response to a request for an interview to be conducted at the U.S. Naval Observatory, 73-year-old famed astronomer and retired Harvard Observatory Director, Harlow Shapley (1885–1972), stated that for the upcoming NBC ...