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How and when does complex reasoning occur? Empirically driven development of a learning progression focused on complex reasoning about biodiversity
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2009-08)
In order to compete in a global economy, students are going to need resources and curricula focusing on critical thinking and reasoning in science. Despite awareness for the need for complex reasoning, American students ...
Equilibrium Values in a Competitive Power Exchange Market
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2001-02)
We consider an open electricity market with demand uncertainty.In this market, the generators each decide on a bidding price tomaximize profit. Units are dispatched in order of the bid from lowestto highest until demand ...
Knowledge Integration in Science Teaching: Analysing Teachers' Knowledge Development
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2004-03)
This paper tests the utility of a new sociocognitive frame for analysing the development of teachers' knowledge – the knowledge integration perspective (Linn, Eylon, & Davis, in press; Linn & Hsi, 2000). In doing so, the ...
Social security health insurance for the informal sector in Nicaragua: a randomized evaluation
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2010-09)
This article presents the results from an experimental evaluation of a voluntary health insurance program for informal sector workers in Nicaragua. Costs of the premiums as well as enrollment location were randomly allocated. ...
Estimating the effect of a gasoline tax on carbon emissions
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2011-11)
Recently the proposal has been made to raise gasoline taxes in the United States to curb carbon emissions. The existing literature on the sensitivity of gasoline consumption to changes in price may not be appropriate for ...
The nature of middle school learners' science content understandings with the use of on-line resources
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2003-03)
Early research on using the World Wide Web indicated that middle school students did not explore much and used Web tools naively. In response to these challenges, an on-line research engine, Artemis, was designed to provide ...
Quantifying the uncertainty about the half-life of deviations from PPP
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2002-03)
We propose a Bayesian framework in which the uncertainty about the half-life of deviations from purchasing power parity can be quantified. Based on the responses to a survey study, we propose a prior probability distribution ...
International Health Economics Association Seventeenth Annual Kenneth J. Arrow Award in Health Economics
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2008-09)
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Technology-rich inquiry science in urban classrooms: What are the barriers to inquiry pedagogy? * Any opinions, findings, and conclusion or recommendations expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002-02)
What are the barriers to technology-rich inquiry pedagogy in urban science classrooms, and what kinds of programs and support structures allow these barriers to be overcome? Research on the pedagogical practices within ...
Concurrent enrollment in lecture and laboratory enhances student performance and retention
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2012-05)
Laboratories have been a cornerstone in teaching and learning across multiple scientific disciplines for more than 100 years. At the collegiate level, science laboratories and their corresponding lectures are often offered ...