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Cognition, Persuasion and Decision Making in Older Consumers
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2005-12)
Older adults constitute a rapidly growing demographic segment, but relatively little is known about them within consumer contexts: how they process information, respond to persuasive messages, and make decisions. We discuss ...
Urban schools' teachers enacting project-based science
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006-09)
What teaching practices foster inquiry and promote students to learn challenging subject matter in urban schools? Inquiry-based instruction and successful inquiry learning and teaching in project-based science (PBS) were ...
Adjusting Choice Models to Better Predict Market Behavior
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2005-12)
The emergence of Bayesian methodology has facilitated respondent-level conjoint models, and deriving utilities from choice experiments has become very popular among those modeling product line decisions or new product ...
Supporting Science Teacher Learning: The Role of Educative Curriculum Materials
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-08)
HR's new ROI: Return on intangibles
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2005)
A new human resource ROI has been identified: return on intangibles . Intangibles represent the hidden value of a firm and are becoming an increasingly important portion of a firm's total market capitalization. Six actions ...
Time out for family: Shift work, fathers, and sports
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2008)
Shift work is a fact of life for many workers. Almost one in six full-time hourly and salary employees works a shift outside the 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. window that researchers use to define the temporal bounds of the traditional ...
Dose-Response Modeling for Life Cycle Impact Assessment - Findings of the Portland Review Workshop
(Ecomed; Springer Science+Business Media, 2006-03)
Higher knowledge for higher aspirations
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2005)
With escalating expectations and opportunities for HR professionals to add greater value comes the mandate for greater knowledge about the fundamental driving forces of business. Business leaders and employees increasingly ...
Investigating teacher learning supports in high school biology curricular programs to inform the design of educative curriculum materials
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2009-11)
Reform efforts have emphasized the need to support teachers' learning about reform-oriented practices. Educative curriculum materials are one potential vehicle for promoting teacher learning about these practices. Educative ...
Scientific explanations: Characterizing and evaluating the effects of teachers' instructional practices on student learning
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2008-01)
Teacher practices are essential for supporting students in scientific inquiry practices, such as the construction of scientific explanations. In this study, we examine what instructional practices teachers engage in when ...