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Problems in the estimation and interpretation of the reliability of survey data
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1989-09)
In this paper I discuss several of the difficulties involved in estimating the reliability of survey measurement. Reliability is defined on the basis of classical true-score theory , as the correlational consistency of ...
Analysis of inquiry materials to explain complexity of chemical reasoning in physical chemistry students’ argumentation
(Springer, Science and Technology Education LibraryWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2017-12)
One aim of inquiry activities in science education is to promote students’ participation in the practices used to build scientific knowledge by providing opportunities to engage in scientific discourse. However, many factors ...
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 ...
The relationship between the macro- and microclimate
(Elsevier, 1965-04)
A search of the literature has yielded a very small number of papers dealing with quantitative relationships between the macro- and microclimate. Such relationships would be of great value in view of the difficulty in ...
Approximating the Degree-Bounded Minimum Diameter Spanning Tree Problem
(Springer-Verlag; Springer Science + Business Media Inc., 2004-11)
We consider the problem of finding a minimum diameter spanning treewith maximum node degree $B$ in a complete undirected edge-weightedgraph. We provide an $O(sqrt{log_Bn})$-approximation algorithm for theproblem. Our ...
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 ...
Strategic Interactions of Monetary Policymakers and Wage/Price Bargainers: A Review with Implications for the European Common-Currency Area
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2001-12)
This paper reviews recent work on macroeconomic management with varying organization of wage/price bargaining and degrees of credible monetary conservatism. The emerging literature synthesizes and extends theory and empirics ...
Better Alternatives to OSPF Routing
(Springer-Verlag; Springer, 2005-08)
The current standard for intra-domain network routing, Open ShortestPath First (OSPF), suffers from a number ofproblems-the tunable parameters (the weights) are hard tooptimize, the chosen paths are not robust underchanges ...
Disparate goods and Rawls' difference principle: A social choice theoretic treatment
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; D. Reidel Publishing Company ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1979-09)
Rawls' Difference Principle asserts that a basic economic structure is just if it makes the worst off people as well off as is feasible. How well off someone is is to be measured by an ‘index’ of ‘primary social goods’. ...