Animals interact with their environment and acquire information from it. Information can be processed by their sensory systems and influence behavior, often mediated through mechanisms of decision-making and learning. Animal pollinators use their sensory systems to acquire infor…
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Making accurate predictions is one of the most critical functions of the brain. Whether made by a monkey deciding where to forage, a deer deciding which way to run, or a wall-street broker deciding how to invest, decisions are informed by expectations about possible future outco…
Over the last three decades, many women and men who were political prisoners in the Middle East have come to Canada as immigrants and refugees. In their countries of origin, they resisted oppressive social policies, ideologies, and various forms of state violence. Their journeys…
One component of the education arena is to provide adequate instruction for high-ability gifted learners. To ensure that gifted learners receive instruction that enables them to work and learn at their highest level of potential, proper evaluation, reform efforts, and best pract…
Research in cognitive psychology has shown a particularly strong association between phonological working memory-usually indexed by some version of a nonword repetition task-and both first language (L1) and second language (L2) vocabulary acquisition in children (e.g., Gathercol…
This study explored Jordanian baccalaureate senior nursing students' reported self-efficacy and knowledge that is associated with one of the primary health care components. The major purposes of this study were to (1) examine the students' perceived efficacy in providing health …
In Senegal, as in many other developing countries, adult education programs still have very limited effectiveness. One of the reasons for this limited effectiveness is that few studies have been conducted to explore adults' own approaches to learning. Educators generally refer t…
In this study, I have examined how Fatima and Khulood, two experienced secondary school teachers of English in Pakistan, develop their classroom practices in two diverse educational settings: Fatima in a private English-medium school and Khulood in a government Urdu-medium schoo…
The framework that characterizes this work is that of elementary teachers' learning and development. Specifically, the ways in which prospective and beginning teachers' develop pedagogical content knowledge for teaching science in light of current recommendations for reform emph…
This study attempted to identify effects of Microcomputer-Based Laboratory (MBL) experimentation on students' learning about capacitance in introductory college physics courses at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. The study asked if students using MBL technique in a capacito…
Although Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina is a small municipality by population, it continues to be a recipient of substantial international assistance. Because of this and its contemporary history, it is a compelling case for a study of local economic development in transitional …
One of the two major goals of this study was to revise the ILP-R and to return it to its original four factors that were grounded in Information Processing Theory. The second major goal was to establish the technical, linguistic and measurement equivalence of the Inventory of Le…
The purpose of this survey study was to determine the extent to which professors in Saudi Arabian universities are using various teaching practices in their classrooms, and which factors influence their choice to use or not use particular teaching practices. The sample populatio…
This study compares the views of John Dewey and Israel Scheffler on the relationship of learning and inquiry. After examining key aspects of Dewey's educational theory and Logic, it examines some of Scheffler's major criticisms of how Dewey relates theory to practice, problem-so…
This study examined the attitudes of Kuwaiti mathematics pre-service teachers before and after participation in a teacher preparation mathematics course that used dynamic geometry software called Geometer's Sketchpad, with instruction delivered using the guided inquiry teaching …
Virtually all animals experience adverse circumstances during their lifetimes. Often, it is not necessarily the events themselves, but rather the psychological appraisal of the events that determine whether a state of stress, fear or anxiety exists. The majority of studies exami…
This dissertation highlights the importance of computer networking education and the challenges in engaging and educating students. An exploratory learning approach is discussed with reference to other learning models and taxonomies. It is felt that an exploratory learning appro…
This ethnographic study describes the intersection between politics and education, and between discourses and practice pertaining to indigeneity among the Manobo of Tagpalico in a highland area of the Philippines. The analysis reveals the interrogation of my own personal values …
The aim of this study was to generate a substantive grounded theory to explain a variety of young people's experiences of football within and external to FA Charter Standard Clubs and Schools. A modified grounded theory methodology (Strauss and Corbin, 1998; Charmaz, 2000) was s…