What makes entitativity different from homogeneity? An empirical contribution to the debateIn line with the argument that entitativity does not equate homogeneity, we ran three studies based on a same paradigm where participants were presented with the positions of the members of hypothetical groups on...
In the context of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), we examine academics' perspectives on the discourse of 'teaching excellence' based on an empirical study with 16 participants from five post-1992 universities. The article reports the findings on academics' views of the term and concept ...
Argument quality: An interdisciplinary perspective Though seemingly a simple question, it has proven extremely difficult to provide a comprehensive answer to the question of 'what makes a good argument'. The normative question has attracted the formal tools of logic and, more recently,... U Partici...
whereas critical feature is a value of that dimension of variation’ (Lo,2012, p. 65). Another article that discussed the development of variation theory (Åkerlind,2015) included an empirical study of students’ learning in higher education; however, differences...
As the concept of pedagogical content knowledge caught on, it was in need of theoretical development, analytic clarification, and empirical testing. The purpose of the study was to investigate the nature of professionally oriented subject matter knowledge in mathematics by studying actual mathematics ...
How to be an excellent CEO Part 1: Be bold Based on empirical research and interviews with approximately 7,800 top CEOs, the authors of the McKinsey bookCEO Excellencefound that boldness is an important predictor of excellence. And time is of the essence on boldness: “if you’re not bold...
This article addressed the question: What makes representations good representations for science education? In general, the construction and development of MER is a difficult task for teachers as it is currently rarely a part of teacher education curricula (Hattie, 2009; McElvany et al., 2012; ...
This new approach to leadership is far more effective in today’s work environment. While the dynamics are complex, countless studies showempirical linksbetween effective leadership, employee satisfaction, customer loyalty, and profitability. Critically, research suggests that a service leader mentality can...
Metaphor Comprehension and the Brain: Empirical Studies "Don't know what you've got 'till it's gone; they've paved paradise, and put up a parking lot."-Joni Mitchell During lunch one afternoon in the fall of 1990, retired New York Times reporter A.H. Raskin felt a strange sensation ...
The impact of collaborative innovation on ecological efficiency—Empirical research based on China’s regions. Technol. Anal. Strat. Manag. 2020, 33, 242–256. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Liu, S.; Fan, F.; Zhang, J. Are Small Cities More Environmentally Friendly? An Empirical Study from ...