professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Special Services at Kent State University. She teaches graduate education and counseling courses in human development‚ cognition‚ and research methods. Her research interests are assessment of intentionality to report child abuse‚ measurement of cultural bias and discrimination‚ and technology-based/virtual approaches to promote problem-solving and scientific reasoning. Statistics on child sexual abuse reveal that it is a significant‚ yet poorly
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In sociology‚ quantitative research refers to the systematic empirical investigation of social phenomena via statistical‚ mathematical or numerical data or computational techniques.[1] The objective of quantitative research is to develop and employ mathematical models‚ theories and/or hypotheses pertaining to phenomena. The process of measurement is central to quantitative research because it provides the fundamental connection between empirical observation and mathematical expression of quantitative
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Introduction Pragmatics is a subfield of linguistics which studies the ways in which context contributes to meaning. Pragmatics encompasses speech act theory‚ conversational implicature‚ talk in interaction and other approaches to language behavior in philosophy‚ sociology‚ linguistics and anthropology. Unlike semantics‚ which examines meaning that is conventional or "coded" in a given language‚ pragmatics studies how the transmission of meaning depends not only on structural and linguistic
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Learning Theories & Best Practices: A Primer for Informal Science Education Centers ********** NOTE: Chiefly intended to preliminarily collect and gather key insights from various research and sources Education & Outreach Resources • Portal to the Public Initiative http://www.pacsci.org/portal/initiative Information about this project dedicated to fostering and facilitating face-to-face interactions with working scientists at science museums. • NISE Network: RISE http://www.nisenet
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Child Development Final Exam Review Sheet 1. Issues in Developmental Psychology Ch. 1‚ p. 1-24 a. Nature/Nurture i. twin & adoption studies b. Continuity/Discontinuity c. Active Child- children contribute to their own dev. From early in life‚ and contributions increase as they grow older d. Sociocultural Differences i. Sleeping patterns e. SES f. Romanian orphanage study/sensitive periods 2. Theories of Development Ch. 1‚ p. 1-24 a. Plato emphasized self control and discipline
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Pragmatics First published Tue Nov 28‚ 2006 When a diplomat says yes‚ he means ‘perhaps’; When he says perhaps‚ he means ‘no’; When he says no‚ he is not a diplomat. When a lady says no‚ she means ‘perhaps’; When she says perhaps‚ she means ‘yes’; When she says yes‚ she is not a lady. Voltaire (Quoted‚ in Spanish‚ in Escandell 1993.) These lines — also attributed to H. L. Mencken and Carl Jung — although perhaps politically incorrect‚ are surely correct in reminding us that more
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PHILOSOPHY OF MAN PROF. M. SAEED SHEIKH “Man” seems to have been quite a neglected subject in the history of Western philosophy; more attention has been paid to God and universe than to man. Though there are many reputable histories of the specific branches of philosophy; and even of some of its special subjects such as logic ethics‚ aesthetics‚ politics‚ law and history‚ a “history of the philosophy of man” has yet to be written and even vet to be conceived. True “man” has sometimes been
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preservation and maintenance‚ leadership implies a process where there is movement-from wherever we are now to some future place of condition that is different. Leadership is not something we do‚ it is something we are. Leadership also implies intentionality‚ in the sense that the implied change is not random-“change for change’s sake”- but is rather directed toward some future end or condition‚ which is inherently value-based. A traditional definition of leadership: Leadership is an interpersonal
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“If economics is the dismal science‚ the study of hunting and gathering economies must be its most advanced branch” (Sahlins 1972: 1). Stone Age Economics is one of the well-known books in the subfield of economic anthropology provided by an American cultural anthropologist‚ Marshall Sahlins. This book is a slight representation in the literature dealing with ‘primitive’ or ‘tribal’ economic life. This book consists of a series of chapters that lacks a proper conclusion of Sahlins discoveries
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Introduction In the first part of this essay‚ I will locate the three thinkers in the broader historical and epistemological context of their times. I shall present the main concepts of their theories and their methodologies. Then in an attempt of comparison‚ I will spot similarities and differences between them and summarize the sociological research strategies‚ which are coming from their ideas. In the concluding part of this essay‚ I will argue that Social Facts and actions are useful conceptions
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