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Reframing the concept of alternative livelihoods [PDF]
Conservation Biology, 2015 Abstract Alternative livelihood project (ALP) is a widely used term for interventions that aim to reduce the prevalence of activities deemed to be environmentally damaging by substituting them with lower impact livelihood activities that provide at least equivalent benefits. ALPs are widely implemented in conservation, but in 2012, an
Wright, J.H. +7 more
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The Structures of the Alternative Conceptions of Preservice Secondary Teachers on Seasonal Changes [PDF]
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2005 This study was to understand the components that influence preservice secondary teachers' conceptions about "seasonal changes". We selected 74 university science education students among whom 23 were in the second, 23 in the third, and 28 in the fourth ...
Junyoung Oh, Sungho Park
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Science Education International, 2020 For abstract concepts to be well understood, students need to be familiar with the concepts and able to associate them correctly. Students cannot make scientific explanations on the subject unless they can establish relationships.
Pelin Mete
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What can student-generated animations tell us about students’ conceptions of evolution?
Evolution: Education and Outreach, 2021 Background A large body of research has investigated students’ conceptions of evolutionary changes and emphasizes that students have alternative conceptions about their causes.
Daniel Orraryd, Lena A. E. Tibell
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An alternative method of concept learning [PDF]
ANZIAM Journal, 2017 We solve the problem of concept learning using a semi-tensor product method. All possible hypotheses are expressed under the framework of a semi-tensor product. An algorithm is raised to derive the version space. In some cases, the new approach improves the efficiency compared to the previous approach.
SEN WANG, QINGXIANG FANG, JUN-E FENG
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Education Sciences, 2023 This study examines an example of the alternative conceptions and conceptual errors of students at the higher education level in a scientific context. It begins by introducing the significance and characteristics of preconceptions and alternative ideas ...
Gabriel Pinto +3 more
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Concept drift learning with alternating learners [PDF]
2017 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2017 Data-driven predictive analytics are in use today across a number of industrial applications, but further integration is hindered by the requirement of similarity among model training and test data distributions. This paper addresses the need of learning from possibly nonstationary data streams, or under concept drift, a commonly seen phenomenon in ...
Yunwen Xu +3 more
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"Trees Live on Soil and Sunshine!"--Coexistence of Scientific and Alternative Conception of Tree Assimilation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Successful learning is the integration of new knowledge into existing schemes, leading to an integrated and correct scientific conception. By contrast, the co-existence of scientific and alternative conceptions may indicate a fragmented knowledge profile.
Christine Johanna Thorn +3 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 This is the first pilot study on alternative conceptions and obstacles pertaining to pneumonia in adolescents of different school vulnerability indexes.
Francisca Marchant +7 more
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South African Journal of Education, 2021 The study is situated within a worldview theory as espoused by socio-cultural constructivists. Science classrooms in secondary schools in Swaziland are culturally largely homogeneous where learners and their teachers have a strong grounding in ...
Cynthia Fakudze
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