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Fast learning and sustained exploration: The role of timely performance feedback
Abstract Research Summary How should organizations manage learning dynamics? Strategy theories suggest “more‐is‐better”—fast, frictionless sharing enhances performance—while organizational learning theory warns that “less‐is‐more,” as fast learning causes premature convergence.
Jerker Denrell +3 more
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Abstract This article examines how online tutoring platforms (OTPs) have facilitated new forms of (im)mobility—and discourses of (im)mobility—among online English tutors. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with online tutors, the article critically interrogates OTPs' primary selling point: that online tutors can work “anytime, anywhere.” While OTPs ...
Nate Ming Curran
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The British Enlightenment and Ideas of Empire in India 1756-1773
PhDThis dissertation examines the relationship between Enlightenment political thought and the conduct of imperial affairs on the Indian subcontinent between 1756 and 1773.
Ahmad, Asma Sharif
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B.C.'s Inland Empire - Album [PDF]
Reproduction of complete "B.C.'s Inland Empire" album originally compiled by Erskine Burnett documenting his travels throughout central/southern British Columbia.
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Abstract While the North Atlantic’s five‐century hurricane history is among the most complete globally, the earliest centuries are poorly documented in the written record. This study reassesses a subset of sixteenth to seventeenth‐century tropical cyclones (TCs) through a systematic review of archival evidence, mainly from Spain’s colonial archive, the
William Gomez Pretel, Michael Chenoweth
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The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
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Britain and the Ottoman Empire in the First World War: Clashing Interests of Two Belligerents
Course of the relations between the British and the Ottoman Empire affected the future of extremely large areas including The Balkans, Anatolia and the Arab territories.
İsmail Ediz
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South Africa [cartographic material].
Map of South Africa. It also shows the South African escutcheon.; Plate 7 from: Atlas of the British Empire : reproduced from the original made for Her Majesty Queen Mary's Doll's House / by Edward Stanford Ltd., cartographers to the King.
Edward Stanford Ltd.
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The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the origins of the words we use. In this paper, we will shed light on these origins, including the Pontic–Caspian steppe, the British Empire and, of course, a TV show.
Kieran M. R. Hunt
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India [cartographic material].
Map of India also showing neighbouring South-East Asian countries.; Plate 4 from: Atlas of the British Empire : reproduced from the original made for Her Majesty Queen Mary's Doll's House / by Edward Stanford Ltd., cartographers to the King.
Edward Stanford Ltd.
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