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The Significance of the Distinction between Concept Mastery and Concept Possession
Philosophical Issues, 1998In this paper, Prof. Higginbotham invites us to tear apart three notions. On the one hand, he observes, it is possible to master a concept, i.e, to have a conception of something in one's mind that is complete and accurate, without that conception being conscious.
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Nurse–patient communication: language mastery and concept possession
Nursing Inquiry, 2006Influential holistic analyses of patient perspectives assume that the concepts that patients associate with medical terms are formed by their total social and cultural contexts. Holistic analyses presuppose conceptual role semantics in the sense that they imply that a medical term must have the same role for a nurse and a patient in order for them to ...
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Toward a Theory of Concept Mastery: The Recognition View
Erkenntnis, 2018Agents can think using concepts they do not fully understand. This paper investigates the question “Under what conditions does a thinker fully understand, or have mastery of, a concept?” I lay out a gauntlet of problems and desiderata with which any theory of concept mastery must cope.
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Evaluation of Understanding and Mastery of Key Concepts
Abstract Assessing student learning and assigning grades is part of teaching qualitative methods. This chapter argues that effective assessment of student learning should be grounded in clear objectives for the course; assessment can be a powerful learning tool that helps motivate students.Katherine Clegg Smith +3 more
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Developing Mastery of Time Concepts by Integrating Lessons and Apps
2018Learning applications (apps) for iPads/tablets are becoming commonplace in the elementary classroom, yet there is very little research evidence to support the adoption and use of such. This chapter details our initial efforts to empirically validate the utility of a researcher-designed iPad app by integrating it into a series of collaboratively created
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The concept of habitus in achieving mastery in sports – tennis example
Indian Journal of Applied Research, 2011The paper describes the concept of habitus in relation to the theory of sport training. The notion of habitus was defined by Pierre Bourdieu and is widely used to describe human behaviour in different spheres. It is defined, among others, as ability that makes “structured improvisation” or ‘regulated improvisations’ possible.
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Testing the mastery concept of self-paced learning in physics
American Journal of Physics, 1977An established course in introductory physics presented according to traditional and Keller plan methods of instruction has been used to study the mastery concept of the self-paced learning method in physics education. The results show that many more students can achieve ’’mastery’’ in a self-paced course than in a traditional course.
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Mastery and Dominion: Carl Schmitt's Juridical Concept of the Political
2007This thesis examines the juridical framing of the political in the thought of Carl Schmitt. The purpose of this discussion is to draw attention to the fundamental inconsistencies that are present in Schmitt’s thinking on the political. These inconsistencies arise from Schmitt’s desire to advance a concept of the political that can be understood ...
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