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Small angle neutron scattering
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2015 Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) is a technique that enables to probe the 3-D structure of materials on a typical size range lying from ∼ 1 nm up to ∼ a few 100 nm, the obtained information being statistically averaged on a sample whose volume is ...
Cousin Fabrice
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Learning From and Through Evaluation: An Examination of Practice
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, we provide an analysis across the foregoing practice‐based case exemplars to understand antecedent conditions and influences, learning‐oriented evaluation strategies, estimates of strategy success or potential success, and factors that either enable or hinder the extent to which learning from and through evaluation occurs. The
J. Bradley Cousins, Jill Chouinard
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Learning as Compost: Reorienting Evaluation in an Era of Authoritarian Drift
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We synthesize insights from seven cases to interrogate a central assumption of the learning function of evaluation: Learning can be strengthened through better design, integration, or alignment with accountability systems. Taking the issue's conceptual framework seriously, the essay reflects what the cases reveal about the nature of learning ...
Tiffany L. S. Tovey, Jill Anne Chouinard
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Neither teacher-centred nor student-centred: threshold concepts and research partnerships
Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2010 In this paper I argue that pedagogic research organised around the investigation of threshold concepts offers a fresh way of thinking about research collaboration with students, academics and educational developers. I will first introduce the basic ideas
Glynis Cousin
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From Insight to Theory: Advancing Sentiment Evaluation for Diaspora Development Projects
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of “sentiment evaluation,” drawing on a mid‐term evaluation by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) of its program supporting Somali diaspora activism in Somaliland. Conducted in 2014, the evaluation revealed that “sentiment,” the emotional, identity‐based attachment linking diaspora actors to their homeland ...
Valeria Saggiomo +1 more
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Hearing Impairments in Consanguineous Marriage
Iranian Rehabilitation Journal, 2004 Consanguineous marriage is strongly favored in many large human populations. In the most parts of south Asia, consanguineous marriage account for 20% to over 50% of the general population. The effect of consanguinity on hereditary deafness has been
Younes Lotfi, Saeideh Mehrkian
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Ce que l’économie fait au travail
Socio, 2016 How do actors in the context of their work define and perceive economy and efficiency measures and the role these play in their relation to work? Economy and efficiency measures can be considered as variables which are part of the work task, as are rules
Olivier Cousin
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New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article documents EvalParticipativa's 6‐year effort to democratize evaluation across Latin America through participatory approaches rooted in the region's traditions of Popular Education, Participatory Action Research, and Sistematización de Experiencias.
Pablo Rodríguez Bilella +1 more
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Journal of L.M. Montgomery StudiesIn the Emily trilogy, among the characters struggling through arduous circumstances, Emily and Cousin Jimmy stand out because they hone their powers to overcome adversity through gardening.
Yoshiko Akamatsu
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The Learning Function of Evaluation: A Conceptual Framing
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, we set out a conceptual overview of what we call learning in the evaluation ecosystem to depict the interplay between external influences, organizational and community factors, and learning levers (e.g. capacity building, systems thinking).
Jill Anne Chouinard, J. Bradley Cousins
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