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Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study centers the idea that it is not just what science teacher educators (STEs) teach, but how they teach it, that matters. To prepare future teachers who can enact more equitable and transformative reform‐oriented science instruction with multilingual learners, research must explore what STEs are doing, and how, to develop preservice ...
María González‐Howard +4 more
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Generic and action-dependent abilities in Spanish ‘Be capable’
Glossa, 2018 This paper is concerned with the semantics of Spanish ser capaz ‘be capable’ (henceforth SC). Specifically, it aims to account for the distribution SC displays and the range of meanings it expresses in the realm of abilities, viewed as kinds of ...
Elena Castroviejo, Isabel Oltra-Massuet
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Metaphysical and absolute possibility [PDF]
, 2019 It is widely alleged that metaphysical possibility is “absolute” possibility Conceivability and possibility, Clarendon, Oxford, 2002, p 16; Stalnaker, in: Stalnaker Ways a world might be: metaphysical and anti-metaphysical essays, Oxford University Press,
Clarke-Doane, Justin
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Abstract This chapter develops an inferential expressivist account of epistemic modality. The chapter begins by showing that while a traditional expressivist approach accounts for certain well-known puzzles about the semantics of epistemic modality, it falls prey to a version of the Frege-Geach Problem.
Luca Incurvati, Julian J. Schlöder
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Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the outcomes of the implementation of a first grade unit incorporating multiple modes of representation and genre‐based pedagogy to support writing instruction in the genre of sequential explanations. At the end of a 6‐day unit investigating the structure and functions of carnivorous plants, 47 first graders completed a
Rachel E. Wilson, Leslie U. Bradbury
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Topic-Sensitive Epistemic 2D Truthmaker ZFC and Absolute Decidability [PDF]
This paper aims to contribute to the analysis of the nature of mathematical modality, and to the applications of the latter to unrestricted quantification and absolute decidability.
Khudairi, Hasen
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On modality in Georgian sign language (GESL) [PDF]
, 2017 Modality is one of the most fascinating and complex areas of language studies. This paper illustrates the types of modal constructions in Georgian Sign language (GESL), including negative forms.
Makharoblidze, Tamar
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Beyond the front page: In‐text citations to patents as traces of inventor knowledge
Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary This study introduces in‐text patent‐to‐patent citations—references embedded in the body of patent documents—as a novel data source to trace knowledge flows. Unlike front‐page citations, which often reflect legal requirements, in‐text citations are more likely to originate from inventors and signal meaningful technological ...
Cyril Verluise +3 more
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Robustness assessment of reinforced concrete structures for different failure scenarios
Structural Concrete, EarlyView.Abstract This study describes the robustness assessment of 3D reinforced concrete structures analyzing the response of the 2D frames in different design configurations and failure scenarios. The structures are characterized by both frames with wide beams and seismic‐resistant frames with deep beams.
E. Miceli +2 more
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Modal adverbs in Hungarian (The case of talán ‘perhaps’) [PDF]
, 2010 This paper discusses epistemic modal adverbs in Hungarian from a functional perspective. It argues that epistemic modal adverbs indicate several operations that are closely interconnected: on the one hand, they indicate the fact that the speaker presents
Kugler, Nóra
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