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Generalization Bias in Science
Cognitive Science, 2022 AbstractMany scientists routinely generalize from study samples to larger populations. It is commonly assumed that this cognitive process of scientific induction is a voluntary inference in which researchers assess the generalizability of their data and then draw conclusions accordingly. We challenge this view and argue for a novel account. The account
Peters, Uwe +2 more
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Defining Science Literacy in General Education Courses for Undergraduate Non-Science Majors
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2020 This article describes a project focused on identifying science instructors’ conceptions of science literacy and using these conceptions to develop a brief science literacy student self-assessment (SCILIT). We present the rationale and process we used to
Eleanor V.H. Vandegrift +5 more
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Science in Russia and Kazakhstan: General and Special [PDF]
Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН, 2019 The article is devoted to the comparative analysis of the current functioning of science in Russia and Kazakhstan. The author proposes a triad of comparison of national sciences, consisting of scientometric indicators, ways of organizing the research ...
Elena Vodopianova
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Girls Get WISE—A programming model for engaging girls+ in STEM
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 The majority of STEM disciplines in Canada are male-dominated and there is a significant lack of programming available to girls. The Girls Get WISE program is a university-based program that is funded by the federal government, the university, and ...
Tamara A. Franz-Odendaal, Sally Marchand
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Erenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus: «Medicina mentis» as the First Philosophy and General Science
Sententiae, 2015 The treatise of E.W. von Tschirnhaus «Medicina mentis»… is discussed in this article in the context of formation of Kant’s transcendental criticism. The study of theoretical sources of Tschirnhaus’s epistemology shows that, despite the strong influence ...
Sergiy Secundant
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On the commutativity of the powerspace constructions [PDF]
Logical Methods in Computer Science, 2019 We investigate powerspace constructions on topological spaces, with a particular focus on the category of quasi-Polish spaces. We show that the upper and lower powerspaces commute on all quasi-Polish spaces, and show more generally that this ...
Matthew de Brecht, Tatsuji Kawai
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Emptiness in psychological science and practice
Psychology in Russia: State of Art, 2016 Psychology is now one of the most popular sciences for young students. But whether academic production or professional practice, it is still in crisis. When we look together at two different approaches we realize the enormous amount of syncretism.
Quintino-Aires J.
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Domain Representations Induced by Dyadic Subbases [PDF]
Logical Methods in Computer Science, 2015 We study domain representations induced by dyadic subbases and show that a proper dyadic subbase S of a second-countable regular space X induces an embedding of X in the set of minimal limit elements of a subdomain D of $\{0,1,\perp\}\omega$.
Hideki Tsuiki, Yasuyuki Tsukamoyo
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Educators of Prospective Teachers Hesitate to Embrace Evolution due to Deficient Understanding of Science/Evolution and High Religiosity [PDF]
, 2012 Acceptance of evolution by educators of prospective teachers remains superficially studied despite their role in having mentored schoolteachers whose weak support of evolution is known.
Espinosa, Avelina +1 more
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Toward a new “Fractals-General Science”
Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2014 A recent study has shown that everywhere real systems follow common “fractals-general stacking behavior” during their change pathways (or evolutionary life cycles).
Hassen Taher Dorrah
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