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A Newly Discovered Tablet‐Making Facility in Nineveh: Insights From Scientific Analysis

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper addresses the question of tablet technology in the Neo‐Assyrian capital city of Nineveh. Recent excavations in the lower town of Nineveh by the Iraqi–Italian Archaeological Expedition uncovered an exceptional assemblage of more than 200 tablets from an elite residence that appears to have included a scriptorium.
Mathilde Jean   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multidimensional unipolar IRT and applications to the measurement of print exposure

open access: yesBritish Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Item response theory (IRT) has been a prominent modelling framework in educational and psychological measurement. Traditional IRT models are bipolar, commonly assuming symmetric measurement link functions and symmetric trait distributions over a latent continuum unbounded at both ends. However, many measured constructs, such as print exposure,
Qi (Helen) Huang, Daniel M. Bolt
wiley   +1 more source

Designing Annotations in Visualization: Considerations from Visualization Practitioners and Educators

open access: yesComputer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract Annotation is a central mechanism in visualization design that enables people to communicate key insights. Prior research has provided essential accounts of the visual forms annotations take, but less attention has been paid to the decisions behind them.
Md Dilshadur Rahman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Aid or an Obstacle? Parent and Teacher Perspectives on the Impact of Technology on Children's Wellbeing and School Life

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dominance of technology in the daily lives of modern‐day children has raised much concern about the impacts on their wellbeing. However, there are also many advantages and opportunities transpiring. This paper asks whether technology is an aid or an obstacle to a child's wellbeing and school life.
Sarah Holmes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘We Teach Kids About It So They Don't Get Addicted’: Gender, Porn and Sex Education in New Zealand

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research sought to explore young people's and teachers' understandings of porn. Drawing on a qualitative content analysis of small focus group interview data with 106 young people aged 12–16 years old and semi‐structured interviews with six teachers in Aotearoa, New Zealand, I examine their perceptions of porn and the place of porn in sex
Claire Meehan
wiley   +1 more source

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