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BIG-DATA LITERACY AS A NEW VOCATION FOR STATISTICAL LITERACY

STATISTICS EDUCATION RESEARCH JOURNAL, 2020
In the contemporary society a massive amount of data is generated continuously by various means, and they are called Big-Data sets. Big Data has potential and limits which need to be understood by statisticians and statistics consumers, therefore it is a challenge to develop Big-Data Literacy to support the needs of constructive, concerned, and ...
Francois, Karen, Monteiro, Carlos, Allo, Patrick   +2 more
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Schooling Trajectories and the Development of Brain Dynamics: A Comparative Study of Montessori and Traditional Education

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We investigate whether Montessori and traditional schooling systems shape the developmental trajectory of large‐scale brain dynamics in different ways. We quantify the arrow of time (“non‐reversibility”) in neural activity during resting state and movie‐watching, revealing distinct maturational patterns.
Elvira del Agua, Anira Escrichs, Yonatan Sanz Perl, Morten L. Kringelbach, Adele Diamond, Solange Denervaud, Gustavo Deco   +6 more
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Digital Literacy and Metaphorical Models

Multidisciplinary Journal for Education, Social and Technological Sciences, 2014
It is an acknowledged fact that the appearance of new genres in cyberspace has shifted the main focus of instruction strategies nowadays. Learners of any field are challenged by the acquisition of a new type of literacy, digital literacy –how to read and
Carolina Girón García, Ignasi Navarro Ferrando   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Portfolio Building: The relationship with literacies in students’ everyday lives [PDF]

, 2011
This article explores some propositions about how students’ everyday lives may interact with their success at learning in a large Further Education College in England.
Barton, Crowther, Hull, Ivani, Mannion, Pahl, Petty, Schwartz   +7 more
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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley, Sean Posey, Kathy Baylis, Daniel Osgood, Stuart Sweeney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning from lecturers: What disciplinary practice can teach us about ‘good’ student writing [PDF]

, 2015
This study brings together the methodology of corpus linguistics and the framing of academic literacies in an exploration of Chinese and British students’ undergraduate assignments in UK universities.
Leedham, Maria
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Avoiding new literacies

, 2017
Common consequences of a student acquiring the label dyslexic are that the student is selected for some sort of remedial education programme, which takes place away from the mainstream class and curriculum, and that the student’s teachers begin to relate differently to her or him – they lower their expectations when faced with a student who is not ...
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Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
wiley   +1 more source

A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach, Brian C. Briggeman, Jason S. Bergtold, Aleksan Shanoyan, Sarah A. Low, Brandi Miller   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning from the early adopters: developing the digital practitioner [PDF]

, 2014
This paper explores how Sharpe and Beetham’s Digital Literacies Framework which was derived to model students’ digital literacies, can be applied to lecturers’ digital literacy practices. Data from a small-scale phenomenological study of higher education
Belshaw D, British Educational Research Association (BERA), Cuban L, Dohn N, Ecclesfield N., Folley S, Friesen N, Friesen N., Gourlay L., Jephcote M., King N, Land R., Maslow A. H, Mishra P., Rogers E. M, Sharpe R., Titchen A., White D.   +17 more
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