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Herbert Simon (1916-2001). The scientist of the artificial [PDF]
, 2001 With the disappearance of Herbert A. Simon, we have lost one of the most original thinkers of the 20th century. Highly influential in a number of scientific fields—some of which he actually helped create, such as artificial intelligence or information ...
Gobet, F
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Graduates' conceptions of meaningful work
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores how meaningful work is conceptualised by recent graduates. Whilst the imperative to maximise economic returns from higher education (HE) endures in HE policy, less attention is given to how meaningful work is and its relationship to values and identities.
Michael Tomlinson, Manuel Souto‐Otero
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Testimony and Children’s Acquisition of Number Concepts [PDF]
, 2018 An enduring puzzle in philosophy and developmental psychology is how young children acquire number concepts, in particular the concept of natural number.
De Cruz, Helen
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores teachers', parents' and pupils' perceptions and described experiences of school toilet policies, provisions and practices within state‐funded primary (5–11 years) and secondary (11–16 years) schools in England. In doing so, this research critically examines how school‐specific policies and toilet provisions influence ...
Matthew J. Green +3 more
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A concept in flux and starved of the metaphysical: desecularizing emotion
Frontiers in PsychologyDespite being of undisputed importance, there is no consensus on what emotions are, with the majority of research that constructs ideas about them being colored by a particular worldview.
Tamim Mobayed
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Is there such a thing as pragmatics?--Review of Concise Encyclopedia of Pragmatics 2nd ed (2009) [PDF]
, 2016 Clearly neither I nor anyone will ever read any substantial part of this massive tome so I will discuss the one article that interests me most and which I think provides the framework necessary for the understanding of all the rest.
Starks, Michael
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Learner emotions and performance in hypercasual VR games with adaptive AI difficulty
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Hypercasual virtual reality games (HVRGs) are widely regarded as cost‐effective tools for rapid skill acquisition, yet the mechanisms that optimise their effectiveness and user acceptance remain insufficiently explored. This mixed‐methods empirical study investigates how playful emotions, characterised by engagement, enjoyment and anxiety ...
Zeeshan Ahmed, Faizan Ahmad, Chen Hui
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Review of The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker (2008) (review revised 2019) [PDF]
, 2019 I start with some famous comments by the philosopher (psychologist) Ludwig Wittgenstein because Pinker shares with most people (due to the default settings of our evolved innate psychology) certain prejudices about the functioning of the mind, and ...
Starks, Michael
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