Public Versus Private Providers: How Ownership Impacts Quality in Public Service Markets
Public Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Governments continue to liberalize public services through quasi‐market measures that grant consumers a subsidized choice of public, nonprofit, or for‐profit provider. The assumption is that competition and differences in ownership improve service quality.
Lena Brogaard
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From Practice to Reflection: A Systematic Review of Mechanisms Driving Metacognition and SRL in Music. [PDF]
J IntellWang Y, Zhang M, Zhang H, Shan X, Du X.
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Metaphors of Male Preschool Teacher Candidates about Male PreschoolTeacher
, 2015 Aydın Kılıç, Zeynep Nur +2 more
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Safeguarding Merit: Citizen Support for Civil Service Protections Against Political Interference
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT President Trump altered the U.S. federal civil service system by reducing merit‐based protections for bureaucratic expertise and expanding the scope of political appointments, shifting the balance long established under the Pendleton Act of 1883. Similar reforms have occurred at the state level with moves to at‐will employment.
Colt Jensen, Jaclyn Piatak
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Executive functions and classroom quality in kindergarten predict peer acceptance in first grade. [PDF]
Sci RepShatskaya A, Drid P, Veraksa A.
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Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With a contextual and developmental perspective, this study aimed to examine Swedish late‐adult fathers' reflections on their past and present parental role in relation to the mother and to see how these reflections incorporate changes in gender and parenthood during recent decades in Sweden.
Maria Wängqvist, Nathalie Korhonen
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Countermovement Jumps in Pre-School Children Aged 3 to 6 Years: How Much Can Arm Swing Help in Performance? [PDF]
Sports (Basel)Petrić V, Gregorc J, Ljubičić S.
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Exploring 2D Geometric Shape Classification Using AI‐Driven Feature Tables in Mathematics
School Science and Mathematics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explored the effectiveness of an AI‐integrated instructional task designed to enhance preservice teachers' understanding of the features and hierarchical relationships of 2D geometric shapes. Originally developed and tested in online K‐12 professional development settings, this intervention was adapted for in‐person preservice ...
Yasemin Gunpinar, Woonhee Sung
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Sex- and Age-Specific Characteristics of Running Performance Assessed by OptoJump in Pre-School Children Aged 3 to 6 Years. [PDF]
Children (Basel)Ljubičić S, Gregorc J, Petrić V.
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Recent studies suggest that learners who are asked to predict the outcome of an event learn more than learners who are asked to evaluate it retrospectively or not at all. One possible explanation for this “prediction boost” is that it helps learners engage metacognitive reasoning skills that may not be spontaneously leveraged, especially for ...
Joseph A. Colantonio +4 more
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