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Fish welfare in a changing world: New developments and current challenges

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The welfare of non‐human animals is central to ethical discussions on animal use, with increasing attention to fish welfare across research, aquaria, aquaculture, and fisheries. This paper reviews current theoretical approaches to animal welfare and recent advances in defining and assessing fish welfare since the seminal paper by Huntingford ...
Sonia Rey Planellas, João L. Saraiva, Eliane Gonçalves‐de‐Freitas, Pablo Arechavala‐Lopez, Bernice Bovenkerk, Michael Breen, Steven J. Cooke, Martin Føre, Lene Northwood, Lars Helge Stien, Sunil Kadri, Chris Noble, Jonatan Nilsson, Fernando Rodriguez, Cosme Salas, Peter Sandøe, Hans van de Vis   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prior Study of Mathematics as a Predictor of Pre-service Teachers’ Success on Tests of Mathematics and Pedagogical Content Knowledge

, 2012
There remains a lack of empirical evidence about the relationship between the level of mathematics studied at high school and within tertiary degrees and primary school pre-service teachers' success in curriculum subjects.
Norton, Stephen
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Viktigt men inte roligt – förskollärarstudenters attityder till matematik

Nordisk Barnehageforskning
Tidigare forskning visar att blivande och verksamma förskollärare ofta har negativa attityder och lågt självförtroende i matematik. Dessa attityder påverkar deras undervisning och barns möjligheter att lära sig.
Benita Berg, Pernilla Sundqvist
doaj   +1 more source

Developing Knowledge of Inquiry-Based Teaching by Analysing a Multimedia Case: One Study with Prospective Mathematics Teachers

Sisyphus, 2013
This study aims to understand the knowledge of inquiry-based teaching that prospective mathematics teachers reveal when analysing a multimedia case featuring one mathematics teacher´s practice in one 7th grade lesson.
Hélia Oliveira, Márcia Cyrino
doaj   +1 more source

Bad NGOs? Competition in the Market for Donations and Workers' Misconduct

The Journal of Industrial Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we investigate how competition among NGOs to attract donations shapes the incentives that NGOs provide to their employees. NGOs hire workers to undertake development projects, which are horizontally and vertically differentiated.
Nadia Burani, Ester Manna
wiley   +1 more source

Aggregation and the Structure of Value

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Roughly, the view I call “Additivism” sums up value across time and people. Given some standard assumptions, I show that Additivism follows from two principles. The first says that how lives align in time cannot, in itself, matter. The second says, roughly, that a world cannot be better unless it is better within some period or another.
Weng Kin San
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding teaching practice in support of Non-English-Speaking-Background (NESB) students’ mathematics learning

, 2013
Research is needed that gives special attention to the experiences of mathematics teachers of Non-English-Speaking-Background (NESB) students. This need prompted me to investigate four of my tertiary mathematics classes that included a number of NESB ...
Gwengo, Martin
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Efficacy of a Hyaluronic Acid‐Based Gel Versus 0.20% Chlorhexidine in Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy: A Single‐Blind Randomized Clinical Trial

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the adjunctive efficacy of a hyaluronic acid (HA) gel with 0.20% chlorhexidine (CHX) during nonsurgical periodontal therapy in periodontal patients over 6 months. Methods A single‐blind, randomized, controlled trial included 40 healthy, nonsmoking adults with periodontitis.
Andrea Scribante, Maurizio Pascadopoli, Matteo Pellegrini, Karyna Chekal, Andrea Butera   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Support for collective argumentation in integrated STEM: A study of elementary teachers' practice

School Science and Mathematics, EarlyView.
Abstract Argumentation is an important practice and an explicit goal in educational standards in multiple STEM disciplines. In this descriptive study of elementary teachers' practice, we draw on established frameworks to analyze teacher support for collective argumentation in integrated STEM. We watched over 100 h of video of classroom instruction from
Jenna Menke, James Drimalla, Shaffiq N. Welji, Aida Alibek, Ngutor Tembe, Tim Foutz, AnnaMarie Conner   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of using stories in pre-school mathematics teaching in the Saudi Arabian context [PDF]

, 2014
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel UniversityThis study aims to investigate the impact of using stories in pre-school mathematics teaching in Saudi Arabia.
BinAli, Abeer
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