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Accounting for Friendlessness: Stigma and the Quest for an Honorable Self

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
How do people who identify as friendless make sense of their condition in a moment when friendship is extolled for the support and satisfaction it offers? This article draws on interviews with 21 adults in an Atlantic Canadian city. We argue that our interviewees were rarely at ease with their friendlessness and were at pains to recover an honorable ...
Laura Eramian, Peter Mallory
wiley   +1 more source

Web Analytics to Objectively Measure the Success of Educational Resources in Human Anatomy. [PDF]

open access: yesMed Sci Educ
Alberola-Zorrilla P   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Quantifying Structural Complexity, Effort, and Performance: An Early Experiment Using Network Design Tasks

open access: yesSystems Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Structural Complexity is perceived as driving cost in system development, yet managing it effectively requires empirical understanding. This study investigates human decision‐making using a toy transportation‐style network design task, focusing on how Structural Complexity, Effort, and Performance interact. Seventy‐four participants (primarily
Alfonso Lanza   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of Intercultural Communicative Competence in an English‐Medium University in Japan

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Policymakers in Japan have high expectations for English‐medium instruction (EMI) as an effective educational model for developing global human resources. EMI is expected to promote students' English proficiency, content knowledge, and intercultural skills. However, longitudinal studies measuring the actual results of EMI are scarce.
Naoko Taguchi
wiley   +1 more source

Student peer‐led discussion in real‐time evaluation of introductory statistics teaching

open access: yesTeaching Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract Introductory statistics courses, prevalent in higher education, face challenges in collecting and applying student evaluations within their short duration, especially for diverse Master of Science cohorts with varied subject backgrounds. UK guidance on teaching graduate students introductory statistics prioritizes assessment and feedback over ...
A. F. M. Saiful Islam, Tim M. Young
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability Across the Curriculum: Sharing Ideas From a Cross‐Canada Community of Practice

open access: yesNew Directions for Teaching and Learning, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This chapter offers a “look‐back” one year after the formation of a Canadian sustainability education community of practice, and provides highlights of “sustainability across the curriculum” work that is taking place at Canadian Post‐Secondary Institutions, modeling benefits and challenges of cross‐campus organizing around sustainability ...
Janet Pivnick, Maria Spiliotopoulou
wiley   +1 more source

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