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Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto, Morgan Wofford, Claire Jordan, Andrea Thomer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond right or wrong: How partial credit scoring on multiple‐choice questions improves student performance and assessment perceptions

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims In this study, we examined the effects of assigning partial credit to selected answer choices on student performance and perceptions in a pharmacology course using Type A multiple‐choice questions (MCQs). Methods Partial credit scoring was incorporated into quizzes and exams in a 10‐week pharmacology course for postbaccalaureate premedical ...
Stephen D. Schneid, Chris Armour, Katharina Brandl   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From cramming to binge‐watching: Integrating documentary‐based assessment into a pharmacology and toxicology curriculum—a qualitative study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims In the context of pharmacology and toxicology education, there is a growing shift toward programmatic assessment models that prioritize longitudinal learning, reflection and development of higher‐order cognitive skills. As part of this transition, we are exploring alternative and more meaningful forms of assessment. This qualitative study
Narin Akrawi, Heleen van der Sijs, Floor van Rosse   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence to support integrating feedback best practice for computer‐based assessment in pharmacology education

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Feedback is the most powerful driver of learning, but it can afford variable effects depending on the method used. The design of feedback for computer‐based assessment—now increasingly prevalent in higher education—remains relatively underexplored, particularly for pharmacology education.
Claire Y. Hepburn
wiley   +1 more source

Clinician's attitudes & perspective on chemical adherence testing in hypertension (CATCH): A qualitative interview study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Chemical Adherence Testing (CAT) is gaining prominence as a reliable and valid clinical method to detect whether antihypertensive agents are being taken as prescribed. This study aimed to explore clinicians' attitudes and perspectives on the clinical use of CAT.
Roshan Shahab, Louise Rabbitt, Gerard J. Molloy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social constructivism and play of children with autism for inclusive early childhood.

, 2019
t has been more than two decades since Mallory & New (1994) proposed the use of Lev Vygotsky’s social constructivist theory as a framework for inclusive practices in early childhood education.
Josephine Louise Flores Jamero
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Constructivismo y análisis de los movimientos sociales [PDF]

, 2002
This article examines the relevence of considering constructivism as an appropriate metatheory for the study of social movements. Starting from the establishment of the principal suppositions of constructivism as an epistemological paradigm for the ...
ARANDA SANCHEZ, JOSE MARIA, ARANDA SANCHEZ, JOSE MARIA   +1 more
core  

Understanding international students' agency in developing employability: Case study of a post‐1992 university in the United Kingdom

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Employability remains a critical issue for international students in the United Kingdom. This study adopts the Employability Agency Framework proposed by Pham et al. to explore how a group of international students actively exercised their agency to enhance their employability during their Master's studies in the United Kingdom.
Hoang Nguyen, Ming Cheng
wiley   +1 more source

The myth of 'the myth of Irish neutrality': deconstructing concepts of Irish neutrality using international relations theories [PDF]

, 2006
A number of academics, journalists and political elites claim that Irish neutrality is a 'myth', and many also characterise public support for Irish neutrality as 'confused' and 'nonrational'.
Devine, Karen
core   +1 more source

SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM AS A SOLUTION TO RATIONALITY IN POSTNONCLASSICAL EPISTEMOLOGY

Antropologìčnì Vimìri Fìlosofsʹkih Doslìdžen', 2014
The purpose. In this article the epistemology is investigated in such direction of social thought as social constructivism. The occurrence and popularity of a socially-constructivist paradigm was preceded by polemic between defenders of orientation of a ...
O. V. Molokova
doaj   +1 more source