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CAPTCHA-based Code Voting

open access: yes, 2008
Code voting provides an appropriate technology to address the secure platform problem of remote Internet voting, but it is not particularly user-friendly.
Löhr, Christoph   +2 more
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Lessons from primary school students' perceptions of the factors that influence school connectedness

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract School connectedness is critical to improving students' health, development and wellbeing. Research into primary school students' perceptions of the factors that influence their sense of connectedness is essential for identifying practices that promote success.
Jordana F. Hoenig, Therese M. Cumming
wiley   +1 more source

Effective methods for increasing levels of political self‐efficacy for girls and disadvantaged students in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study addresses the gap in rigorous evaluation of inclusive Citizenship Education methods in reducing gender and socioeconomic inequalities in political self‐efficacy. This article tests the effectiveness of two pedagogical approaches: counter‐narratives and think‐pair‐share.
Bryony Hoskins   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Approval Voting ion Dichotomous Preferences [PDF]

open access: yes
The aim of this paper is to find normative foundations of Approval Voting. In order to show that Approval Voting is the only social choice function that satisfies anonymity, neutrality, strategy-proofness and strict monotonicity we rely on an ...
Marc Vorsatz
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From individual to collective: Post‐return agency among internationally educated Mongolian graduates

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how internationally educated Mongolian graduates pursue professional projects after returning to Mongolian higher education and how some of these projects develop from individual academic agency into collective action. It draws on semi‐structured interviews with 30 graduates trained in Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan,
Ariunaa Enkhtur
wiley   +1 more source

Climate assemblies involving children and youth as socio‐educational spaces: Perceived success factors, challenges and opportunities

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Climate assemblies have emerged as participatory mechanisms and as socio‐educational spaces for engaging citizens in climate decision‐making and promoting sustainability learning. However, to date, initiatives involving children and young people remain underexplored.
Gisela Cebrián, Justin Dillon
wiley   +1 more source

Compulsory voting and tax revenues [PDF]

open access: yes
Using a panel-model approach, this paper investigates the validity of the relationship between level of tax revenues and type of voting. The data-set covers the period 2000-2010, and includes 135 countries.
Mutascu, Mihai
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Three-Candidate Competition When Candidates Have Valence: Stochastic Voting [PDF]

open access: yes
We study the effects of stochastic (probabilistic) voting on equilibrium locations, equilibrium vote shares and comparative statics in a setup with three heterogenous candidates and a single-dimensional issue space.
Kha, Dmitriy, Evrenk, Haldun
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What drives animal responses to high severity fire? The role of functional traits

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fire regimes are changing worldwide, with increases in the frequency, extent, and severity of fires posing growing risks to biodiversity. Fire severity – the degree of habitat alteration following fire – strongly influences both immediate survival and long‐term recovery of fauna.
Grace A. Vielleux   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Making Statements and Approval Voting [PDF]

open access: yes
We assume that people have a need to make statements, and construct a model in which this need is the sole determinant of voting behavior. In this model, an individual selects a ballot that makes as close a statement as possible to her ideal point, where
Andrew Weiss   +2 more
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