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Instruction Methods for Solving Word Problems in Mathematics Education

Instruction Methods for Solving Word Problems in Mathematics Education
application/pdf The purpose of this paper is to report on three methodologies that I practise in business mathematics lectures. In business mathematics, a problem to find is more important than a problem to prove. Thus, my target is a problem to find. The first methodology is to solve a problem visually to the extent possible, not only using existing ...
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School readiness and the good level of development: Policy constructions in English early childhood education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper critically analysed how school readiness has been historically and discursively constructed in Early Childhood Education (ECE) policy in England over the past four decades. Using Bacchi's ‘What's the Problem Represented to be?’ framework and Foucauldian concepts of governmentality, the paper explored how school readiness has shifted
Louise Kay
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What Neuropsychology Says about Mathematical Word Problem Solving: Contribution of Executive Function in Educational Setting

Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Psychology and Pedagogy - "Diversity in Education" (ICEPP 2019), 2020
Yulius Sunardi, Sri Koesrohmaniah, Supra Wimbarti, Nani Restati Siregar   +3 more
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Parental involvement and engagement during COVID‐19 lockdowns: School staff and parents' reflections about children's learning at home

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Valuing parental engagement, as part of home–school collaboration, can benefit children's learning. This article focuses on parents and school‐based staff's (N = 120) experiences of children's learning occurring at home during the COVID‐19 lockdowns (2020–2021), both school‐mandated and other learning activities.
Ashley Brett, Bonny L. Hartley, Deborah Wallace, Adewale Magaji, Lorraine Smith, Rachel Wolfendale   +5 more
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Culturally responsive assessment in mathematical word problems and numerical cognition in multilingual education [PDF]

Simon Ntumi, Saba Nixon Adzifome, Theophilus Nyamekye, Foster Kwame Vedor   +3 more
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Why we age

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Three categories of explanations exist for why we age: mechanistic theories, which omit reference to evolutionary forces; weakening force of selection theories, which posit that barriers exist that prevent evolutionary forces from optimising fitness in ageing; and optimisation theories, which posit that evolutionary forces actually select for ...
Michael S. Ringel
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Spatial metrics in fire ecology: seeking consistency amidst complexity

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Technological advances, including remote sensing, have led to a proliferation of metrics used in ecological studies to examine spatial patterns of fire regimes and their ecological effects. Researchers can use many different metrics to analyse spatial variation in both fire events and resulting fire regimes, including fire size, shape ...
Alexander R. Carey, Geoffrey J. Cary, Teigan Cremona, Hugh F. Davies, Brett P. Murphy, Sam C. Banks   +5 more
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More Than 10 Years on: Does a State‐of‐the‐Art Review and Synthesis Offer New Frameworks to Guide Future Design for Remanufacturing Research?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is strong evidence that design for remanufacturing (DfRem) can reduce initial‐design carbon emissions by up to 30%, and that product design can critically affect remanufacturing feasibility, yet academic adoption of DfRem remains limited.
Okechukwu Okorie, Yogendra Singh, Jennifer Russell, Chris Turner, Kingsley Oturu   +4 more
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Merging Psychological, Social, and Rational Perspectives: A Study of the Determinants of Consumer Choices for Sustainable Furniture

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines consumer purchase intentions for a sofa produced through industrial symbiosis (IS), utilizing recycled textiles and fibers. As a high‐investment product, the IS sofa requires a significant financial commitment and involves complex decision‐making, an area less studied compared with other sustainable goods categories.
Rosa Maria Dangelico, Luca Fraccascia, Valerio Schiaroli   +2 more
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Investor Perception of ESG in Earnings Calls

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how the communicator's role and the framing of ESG statements affect investor capital allocation in the context of earnings calls. Based on a virtual asset market experiment, the analysis identifies that the assurance and reinforcement of ESG messages have a positive effect of up to 8% on capital allocation, with especially
Felix Bachner
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