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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"APOS Theory"”.
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What meaneth this? A postmodern 'theory' of African American religious experience
… the intention of this dissertation to provide a 'theory' of African American religious experience that is guided by postmodern critical thought, with particular emphasis on methodologies attempting to grasp what is referred to as the quotidian, the ordinary, but primarily as "everyday life." It is …
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Enchufad@s : representations of the internet and new technologies in queer Latin American literature
… to reconstruct the body. Using Judith Butler’s theory of performativity, Donna Haraway's "Manifesto for Cyborgs", Henry Jenkins' theory of convergence culture, and a heavy-handed dash of diva studies, this dissertation explores how Internet spaces as represented in the novels and poems serve to …
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Understanding linear algebra concepts through the embodied, symbolic and formal worlds of mathematical thinking
… of the subject. This research proposes applying APOS theory, in conjunction with Tall’s three worlds of embodied, symbolic and formal mathematics, to create a framework in order to examine the learning of a variety of linear algebra concepts by groups of first and second year university students. …
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Counterfactual Logic: A Modern Overview
… to a given world than others. The resulting theory is very powerful and flexible in many ways similar to the theory of normal modal logics. Unfortunately, Lewis provided an extremely terse formal description of the theory with many important theorems, definitions, and details omitted or …
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Human rights, reproductive rights, and population policies: a theoretical intervention, an analytical proposal, and an application to the case of Mexico
… belongs to the current tradition of critical theory. It is informed by Habermas' theory of communicative action, and benefits from the insights of both the debate on discourse ethics, and on deliberative democracy.
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Handle With Care: A Pedagogical Theory of Touch in Teaching Dance Technique Based on Four Case Studies
… of emergent themes was developed. Nel Noddings' theory of care in moral education was used as an initial framework for a theory models approach to analysis and interpretation of the data. Laban Movement Analysis was also used as an analytical tool. Written documents—including articles and books …
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Incontinence and coping behaviors of elderly persons: Instrument development
… behavior was also tested. Using psychometric theory and Mitteness' theory of urinary incontinence, a 139 item self-report, interval level, norm referenced scale was developed. Content validity was estimated by a panel of experts. As a result of the expert evaluation, the Coping With Urinary …
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Epistemological obstacles in coming to understand the limit concept at undergraduate level: A case of the National University of Lesotho
… These data were analysed using both the APOS framework and a semiotic perspective. Within the APOS framework, the pieces of knowledge that have to be constructed in coming to understand the limit concept are actions, processes and objects. Actions are interiorised into processes and …