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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Blending Theory"”.
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A Bayesian Framework for the Unified Model for Assessing Cognitive Abilities: Blending Theory With Practicality
This thesis presents a progression from theory development to real-data application. Chapter 1 gives a literature review of other psychometric models for formative assessment, or cognitive diagnosis models, as an introduction to the Reparameterized Unified Model (RUM), a statistically identifiable, …
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Paul's Rhetorical use of Complex Metaphors in 1 Corinthians 3-4
… reflect the method of study: 1. The use of blending theory to interpret Paul's use of complex household and building metaphors as seen through the following submetaphors: i. Mother-infants relationship in antiquity (1 Cor. 3:1-4). ii. Master-servants; Planter-field; and one who waters-field …
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Evolution Esotericized: Conceptual Blending and the Emergence of Secular, Therapeutic Salvation
… a historical approach with conceptual metaphor theory. The dissertation first evaluates the esoteric appropriation historically as a type of religious response to Darwin. It works backwards from the twentieth-century counterculture (as identified by Theodore Roszak in 1975), to show that …
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Examining the New Layers of Teacher Education: A Cross-Case Analysis of the High School Induction Process for Alternatively Certified Teachers
… be organized into the following categories: (a) blending theory and practice by infusing university expertise into the schoolhouse; (b) promoting formal and informal mentoring; and (c) differentiating support to meet the special needs of ACTs.
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Safety Assurance of Non-Deterministic Flight Controllers in Aircraft Applications
… these requirements, a process known as sensor blending was used. Sensor blending consists of using a linear combination of the plant’s outputs that has no unstable transmission zeros and has a nonzero high frequency gain to drive the adaptive controller. Although this method does not present a …