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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Connecting the dots"”.
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Connecting the Dots between N-back, Operation Span, and Raven's Progressive Matrices
… Span (OSPAN) correlate inadequately to use them interchangeably. Further, both tasks appear to have unique relationships with Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (RAPM), a measure of fluid intelligence, but the nature of these relationships have been inadequately characterized (e.g., Kane …
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A Model For Designing Instructional Narratives For Adult Learners: Connecting The Dots
… FOR DESIGNING INSTRUCTIONAL NARRATIVES:</p> <p>CONNECTING THE DOTS</p> <p>by</p> <p>DEBRA M. SMITH</p> <p>May 2013</p> <p>Advisor: Ingrid Guerra-López, Ph.D.</p> <p>Major: Instructional Technology</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to develop a …
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Connecting the dots. The mechanisms of associative memory in hippocampus and neocortex
Contains fulltext : 175719.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Connecting the dots: a history of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George
This thesis is a history of Stephen Sondheim's musical Sunday in the Park with George (1984), which was inspired by Georges Seurat's masterpiece: Un dimanche à la Grande Jatte (1886). By first examining the lives and careers of Seurat and Sondheim, a foundation is established to take a deeper look …
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Connecting the Dots for People with Autism: A Data-driven Approach to Designing and Evaluating a Global Filter
<p>"Social communication is the use of language in social contexts. It encompasses social interaction, social cognition, pragmatics, and language processing” [3]. One presumed prerequisite of social communication is visual attention–the focus of this work. “Visual attention is a process that …
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Connecting the dots: Remote sensing of Glossy and Common Buckthorn (Frangula alnus and Rhamnus cathartica) in the Oak Openings Region of Northwest Ohio
… shrubs that formed dense monoculture thickets in the Oak Openings Region of NW Ohio. Conventional techniques of vegetation mapping are expensive and time-consuming. Thickets were identified using remotely sensed land surface phenology of buckthorn, that leafs out earlier and senesces later than …
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Connecting the dots: A systemic approach to evaluating potential constraints to renewable electricity technology deployment to 2020 and beyond in the United Kingdom
<p>The UK government has committed to challenging climate change and renewable energy obligations to 2020 and beyond. The renewable electricity sector remains a key focus in meeting these targets, given the critical need to decarbonise the power sector in the longer term. This has led to an …
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Connecting the Dots: A Study of an Innovative Principal Preparation Program's Impact on the Mental Models and On-The-Job Behaviors of Aspiring School Leaders
… principal preparation programs, most of these programs continue to be judged less than successful in producing effective school leaders. Furthermore, there is also little rigorous and systemic research about principal preparation in general; there is even less work focused on …
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Ojibwe Elders' Experiences of Peace: To Teach Our Well-Being With the Earth
This research focuses on exploring the Anishinaabek/Ojibwe worldview founded upon the spiritual relationship with Mother Earth as the Anishinaabek view of peace to teach our well-being with earth. This research explores the experiences of four 21st century traditional Anishinaabek elders through …
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Exploratory Data Analysis using Clusters and Stories
… data analysis aims to study datasets through the use of iterative, investigative, and visual analytic algorithms. Due to the difficulty in managing and accessing the growing volume of unstructured data, exploratory analysis of datasets has become harder than ever and an interest to data mining …
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Splits and integrations: A phenomenological exploration of self-harm marks and scars
What happens after the skin barrier has been broken? This study explores the experience of having marks and scars on the body as a result of self-harm. It aims to investigate the meaning attributed to the marks and scars on the body and how they shape the experience of self-harm and identity of the …