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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"knowledge change"”.
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The Nature of Knowledge Change Among Students in a Peer Leadership Course
… design for studying the nature of knowledge change. Knowledge change—as defined for this dissertation—is an exploration of the quantitative and qualitative change in how knowledge is used over a period of time. Knowledge change is derived from the broader scholarship on conceptual …
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A Microgenetic Study of Learning About the Molecular Theory of Matter and Chemical Reactions
… issues that should be addressed by any theory of knowledge acquisition: (a) the nature of the overall knowledge change, (b) the progression of intermediate states during knowledge change, (c) initiators of knowledge change, (d) interactions of prior background knowledge and prior domain knowledge …
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Conceptualizing technological change: technology transfer in the green revolution
Technological change, and technology transfer as an aspect of this process, is examined by providing a comparative assessment of models of this phenomenon from economics, history, sociology, and neo-Schumpeterian-evolutionary studies. The Green Revolution, which is used as the empirical basis for …
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Youth suicide education impact: Prevention through awareness and supportive adult resources
… of what youth know about suicide and to our knowledge of factors described by youth as preventive; to obtain a measure of knowledge change regarding suicide resulting from participation in an educational program and of the apparent willingness of students to access adult assistance for …
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Laughing Our Way To Stronger Democracy: Political Comedy's Potential To Equalize Political Interest And Political Knowledge In Community College Students
… interest? Does it make them more politically knowledgeable citizens? Through a 4-weeklong experiment, this study tests the effects of exposure to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on political interest and political knowledge in a sample of community college students in mid-Michigan. Changes in …
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A role delineation study for the SME
… the competency areas included in the body of knowledge developed by SME/AME/Shingo for their three levels of certification examinations in lean manufacturing. A modified Delphi technique was used to gather data and describe what experts in the field consider important for candidates to know …
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Implementing for Success and Sustainability
… to implementing evidenced-based practice changes effectively and efficiently. Nurse bedside performance can drift away from evidence-based practice (EBP) and revert to methods previously taught when the strategy, planning and implementation lacks resources to support sustainable change. …