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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"knowledge types."”.
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Explicit Feature Relation and Implicit Feature Correlation Knowledge in Semantic Memory
… influences of statistically-based or theorybased knowledge in learning feature co-occurrences are attributable to incongruence between task type (speeded versus untimed) and knowledge type (statistically-based versus theory-based), though these knowledge types influence congruent tasks (McRae, de …
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Essays on human capital heterogeneity and agglomeration
… wages. In essay one, we posit that some kinds of knowledge are harder to exchange remotely and thus workers possessing those knowledge types benefit more from close physical proximity to others. Our theoretical framework demonstrates the returns to finding a partner to exchange ideas with are …
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Knowledge management competence for ERP implementation success
… in recent years, as competition in complex knowledge-based economies has increased. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have been viewed as a way to manage increased business complexity, leading to the rapid adoption and implementation of such systems, as ERP can support enterprises …
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Know-about, know-that, know-how: A model for moving between theory and design practice
… I begin by developing a bi-directional model of knowledge types – know-about, know-that, know-how – in design to describe how theory informs design practice and vice versa. While the model of knowledge types in design is bi-directional, to contain the scope of this dissertation I focus the …
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Is the knowledge economy gendered? : call centres as a case study
This thesis investigates the gendering of the knowledge economy and argues that women are being excluded from key areas within it, through their employment in call centres. Access to knowledge and participation in the knowledge economy, primarily through the use of information technologies, are the …
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Constructive skepticism and the philosophy of science of Gassendi and Locke (Pierre Gassendi, John Locke)
… skepticist doubts concerning reasoned knowledge and concluded that sure knowledge of the world is won primarily by empirical or sense-based studies. These views on our general knowledge and certainty support a variety of claims concerning scientific knowledge in particular. On the basis …
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The role of engaged scholarship and co-production to address urban challenges: a case study of the Cape Town Knowledge Transfer Programme
… researchers in Cape Town believe that one knowledge base is not sufficient to attempt to address the 'wicked problems' associated with environmental change, and that there is a need for collaboration among different knowledge types. This case study considers the value of facilitating an …
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An exploration of architectural innovation in professional service firms
… innovation is achieved using architectural knowledge to reconfigure an established system to link together components in a new way that provides a competitive advantage. Components in professional service firms are the expertise areas in which the firms have developed proficiency or those in …
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The Nature Of Assessment, Its Validity And Its Relationship With Learning On BTEC (NC) Courses In Engineering Principles
… certain learners are disadvantaged by particular types of assessment due to their individual learning style. This ‘potentially damaging side effect’ has implications for reliability and validity, as individual learners may experience certain assessment procedures in different ways. This could …
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Capturing the complexity of workplace knowledge – a case study of recognition of prior learning in an automated production environment
… results in deskilling and a reduction in the knowledge requirements for occupations. Recognition of prior learning (RPL) aims to recognise candidates' prior knowledge and skills learned in non-formal and informal contexts, including the workplace. The concern is that if Braverman's thesis is …
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Cold-start universal information extraction
… are fundamental questions asked when gathering knowledge about and understanding a concept, topic, or event. The answers to these questions underpin the key information conveyed in the overwhelming majority, if not all, of language-based communication. At the core of my research in Information …
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Where roots run deep: fostering youth environmental motivation through livelihoods in rural place-based education
… we found a difference in experiences, knowledge types, and differing scopes of powerlessness between the two teachers, highlighting how the rural region experiences the environment more directly, leading to an effect on their livelihoods. These results suggest that livelihood validation …
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The political sophistication of district-transforming superintendents
… understand and describe the political thinking, knowledge, skill, and participation of two unique superintendents. Contemporary educational leadership research has identified the actions and political skills of community-creating superintendents (e.g., Johnson, 1996; Owens, 1997). However, they …
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Exploring students’ patterns of reasoning
… First, we classified concepts into three types: Descriptive, Hypothetical, and Theoretical and categorized the abstraction levels of the responses in terms of the types of concepts and the inter-relationship between the concepts. Second, we devised a rubric based on Bloom’s revised …
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Political knowledge and social media use in the digital media system
… how social media exposure affects political knowledge among the American public. Political knowledge is central to any understanding of citizen competence, yet key questions remain about how to best increase citizens’ information levels. My dissertation project assesses to what extent the …
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Developing a National-Level Intercity Resilience-Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration Network for New Zealand
… SFDRR encourages collaboration and sharing of knowledge, expertise, lessons learned, and best practices between cities at the national and international levels as a promising resilience-building pathway. Consequently, the past decade has seen the development of several international resilience …
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Law and Spatial Planning. Socio-legal Perspectives on the Development of Wind Power and 3G Mobile Infrastructures in Sweden
… importance of understanding the approaches to knowledge and rationalities embedded in spatially relevant decision-making. It emphasises the significance of seeing law as an empirical object of study for planning and environmental management. The Swedish development of wind power and 3G mobile …