The Brave New World of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Sovereign wealth funds, the large investment funds supported by governments, are mostly a positive economic force that can provide a shot in the arm to the companies -- and countries -- they invest in. They are also a stabilizing force for the nation where the investment originates. Those are some of the main takeaways from a new Wharton study, "The Brave New World of Sovereign Wealth Funds." In this interview with Knowledge@Wharton, Wharton management professor Mauro F. Guillén, who helped to
Safely apply chemical dosing
This learning object contains resources and activities that focus on safely applying chemical dosing in a water treatment plant.
The key areas are: use and store chemicals and follow emergency OHS procedures.
The task is to explore the effects of chlorine in the dosing room.
Digital Library Object - Relevancy of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe in the post Cold-War era.
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Biomedical engineering
The two-year MSc programme in BioMedical Engineering at TU Delft is based on a long history of training and research within three collaborating faculties: Applied Sciences; Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science; and Mechanical, Marine and Materials Engineering.
BME know-how in these has led to a broad BME programme. Clinically driven research is also a central theme in the programme. There is close collaboration with clinical partners at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC
Understanding learning cultures in community based further education: working together towards enhan
Our project – Understanding and Enhancing Learning Cultures in Community-Based Further Education – aims to achieve an enhancement of the student experience in community based further education (FE) through a deeper shared understanding of learning cultures in this setting. This paper provides an outline of the project, an update on progress so far, and reports on our approach to the analysis of the data and initial outcomes of the first phase of fieldwork. Running through all of these elem
Showdown at the last chance saloon: research meets policy in early professional learning
Government funding of educational research has reached a critical stage. The view of those close to the purse strings seems to be that educational research has become increasingly irrelevant to policy development. Consequently, in a political climate of best value for money, the allocation of funding for research now tends to be accompanied by criteria which require, for example, engagement with users, measured impact and knowledge transformation. The extensive Teaching and Learning Research Pro
Building Research Capacity
Journal of the ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme RCBN,114,120,124
Project Newsletter No 1
Progress report showing the profile of learners participating in the project and some of the information we are gathering.,16,19
Informal learning in early teacher development
In the context of increasing expansion of a competence – based model of teacher development, the counter-balance of a more articulate description and explanation of informal learning is urgently required. Our first use of the term in the context of professional learning emerged from preliminary theorising on the experience of learning to teach from the narrative data of beginners. It was invoked to describe learning that seemed to take place outside the formal structures and prescriptions of p
When should we use multi-level modelling?
This paper is intended to be a consideration of the idea of multilevel modelling. It is not a guide on how to design or perform such an analysis. There are several references in the text to sources that teach the practicalities perfectly well, and the technique is anyway not that different from other forms of regression or analysis of variance. Rather, the paper outlines a role for statistical analysis in research, describes what multilevel modelling is, why it is used, and what its limitations
Lecture 23 - 11/15/2010
Lecture 23
Deposition of Gold Onto a Glass Substrate by Evaporation Through a Polycarbonate
Membrane(II)
The deposition of 10 micrometer gold islands on a glass surface by evaporation through a
polycarbonate membrane is described.
Components of Self-Regulated Learning in High School Students with Learning Disabilities
The fundamental purpose of this research project was to determine the interactions among components of self-regulated learning: self-efficacy, goal orientation, learning strategies; and the predictive effect of these, and grade level and sex, on academic achievement in a sample of high school students with learning disabilities. From the perspective of social-cognitive theory, self-regulated learning was defined as an active, constructive process whereby students incorporate feelings of competen
Historical Case Study of ESL Staff Development for Mainstream Content Area Teachers in a Pennsylvani
This study is an analytical critique of English as a second language (ESL) staff
development based on an informed understanding of the field of teacher training that considers the diversity within perceptions and perspectives of the stakeholders. The importance of context will be explored in the district’s ESL staff development programs from 2000-2005; in order to evaluate the future needs in mainstream teacher training.
The research sites include an elementary, middle and a high school locate
SmatBook a vision for the future e-book
This paper presents a vision for the future of the e-books as part of
the growing collective intelligence. The vision entails further development of
technologies that will facilitate the creation and use of a new generation of
smart books: e-books that are evolving, highly interactive, customisable,
adaptable, intelligent, and furnished with a rich set of collaborative authoring
and reading support services. The proposed set of tools will be integrated into
an intelligent framework for colla
Composition and Identity: A Theoretical Approach to First-Year Composition
Identity has, for some time, been a feature of discussions of social and political issues under the cover of Cultural Studies. In Composition, however, identity has not often been discussed in its psychological or individualistic terms, even as studies have shown that identity is the major influence on what and how people write (Newkirk, 1997; Bracher, 1999; Alcorn, 2002; Tobin, 2004; Tingle, 2004). Resistance to psychological identity in composition is likely due to a lack of understanding of i
An Observational Study Of Pre-Service Teachers’ Classroom Management Strategies
Employee attrition is disproportionately higher in the field of education, especially among novice teachers (Liu & Meyer, 2005). A recent survey of American teachers, conducted by MetLife (2005), found that 20% reported, “maintaining order and discipline in the classroom is the greatest challenge” (p. 5). The focus of this study was the problem of increased teacher attrition rates due to classroom management issues.
The participants in the study attended six classroom management workshops t
The United States Postal Service: A Case Study of Large Scale Government Transformation
The challenge of replacing the baby-boomer generation of employees is beginning in government agencies as they face a “tsunami” of retirements. This generation forms the core of middle managers or supervisors who are essential to providing the continuity in government organizations that serve the needs of citizens on a daily basis, or most critically in times of crisis.
This same generation of government employees worked through decades of change in public administration. The 1980s privat
Reducing the Premature Termination of Children from Psychotherapy through Research Based Program Eva
This study attempts to understand premature termination from psychotherapy by children. It attempts to supply recommendations for two different mental health settings to reduce premature termination from their programs. The programs were the Center for Applied Psychology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (CAP) and the Community Guidance Center (CGC), both located in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
Premature termination is a serious problem in the delivery of services across populations. Estimated
Improved Critical Thinking Skills as a Result of Direct Instruction and Their Relationship to Academ
This experimental study examined the effect of direct instruction in critical thinking on the critical thinking ability and academic achievement of Freshman students being tutored in repeat courses at a rural southeastern Pennsylvania university. This study used the Thinker's Guides, based on Richard Paul's model of critical thinking, and the Rationale Argument Mapping Program, based on the research of Tim van Gelder. Subjects' abstract reasoning and problem solving skills were measured by the C
