Browsing by Keywords "Science"
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Building a career in English: users of English as an additional language in academia in the Arabian Gulf
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 2014)This study investigates how a group of 30 multilingual academics, all users of English as an additional language (EAL) working at a private university in Oman, acquired discourse community membership in their disciplines ... -
Cognitive individualism and the child as scientist program
(2011)In this paper, I examine the charge that Gopnik and Meltzoff's 'Child as Scientist' program, outlined and defended in their 1997 book Words, Thoughts and Theories is vitiated by a form of 'cognitive individualism' about ... -
Impact of sustained professional development in STEM on outcome measures in a diverse urban district
(Routledge, 2016)Sustained professional development can support STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) reform. The authors describe a 3-year study of sustained professional development for 3 diverse urban schools across ... -
A longitudinal study of the relationship between mathematics and science: the case of Texas
(International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2015-07)This study aims to investigate the relationship between mathematics and science scores acquired from the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) examination, and how this relationship changed over the years. The ... -
Teaching science, technology, and society to engineering students: a sixteen year journey
(Springer, 2013)The course Science, Technology, and Society is taken by about 500 engineering students each year at Bilkent University, Ankara. Aiming to complement the highly technical engineering programs, it deals with the ethical, ...
