This study examined the effects of metacognitive scaffolds on learning outcomes of collaborating students in an innovative learning arrangement. The triads were supported by computerized scaffolds, which were dynamically integrated into the learning process and took a structuring or problematizing form. In an experimental design the two experimental groups receiving scaffolds were compared with...

Agriculture must evolve into a more environmentally-friendly approach while remaining economically workable. This type of agriculture is said to be sustainable. It has a systemic logic and therefore requires a strong knowledge base. In this study we propose a knowledge management IT-based system. In the first part of our article, we discuss the potential actors of the system and their possible ...

1 al said that knowledge acquisition does not necessarily mean successful application of the knowledge. What is more important is “Knowledge in action” and not the knowledge languishing in books or minds. Academic professionals need to possess not just the domainspecific knowledge but also greatly the ability to apply expeditiously knowledge and know-how, where and when needed. The gap between ...

OBJECTIVES Fishermen are among the most vulnerable groups for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS with reported high prevalence. Poor knowledge base has been evidenced by a few studies. The present study was conducted to assess the knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS among fishermen of the Kutch coast, Gujarat, India. METHODS A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 950 fishermen ...

Every firm learns through firm specific methods. This learning process is operationalized by firm’s knowledge management practices. Therefore, knowledge to result in successful learning should be assisted by a combinative framework which can enhance a firms’ absorptive capability. This in turn will play a decisive role for achieving competitive advantage. Current literature in strategic managem...

Major industrial countries gradually developed from industrialised economies to informationand knowledge-based economies, where people became the most valuable asset to companies due to their abilities and valuable tacit knowledge. Unfortunately tacit knowledge is contained in people’s minds, is difficult to access and therefore needs to be captured so it can be shared amongst employees. Concep...

This paper presents a method that robot acquires a knowledge of environment by interacting with objects without designer’s knowledge, and moves autonomously its arms to an effective position for manipulating objects such as a pushing based only on acquired knowledge of environment. Specifically, the knowledge is acquired by moving its arm slightly around an object and calculating affordances pr...

What kinds of knowledge underlie the use of language and how is this knowledge acquired? Linguists equate knowing a language with knowing a grammar. Classic "poverty of the stimulus" arguments suggest that grammar identification is an intractable inductive problem and that acquisition is possible only because children possess innate knowledge of grammatical structure. An alternative view is eme...