This paper explores the use of Engle and Conant’s (2002) theoretical framework of productive disciplinary engagement to describe a group of fifth-graders’ emergent dialogical argumentation about a rocky seashore ecosystem that was triggered by fieldwork activities. Engle and Conant’s theoretical framework was mapped onto Weinberger and Fischer’s (2006) multi-dimensional conceptual framework for...

OBJECTIVES To determine the risk factors for pregnancy among unmarried adolescents and young adults. METHODS Case-control study was done over a period of 2 years. Data collected from 181 unmarried abortion seekers and 181 unmarried non-pregnant controls (≤24 years) attending three Medical Colleges of Kerala. RESULTS Logistic regression analysis showed a strong association between unmarried ...

This article presents a form of teacher reasoning that we call proclivities for teaching mathematics. We define proclivities for teaching mathematics as the beliefs, knowledge, and dispositions that are actionable in the flow of instruction, and we argue that growth in this area contributes to positive change in mathematics instruction. Proclivities for teaching mathematics encompass four domai...

A foundational goal of the Strategic Partner Program, APIC’s platform for engagement with industry at the leadership and strategic level, is to promote balanced collaboration among healthcare professionals, industry, academia, and the Association. Central to promoting such collaboration are: one, making more visible the productive collaborations that already exist as a result of interactions be...

the purpose of the present study was to identify any significant relationship between critical thinking ability, l2 vocabulary knowledge, and l2 vocabulary learning strategies of iranian efl learners. to this aim, the productive vocabulary levels test was administered to measure the learner’s l2 vocabulary knowledge and observe homogeneity in terms of vocabulary knowledge. at the second stage, ...

The knowledge of nutritional requirements in ornamental fish species is essential to improve the productive development; however, the nutritional information of these species is scarce and sometimes this information is extrapolated from results obtained from nonornamental fish species. In ornamental fish, a correct formulation of the diet improve the nutrient digestibility and supply the metabo...

In this study, 48 children with moderate or severe delays in phonological ability received treatment for four phonemes, selected in accordance with either traditional or nontraditional target-selection criteria. Children who received treatment for phonemes that are early developing and associated with greater productive phonological knowledge showed greater progress toward acquisition of the ta...

Exophiala species are black, yeast-like molds that can cause subcutaneous cysts as well as disseminated disease. Isolated pneumonia due to Exophiala species is extremely uncommon. We report a case of isolated Exophiala pneumonia in a patient with bronchiectasis who presented with worsening dyspnea and a cough productive of black sputum. The production of black sputum, known as melanoptysis, is ...

Studies of computer-supported collaborative learning have begun to explore processes of online group cognition—such as small-group methods of problem solving—and how they can be mediated by various technological and interactional mechanisms to promote academically productive discourse. This chapter first presents (1) an analysis of co-presence as a foundational aspect of online interaction in a...

With SWOT analysis method, advantage and disadvantage, chance and threat of developing productive service in Shenyang will be analyzed by this paper, indicating that developing productive service industry on the basis of High-Tech is significant for upgrading of industrial structure in old industrial bases. On that basis, this paper continues to bring forward strategic mode selections of econom...