University researchers and teacher facilitators implemented a state-funded professional development project during the 2005-06 academic year to help county middle school teachers improve student achievement in mathematics. In this paper, we discuss lessons and results from this innovative model, whose iterative cycle includes teacher content knowledge, item analysis from a high-stakes test, ped...

Abstract This contribution of the journal Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. (GIO) presents a study on social perception Embodied Digital Technologies (EDTs) and provides initial insights into processes concerning technicality anthropomorphism robots users prostheses. EDTs such as bionic technologies are becoming increasingly common in workspaces private lives, raising questions surrounding the...

Social capital is referred as one of the factors that influence place an individual, a community, or nation in given social universe. Hence, measurement significant to understand differentiation among these places individuals. In this study, comprehend Turkey, we aimed measure individuals via constructing composite index. After scrutinizing data and indicators used former studies literature com...

In this paper, we describe the result of the first part of a continuous effort to identify and validate factors influencing sociability of online social software. The concept of sociability was first refined and then a series of interviews were carried out to gain understanding of how users use social software to facilitate their social interactions and social relationships maintenance. We also...

Mouse is the preferred model organism for testing drugs designed to increase sociability. We present a method to quantify mouse sociability in which the test mouse is placed in a standardized apparatus and relevant behaviors are assessed in three different sessions (called session I, II, and III). The apparatus has three compartments (see Figure 1), the left and right compartments contain an in...

This paper explores the evolution of strategies in a n-player dilemma game. These n-player dilemmas provide a formal representation of many real world social dilemmas. Those social dilemmas include littering, voting and sharing common resources such as sharing computer processing time. This paper explores the evolution of altruism using an nplayer dilemma. Our results show the importance of soc...

The value of experiential learning in agricultural education has long been recognized as an important part of the educational process. Through practice and experience students apply what they have learned in real situations, thus the material becomes understandable and usable. Moreover, in the process of gaining experience, new problems and situations arise causing learners to seek additional i...