Grounded theories assume that there is no central module for cognition. According to this view, all cognitive phenomena, including those considered the province of amodal cognition such as reasoning, numeric, and language processing, are ultimately grounded in (and emerge from) a variety of bodily, affective, perceptual, and motor processes. The development and expression of cognition is constr...

This article investigates practices that engage preservice teachers’ ideas of professionalism within the context a university-based mentoring programme. The case is explored by observation sessions, analysis documents grounding and mentor mentee interviews. Practices are investigated through theory practice architectures made subject thematic analysis. purpose investigation to highlight how can...

UNLABELLED In Medical Education, feedback is an instrument that informs the trainees about their learning process and how to make the necessary changes. Feedback enables learners to monitor their progress and provides direction for improvement. Effective feedback is useful to improve the performance, clinical skills, communication skills, and treatment of patients. It is essential when teaching...

The purpose of this study is to explore the predictors of continuance intention towards social networking sites. Based on well-being model and self-determination theory, we proposed the effects of enjoyment, well-being, autonomy, relatedness, and competence on individuals’ intention to continuously participate in social networking sites. Preliminary Data were collected from Facebook. Results sh...

In the last decade, several social cognitive remediation programs have been developed for use in schizophrenia. Though existing evidence indicates that such programs can improve social cognition, which is essential for successful social functioning, it remains unclear whether the improvements generalize to social cognitive domains not primarily addressed by the intervention and whether the impr...

This study investigates the extent to which: (a) mathematics teachers' educational beliefs about mathematics change upon participation in professional development, and (b) teachers' educational background and teaching experience in mathematics contribute to their educational beliefs and to the change in these beliefs. Results showed that teachers significantly improved their educational beliefs...

This thesis introduces a grounded theory of the discourse structure that professional software engineers use while explaining software. The ‘Snapshot Theory’ relates how the snapshot is the critical moment and fundamental building block in the discourse structure. We built Snapshot Theory by applying a rigorous qualitative data analysis research methodology, known as grounded theory, on observa...