Information Systems (IS) security management has gained renewed importance for the past few years resulting from the rising numbers of security incidences and compliance pressure. While majority of IS security research has been focusing on the technical value and the effectiveness of IS security implementation, studies on the organizational process of implementation is rather limited. This pape...

Despite the increasing diffusion of the Internet technology, TV remains the principal medium of communication. People’s perceptions, knowledge, beliefs and opinions about matter of facts get (in)formed through the information reported on by the mass-media. However, a single source of information (and consensus) could be a potential cause of anomalies in the structure and evolution of a society....

Prior research on technological frames indicates that many of the difficulties associated with systems implementation stem from differences in the meanings users, managers, and system developers attribute to automation projects. Although the concept of technological frames has been used to explore the bases for intergroup conflict during implementation, it is also a useful device for probing mo...

This study explores four-year elementary education students’ understanding of how children learn mathematics through the use of concept maps. Thirteen Canadian and 9 students from Lebanon participated in the study. Over a two-week period students were asked to reflect on how children learn mathematics. The Lebanese students were prone to produce conceptual structures that were more teacher-cent...

Descriptions of successful psychopathy are synonymous with Machiavellianism: both describe highfunctioning individuals who are adept at exploiting and manipulating others. However, previous research has found social-cognitive deficits associated with these traits that should decrease successful manipulation. In the present study, we investigated the presence of biases in interpersonal threat pe...

The growing interest in immersive 3D environments populated with intelligent agents has led to a flurry of approaches and products with particular focuses, including cultural awareness training, language training, and operations “what-if” scenarios. Human terrain data present challenges that require categorization efforts. We present a taxonomy and approach to handle physical structures realist...

The Teaching and learning computer-programming process as been the target of scientific research since the early days of computing. Although several strategies have been and are still being tested, its application in computer-based courses has been difficult, since it requires some commitment from educators to search, study and evaluate them. Although not looking for a miraculous cure for all p...

Research in the field of vocabulary learning has shown that child L2 learners need to meet words again and again in new contexts in order to expand and deepen their word knowledge. In an instructional setting, cognitive processing is enhanced not only by the interplay between language use and metalinguistic reflection during classroom interaction but also by the activation and articulation of d...

In order to cope successfully with life-long learning it is necessary to be able to learn autonomously, effectively and efficiently, and to be aware of one’s motivations and needs. This entails becoming self-regulated learners. Based on a wide analysis of the literature, we worked out a methodological framework to devise practical activities implementing the control abilities generally accepted...

Recent studies of the relationship between parenting and child development have included a focus on the parent’s capacity to treat the child as a psychological agent. Several constructs have been developed to refer to this capacity, for example maternal mind-mindedness, reflective functioning, and parental mentalizing. In this review article, we compare and contrast different constructs from di...