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What can a mean-field model tell us about the dynamics of the cortex?
(Springer, 2010)In this chapter we examine the dynamical behavior of a spatially homogeneous two-dimensional model of the cortex that incorporates membrane potential, synaptic flux rates and long- and short-range synaptic input, in two ... -
What determines perseverance in studying science?
(Australasian Association for Institutional Research, 2009-11)This article explores the issue of university student recruitment and retention beyond the first and second year of studying science. The research investigated the 'image' students have of science, the demands they face ... -
“What did I change and why did I do it” Young writer’ revision practices
(Blackwell Publishing, 2006)The article presents findings from a research project that investigated young, fluent writers' revision practices. The project adopted a qualitative approach, using semi-structured interviews based on the students' written ... -
What do New Zealand picturebooks tell us about New Zealand national identity?
(New Zealand Literacy Association, 2016)Jeffries (2004, p. 4) defines national identity as ' ... a shared sense of belonging of a group of people that depends on a common area of named place, a common set of beliefs and values, and positive feelings for a specific ... -
What Do Secondary School Rugby Players Think About Concussion?
(University of Waikato, 2015)Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a dominant and growing public health concern globally. Sport is an arena in which people are at high risk of TBI. In New Zealand the popular sport of rugby is played by many, particularly ... -
What do we know about mathematics teaching and learning of multilingual adults and why does it matter?
(2015)The significant role of language in mathematics teaching and learning is not a new phenomenon. Given the growth of cultural and economic migration, the increasing international focus on education for economic development ... -
What do we mean by social in relation to learning and the role of teachers?
(2020)The word social is often used as a modifying adjective to describe behaviour of a group, collective, community, society or organisation. There are social actions and we have social problems. We also understand that human ... -
What Does it Mean to be a Man Today?: Bloke Culture and the Media
(Springer, 2010)Psychologists have paid scant attention to the positive relationships and community contributions of working class men who are not in trouble, and have focused instead on men who are ‘in trouble.’ In addressing this ... -
What does it take to make us listen? The experiences of those leading whole school reform to improve outcomes for indigenous minority students
(The University of Waikato, 2020)This thesis examines how the Kia Eke Panuku: Building on Success school reform initiative shaped the experiences of groups of educators within mainstream New Zealand secondary schools. These experiences are analysed against ... -
What explains the wealth gap between immigrants and the New Zealand born?
(New Zealand Association of Economists, 2007-09)Immigrants are typically found to have less wealth and hold it in different forms than the native born. These differences may affect both the economic assimilation of immigrants and overall portfolio allocation when ... -
What gets in the way? A new conceptual model for the trajectory from teacher professional development to impact
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis LTD, 2019)Although school and education system leaders can mandate teachers’ participation in professional development activities, various school-related, teacher-related and student-related factors influence the degree to which ... -
What happened to educational criticism? Engaging with a paradigm for observation
(Routledge, 2009)In The Educational Imagination, Elliot Eisner presents a theory of educational criticism and a form of qualitative research in education. Central to his theory is the notion of the connoisseur, a particular kind of observer ... -
What happens to diet and child health when migration splits households? Evidence from a migration lottery program
(Elsevier, 2010)The impact of migration on food security and child health is likely to differ depending on whether children themselves migrate or whether they remain behind while other household members migrate. However, existing studies ... -
What have scholars retrieved from Walsh and Ungson (1991)? A citation context study
(SAGE Publications, 2010)Organizational memory is fundamentally important to organizational learning. The seminal work on organizational memory is Walsh and Ungson’s article published in the Academy of Management Review in 1991. More than 300 ... -
What have we learned? Themes from the literature on best-practice benchmarking
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2007)The aim of this paper is to review the important themes in the literature on benchmarking, and to assess the contribution to knowledge provided thus far. Four themes from the literature are highlighted: studies of the ... -
What I believe [Book review]
(2010)This article reviews the book “What I believe”, edited by Tariq Ramadan. -
What influences the emergence of a new subject in schools? The case of environmental education
(International Journal of Environmental & Science Education (IJESE), 2010)New subjects are always emerging but only some gain a place in the formal school curriculum. In fact, most of the now accepted conventional school subjects have, at some stage, struggled to become established. This paper ... -
What informs primary school principals' decision-making in relation to teacher placement in class levels?
(ACER Press, 2012)One of the most challenging decisions for primary school principals is to decide what class level each of their teachers will teach. It seems there is very little research on the way principals go about making these ... -
What is a logical diagram?
(2011)Robert Brandom’s expressivism argues that not all semantic content may be made fully explicit. This view connects in interesting ways with recent movements in philosophy of mathematics and logic (e.g. Brown, Shin, Giaquinto) ... -
What is creative to whom and why? Perceptions in advertising agencies
(2003)The authors apply recent advances in creativity theory to discover perceptual differences in the factors of strategy, originality, and artistry among creatives and noncreatives. It was found that current advertising position ...
