As education plays such a vital role in economic competitiveness, it is no surprise that the focus for many governments is to invest in educational initiatives. Innovation in pedagogy, refined curriculum and much research into the science of teaching and learning…

Objective – The purpose of this paper is to articulate a theory for the use of action research as a tool of evidence based practice for information literacy instruction in school libraries. The emerging theory is intended to capture the…

Prehistoric rock paintings from Northern Mexico are becoming better known. Twenty sites for a single municipio in the state of Nuevo Leon have recently been described. Not all the paintings that are being found are a spectacular as the ones…

Prehistoric rock paintings from Northern Mexico are becoming better known. Twenty sites for a single municipio in the state of Nuevo Leon have recently been described. Not all the paintings that are being found are a spectacular as the ones…

Prehistoric rock paintings from Northern Mexico are becoming better known. Twenty sites for a single municipio in the state of Nuevo Leon have recently been described. Not all the paintings that are being found are a spectacular as the ones…

The bulk of research on teacher knowledge has taken place in elementary and secondary school settings. The goal of this study was to examine teacher knowledge in higher education by asking: (1) what types of knowledge are drawn upon in…

A major contribution of research in workplace literacy has been to explore the part that writing plays in the knowledge-making practices of various professional groups. While such enquiry has revealed that writing is essential to the creation and use of…

This study examined the efficacy of conjoint behavioural consultation (CBC) with children evidencing conduct problems, the impact of CBC in enhancing parental knowledge of behavioural principles, and whether knowledge of behavioural principles is related to improved parenting skills. An A/B…

Con la profundización de la globalización, a partir de la década de 1970 se producen cambios económicos, políticos, sociales y culturales, que conducen a una nueva concepción del desarrollo. En este contexto, la estrategia de desarrollo local constituye una opción…

The structural design of power transmission lines requires knowledge from a variety of widely-dispersed expert sources. This thesis demonstrates how an expert system can be efficiently used to assemble and organize this knowledge in order to design a wide range…