In this study I deal with the conception of "elocutio" as described and explained in the "Institutio oratoria". My main point of view is the semiotic one, since the analysis of syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspects of this rhetorical operation…

Nuestro trabajo tiene como objetivo principal, la formulación de un modelo explicativo de la adquisición del aprendizaje complejo, y por extensión, del desarrollo inicial de la competencia
experta en un dominio específico. Modelo que tiene en cuenta los principales aspectos…

This study presents the results of an empirical test of two hypotheses concerning the
quality of a group of data processing patents on methods of doing business. The
hypotheses are motivated by two frequently voiced criticisms of these…

The purpose of this study was to assess the pedagogical equivalence, as determined by knowledge gains, and the pedagogical effectiveness of certain components in a video-driven multimedia, web-based professional development training program as compared to a traditional, face-to-face program under…

If we are to understand human-level intelligence, we need to understand how meanings can be learned without explicit instruction. I take a step toward that understanding by focusing on the symbol-grounding problem, showing how symbols can emerge from a system…

The paper explores the origin of the dialogue form in India and its roots in traditional knowledge, discusses the meaning of dialogue and its role in the making of India today, and notes that longitudinal thinking could prove an effective…

La concepción indígena de Miguel Acosta Saignes representa un eje fundamental en sus estudios acerca de las divisiones sociales, sobre la base de un pensamiento antropológico que tuvo sus comienzos con la formación que recibió en la Escuela Nacional de…

Los moluscos son muy apreciados como alimento para el hombre y en Venezuela se aprovechan comercialmente almejas (Asaphis deflorata), ostras (Pinctada imbricata y Crassostrea rhizophorae), pepitonas (Arca zebra), pulpos (Optopus vulgaris), calamares (Loligo plei), vieiras (Amusium papyraceum), mejillones (Perna perna…

This study had three purposes: Firstly, to develop a categorization of research areas in distance education; secondly, to identify the most important research areas in distance education; and thirdly, to identify the most neglected research areas in distance education. Based…

In this paper, I offer an explanation of my own working art practices as set within the context of the spaces of the archive and presented as a series of questions arrived at through action, illuminated in turn by anthropological…