This research examines how self-regulated learning facilitates critical analysis development among undergraduate medical students in a journal club, and how computer-supported collaborative learning influences their self-regulated learning. Fourteen of the 29 second-year medical students who initially consented to participate in…

This paper analyzes and provides empirical evidence on how three different dimensions of social capital (structural, relational, and resources) have a direct causal relation on the performance of financial service start-ups. To this end, a structural equation model is estimated…

Durante los últimos años, el pez cebra (Danio rerio) se ha consolidado como especie modelo en ciencia. En esta tesis se aborda, por un lado, la criopreservación de las células primordiales germinales (PGCs) como alternativa posible a la criopreservación del…

This thesis studies the linear and nonlinear dynamics of pipes conveying fluid. It consists of four peer-reviewed journal papers, three published and one submitted for publication. The aim is to investigate aspects of the dynamical behaviour of extensible and inextensible…

In this research I examined the implementation of the problem-based learning (PBL) approach, an innovation implemented as a part of the science education reform that Quebec, Canada, underwent in the last ten years. Throughout my research, I explore various approaches…

AbstractThis research sought to translate three standardized assessment measures of phonological processing known to be related to text reading, into experimental tasks that measure music processing. The primary aim of this thesis was to ascertain the relationship between these musically-adapted…

Information Science is an interdisciplinary field that interacts with other disciplines through its intellectual borders. While there is much research into the interdisciplinary nature of Information Science, little research exists that identifies the nature, extent, and quality of these extra-disciplinary…

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