Author’s version of: Case, J. M. (2008). Alienation and engagement: Development of an alternative theoretical framework for understanding student learning. Higher Education, 55(3), 321 - 332. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-007-9057-5 Alienation and engagement: Development of an alternative theoretical framework for understanding student learning Jennifer M. Case Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town Abstract In this paper it is suggested that the themes of
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and mental processes. The findings of a particular study may support or lead to the alteration of a theory.While the scientific method doesn't provide a step-by-step recipe for dealing with specific circumstances, it does provide general guidelines for the following procedures in any scientific data collection. Formulation of the problem, design of the study, collection of data, analysis of data, conclusions drawn from data. The description of a study, its procedures, and its conclusions is frequently
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Outline Thesis: The MPAA is no longer an effective source to categorize the ratings of modern movies and the lack of censorship is harming children and teens. I: The NC-17 rating has become irrelevant. A. The producers edit and re-submit their films for a lower rating. B. Theaters do not want to air them. II: The MPAA does not treat content consistently. A. Violence is not treated as harshly as sexual content. 1. Small moments of sexual content will warrant a higher rating. 2. It takes extreme
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An annotated bibliography Web Links Anti-Slavery International http://www.antislavery.org/ Anti-Slavery International's Trafficking Programme comprises three elements: campaigning to end human trafficking, lobbying for victim protection, and research on measures governments take to protect victims of trafficking, especially those who act as witnesses. The web site provides information about both current and historical slavery operations. The UN Global Programme Against Trafficking in Human Beings
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upon completion of a physical exam involving questions surrounding the onset of the symptoms. Which include tender muscles, pain that happens with pressure on a trigger point, weakness in the affected area and sometimes limitation to the range-of-motion of the affected area. (Cleveland Clinic, 2013) Causes are suspect related to stress; stress is probably the biggest factor. Poor posture combined with overuse of muscles is also suspected contributors to the cause of myofascial pain and trigger
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Title: Enhancing Productivity & Quality in an integrated Steel Plant – a case study Name of the Scholar : O. Rama Mohan Rao AGM (Pers), Visakhapatnam Steel Plant Dept : Mechanical Engineering Name of the guide : Dr. K.Venkata Subbaiah, Ph.D, Professor in Mech. Engg., Andhra University Dept : Mechanical Engineering ABSTRACT Globalization is making most of the organizations, sectors more intensely competitive. Many organizations are struggling to
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CASE SYNOPSIS Business 478 Prepared by: Aswin Kumar Candice Woods Giorgio Budolig Lucas Segars Qasim Nathoo Prepared for: Jerry Sheppard March 20, 2013 Blackberry, Then And Now Research In Motion (RIM) entered the mobile communications industry in 1984. The Waterloo, Ontario, company founded by Mike Laziridis, penetrated the market with two-way paging technology; developed as a substitute product for Motorola’s SkyTel. Following a series of financing in 1998, and a Co-CEO partnership
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protections under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). The AWA authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate standards and other requirements governing the humane handling, housing, care, treatment, and transportation of certain animals by dealers, research facilities, exhibitors, carriers, and intermediate handlers. The AWA defines animal to mean “any live or dead dog, cat, monkey (nonhuman
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to provide photography for the everyday consumer at low cost. Eastman accomplished this by starting the Eastman Dry Plate Company, which was a global leader in mass producing dry plates for many years. Within four years of of the commencement of research, negative paper was introduced and would be used for the next century. Film became so efficient and cheap, Eastman invented the first commercial camera called the “Kodak” which revolutionized the “point and shoot” concept as the world know its today
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LECTURE NOTES I. Basic management functions have been around “forever.” However, we learn more about management as time goes on and things change that require adjustments, or sometimes, quite different ways of doing things. This chapter studies past management thought and practice so that we can learn the things that work well, in which situations, and the reasons that they do. The chapter also encourages us to keep looking for changes that will require adjustments so that we can continue
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