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Scale and species richness: towards a general, hierarchical theory of species diversity

diversity

Field R, Whittaker RJ, Willis KJ.
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RJ Whittaker, KJ Willis, R Field - Journal of biogeography, 2001 - Wiley Online Library

Aim Current weaknesses of diversity theory include: a failure to distinguish different biogeographical response variables under the general heading of diversity; and a general …

Predictions and tests of climate‐based hypotheses of broad‐scale variation in taxonomic richness

diversity

Cornell HV, Currie DJ, Field R, Mittelbach GG.
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DJ Currie, GG Mittelbach, HV Cornell, R Field… - Ecology …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library

Broad‐scale variation in taxonomic richness is strongly correlated with climate. Many mechanisms have been hypothesized to explain these patterns; however, testable …

Informal learning and social capital

informal learning

Field J.
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J Field, L Spence - The necessity of informal learning, 2000 - books.google.com

… education and training can simply mean that people have found that informal learning is a better way of achieving the goals they set … Implicit in the concept of a ‘learning society’is the idea that social arrangements can...

Listening instruction

field instruction

Field J, Burns A.
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J Field, A Burns - The Cambridge guide to pedagogy and …, 2012 - books.google.com

This chapter begins by outlining the methodology most widely adopted for the teaching of second language listening. The approach is evaluated and a recent shift in priorities is described. Issues directly relating to methodology (principally ways of strengthening the...

Self-determination: A key to success in postsecondary education for students with learning disabilities

field instruction

Field S.
GSID: D3odI6TjX8YJ
S Field, MD Sarver, SF Shaw - Remedial and special …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com

… Field and Hoffman stated that such environments have (a) self-determined role models; (b) instruction and support for the development of knowledge, skills, and beliefs that lead to self-determination; (c) opportunities for choice; (d) communication patterns that support self-…

Behaviourism and training: the programmed instruction movement in Britain, 1950–1975

field instruction

Field J.
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J Field - Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2007 - Taylor & Francis

… Operationalised for educational and training purposes as ‘programmed instruction’ and … It then examines the evolution of behaviourism and its influence on the programmed instruction… , its longer‐term impact was largely in the field of computer‐based learning. The...

Elementary STEM teacher education: Recent practices to prepare general elementary teachers for STEM

K-12 STEM training

Fields M.
GSID: EJqH-CJZuJ4J
M Fields, G Naizer - Handbook of Research on STEM …, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com

… Science teachers (K-12) are now encouraged and required by some states to include the … enough and recommended more training in STEM subjects and specific pedagogies such as …

Listening in the language classroom

field instruction

Field J.
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J Field - ELT journal, 2010 - academic.oup.com

… Those commentators include Field, as the book makes abundantly clear. I stress the importance of including strategy instruction in any listening programme, so as to enable early-stage L2 learners to make partial sense of what they hear. In...

Life skills instruction: A necessary component for all students with disabilities a position statement of the Division on Career Development and Transition

field instruction

Field S, Patton JR.
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GM Clark, S Field, JR Patton… - Career …, 1994 - journals.sagepub.com

… The Division on Career Development and Transition affirms the importance of life skills instruction for all students in schools today. Students with disabilities are especially in need ot’ life skills instruction in light of the predominance of evidence...

Controlled Analyses of Social Biases in Wikipedia Bios

Latinx/Hispanic ethnicity

Field A, Tsvetkov Y.
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A Field, CY Park, Y Tsvetkov - arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.00078, 2020 - arxiv.org

… Our goal is to identify observed gender and race as perceived … Thus, we derive race and gender directly from Wikipedia … For reference, for articles about Latinx/Hispanic people, where …

Understanding participation in learning for non-traditional adult learners: Learning careers and the construction of learning identities

non-traditional student

Field J.
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B Crossan, J Field, J Gallacher… - British journal of sociology …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis

… The study elicited the views of three groups: ‘new learners’, people newly participating in FE who were learning at four different colleges on courses designed to attract non-traditional …

Schooling, networks and the labour market: explaining participation in lifelong learning in Northern Ireland

informal learning

Field J.
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J Field - British Educational Research Journal, 1999 - Taylor & Francis

School attainment is generally believed to be correlated positively with participation in adult learning. The paper explores evidence from Northern Ireland that suggests an inverse …

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