Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractApproaches to Learning in First Year University PhysicsRachel Wilson, Steve Georgakis, Manjula SharmaProblem statement: In recent decades, discipline specific ways of thinking and knowing have gained increased recognition in understanding learning. However, there has been little empirical research examining student approaches to learning within specific disciplines or, even more specifically, within different streams of study or in response to different curriculum within a discipline. Approach: The aim of this study was to … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 25 Feb 2012 · 9,211 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Influence of Parents in Adolescents' MisbehaviorHabibah Elias, Nooreen NoordinPositive relationships within the family, parental support, a consistent and constructive parental discipline style and adult supervision tend to be related negatively to adolescents deviant behaviors and their associations with deviant peers. Poor family relationships were found to be associated with higher levels of delinquent behaviors, possibly due to the fact that parents in those families provided poor role models … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 18 Jul 2011 · 8,384 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWaves of Knowledge Management: The Flow between Explicit and Tacit KnowledgeRoxanne Helm Stevens, Joshua Millage, Sondra ClarkProblem statement: Knowledge Management (KM) is often equated with content management. Indeed, robust knowledge management processes include a database; but, information becomes knowledge when it is understood, manipulated and can become tied to a purpose or idea. By equating KM with content management and by equating the purpose of KM with predictability and control, companies may inadvertently de-emphasize knowledge creation … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 9,181 accessesView PDFCite
Literature ReviewOpen accessIn the abstractSocial Cohesion: Its Meaning and ComplexitiesItumeleng Mekoa, Dauda BusariThe concept Social cohesion is relative and a somewhat difficult concept to define. Many scholars have offered varying degree of definitions but the main challenge noticed in the definition, is the multiple definitions based on individual scholar’s orientation or ideology. Another problem poised by these definitions of the concept is that of multi-level and multi-dimensional nature. Contemporary scholars of social … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 27 Mar 2018 · 9,915 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDynamic Elements at MP3RRelly Victoria Petrescu, Raffaella Aversa, Bilal Akash et al.Mechatronic robotic systems are today widely used worldwide to ease human work, but especially where work is dangerous, in toxic, radioactive, chemical, explosive atmospheres, without air such as underwater or in the cosmos, or in places hard to reach the man. Robots can take the tedious repetitive work under any circumstances and they can perform a difficult operation for a … …Journal of Mechatronics and Robotics, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 23 Nov 2017 · 7,566 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Classification and Prediction Model for Student's Performance in University LevelAshraf Abazeed, Moaiad KhderEducational Data Mining is a new discipline, focusing on studying the methods and creating models to utilize educational data, using those methods to better understand students and their performance. We implemented two different techniques on our dataset; classification used to build a prediction model and association rules were used to find interesting hidden information in the student's records. This study … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 13, Issue 7 · 14 Jul 2017 · 8,223 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractInculcating Human Values among School Students through Effective TeachingBhim Chandra MondalEducation is an essential process for inculcating values to enhance the learner in such a way so that they can lead a life that is gratifying to the individual in accordance with the cultivated values as well as with the ideals of the society. Values are those tools which help them for betterment of the quality of life. The value … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 2 · 12 Jun 2017 · 11,259 accessesView PDFCite