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Individualismul metodologic: principiu esenţial în cunoaşterea ştiinţifică a realităţii sociale

Alexandru, Odea - In: Revista OEconomica (2010) 03

This article tries to make evident the fact that the scientific endeavour of “macro”-behaviouristic-empiricist paradigms does not have a real basis because it is not grounded on the ultimate principle of society: human action. The emphasis of this article is on the perspective that the most...

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Effectiveness of Selected Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions: Findings from Two Student Cohorts.

James-Burdumy, Susanne; Deke, John; Lugo-Gil, Julieta; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2010

This study evaluated the effectiveness of four supplemental reading comprehension programs in helping disadvantaged … fifth graders improve reading comprehension. The study, supported by the Institute of Education Sciences in the U …

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Imperialism and Theoricity in the Economic Science

Dinga, Emil - In: Studii Financiare (Financial Studies) 13 (2009) 1, pp. 183-191

The issue of the epistemological state of the economic science is one in process. The economic science is the victim of an epistemological and especially methodological imperialism exerted by the natural sciences (mainly by the non-relativistic physics) and, at the same time, is the author of an...

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Effectiveness of Selected Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions: Impacts on a First Cohort of Fifth-Grade Students (Conference Paper)

James-Burdumy, Susanne - Mathematica Policy Research - 2009

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Effectiveness of Selected Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions: Impacts on a First Cohort of Fifth-Grade Students

James-Burdumy, Susanne; Mansfield, Wendy; Deke, John; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2009

information and gleaning knowledge from text. This report, from Mathematicaâ€™s federal study of four reading comprehension … comprehension. Overall, the curricula had no positive impact on student test scores, and in some cases, had a negative impact. The …

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RETHINKING PLANNING THEORY AND PRACTICE: A GLIMMER OF LIGHT FOR PROSPECTS OF INTEGRATED PLANNING TO COMBAT COMPLEX URBAN REALITIES

Ahmed Baha' El-Deen ABUKHATER - In: Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 4 (2009) 2(11), pp. 64-79

highlights key lessons and parallels from past experiences regarding the idea of planning comprehension, rationality in planning …

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Strong and weak sides of reading skills of Russian elementary school graduates: Evidence of PIRLS 52006 scores

Kuznetsova, Marina - In: Educational Studies (2009) 1, pp. 107-136

international test of reading comprehension skills PIRLS-2006. The relevance of this analysis is due to the need to determine the … develop ways of improving teaching techniques of reading comprehension of literary and information texts in elementary school … graduates showed a good level of reading comprehension both of literary and information texts. However, the performance on …

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Within a Nutshell (The Mental Roots of Human Insusceptibility to New Ideas)

Petrosyan, Armen - In: Journal of the Knowledge Economy 6 (2015) 1, pp. 157-189

An attempt is undertaken to reveal the conceptual grounds of the opposition and resistance to innovations. The origins and evolution of the views on the reception of new ideas, during the last half a century, have been traced, and the conclusion drawn that the social and personal dimensions are...

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Boundary conditions to the effect of fluency and comprehension on AAD when targeting Hispanics vs Whites with single meaning vs polysemous slogans

Zúñiga, Miguel Angel; Torres, Ivonne M.; Niculescu, Mihai - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 32 (2015) 3, pp. 145-156

used the central route (comprehension) to process ads. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, 310 undergraduate … route (comprehension) to process advertisements. Results suggest that while polysemous slogans are similarly interpreted by … subject independent of their ethnic identification score, for single-meaning slogans, the impact of comprehension on attitudes …

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Boundary conditions to the effect of fluency and comprehension on AAD when targeting Hispanics vs Whites with single meaning vs polysemous slogans

Zúñiga, Miguel Ángel; Torres, Ivonne M.; Niculescu, Mihai - In: The journal of consumer marketing 32 (2015) 3, pp. 145-156

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