The popular justification for programmed texts is that students can work at their own rate but this does not mean that increased efficiency can be taken for granted. For instance…
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The popular justification for programmed texts is that students can work at their own rate but this does not mean that increased efficiency can be taken for granted. For instance, it has been suggested that the time spent on a programme may not correlate with retention test results. Also it has been noticed that children who take a long time to complete their work on a programme seem to gain low marks on the final test. And it is claimed that, with some children, the time spent with the teacher is badly utilised.
In an investigation designed to consider the part played by personality factors on children's level of success when studying science through a programmed course, all the children…
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In an investigation designed to consider the part played by personality factors on children's level of success when studying science through a programmed course, all the children in the second year of a Leicestershire High School (comprehensive) were tested to obtain two scores, an introversion score and an extroversion score. These were compared with the success rate for each child within the science course. Success was rated on both the number of programmes completed and on the results gained on the final test which followed each programme.
Thomas E. Drabek and David A. McEntire
Research on emergent behavior has been a significant topic within disaster studies. Through a detailed review of the literature we provide background information about this…
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Research on emergent behavior has been a significant topic within disaster studies. Through a detailed review of the literature we provide background information about this particular branch of disaster sociology. Following a brief discussion of the process by which literature was selected, important trends and areas of debate are discussed. These include the validation of previous findings, an expansion of the discussion on emergent phenomena and a critique of the bureaucratic approach. We conclude with implications for the theory and practice of emergency management.
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In this paper, the author traces the historical evolution of the use of methods by the police and the executive to undermine the protective effects of the right to silence. He…
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In this paper, the author traces the historical evolution of the use of methods by the police and the executive to undermine the protective effects of the right to silence. He argues that the introduction of greater protections for accused persons in the provisions of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 has resulted in an increase in costs of the administration of summary jurisdiction with the commensurate reduction in the numbers of persons being convicted. Hence political initiatives are being undertaken to find an effective way to remove the effects of the right to silence, contained in these protections. He examines the effects of the so‐called s. 2 powers to compel answers to questions, possessed by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The paper ends by examining the proposals in the recent Report of the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice and argues that the recommendation to extend the exercise of s. 2 powers to the police is merely another step towards the introduction of an increasingly authoritarian regime of criminal justice.