Evaluating, Doing and Writing Research in Psychology

Bell, Philip; Staines, Phillip; Michell, Joel

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“…To simplify subsequent discussion of these differing perspectives, we herein refer to the latter (i.e., hybrid Third Space) as the "synthesis perspective." According to Bell, Bell and Michell (2001), definitions can be of two types, descriptive (or conventional meaning) and stipulative (or author defined meaning). A key difference between Bhabha's conceptualization of hybridity and its use in education research is that he presents a stipulative definition of hybridity while the synthesis view represents a descriptive definition.…”

Section: Hybridity and Third Space In Cultural Studies And Educationamentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigating and theorizing discourse during analogy writing in chemistry

Bellocchi

Ritchie

2011

J Res Sci Teach

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Explanations of the role of analogies in learning science at a cognitive level are made in terms of creating bridges between new information and students' prior knowledge. In this empirical study of learning with analogies in an 11 th grade chemistry class, we explore an alternative explanation at the "social" level where analogy shapes classroom discourse. Students in the study developed analogies within small groups and with their teacher. These classroom interactions were monitored to identify changes in discourse that took place through these activities. Beginning from socio-cultural perspectives and hybridity, we investigated classroom discourse during analogical activities. From our analyses, we theorized a merged discourse that explains how the analog discourse becomes intertwined with the target discourse generating a transitional state where meanings, signs, symbols and practices are in flux. Three categories were developed that capture how students intertwined the analog and target discourses-merged words, merged utterances/sentences, and merged practices.

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Section: Hybridity and Third Space In Cultural Studies And Educationamentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigating and theorizing discourse during analogy writing in chemistry

Bellocchi

Ritchie

2011

J Res Sci Teach

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“…Classroom studies that adopt Third Space and hybridity as theoretical constructs share the common theme that a first space (teacher/school discourse) interacts with a second space (students' everyday discourses/everyday language practices) to produce a hybrid Third Space (e.g., Gutiérrez et al, 1999). To simplify subsequent discussion of these differing perspectives, we herein refer to the latter (i.e., hybrid Third Space) as the “synthesis perspective.” According to Bell, Bell, and Michell (2001), definitions can be of two types, descriptive (or conventional meaning) and stipulative (or author defined meaning). A key difference between Bhabha's conceptualization of hybridity and its use in education research is that he presents a stipulative definition of hybridity while the synthesis view represents a descriptive definition.…”

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DNA compaction into new DNA vectors based on cyclodextrin polymer: Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy characterization

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The ability of DNA to bind polycation yielding polyplexes is widely used in nonviral gene delivery. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the DNA compaction with a new DNA vector using Raman spectroscopy. The polyplexes result from an association of a beta-cyclodextrin polymer (polybeta-CD), an amphiphilic cationic connector (DC-Chol or adamantane derivative Ada2), and DNA. The charge of the polymeric vector is effectively controlled by simple addition of cationic connector in the medium. We used surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to characterize this ternary complex, monitoring the accessibility of adenyl residues to silver colloids. The first experiments were performed using model systems based on polyA (polyadenosine monophosphate) well characterized by SERS. This model was then extended to plasmid DNA to study polybeta-CD/Ada2/DNA and polybeta-CD/DC-Chol/DNA polyplexes. The SERS spectra show a decrease of signal intensity when the vector/DNA charge ratio (Z+/-) increases. At the highest ratio (Z+/- = 10) the signal is 6-fold and 3-fold less intense than the DNA reference signal for Ada2 and DC-Chol polyplexes, respectively. Thus adenyl residues have a reduced accessibility as DNA is bound to the vector. Moreover, the SERS intensity variations are in agreement with gel electrophoresis and zeta potential experiments on the same systems. The overall study clearly demonstrates that the cationic charges neutralizing the negative charges of DNA result in the formation of stable polyplexes. In vitro transfection efficiency of those DNA vectors are also presented and compared to the classical DC-Chol lipoplexes (DC-Chol/DNA). The results show an increase of the transfection efficiency 2-fold higher with our vector based on polybeta-CD.

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“…Argument denotes statements made when presenting reasons for accepting a given conclusion (Bell, Stains, & Mitchell, 2001). Scholarly writing involves a crafted argument; the use of references or quotes from other sources; and clear positioning in relation to the existing knowledge, regardless of the focus of the article and whether it involves the collection of observations or measurements.…”

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Emergence of Scholarship in theAmerican Journal of Occupational Therapy

Crepeau

Wilson

2013

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy

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We undertook a content analysis of 192 American Journal of Occupational Therapy articles published from 1947 to 2010 to understand and explicate the emergence of scholarship within the profession. Scholarship includes scientific inquiry, empirical research, and other forms of inquiry. We identified and coded three aspects of the development of scholarship: argument, methodological rigor, and occupational focus. All three aspects increased over the evaluated period, during which substantial changes occurred in the profession's practice and access to higher education. We see the development of scholarship as aligned with the claiming of the profession's independence and voice.

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Evaluating, Doing and Writing Research in Psychology

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Investigating and theorizing discourse during analogy writing in chemistry

Investigating and theorizing discourse during analogy writing in chemistry

DNA compaction into new DNA vectors based on cyclodextrin polymer: Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy characterization

Emergence of Scholarship in theAmerican Journal of Occupational Therapy

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