Mental Competency - Science topic

Agricultural University-Plovdiv; tani4ka.ilieva@abv.bg Резюме: В доклада са разгледани въпросите относно юридическия статут на туристическите сдружения, които са важен фактор в туристическото развитие на страната ни. Изяснени са особеностите и същността на анализираните организации, както и условията за тяхното законосъобразно учредяване и вписване...

In this article, research works on the use of smart technologies in teaching mathematics are studied. Studies of foreign scientists on the effectiveness of using Smart boards in mathematics lessons have been analyzed. The recommendations and practical works of the author on teaching the subject of mathematical analysis in higher education instituti...

This handbook is designed to provide an overview of common competency restoration practices, and expand upon available resources by explaining how various other clinical interventions can be adapted to help restore individuals to competency. Covering empirically-supported and creative interventions that can be adapted and individualized for a speci...

The 2025 edition of the SMACD Conference, which will take place at Istanbul, Türkiye, from the 7th to the 10th of July, will also hold an attractive event where M.Sc. and Ph.D. students can compete showing novel IC designs to reach one unique yet challenging goal: “DESIGN HIGH PERFORMING INTEGRATED “DESIGN HIGH PERFORMING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND...

As usual in SMACD Conferences, the 2025 edition, which will take place at Istanbul, Türkiye, from the 7th to the 10th of July, will also hold a thrilling and dynamic event where B.Sc/M.Sc/Ph.D. students compete with their best ideas, methodologies, flows, and tools with one unique yet challenging goal: “EMPOWER THE FUTURE OF “EMPOWER THE FUTURE OF...

Design and validation of CRISENSE, a novel critical competence assessment tool for Spanish adolescents and young adults.

The present article examines the impact of a practical approach in teaching applied mathematics for engineering at the Instituto Tecnológico de Puebla. Through problem-solving in disciplines such as calculus, algebra, and differential equations, the aim is to strengthen the critical skills of first-semester students. The implemented methodology inc...

The perceptions of Filipino students regarding implementing the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 or the K- to-12 Program in the Philippines, introduced in 2012 to enhance educational competency and global competitiveness, are examined in this research. Employing a qualitative approach enhanced using the Voyant Tool, the study meticulously colle...

Classroom grading reform and students’ whole child development are two important and timely topics in today’s schools. In this article, the authors draw parallels between CASEL’s five core competencies of social and emotional learning and the guiding principles of standards-based grading (SBG). This article helps educators understand SEL competenci...

This chapter focuses on the professionals who left schools with their cargoes-students and communities. It illustrates the great variety of positions that former young teachers take, from starting youth organizations to having nonprofits, supporting literacy, and after school activities. In this chapter, using typical and anecdotal examples, author...

Le CIREF-CCA 2025 sera l’occasion d’échanger et débattre sur la thématique du congrès avec la participation de chercheurs, experts et acteurs du monde socioéconomique et de nos partenaires internationaux en essayant de répondre à des questionnements en l’occurrence, • Comment l'intelligence artificielle redéfinit-elle les compétences et les respons...

The significance of flexibility in mathematics classrooms, particularly in interactive mathematics classrooms where students learn through hands-on experience, cannot be overstated. Teachers play a pivotal role in fostering students’ mathematical understanding by selecting appropriate tasks and providing expert guidance. Additionally, the patterns...

The transformation of education in the digital era demands a more innovative and adaptive approach to deal with the ever-evolving global dynamics. Deep Learning comes as a learning paradigm that emphasizes active student involvement in a meaningful, reflective, and fun learning process. Not only oriented towards knowledge transfer, this approach al...

z. Dijital öğrenme süreçleri ve uygulamaları günümüzde eğitimin önemli bir unsurudur ve bu durum özel yetenekli öğrencilerin eğimi ve yetenek gelişimi içinde geçerlidir. Dijital öğrenme tecrübeleri öğrencilere ve öğretmenlere, geleneksel öğrenme ortamında bulunmayan rol ve yetkinlikler sağlamıştır. Ancak bu öğrenme sürecinin iyi tasarlanması ve dij...

This study investigates international students' (ISs) perceptions of faculty members' intercultural teaching competence (ITC). Utilizing sociocultural theory and the ITC model, the study aims to develop a valid and reliable instrument and then analyze how ISs perceive faculty members' ITC. A total of 198 international students from 21 countries par...

A large number of giant paleo-landslides were found in the section from Lagan Gorge to Liujia Gorge, which is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. This area is located in the transition zone between the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and the Loess Plateau with a semi-arid climate. The occurrence of lacustrine deposits suggests that some of the...

Efficiency demands that we work smarter and not harder, but is this better for our wellbeing? Here, we ask if exerting effort on a task can increase feelings of meaning and purpose. In six studies (N = 2883), we manipulated how much effort participants exerted on a task and then assessed how meaningful they found those tasks. In Studies 1 and 2, we...

Hub Criativo do Beato is an infrastructure targeted at digital innovation in the city of Lisbon, Portugal, that has been constituted, since 2016, through a process that I call continuous and flexible repurposing of an old military-industrial complex. I also understand it as an anchor for urban rehabilitation and as a representation apparatus for a...

Resumo Hub Criativo do Beato é uma infraestrutura voltada à inovação digital da cidade de Lisboa, Portugal, que vem sendo constituída, desde 2016, por um processo que chamo de refuncionalização contínua e flexível de um antigo complexo industrial militar. Também a compreendo como âncora de reabilitação urbana e como dispositivo de representação par...

Advancements in technology have significantly impacted the integration of technology into educational practices. However, incorporating technology into teaching remains challenging, mainly due to the insufficient training received by some educators in this area. Effective technology integration, particularly in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) s...

Introduction We report a population-based, competing risk-adjusted analysis of the risk and timing of true recurrences and second primaries in women with breast cancer (BC), that are still ill-defined. Methods We performed a manual review of medical charts of 1988 BC patients from a cancer registry in northern Italy (2000–2013). The occurrence and...

This article presents techniques for modifying the power system stabilizer's (PSS) parameters. An enhanced version of the hippocampal optimization algorithm (HO) is presented here. HO represents a novel approach in metaheuristic methodology, having been inspired by the observed clinging behavior in hippos. The notion of the HO is defined using a tr...

Söylem, bir dilin günlük hayatta bir konuşucu tarafından, bir amaç ve ihtiyaç doğrultusunda belli bir kişiye veya topluluğa yönelik söylenen sözcükler veya cümleler bütünüdür. Fransızcanın yabancı dil olarak öğretiminde/öğreniminde Fransızların günlük yaşamından alınan söylemlerden veya söylem kesitlerinden yararlanılması öğrenenlerin doğal yolla d...

This paper improves the innovation and entrepreneurship education and management level of college students by building an online informationized innovation and entrepreneurship education platform. Based on the collaborative filtering recommendation algorithm, the project theme is semantically analyzed with the help of Chinese named entity recogniti...

Globalization not only accelerates economic and technological exchanges, but also profoundly affects the field of education, especially the internationalized cultivation goal of higher education. Based on the analysis of the globalization level of education in colleges and universities in a certain city and the analysis of the global competence of...

The debate surrounding skills that young people will need in the future to master current national and global challenges is subject to a continuous, controversial process. A consensus has resulted in what are known as twenty-first-century skills. These skills aim to enable learners to form well-founded opinions and be educated to become responsible...

Maintaining competent and professional employees is one of the important missions of human resource management. This human resource management system is partly related to strengthening the body of employees and partly to strengthening the spirit of employees' interest in the work and the work environment. Because one of the key factors for the succ...

While today’s consumers are constantly informed through shopping sites, apps, and social media, they spontaneously share and exchange data on their interests and experiences. Thanks to the Internet, the volume of shared data in the past ten years has surpassed that of all previous human history. However, this ambition reflects a real need to adopt...

Trends in emerging technologies, generative artificial intelligence and the use of ChatGPT and other AI tools necessitated certain skills for successful use. However, individuals, including greying, older adults find themselves at the periphery of the technological revolution. Their predicaments are caused by personal fears, unwillingness to use te...

Today, artificial intelligence is effective in most aspects of human life. The reason for this can be attributed to the impressive speed and accuracy of artificial intelligence in processing a large volume of data in a short time and, consequently, the increase in speed and accuracy in performing various human tasks. One of these aspects is the use...

This study examines the influence of government policy on the success of education digitalisation in developing countries. The study uses a literature review method. The results show that government regulation and investment play an important role in improving the accessibility of educational technology, especially in remote areas. Policies that fo...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of television (TV) streaming on cochlear implant (CI) user performance and satisfaction in quiet and in noise. Method Sixteen CI users (15 bilateral) were evaluated in quiet and in noise (5 dB SNR) under three CI conditions: CI only, streaming with CI microphones attenuated by 6...

Sri Lanka's exam-centric education system places immense pressure on students, fostering an environment where rote memorization is prioritized over true learning. This paper critically examines the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination and the widespread reliance on closed-book assessments in schools and universities. Drawing on global educational models...

In this article, we report that the air‐stable “naked nickel”, [Ni(4‐CF3stb)3], is a competent catalyst in the catalytic Suzuki–Miyaura cross‐coupling reaction (SMC) between heteroaryl bromides and heteroaromatic boron‐based nucleophiles. The catalytic system is characterized by its ability to avoid decomposition or deactivation in the presence of...

Recently, density peak clustering (DPC) has gained attention for its ability to intuitively determine the number of classes, identify arbitrarily shaped clusters, and automatically detect and exclude anomalies. However, DPC faces challenges as it considers only the global distribution, resulting in difficulties with group density, and its point all...

Interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional collaborative practice have gained significant recognition for their ability to enhance health care education and improve patient outcomes, particularly in dentistry. Given the close connection between oral and general health, incorporating IPE into dental curricula has become essential in pre...

We introduce a dynamic game of outbidding where two groups use violence to compete in a tug-of-war fashion for evolving public support. We fit the model to the canonical outbidding rivalry between Hamas and Fatah using newly collected data on Palestinian public support for these groups. Competition has heterogeneous effects, and we demonstrate that...

Students are increasingly utilizing AI educational tools in their daily learning, complementing human instructors. Yet, little is known about how and when learning assistant type (Human vs. AI) influences students’ innovation behavior. To better understand these ambiguities, based on self-determination theory and organizational climate theory, the...

The study aimed to improve the English proficiency of Grade 10 students at Haluban National High School, focusing on various English competencies such as reading, listening, vocabulary development, literature, writing, and grammar awareness. The research explored the use of ICT-supported instructional materials, specifically video clips of Edgar Al...

Introduction Healthcare leaders face complex ethical challenges that can impact patient care and organizational integrity. For international healthcare management students pursuing leadership roles in Australia, these challenges are heightened by ethical, cultural, and transnational differences. This exploratory study examined the challenges faced...

Abstract: With our research, we would like to draw attention to the fact that the use of herbs should not be merely a supplementary, optional therapy in certain medical treatment processes, but rather an integral element of evidence. The lack of knowledge about herbal medicine is what really hinders the increase in healing efficiency in many cases...

This book aims to critically examine and identify transformative strategies for legal education in response to the growing influence of artificial intelligence, addressing gaps in current scholarship by focusing specifically on practical pedagogical innovation and ethical considerations. The collection intends to provide actionable insights into ho...

We investigate the effects of Hund's coupling on the resonant x-ray absorption spectra of the recently discovered family of layered nickelate superconductors. We contrast two scenarios depending on the relative strength of the ratio of the effective Hund's coupling ( J H ) to the crystal fields ( Δ ) in these systems. We carry out the cluster and D...

The author focuses on the soft skills (universal competencies) of future IT specialists, which are in demand by employers when developing team IT projects. It has been revealed that the universal competencies that IT companies are interested in are not being sufficiently developed by future IT specialists at universities, which creates problems in...

For Muslims, the Ka‘ba holds immense significance as the destination of pilgrimage—an obligatory act of worship—and as the direction toward which prayers are performed. The kiswa is a cover that has been placed on the Ka‘ba, the holiest place in Islam, since the Jāhiliyya period as an expression of respect for it. Although there are some exceptions...

Data quality is critical in mental health research, yet there is considerable variability in the training and preparation of those involved in data collection. Individuals with limited research training often play a central role in collecting data and, to date, no systematic means of evaluating researcher competencies exists. The Assessment of Key...

Absztrakt Absztrakt tartalma: A szakképzést az elmúlt években új intézkedések bevezetése, átalakítások hosszú sora jellemezte, melyek a szakképzés minden területére kiterjedtek. Ezen változások egyik kiváltó oka az állam által kitűzött gazdasági célok megnövekedett befolyása a szakképzésre, s ezáltal a szakképzés teljes struktúrájára, mely többek k...

Voters commonly respond to economic downturns by punishing incumbents. But what about the fate of the opposition? When assessing policymaker performance in tough times, do voters choose an established party with experience as head of government or an inexperienced challenger? Research on the rise of challengers emphasizes issue opinions and elite s...

La alfabetización geográfica se presenta como uno de los conocimientos imprescindibles en la formación obligatoria. El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar las habilidades espaciales de estudiantes de educación secundaria a partir de sus conocimientos sobre contenidos geográficos globales y su competencia geoespacial. La metodología se ha bas...

Ce document présente, avec précision et quelques exemples, une théorie des organisations qui décrit 12 types d'organisation avec leurs avantages et leurs risques ; en l'utilisant on peut prévoir des problèmes, et identifier des directions et des moyens d'amélioration. C'est une version fortement actualisée du modèle de Mintzberg. Elle intègre et dé...

Simultaneously addressing multiple objectives is becoming increasingly important in modern machine learning. At the same time, data is often high-dimensional and costly to label. For a single objective such as prediction risk, conventional regularization techniques are known to improve generalization when the data exhibits low-dimensional structure...

While COVID-19 vaccines became available quickly for adults and teens in the U.S., children under 5 years old waited an additional year and a half for vaccine access, even though they were often present in congregate settings like daycares and preschools and had the highest rates of hospitalization and death from COVID-19 of any pediatric age group...

Over the last decade, there has been an increasing concern about competence-based blended pedagogy and learning assessment methods in Kilimanjaro region private schools. The article critically examines how teachers aid learning and learners learning assessment techniques. Teaching and learning Learners pursuing both primary and secondary education...

The study aimed about the development and evaluation of an Instructional material in Science 4 in Jose De Mesa Elementary School in terms of the following criteria: Level of competency, the rating of an expert in in terms of learning outcomes, learning contents, learning activities and assessment of students learning and lastly the significant diff...

Transformer models have achieved remarkable success across various AI applications but face significant training costs. Low-bit training, such as INT8 training, can leverage computational units with higher throughput, and has already demonstrated its effectiveness on GPT2 models with block-level quantization. However, it struggles with modern Trans...

Introduction. As the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly advances, academic libraries are increasingly pivotal in supporting AI literacy among students and faculty. Method. Through content analysis, the present study examines 70 newly developed generative AI LibGuides from academic libraries affiliated with the association of resear...

The presented work is focused on researching the essence of public enforcement of Georgia’s competition legislation, its mechanisms, and the issue of separating its enforcement competencies between the respective state authorities. In 2020, the Georgian Law on Competition underwent comprehensive reform. This reform introduced a unique approach to t...

The delayed demagnetization in Ni relative to Fe in the ultrafast demagnetization studies in FeNi alloy has led to two competing theoretical explanations: The Inhomogeneous Magnon Generation (IMG) and the Optically Induced Spin Transfer (OISTR) model. The IMG attributes the delay to the preferential magnon generation at the Fe sites and its subsequ...

Peer review is a cornerstone of scientific advancement, intended to provide an unbiased evaluation of research originality, rigour and merit. While this process is intended to be impartial, increasing scrutiny has focused on the adequacy and fairness of the peer review process across various scientific fields. Questions regarding the reliability, a...

Background-Assessment is a successful tool for learning. Continuous internal assessment (CIA) is implemented to improve sustained students learning with quality. It has several benefits and limitations. The aim of the study is to investigate student's perception towards continuous internal assessment. Materials and Methods-The study was conducted o...

The study aimed about the development and evaluation of an Instructional material in Science 4 in Jose De Mesa Elementary School in terms of the following criteria: Level of competency, the rating of an expert in in terms of learning outcomes, learning contents, learning activities and assessment of students learning and lastly the significant diff...

We simultaneously cool $\gtrsim$100 mechanical modes of a membrane with a photothermally modified optical cavity driven by a single blue-detuned laser. In contrast to radiation pressure and bolometric forces applied directly to the mechanical system, this cooling effect does not depend on the sign of detuning, allowing for single-laser stabilizatio...

Abstract: This article reveals the need to create conditions for the realization of children's potential, looking at today's realities. In the age of information technology, we can no longer demand that children in the school environment completely abandon gadgets. Education now gives new competencies. The article also shows applications and games...

Background and Aims Their close contact with the cokes paediatricians a key group of healthcare professionals for the dissemination of environmental health (EH) notions and the protection of children and families. However, international studies show that their knowledge and competences in EH matters are limited. Methods We recruited a sample of 29...

Encouraging students to reflect critical perspective of the use of English that is beyond the status quo creates globally compatible life skills and self-confidence. Indonesia, a non-English-speaking country, has faced several issues through the relation between critical pedagogy and teachers’ professional development in ELT practices. It is proven...

This article will introduce the definitions, merits, and demerits of the four prominent teaching and learning theories and their effects on developing learners' competency. Behaviorism, cognitive, mentalist, and monitoring are the most influential teaching and learning theories. The fundamental distinction between these theories relates to their in...

The digital revolution has brought great challenges as well as opportunities in education, including Islamic religious education (PAI). This article discusses the revitalization of PAI to answer the needs of the digital era with two main focuses: the current condition of Islamic religious education and strategic steps to carry out revitalization. T...

Miscitation of research findings is a common problem as evidenced by 19% of citations in top psychology journals being in error (Cobb et al., American Psychologist, 79:299–311, 2024). Such errors interfere with the orderly cumulation of knowledge. Providing a case study, this research examines the citations of a recent and highly cited article on g...

Introduction: Bangladesh education system has gone through multiple changes in recent years. From introducing creative system to present new curriculum adaptation. The new curriculum was introduced in 2023 primarily. The key features of this curriculum are to be more skills-based, modernize the system, moving away from rote memorizations and be pra...

Background: The dietary and health condition of ICDS recipients has been the focus of the majority of research. Given that AWW are the primary resource persons, there has been less emphasis placed on assessing their knowledge and understanding of the suggested ICDS programs. Objective: Assessment of cognitive, attitudinal and behavioral competence...

Introduction. Optimizing NLP models for fairness poses many challenges. Lack of differentiable fairness measures prevents gradient-based loss training or requires surrogate losses that diverge from the true metric of interest. In addition, competing objectives (e.g., accuracy vs. fairness) often require making trade-offs based on stakeholder prefer...

This study introduces a new family of distributions (FoD) called type I heavy-tailed odd Burr III-G (TI-HT-OBIII-G) distribution. Several statistical properties of the family are derived along with actuarial risk measures. The maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) approach is adopted in the parameter estimation process. The estimates are evaluated ce...

The National Guard in South Carolina has a rich culture of organised militiamen, with leadership playing a crucial role in shaping organisational culture. The study investigates the relationship between leadership styles (transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire) and organisational culture within the SCARNG, using the Competing Values Fra...

The concept of competence was known through the 1970s-1980s. Any interpreter should have training or some knowledge about it. However, the idea of consecutive interpreting competence is developed timidly in many areas around the world. Similarly, the research on the models of translation and interpreting necessitates further research. Translation m...

In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicant Ascenza Agro S.A. submitted a request to the competent national authority in France to modify the existing maximum residue level (MRL) for the active substance metalaxyl‐M in honey. The data submitted in support of the request were found to be sufficient to derive MRL propos...

Children with special needs (ABK) face many challenges in accessing equal and quality education. To support their needs, adaptive and inclusive educational changes are needed based on understanding diversity of abilities. The importance of inclusive education as a form of change, including a flexible curriculum, the use of learning support technolo...

Unbiased estimators are valuable when no auxiliary information is available beyond the primary study variables. However, once auxiliary information is accessible, biased estimators with smaller Mean Square Error (MSE) often outperform unbiased estimators that have large variances. We sought to develop new estimators that incorporate a single auxili...

Achieving sex-based equity in organizational leadership roles has proven to be a ‘wicked’ problem with existing diversity initiatives providing minimal improvement. In this paper, we address this issue by considering a key inhibiter to women’s leadership advancement—biased perceptions of female leaders’ competence—and links to a climate for inclusi...

The aim of this study was to compare the socio-demographic, sporting characteristics and perceptions of student-athletes with disabilities of perceived barriers according to the state system of dual career support. Two hundred and twelve student-athletes with disabilities from two European countries with state centralisation in dual career-related...

The rising prevalence of greenwashing by firms has emerged as a major concern for regulatory authorities over the past decade. This paper examines the impact of regulation on firms’ strategic decisions regarding greenwashing and environmental quality in an oligopolistic market. We model two firms that compete on environmental quality and greenwashi...

Resumo As mudanças no acesso à informação e ao conhecimento levantam a necessidade de avaliar a capacitação dos educa-dores para o enfrentamento aos desafios dessa transformação. Nesta pesquisa, a formação continuada é considerada um aspecto-chave para aprimorar as práticas pedagógicas e atualizar os conhecimentos desses profissionais. Este trabalh...

Cet article présente une expérimentation pédagogique menée à Polytech Orléans en 2023-2024, basée sur le concept de design playing. Cette approche inverse la perspective traditionnelle des serious games en plaçant les élèves-ingénieurs dans une posture de concepteurs de jeux plutôt que de simples joueurs. L’expérience, menée auprès d’étudiants en s...

Principal leadership has a significant influence in improving teacher performance, which ultimately impacts the quality of education in schools. This study aims to analyze the role of principal leadership in supporting teacher performance through motivational strategies, supervision, and competency development. This study uses a descriptive qualita...

Engineering design requires humans to make complex, multi-objective decisions involving trade-offs where it is challenging to identify the best solution. AI-embedded computational support tools are increasingly used to aid in such scenarios, enhancing the design decision-making process. However, over- or under-reliance on imperfect “blackbox” model...

This study examines how Japanese Generation Z, “digital natives” currently in higher education, engage in cross-cultural learning and develop global skills. In the modern digital era, encountering and studying international topics, cultures, and languages is no longer limited to the traditional physical movement of people to acquire new experiences...

Given how quickly technology is developing, 21st-century learning must connect with it and focus on giving students the skills they need to succeed in the twenty-first century. This research aims to design e-modules integrated with game-based problem-based learning to improve 21st-century skills. The research method uses the ADDIE development model...

El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo determinar la relación entre competencias matemáticas y estrategias de enseñanza aplicadas para grado sexto en las instituciones técnicas públicas de Duitama, Boyacá. Se desarrolló a través de una metodología cuantitativa con diseño de campo en la que se analizaron las variables competencias matemáticas y estr...

Network reconstruction is the task of inferring the unseen interactions between elements of a system, based only on their behavior or dynamics. This inverse problem is in general ill-posed, and admits many solutions for the same observation. Nevertheless, the vast majority of statistical methods proposed for this task -- formulated as the inference...

This study explores the perceived effectiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) for special-needs students in primary schools in Saudi Arabia. The main objective is to uncover the key factors that influence teachers' willingness to accept and use AI technologies in their classrooms. Using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the study examines ho...

We present a simple model where, before competing in prices, firms announce which prices they intend to choose. Deviating from these announcements involves a cost. We show that sharing pricing intentions results in prices being set above their competitive levels. All equilibria result in prices that are higher than in the absence of announcements....

As Machine Translation (MT) technologies become more advanced, the translation errors they generate are often increasingly subtle. When MT is integrated in ‘Human-in-the-Loop’ (HITL) translation workflows for specialized domains, successful Post-Editing (PE) hinges on the humans involved having in-depth subject competence, as knowledge of the speci...

Anti-preferential attachment is a social network formation mechanism where nodes with a lower degree have more chances of acquiring new connections. Recent findings indicate interesting conditions under which anti-preferential attachment appears: it has been documented that pairs of on-line users with one or more friends in common are more likely t...

The field of special education requires special competence from defectologist-teachers and readiness to apply individualized teaching and support methods, which represents an important topic for scientific research. The aim of this research is to analyse the characteristics of future professional activities and the process of competence development...

Mathematics is often described as a “high status” discipline and in primary schools, mathematics is compulsory. However, in educational research, myriad performance issues in primary mathematics teaching and learning have been emphasised. The foundations of future mathematics learning are laid for young learners by their teachers who are often the...

Data and information are growing exponentially due to advances and innovations in information and communication technologies. This growth forces organizations to gain new capabilities to compete or stay current in their marketplace. Open Access Data (OAD), resulting from the open source movement, is seen as a double-edged sword from the management...