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Howth Castle - Vol. 02, No. 01 - 1985-1986, University Of Massachusetts Boston
Howth Castle - Vol. 02, No. 01 - 1985-1986, University Of Massachusetts Boston
Howth Castle (1985-1993)
No abstract provided.
Apparent Interactions In Community Models: A Challenge For Theoretical Ecology, Peter J. Taylor
Apparent Interactions In Community Models: A Challenge For Theoretical Ecology, Peter J. Taylor
Working Papers on Science in a Changing World
The primary aim of this working paper is to challenge theoretical ecologists to clarify the intended status of any simple model that they use. If we restrict our attention to a subcommunity and treat it as if it were the full community, we need to invoke apparent interactions that incorporate the effects of unspecified or hidden variables as well as direct interactions. This position resembles that of previous discussions of apparent competition (Holt 1977), indirect effects (Lawlor 1979), and ecological abstraction (Schaffer 1981), but my definition of apparent interactions differs from those stated or implied by these authors. I advance …
The Relationship Between Mathematical Expression And Biological Insight: Some Issues In Community Ecology Modeling, Exemplified By The Logistic Equation, Peter J. Taylor
The Relationship Between Mathematical Expression And Biological Insight: Some Issues In Community Ecology Modeling, Exemplified By The Logistic Equation, Peter J. Taylor
Working Papers on Science in a Changing World
The relationship between mathematical expression and biological insight is a central problem for modelers in community ecology. In this paper I distinguish three interpretations of this relationship: models as redescriptions as observations; models as capturing fundamental or generative biological relations; and models as an aid in exploring how to formulate the inquiries we put to nature. I aim to show that we can reduce ambiguities and confusion and ecological theory if we hold the different interpretations clearly in mind. I conclude by advancing an overall strategy of model building—de/composition—in which each of the interpretations plays a role. The logistic equation, …
Professor Richardson Et Al.: A New England Education, George V. Higgins
Professor Richardson Et Al.: A New England Education, George V. Higgins
New England Journal of Public Policy
George V. Higgins contributes to the series on the New England state of mind, identifying "a New England code of acceptable behavior" whose hallmarks are discretion "and a sense of decency, still powerful enough to prompt even those flouting it, and getting caught, to feel a sense of guilt."
Promotion Of Critical And Creative Thinking Skills Through The Teaching Of Poetry, Maura H. Albert
Promotion Of Critical And Creative Thinking Skills Through The Teaching Of Poetry, Maura H. Albert
Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection
This curriculum project has developed gradually over the past fourteen years during which time I have been teaching in the public elementary schools. I have always loved poetry; therefore it seemed natural to make the reading of poetry a standard part of my curriculum even in my first years of teaching. As the years went by and my own increasing enjoyment in reading poetry was coupled with and encouraged by the positive reactions of the children I taught, it seemed only natural not only to read more poetry in the classroom, but, also, to begin to do some exploration of …
Howth Castle - Vol. 01, No. 01 - April 1985, University Of Massachusetts Boston
Howth Castle - Vol. 01, No. 01 - April 1985, University Of Massachusetts Boston
Howth Castle (1985-1993)
No abstract provided.
Rusticus: Notes On Class And Culture In Rural New Hampshire, Donald Hall
Rusticus: Notes On Class And Culture In Rural New Hampshire, Donald Hall
New England Journal of Public Policy
Old New Hampshire Highway Number Four was incorporated by an act of the New Hampshire legislature in the autumn of 1800. It wound out of Portsmouth, a seaport that once rivaled Boston, drove west through Concord, north past Penacook, through Boscawen, Salisbury, Andover, and Wilmot on its way to Lebanon and the Connecticut River. These names string history like beads. The Penacook tribe assembled each year on the banks of the Merrimack at the site of the present town that bears their name. I grew up thinking Boscawen an unusual Indian name; it is Cornish, surname of an admiral victorious …