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The Internet And The Truth About Science: We Gave A Science War But Nobody Came, George Meadows, Aimee Howley

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

Even though sophisticated discussion of the nature of scientific claims is taking place in the academy, public school teachers of science and mathematics may harbor naive assumptions about the way that scientific processes function to construct the "truth." Reluctant to change their prior assumptions about science, such teachers may become vulnerable to information technologies (including "low-tech" media such as textbooks and films) that construe science as a collection of facts. An on-line lesson about constructivism provided a forum in which a group of teachers revealed well-established epistemologies seemingly inimical to the principles of conceptual change teaching. ...

Education Policy Analysis Archives 06/19 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Internet and the truth about science : we gave a science war but nobody came / George Meadows [and] Aimee Howley.

The Internet And The Truth About Science: We Gave A Science War But Nobody Came, George Meadows, Aimee Howley

Education Faculty Articles

Even though sophisticated discussion of the nature of scientific claims is taking place in the academy, public school teachers of science and mathematics may harbor naïve assumptions about the way that scientific processes function to construct the "truth" Reluctant to change their prior assumptions about science, such teachers may become vulnerable to information technologies (including "low-tech" media such as textbooks and films) that construe science as a collection of facts. An on-line lesson about constructivism provided a forum in which a group of teachers revealed well-established epistemologies seemingly inimical to the principles of conceptual change teaching.  Further, the strategies used …

Undergraduate Curriculum And Academic Policy Committee Minutes, October 13, 1998

Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee meeting held on October 13, 1998.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 88 [89], No. 13 (Oct. 13, 1998), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 88, but it is the 89th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

Executive Committee - Agenda, 10/13/1998, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 023, Number 11, October 12, 1998, Grand Valley State University

1998-1999, Volume 23

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Commonwealth Times 1998-10-12

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Missouri S&T Magazine, Winter 1998, Miner Alumni Association

Missouri S&T Magazine

No abstract provided.

Columbia Chronicle (10/12/1998), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from October 12, 1998 entitled Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 24 pages and is listed as Volume 32, Number 3. Cover story: "Bey docks at Columbia" Editor in Chief: James Boozer

October 12, 1998 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

University Of Montana Events, Monday, Oct. 12, Through Sunday, Oct. 18, 1998, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Half-Cycle Pulse Assisted Electron-Ion Recombination, Thomas J. Bensky, M. B. Campbell, Robert R. Jones

Physics

Unipolar “half-cycle” electric field pulses (HCPs) have been used to recombine free electrons and calcium ions. The field assisted process is very similar to controlled three-body recombination in plasmas. We report on experiments that utilize HCP assisted recombination to probe the probability distribution of continuum electron wave packets and produce bound wave packets that are highly localized in three spatial dimensions.

Temperature Fluctuations In Photoionized Nebulae. Ii. The Effect Of Inhomogeneous Abundances, J. B. Kingdon, Gary J. Ferland

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Recent abundance determinations based on recombination lines in several emission-line nebulae yield ionic abundances several times larger than those derived from forbidden lines. These results cast uncertainty over all abundance determinations in such objects. One possible explanation for these discrepancies frequently cited in the literature is the presence of chemical inhomogeneities. We have run a series of photoionization models to examine what effect such inhomogeneities will have on the resulting temperature structure of nebulae. We then derive abundances from these models, utilizing Peimbert's t² formalism. Our results suggest that, although chemical inhomogeneities may produce nonnegligible biases in abundance determinations …

Time Series Energy Production In Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Accretion Disks: Superhumps In The Am Canum Venaticorum Stars, James C. Simpson, Matt A. Wood

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications

The energy production time series of our purely hydrodynamic accretion disk simulations display remarkable similarities with the observed light curves of dwarf novae superhumps in general and the AM CVn stars in particular. The superhump period excess as a function of mass ratio agrees well with earlier theoretical and numerical results, and the amplitudes and relative phases of the harmonics in the power spectra agree well with the observations. The morphology of the mean pulse profile appears to be a useful predictor of system mass ratio. Our modified smoothed particle hydrodynamics code time symmetrizes the interparticle forces when individual time …

The Bates Student - Volume 128 Number 03 - October 9, 1998, Bates College

The Bates Student

No abstract provided.

October 9, 1998, College Of Science Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee

No abstract provided.

Library Newsletter, Volume 4, No. 5, October 9, 1998, Deborah Boran Henry

Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Newsletters

The October 9, 1998 issue of a newsletter for faculty and staff from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

The Induced Representations Of Brauer Algebras And The Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients Of So(N), Feng Pan, Shihai Dong, J. P. Draayer

Faculty Publications

Induced representations of Df(n) from Sf1 × Sf2 with f1 + f2 = f are discussed. The induction coefficients (IDCs) or the outer-product reduction coefficients of Sf1 × Sf2 ↑ Df (n ) with f ≤ 4 up to a normalization factor are derived by using the linear equation method. Weyl tableaux for the corresponding Gel'fand basis of SO(n) are defined. The assimilation method for obtaining Clebsch-Gordan coefficients of SO(n) in the Gel'fand basis for no modification rule involved couplings from IDCs of Brauer algebras is proposed. Some isoscalar factors of SO(n) ⊃ SO(n - 1) for the resulting irrep …

The New Hampshire, Vol. 88 [89], No. 12 (Oct. 9, 1998), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 88, but it is the 89th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

Volume 36, Number 7: October 9, 1998, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

The Hilltop 10-9-1998, Hilltop Staff

The Hilltop: 1990-2000

No abstract provided.

Crusader, October, 09, 1998, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

The student newspaper for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Articles include coverage of campus events and issues, sports, editorials and special features.

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

Illinois State University Report, October 8, 1998, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Report (1966-2012)

Illinois State University bi-weekly employee newsletter.

The Diamond, October 8, 1998, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Students to See Families; Syd Hielema's "Tips on Bible Study"
• News: "We Work So You Can Play": Exposing the S.A.C.; Dordt Defenders of Life Update; New RD, Carlson Serves East Campus, Southview, and Covenant Hall; Campolo's Topics Still Hot; Intentional Living: Rooming with a Purpose
• Opinion: What Now?; Challenging the Heidelberg: An Invitation to Dialogue
• Community: ZTV Hinders Christian Witness?
• Features: Students Serve in Kansas City; Personal Reflections on Kansas City
• Sports: Defender Gold; Lady Defenders Continue to Kill Competition; Cross Country Fares Well at Buena Vista; Soccer Team Continues to Roar Loud!; Golf Team Follows the First …

Washington University Record, October 8, 1998

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

Minutes From The October 8, 1998 Meeting Of The University Of Montana Faculty, University Of Montana--Missoula. Faculty

University of Montana Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes from the October 8, 1998 meeting of the University of Montana faculty.

Measurement Of Elastic Υ Photoproduction At Hera, J. Breitweg, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, D. Mikunas, B. Musgrave, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. L. Talaga, R. Yoshida, H. Zhang, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, F. Anselmo, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, N. Coppola, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti

Faculty Publications

The photoproduction reaction γp → μ+ μ-p has been studied in ep interactions using the ZEUS detector at HERA. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 43.2pb-1. The Υ meson has been observed in photoproduction for the first time. The sum of the products of the elastic Υ(1S), Υ(2S),Υ(3S) photoproduction cross sections with their respective branching ratios is determined to be 13.3 ± 6.0(stat.)-2.3+2.7(syst.) pb at a mean photon-proton centre of mass energy of 120 GeV. The cross section is above the prediction of a perturbative QCD model. © 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

October 7, 1998 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.