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Geosciences Newsletter - 2013, Department Of Geosciences

Geological and Environmental Sciences News

Vol. 6, no. 1

• Dear Friends and Alumni
• Michigan Geological Survey
• WMU Geosciences Advisory Council
• Recent Alumni Spotlights
• WMU Geology Club
• Other News
• In Remembrance
• Hydrogeology Field Camp 2013
• Meet Our Graduate Students
• News from MGRRE
• CoreKids our K-12 Outreach Program
• Geosciences Publications 2012-13
• Flashback
• 2013 GSA North Central Section Annual Meeting
• 2013 Geosciences Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient
• Gifts to Geosciences

Enseñanza De Las Ciencias Y Contextos Culturales: Un Testimonio De Vida, William W. Cobern, Adela Molina-Andrade, Gonzalo Peñaloza-J.

Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project

William W. Cobern es PhD en Educación en Ciencias, de la Universidad de Colorado Boulder. En la actualidad es profesor en la Western Michigan University. Su trabajo ha girado en torno a la relación entre cultura tradicional y enseñanza-aprendizaje de las ciencias. Por varios años trabajó en Nigeria y desarrolló propuestas de formación de profesores y de programas educativos dirigidos a grupos nómadas. A partir de su experiencia propuso su concepto de “visión del mundo”, que es tanto un marco teórico como metodológico para entender y abordar el vínculo entre ciencia y cultura. Su trabajo ha motivado investigaciones en diferentes …

A Comparative Study Of Exact Versus Propensity Matching Techniques Using Monte Carlo Simulation, Mukaria J. J. Itang'ata

Dissertations

Often researchers face situations where comparative studies between two or more programs are necessary to make causal inferences for informed policy decision-making. Experimental designs employing randomization provide the strongest evidence for causal inferences. However, many pragmatic and ethical challenges may preclude the use of randomized designs. In such situations, subject matching provides an alternative design approach for conducting causal inference studies. This study examined various design conditions hypothesized to affect matching procedures’ bias recovery ability.

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