The Kalamazoo School Decision     

Noel P. Fox 《Equity & Excellence in Education》2013,46(4-5):72-84

On October 4, 1973, U.S. District Court Judge Noel P. Fox ruled in the Oliver case against the Kalamazoo school board and the Michigan state department of education, among others. On May 7, 1971, the city school board had adopted a desegregation plan. After an election, a new school board voted on July 6, 1971, to reinstate the attendance boundaries in force before May 7th. The complete opinion occupies 127 typed pages, in addition to five appendices. Following are major portions of the ruling.  相似文献   

An explanation of reading comprehension across development using models from Cattell–Horn–Carroll theory: Support for integrative models of reading     

Randy Floyd  Elizabeth Meisinger  Noel Gregg  Timothy Keith 《Psychology in the schools》2012,49(8):725-743

The purpose of this research was to investigate the cognitive abilities that explain reading comprehension across childhood and early adulthood. Drawing from the standardization sample of the Woodcock–Johnson III, analyses were conducted with large samples at age levels spanning early childhood to early adulthood: 5 to 6 (n = 639), 7 to 8 (n = 720), 9 to 13 (n = 1,995), 14 to 19 (n = 1,615), and 20 to 39 (n = 1,409). Using a model including factors representing general intelligence, Cattell–Horn–Carroll broad abilities, and reading decoding skills, results revealed significant direct effects for reading decoding skills and Crystallized Intelligence on reading comprehension across all age levels. Memory‐related abilities, processing speed, and auditory processing demonstrated indirect effects on reading comprehension through reading decoding skills. The magnitude of direct and indirect effects varied as a function of age. The results provide support for integrative models of reading that include both direct and indirect effects of cognitive abilities on reading comprehension and for consideration of developmental differences in the cognitive aptitudes predicting reading comprehension. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.  相似文献   

Locating curriculum studies in the global village   总被引：3，自引：3，他引：0  

Noel Gough 《课程研究杂志》2013,45(2):329-342

This paper examines the prospect of 'internationalizing' curricula and curriculum studies in the context of increasingly complex patterns of global interconnectedness in social production and organization. I explore some ways in which diverse knowledge traditions can be sustained locally, and amplified transnationally, without being absorbed into an imperialist archive. The homogenizing effects of economic and cultural globalization and internationalization can be resisted by emphasizing the performative rather than the representational aspects of curriculum work. The internationalization of curriculum studies can then be understood as creating transnational 'spaces' in which local knowledge traditions in curriculum inquiry can be performed together, not as local representations of curriculum translated into a universal discourse.  相似文献   

Cognitive neuroscience and education: unravelling the confusion     

Noel Purdy  Hugh Morrison 《牛津教育评论》2013,39(1):99-109

This paper critically examines the application of research into cognitive neuroscience to educational contexts. It first considers recent warnings from within the neuroscientific community itself about the limitations of current neuroscientific knowledge and the urgent need to dispel popular ‘neuromyths’ which have become accepted in many classrooms. It also criticises the use of over‐simplified neuroscience to add scientific credibility to curricular reform, as has been the case in the rationale behind the recent implementation of the Northern Ireland Revised Curriculum. The paper then draws on the philosophy of Wittgenstein to highlight a further conceptual confusion which often surrounds the application of neuroscience to education.  相似文献   

A hybrid fuzzy-molecular controller enhanced with evolutionary algorithms: A case study in a one-leg mechanism     

Hiram Ponce  Mario Acevedo  Noel Esparza-Duran 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》2019,356(16):9432-9450

Intelligent control systems are able to work well in uncertain nonlinear systems, mainly for: changes in the operating point, presence of environmental noise and disturbances, uncertainty in sensor measurements, miscalibration, uncertain model plant, and others. For instance, fuzzy controllers have been widely studied and applied. Recently, artificial organic controllers (AOC) have been proposed as an ensemble of fuzzy logic and artificial hydrocarbon networks. However, a weakness in AOC is the lack of training methods for tuning parameters for desired output responses in control. In this regard, this paper aims to introduce an evolutionary optimization method, i.e. particle swarm optimization, for tuning artificial organic controllers. Three objectives are proposed for automatic tuning of AOC: overall error, steady-state error and settling time of output response. The proposed methodology is implemented in the well-known cart-pole system. Also, the proposed method is applied on a one-leg unstable mechanism as case study. Results validate that automatic tuning of AOC over simulation systems can achieve suitable output responses with minimal overall error, steady-state error and settling time.  相似文献   

Children's Thinking about Air Pollution: a systems theory analysis     

Judith Wylie  Noel Sheehy  Carol McGuinness  Gerry Orchard 《Environmental Education Research》1998,4(2):117-137

A methodology for probing systems thinking was developed and used to investigate the way children think about the natural environment. Thirty five primary school children (aged 8 and 11 years) participated in semi‐structured interviews about air pollution. The analytical framework consisted of cycles (of inputs, processes and outputs), interventions, outcomes and links. Differences between the groups were found for the numbers of complete cycles, inputs, outputs and longest chain of linked cycles about which the children could talk. Although more of the older children showed evidence of a high level of systemic thinking — cycles with interventions and their likely outcomes — than the younger children, a large proportion of the 8‐year‐olds demonstrated that they were capable of this kind of thinking. The results suggest that children can engage in systemic thinking earlier than predicted by traditional developmental research.  相似文献   

The usefulness of useless knowledge     

John Gough 《International Journal of Lifelong Education》2017,36(5):616-621

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C S Lewis and the problem of David Holbrook     

John Gough 《Children‘s Literature in Education》1977,8(2):51-62

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How to develop business information systems for end users : . John Wiley & Sons, New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore (1986). vii + 240 pp., $32.95, ISBN 0-47184999-5     

Noel J. Squitieri 《Information processing & management》1987,23(6)

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Causal Effects of Career-Technical Education on Postsecondary Work Outcomes of Individuals with High-Incidence Disabilities     

In Heok Lee  Jay W. Rojewski  Noel Gregg 《Exceptionality》2016,24(2):79-92

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