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Freeman, MacKenzie – Communique, 2023
Alternative education programs or schools can be defined in several ways, and individuals may have various perspectives on what alternative programs are expected to be. For some, alternative placements may be seen as a setting for students who experience difficulty within public schools, some may think of an exclusive boarding school, or some…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Input Output Analysis, Justice, Outcome Measures
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Glenn Ledder; Stefano Manzoni – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
Decomposition of organic matter controls the flow of carbon and nutrients in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Several kinetic laws have been proposed to describe decomposition rates, but they neglect adaptation of the microbial decomposer to environmental conditions. Here we formalise decomposition as an optimal control problem by assuming that…
Descriptors: Microbiology, Calculus, Undergraduate Students, Barriers
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Ghislain Nono Gueye; Jonathan R. Peterson – Journal of Economic Education, 2024
The authors present a Web application they designed in the R programming language as an experiential learning tool for teaching production theory. The app simulates production decisions where a manager is tasked to find the optimal mixture of inputs through experimentation. Users of the application are instructed to use calculations and intuitions…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Teaching Methods, Computer Oriented Programs, Programming Languages
Cecilia Mezzanotte; Claire Calvel – OECD Publishing, 2023
Calls for increased monitoring and evaluation of education policies and practices have not, so far, included widespread and consistent assessments of the inclusiveness of education settings. Measuring inclusion in education has proven to be a challenging exercise, due not only to the complexity and different uses of the concept, but also to its…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Inclusion, Educational Policy, Equal Education