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Wiberley, Stephen E., Jr.; Jones, William G. – College & Research Libraries, 2000
Describes a ten-year study of humanists that revealed the impact of temporal factors on their adoption of electronic information technology. Identifies four types of time that influenced humanists' behavior; discusses how electronic resources content affects whether a scholar adopts an electronic resource; and suggests how academic librarians can…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adoption (Ideas), Content Analysis, Higher Education
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Trend, Roger – International Journal of Science Education, 2000
Describes a study of preservice elementary teachers' (n=179) perceptions of geologic time. Finds that the respondents perceived events in Earth's geological past as falling into three distinct clusters: extremely ancient, less ancient, and geologically recent. Finds also that the teachers' grasp of relative time is more secure than their grasp of…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Foreign Countries, Geology, Higher Education