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SUPERSEDED - Evaluation of impact of assessment changes on REDU11046
No full text## This item has been replaced by the one which can be found at https://doi.org/10.7488/ds/7778 ##This dataset relates to a case study which evaluated the introduction of concept maps (CM) as a learning activity and assessment task on a 10 credit (ECTS 5 credits) social science research methods course at SCQF level 11 (taught postgraduate level). The course runs for five weeks in semester one and over the previous five years student enrolment has been between 575 and 971. Most (>90%) students have English as a second or other language (ESOL) and many are new to studying social sciences. The CM was introduced to allow students to focus on developing their conceptual understanding rather than their academic writing skills. The data set includes interview schedules used and the secondary data (course marks) analyse
Disrupting Understandings of Disruptive Behaviour
No full textThis DataShare item relates to a qualitative study funded by the Spencer Foundation, titled ‘Disrupting Understandings of Disruptive Behaviour’. The study sought to investigate the school experiences of pupils who had been receiving support at school before COVID-19 to help them manage their behaviour in school.
The aim was to investigate whether, as the literature below would predict, some aspects of education under lockdown were experienced positively by pupils with a history of disruptive behaviour (PHDB), and to work with families and schools in Scotland to identify ways in which these positive aspects may be replicated in the post COVID classroom
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
A Question Of Peace: A Case Study Of The Peace Museum, UK
Full text linkIn light of the Edinburgh Peace Initiative currently under discussion, this study explains
concepts of peace and the context for establishing a new museum by focusing on a preexisting
case study. In 1994 the city of Bradford opened The Peace Museum, which is
recognised as the only one of its kind in the United Kingdom. This thesis investigates the
idea of the Museum as a physical expression of projecting public discussions about
peace. I consider the premise on which the Bradford museum was based, an analysis of
its aims, objectives and achievements, and the way in which it serves as a paradigm. In
addition to a focused review of the literature on peace studies, I incorporate interviews
with principles involved in both the Edinburgh and Bradford projects, together with
evidence gathered during fieldwork at the site. The synthesis of this research informs a view and set of questions about the outcomes and challenges of such formalised peace initiatives
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
“I want to have a path”: an exploratory study of parent experience of early autism diagnosis in Massachusetts and Central Scotland
Full text linkParents of children with autism have been identified across research as having unique
experiences in comparison to parents of children with other disabilities. The focus to date has
been on identifying factors impacting on parental well-being post-diagnosis, with some more
recent studies looking more specifically at parent experience of the diagnostic process.
However, there is less literature that explores the impact that this diagnosis may have on
parental perspectives of, and aspirations for, their child. In addition, within this current
research, little is known about how parents of toddlers make meaning of their situation pre
and post-diagnosis, with limited literature so far that looks at the influence that geographical
location may have on this.
As an exploratory, qualitative study of parent experience of early autism diagnosis in
Massachusetts and central Scotland, this thesis aimed to bridge this gap by investigating
parents’ experience in these early years, in two similar, yet contrasting settings with significant
differences in policy and practice. Utilising Blumer’s (1969) principles of symbolic
interactionism, this thesis examined the factors that had an effect on participants’ meaning
making, drawing on extended premises of SI (Snow, 2001; Stryker, 2008) to explore the extent
to which structural and social influences in each country may have impacted on this. It looked
at the similarities and differences between parents’ experiences of: the autism diagnostic
process; access to, and engagement with, post-diagnosis services; changes in perceptions of
autism over time; and whether perspectives of, and aspirations for, their child altered since
diagnosis. All 18 participants (14 mothers and 4 fathers) had a child (13 boys and 5 girls) under
5 years old with a diagnosis of autism. Data were generated through semi-structured
interviews, using open coding to group initial categories, before moving into interpretive,
inductive analysis to identify wider themes. Findings highlighted key differences between
policy and practice, which influenced parent experience in a number of ways. In particular, the differences between the services and support available to young
children with autism and their families in each location appeared to have a significant impact on
participants.
However, this study also concluded that, in spite of differences in policy and practice, there
were also a number of similarities in the ways in which parents made meaning and sense of
their child’s diagnosis. Interaction with other parents (both face to face and online) had a
strong influence on this, alongside parents’ exposure to media portrayals of autism, which
were similar in both locations. Conversely, in spite of their experiences with a wide range of
professionals, these interactions had a more limited effect overall on the perspectives that
parents developed of their child. In addition, in spite of recognising previously held beliefs
regarding stigma and stereotype in autism, all parents in this study actively rejected these
perceptions after receiving a diagnosis for their child. Overall, data reflected a shared
understanding of autism that crossed geographical and structural boundaries, with parents
from both countries experiencing the same hopes, aspirations and fears for their child’s future.
These findings may have implications for policy considerations and for services in both
locations delivering pre and post-diagnostic support, with potential for more positive
outcomes overall for those receiving an early diagnosis for their child
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