Identification of Progress in Learning

Klappentext This series of essays discusses how progress is identified in a range of disciplines - physics! mathematics! biology! medicine! sociology! linguistics! art history! history! economics and ecology. Zusammenfassung This series of essays discusses how progress is identified in a range of disciplines - physics! mathematics! biology! medicine! sociology! linguistics! art history! history! economics and ecology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Pushing back frontiers - or redrawing maps! J. M. Ziman; 2. Assessment in physics H. Haken; 3. Identifying progress in mathematics M. F. Atiyah; 4. Progress and expectations in biology H. G. Gyllenberg; 5. Assessment of progress in medicine H. R. Wulff; 6. Scientific advancement in sociology R. Boudon; 7. Progress in linguistics S. C. Dik; 8. How is scientific progress assessed in art history? G. Kauffmann; 9. The identification of scientific advancement: a contribution on history H. L. Wesseling; 10. The identification of scientific advances in economics E. Malinvaud; 11. Breakthroughs in ecology L. B. Slobodkin; 12. Public knowledge, truth and the ways of scholarship advancement in western civilization S. N. Eisenstadt.

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• Authors: T. H¿rstrand, T. Hagerstrand
• Assisted by: T. H. Gerstrand (Editor), T. Hagerstrand (Editor), T. Hägerstrand (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521106085
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10608-5
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment