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Questions related from Michael Brückner
Are there any peer reviewed sources for definitions and applications of learning stacks?
01 January 2016 6,497 12 View
Most of us are researchers AND teachers. As teachers or instructors we constantly create current and state-of-the-art instructional materials for our students to keep pace with the development...
08 August 2015 10,139 12 View
The best self-promotion is by writing good papers that are published in quality Open Access publications. Moreover, we see many young researchers enter academia every single day, which adds to...
06 June 2015 589 7 View
There are 6000+ languages in the world, and many are at the verge of extinction. Linguists have provided classifications of languages for a long time. What are the criteria for building language...
05 May 2015 3,442 7 View
I've recently stumbled on George Dvorsky's post on io9 (http://io9.com/5945801/8-philosophical-questions-that-well-never-solve). He brings forward 8 such questions: 1. Why is there something...
05 May 2015 9,720 14 View
Many educators claim critical thinking as one of the major skills for 21st century students. Students may challenge any 'fact' to construct their own body of knowledge. On the other hand,...
03 March 2015 5,399 79 View
Many people ask me about this version skipping. Has Version 9 been thrown into the bin because of major problems? Does Microsoft want to leave Windows 8 behind as fast as possible? My...
01 January 2015 4,615 12 View
Mexico seems to have serious problems with obesity, which the government wants to challenge. In Mexico City, they offer passengers a free pubic transportation ticket after doing 10 squats. How is...
01 January 2015 7,833 28 View
All experienced scholars, who favour Open Access, know that it is important to stay away from predatory publishers. For finding out by yourselves what a predatory publisher is, this is a...
12 December 2014 9,059 31 View
We have many threads regarding Open Access publishers, especially the predatory ones. I've stumbled over another type of seemingly predatory publisher, the IEICE (Institute of Electronics,...
10 October 2014 7,533 17 View
On Web pages of predatory and faithful OA publishers offer names of peers who work as editors and reviewers. Those working for faithful OA publishers are to be appreciated, but what about those...
09 September 2014 7,327 23 View
DOAJ, the leading directory service for OA journals, introduces a new application process for OA journals aiming at being listed there (http://doaj.org/application/new) because they are concerned...
09 September 2014 2,047 13 View
Economical knowledge is going to be more and more important to understand the basics of societies and their interdependence. Due to globalization informed citizens do not only have to understand...
09 September 2014 2,392 26 View
Is it science education or the science of education? Or, is it pedagogy? The questions posted under this topic here on RG do not give a clear picture of how to answer this question. I've tried to...
06 June 2014 2,672 51 View
Many publishers ask us to cite their papers in a special way. Otherwise, if we want to publish in a different journal or for a conference, we usually have to follow their rather different citation...
05 May 2014 9,371 7 View
"Intelligence agencies hire lots of mathematicians, but would-be employees must realise that their work is misused to snoop on everyone, says Tom Leinster" New Scientist has published an article...
04 April 2014 8,703 45 View
A huge amount of infrared energy is sent back from Earth's surface into space. We're talk about 100,000 Terawatt here. There are some ideas on how to harness this vast source of renewable energy,...
03 March 2014 807 9 View
Curriculum development commonly comprises - analysis (i.e. need analysis, task analysis), - design (i.e. objective design), - selection (i.e choice of appropriate learning/teaching methods and...
03 March 2014 3,130 24 View
If yes, is it language-dependent? I've just had one of my weekend ESL teaching experiences, which exposed me to rough grammar and pronunciation that very often left me guessing the meaning of...
02 February 2014 7,036 6 View
Today's hardware is powerful enough to let us create realistic and instructive animations of a wide area of topics. The saying 'a picture is worth a thousand words' could be extended to 'an...
02 February 2014 7,080 3 View
I remember an old computer game (called Tetris) by a Russian programmer, where the player had to rotate and move objects with straight edges (squares, rectangles, and more complex ones) that were...
01 January 2014 5,025 5 View
The Pew Research Center has published a study on conceptions of US population relating evolution and similar topics. They found, for example, that 33% reject the idea of evolution. In influential...
01 January 2014 6,586 29 View
Many say, intuition plays an important role in many disciplines, not at least in those that demand rigorous thinking, e.g. physics and mathematics. Can we measure the extent of 'looking inside' in...
12 December 2013 694 23 View
Many threads here (and postings out there in the web) deal with troubles regarding ISI's Impact Factor and denying its usefulness for evaluation of scientific impact. On the other hand, a lot (if...
11 November 2013 8,797 23 View
Have your peers here on ResearchGate ever inspired you to carry out an interesting project or sparked an idea for a paper? Whereas referencing such communication is unusual, some merit should be...
10 October 2013 2,922 91 View
Most reviewers of academic papers are volunteers, who spend valuable time for research when they try their best to improve our papers and evaluate their appropriateness for publication. Usually,...
09 September 2013 7,265 83 View
Quite often I see warnings not to cite PhD theses. Since the doctorates usually spend a considerable effort in finishing their study, it does not seem fair to prohibit citation. After all, PhD...
09 September 2013 650 50 View
Imagine, you would establish a project (conference topic) and invite previously unknown colleagues to deliver their original papers (and proposals), which could then be peer reviewed by other...
04 April 2013 5,331 2 View
Nobel Prizes are awarded for achievements for mankind. I understand the reasons for winning the prize for many but not all laureates. Especially, I'm disinclined to acquiesce awarding almost all...
04 April 2013 9,000 43 View
I raise this question, following recent incidents. I have been asked several times via email to review PhD theses and research proposals, but due to lack of time I could not help in every case....
01 January 2013 8,401 1 View
