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Neurath, Rudolf

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“…With respect to the meaning side, any scholar dealing with meaning faces a dilemma: she has to use meaningful words in order to describe the meaning of words (cf. Neurath, 1932). In order to avoid vicious circles, a distinction between metalanguage (the language used to describe meanings) and object language (the language whose meanings are described) is to adhered to (cf.…”

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Computational Linguistic Assessment of Textbooks and Online Texts by Means of Threshold Concepts in Economics

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The ongoing digitalization of educational resources and the use of the internet lead to a steady increase of potentially available learning media. However, many of the media which are used for educational purposes have not been designed specifically for teaching and learning. Usually, linguistic criteria of readability and comprehensibility as well as content-related criteria are used independently to assess and compare the quality of educational media. This also holds true for educational media used in economics. This article aims to improve the analysis of textual learning media used in economic education by drawing on threshold concepts. Threshold concepts are key terms in knowledge acquisition within a domain. From a linguistic perspective, however, threshold concepts are instances of specialized vocabularies, exhibiting particular linguistic features. In three kinds of (German) resources, namely in textbooks, in newspapers, and on Wikipedia, we investigate the distributive profiles of 63 threshold concepts identified in economics education (which have been collected from threshold concept research). We looked at the threshold concepts' frequency distribution, their compound distribution, and their network structure within the three kinds of resources. The two main findings of our analysis show that firstly, the three kinds of resources can indeed be distinguished in terms of their threshold concepts' profiles. Secondly, Wikipedia definitely shows stronger associative connections between economic threshold concepts than the other sources. We discuss the findings in relation to adequate media use for teaching and learning—not only in economic education.

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Obesity in Childhood

Bruch¹

1939

Am J Dis Child

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Obesity is an anomaly of body build characterized by excessive growth in dimension through the accumulation of subcutaneous fat. If this occurs in a fully grown person, the only distinguishing feature will be the increased circumference and the excessive weight. During childhood, however, when growth is a normal process, the problem arises as to how obese children compare with normal ones with regard to those phases of growth which are not expressed by weight.The growing-up process is complex; it includes dimensional growth and differentiation. The first is commonly measured in a simple way, by the increase in weight and stature. The second can be assessed from the structural progress in skeletal development as visualized in roentgenograms. During later childhood and the preadolescent period the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics is an indication of progressing biologic maturation.Though the literature on obesity in childhood is extensive, the problem of studying obesity as a variety of growth and development has not been dealt with systematically in previous publications. The reports which refer to the special conditions of obesity during the growth period discuss the subject as it applies to individual observations and as a more or less incidental finding.Czerny and Keller,1 citing the older literature and referring to their own observations, drew attention to the fact that obese children fre-This investigation has been aided by a grant from the Josiah Macy, Jr.Foundation.

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Drüsen mit innerer Sekretion

Thomas¹

1934

Biologische Daten Für Den Kinderarzt

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Computational Linguistic Assessment of Textbooks and Online Texts by Means of Threshold Concepts in Economics

Computational Linguistic Assessment of Textbooks and Online Texts by Means of Threshold Concepts in Economics

Obesity in Childhood

Drüsen mit innerer Sekretion

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