APPLICATION OF HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH: DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN TRANSMISSIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVIST ORIENTED MATHEMATICS TEACHERS

Application of Hierarchical Cluster Analysis in Educational Research: Distinguishing between Transmissive and Constructivist Oriented Mathematics Teachers

Special questionnaire containing two sets of items related to teachers’ beliefs and current pedagogies was completed by 30 chorulon hcg mathematics in-service teachers from 26 different lower secondary schools in Slovakia.Their responses were analysed by means of hierarchical cluster analysis.The clustering method was chosen by the correlation co

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The Association Between Stress and Injury: A Prospective Cohort Study Among 186 First-Year Contemporary Dance Students

The demanding environment that contemporary dance students are exposed to could result in high stress levels, which can influence injury susceptibility.Therefore, this study aims to investigate the association between stress and injuries.In the period between September 2016 and March 2020, four cohorts of first-year dance students (N = 186; mean ag

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Thyroid hormone and seasonal rhythmicity

Living organisms show seasonality in a wide array of functions such as reproduction, fattening, hibernation and migration.At temperate latitudes, changes in photoperiod maintain the alignment of annual rhythms with predictable changes in the environment.The appropriate physiological response to changing photoperiod in mammals requires retinal detec

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