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Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences in education

Though basically meaning the ability to acquire and utilize knowledge and information, "intelligence" has gone through many different meanings as it has been put to different uses.

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Transaction costs and high interest rates in microcredit lending

One of the predominant criticisms of microcredit is its prohibitively high interest rates for impoverished borrowers, ranging from 20% to even as high as 80%. But these rates are not necessarily due to the rapacious nature of lenders.

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The six facets of understanding in education and learning

One of the basic differences, as anyone who has ever studied one the Romance languages is aware, is between the intellectual and interpersonal meaning of the word, which is made explicit by the use of two separate words in French, Spanish, etc.

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Business school responsibility for the financial crisis

In order to determine the degree to which business schools have failed the nation in the way that they train their students, we must examine the antecedents of the recent economic meltdown, the ways in which business schools train their students, and the links between these two.

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Factors promoting and hindering acceptance of complementary and alternative medicine

Complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine refers to procedures and products that are not typically included in conventional allopathic medicine.

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Resistance to leadership across individual, departmental, and organizational levels

Resistance is one of the challenges encountered by leaders at every level of organizational authority. At the individual level, resistance to leadership may typically be primarily a manifestation of interpersonal psychological factors and social relationships and skills.

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Childhood inspiration from firefighters to medical career

Even at play-times I would dress up like them, and then ask several of my playmates to pretend that they were on a building that was caught on fire so that I may save them from it.

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Postmodernism and fragmented narrative in Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman is, a play written by Arthur Miller, can be loosely considered as postmodern literature by virtue of its being written in 1949, after World War II when most critics supposed the postmodern era began.

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Automotive marketing strategies in China's emerging consumer economy

Despite the widespread nature of the global credit crisis of 2008, not all regions of the world remain mired in recession. Asia has shown signs of healthy growth.

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When communication disorders become severely disabling versus handicapping

Under what types of conditions would a communication disorder not be handicapping at all? Under what types of conditions would a communication disorder result in severe limitations for the individual?

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