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• Alison Bechdel tried to write a light book. Fortunately, she failed
• L.A. Times Book Prize winners named in a ceremony filled with support for USC valedictorian Asna Tabassum
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• ‘Rebel’ redacted: Rebel Wilson’s book chapter on Sacha Baron Cohen struck from some copies
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Schween’s group has developed numerous experiments that make intermediate stages “visible,” for example, based on conductivity measurements (cf. Trabert et al., 2023 for an overview). In each case, two or more reactions are compared with each other and learners are prompted to estimate the reaction with the higher reaction rate. Figure 3 illustrates the linkage of Trabert and Schween’s (2020) case comparisons of an alkaline ester hydrolysis, which is focused on inductive effects and their experimental design to the CPOE cycle. Thereby, students first receive contrasting cases of ester hydrolysis, which differ in their substituents on the phenyl group (Figure 3, compare) Based on these two reactions, students have to predict which of the reactions proceed faster including a justification (Figure 3, predict). Students test their hypothesis afterwards in the laboratory with conductivity measurements (Figure 3, observe).

Alison Bechdel tried to write a light book. Fortunately, she failed

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We advocate to raise the bar, to ensure that qualified interior designers can practice to their fullest capabilities by providing them with the tools needed to succeed in California both independently and as part of a corporate partnership. Strengthening the profession benefits California consumers by increasing competition and ensuring access for interior designers to work independently, as they are qualified to do, in non-structural, non-seismic code-based built environments. In California, interior design advocates in the state should know that California law provides for the certification of interior designers per the Business and Professions Code section 5800, et seq.(BPC 5800).

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Chemistry learning, and especially organic chemistry, merely addressed meaningful task design in classes, often using more reproduction-oriented predict-the-product tasks. In recent years, rethinking task design has become a major focus for instructional design in chemistry education research. Variations of this task design in the chemistry classroom and recommendations for teaching with case comparisons based on current state-of-the-art evidence from research studies in chemistry education research are provided. One may now ask, why comparing and contrasting should be an important part of learning in chemistry.

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Purposefully comparing and reasoning through case comparisons can help regain the focus on conceptual understanding in organic chemistry but has not yet been fully explored in instructional design as well as assessments. Multiple studies have documented the potential of using case comparisons compared to more traditional task formats, characterized the type of reasoning that can be elicited from learners, and integrated case comparisons into laboratory experiments. We illustrated therein how, based on various theories of cognition and instruction, comparing can serve as a valuable process for selecting attention, limiting the extraneous cognitive load as well as focusing on implicit and explicit properties and cause-effect relationships.

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We advocate to be recognized as “registered design professionals” as defined in the International Building Code, which will enable Registered Interior Designers equal access to the permitting process across the state. For 20 years, Debbie was the President of the design division at Sterling Brands, where she worked with over 200 of the world’s largest brands, including the redesign of Burger King, merchandising for Star Wars and the positioning and branding of the No More movement. She is also President Emeritus of AIGA, one of five women to hold the position in the organization’s 100-year history and a past board member and treasurer of the New York Chapter. She has been a juror for competitions including Cannes Lions, The Art Directors Club, The Type Directors Club, Fast Company, HOW Magazine, Print Magazine, ID Magazine, AIGA, The Dieline, and more. Currently, Debbie is the Editorial and Creative Director of Print Magazine, the oldest magazine about design in the United States, and a board member of actor and activist Mariska Hargitay’s Joyful Heart Foundation, legendary Performance Space 122 and the venerable Type Directors Club. Debbie is president emeritus of AIGA and is a frequent speaker on design and branding.

It can also allow us to model a certain sequence of comparing by highlighting, for example, a starting point of comparison and then the sequential decoding process. Implicit chemical properties cannot be read out of the functional group but need to be linked to it. When the attention of the learner is on the relevant features of a representation, the respective implicit information needs to be added, either in terms of verbal or written information.

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It causes a lot of economic burden, of injury burden and hospital system use burden." When she was taken on a recent site visit for a new facility, she noticed a long hallway and suggested designers put in some benches so that a patient who needs to take a rest can stop along the way. CSULB faculty are invited to join this intensive, in-person workshop to explore principles of online course design based on the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric. Design Matters is an ally for diversity, equity, and inclusion, involving designers regardless of their ethnic background, sexual orientation, gender, or disability.

When we compare two situations, objects, or reactions, we look for shared relationships. These relationships could either be similarities in surface features or relational features, such as causal or functional ones. Surface features are always visible features and details of a situation or object and, thus, are easy to discern.

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Comparing either experimental, machine learning or computational data allows us to estimate the magnitude of effects (Keith et al., 2021). Comparing, for instance, kinetic data of reactions helps determine the magnitude of reaction speed, for instance, influenced by changes of electronic substituent effects (Trabert and Schween, 2018). However, to estimate what “good” means requires answering the question “Good, compared to what” and essentially answering the question “why is it better? Purposeful case comparisons may engage learners in meaningful sense-making about organic reactions. This assumption is further supported by studies in psychology that have highlighted the educational value of using case comparisons to assist students in grasping new concepts (Schwartz and Bransford, 1998; Gentner et al., 2003). In particular, Gentner et al. (2003) found that comparing two cases simultaneously was more effective for learning than studying five single cases in sequence.

In contrast to the intrinsic cognitive load, the extraneous cognitive load is about how learning materials are designed (Sweller, 2010). The more superfluous or irrelevant information learners are presented with, the greater the possibility that they will not be able to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information and will be distracted, which increases extraneous cognitive load. To minimize extraneous cognitive load for learners, it is therefore advisable to use design principles such as Mayer’s, which are evidence-based and conducive to learning (Mayer, 2021).

Her writing and illustrations have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, New York Magazine, Print, Design Observer, and Fast Company. Her artwork has been included at prestigious universities and museums around the world. Overall, comparing cases as a task design can offload the working memory and engage multiple cognitive processes that are essential for learning and problem-solving when they match the capability of the learners (Roelle and Berthold, 2015). When we, as interior designers, know how state laws impact us, we can be a more educated, stronger advocacy base to make real change for the interior design profession.

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California is the only certification administered by an independent, private organization; it’s also the only state with its own exam. In 2009, Debbie co-founded, with Steven Heller, the world’s first graduate program in branding at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She is the author of seven books, including her latest, Why Design Matters, and has been published in over 10 languages.