Children's number-line estimation has produced a lively debate about representational change, supported by apparently incompatible data regarding the descriptive adequacy of logarithmic (Opfer et al., 2011) and power models (Slusser et al., 2013). To test whether methodological differences might explain discrepant findings, we created a fully crossed 2x2 design and assigned 96 children to one o...

This paper provides a contribution to qualitative reasoning for continuous process supervision. Tools for formalizing empirical knowledge of continuous processes and a naive reasoning nat­ urally integrating perception are proposed. A new paradigm emerges : maintenance of a single instantaneous and possibly partial understanding of a physical system during its evolution. This understanding in c...

BACKGROUND Psychotherapy requires clinical supervision. This is systematic guidance of a therapist by a supervisor. Inevitably, there is a question of training new high-quality therapists. This is related to supervision of their basic training. Later, it is important to provide an opportunity for lifelong supervision throughout the entire psychotherapeutic practice. METHOD PUBMED data base wa...

BACKGROUND Support supervision is one of the strategies used to check the quality of services provided at health facilities. From 2013 to 2015, Makerere University School of Public Health strengthened support supervision in the district of Kibuku, Kamuli and Pallisa in Eastern Uganda to improve the quality of maternal and newborn services. OBJECTIVE This article assesses quality improvements ...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify self report questionnaire measures of parent attributes and behaviors that have relevance for understanding injury risk among children 2-5 years of age, and test a new Parent Supervision Attributes Profile Questionnaire (PSAPQ) that was developed to measure aspects of protectiveness and parent supervision. METHODS Naturalistic observations were conducted...