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📄 social_science

Data as Transcendental Stabilizations: Symbolic Mediation and the Pre-Semantic Conditions of Data

This paper argues that data are not ontological primitives or mere technical artifacts but emerge through historically variable symbolic stabilizations that transform differential configurations into operationally available differences, thereby reframing issues like algorithmic bias as disputes over competing regimes of intelligibility rather than simple technical management problems.

Rodrigo Garrido2026-07-23
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Integrated Collaborative Learning and Polya Problem Solving Model for Enhancing Pre Service Teachers Critical Thinking through the Mediating Roles of Student Engagement and Attitudes and the Moderating Role of Prior Knowledge

This mixed-methods study demonstrates that an integrated instructional model combining collaborative learning with Polya's problem-solving approach significantly enhances pre-service mathematics teachers' critical thinking skills, a process mediated by student engagement and attitudes and moderated by prior knowledge.

Dookurong Dilor Isaiah, Yarhands Dissou Arthur, Akwertey Emmanuel2026-07-23
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Testing Circumscription in Iron Age Galicia, Spain: Computational Approaches to Conflict and Subsistence in the Castro Landscapes

This study challenges the applicability of circumscription theory to Iron Age Galicia by demonstrating through computational modeling that local resources were sufficient to support hillfort populations, suggesting that these communities maintained an egalitarian agrarian structure until the arrival of Roman influence.

Santiago Tuñas-Corzón, Brais Xosé Currás-Refojos, Inés Sastre-Prats2026-07-23
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Inhabiting the maritorio from and beyond the shore: Socioecologies of care among Williche women in southern Chiloé

This qualitative ethnographic study reveals how Williche women in southern Chiloé sustain life and governance within the relational "maritorio" through extensive ecological knowledge and socio-ecological care practices, despite facing historical invisibility and contemporary pressures from privatization and aquaculture.

Maria Sol Anigstein Vidal, Anabel S. Matus, Macarena Libuy, Paulina Osorio Parraguez, María Francisca Bórquez Siegel, In (…)2026-07-23
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Effectiveness of stress coping strategies in university students studying and working simultaneously, 2026

This 2026 documentary study analyzing research from 2015 to 2025 concludes that active coping, time management, emotional regulation, problem-solving, positive reframing, and social support are effective strategies for reducing stress and enhancing well-being and academic performance among university students who simultaneously work and study.

Carlos Fabritzio Villarreal Acosta, Jose Rodolfo Azañero Haro, Jhojana Franchesca Barzola Quinto, Nahomy Kori Huayta Bui (…)2026-07-23
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Lived Experiences of Stress, Coping, and Help-Seeking Among International Students in China: A Qualitative Study

This qualitative study of sixteen international students in China reveals that while they navigate diverse academic and sociocultural stressors through resilient coping strategies and informal support networks, they face significant barriers to accessing professional mental health services, highlighting the urgent need for culturally responsive counseling and structured social integration programs.

Sabaa Salloum, Yufang Guo, Kefang Wang2026-07-23
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Early Childhood Educators’ Pedagogical Practices and Learners’ Academic Engagement in Science Lessons in Ghana

This study in Ghana's Awutu Senya East Municipality reveals that early childhood educators' limited use of experiments and field studies, driven by systemic constraints and inadequate resources, significantly hinders learners' academic engagement in science lessons, prompting a recommendation for targeted professional development to improve foundational science instruction.

KENNEDY OWUSU, Prof. Issac Buabeng, Felicia Elinam Dzemasi2026-07-23
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Community-Based Tourism as a Strategy for Rural Entrepreneurship in Santander, Colombia

This qualitative study demonstrates that community-based tourism in rural Santander, Colombia, effectively drives sustainable development by improving incomes and preserving culture, though its full potential requires addressing challenges in infrastructure, financing, and digital promotion through ongoing training and organizational strengthening.

SANDRA PATRICIA ALVAREZ PEREZ, JORGE VIRGILIO RIVERA GUTIERREZ2026-07-23