Citations:conceptual clarification


 * 1982, "Multicultural Education," a need for conceptual clarification
 * 1993, A conceptual clarification of respect
 * The concept of respect, while frequently used in nursing literature, has not been extensively defined conceptually or empirically from a nursing perspective. This paper develops a conceptual definition of respect as a phenomenon in the domain of nursing action.
 * 1993, THE NATURAL AND THE ARTIFICIAL : (An Attempt at Conceptual Clarification)
 * The paper aims at a conceptual analysis of the notions of 'natural' and 'artifical' resp. 'artefact'. In the first part a brief historical survey is given to highlight the formation process and the series of modifications these concepts have undergone in their past. The second part scrutinises into how these concepts are embedded into modern frames of scientific and technological reasoning. The author ends up with attempts at definig the two key notions, as well as at showing their importance and indispensability for contemporary philosophy of science, - technology and - ecology.
 * 2001, Concept of competence: A conceptual clarification.
 * Discusses the concept of competence, mentioning specific competencies including: economic, technological, technical, and methodological competencies; social competencies; creativity and innovation skills; and mobility and flexibility combined with persistence, reliability, and precision. The variety of meanings given to the concept of competence is seen not only in its many uses, but also in the construction of terminology to express competence, such as media competence, business competence, traffic competence, age competence, and also cognitive, social, motivational, personal, an other competencies.
 * 2001, Conceptual Clarification and Policy-Related Science: The Case of Chemical Hormesis Chemical Hormesis
 * 2007, Conflict: some conceptual clarifications
 * This article explores the usage of the concept of conflict in social science literature, and attempts a conceptual clarification of conflict and related concepts such as conflict resolution, conflict settlement and conflict accommodation. The article ends with a typology of various types of conflict.
 * 2011, Critical Thinking: Conceptual Clarification and Its Importance in Science Education
 * In different countries efforts have been made to integrate critical thinking into science curricula, recognizing that it is necessary to live in a plural society with citizenship competence. However, this objective has not been appropriately implemented in classrooms. One of the obstacles is the fact that teachers do not have a clear idea about critical thinking because the meaning ascribed to critical thinking in different contexts is rarely explicit. This paper attempts to clarify this concept, evincing its relationship with other concepts such as scientific literacy and to present and discuss a framework for promoting students' critical thinking in science classrooms. (Contains 1 figure.)
 * 2019, Affect and control: A conceptual clarification
 * 2021, Minimal important change (MIC): a conceptual clarification and systematic review of MIC estimates of PROMIS measures
 * We define the minimal important change (MIC) as a threshold for a minimal within-person change over time above which patients perceive themselves importantly changed. There is a lot of confusion about the concept of MIC, particularly about the concepts of minimal important change and minimal detectable change, which questions the validity of published MIC values. The aims of this study were: (1) to clarify the concept of MIC and how to use it; (2) to provide practical guidance for estimating methodologically sound MIC values; and (3) to improve the applicability of PROMIS by summarizing the available evidence on plausible PROMIS MIC values.