Education
A Bridge Laid Before New Knowledge: The Advance Organizer
Proposed by educational psychologist David Ausubel, an advance organizer is a broad, general idea presented before new material so it can connect to what learners already know. Thi
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Economics
Designing the Future Economy: Macroeconomics and Strategies for Sustained Growth
Macroeconomics plays an important role in understanding the overall state and trends of a national economy. South Korea's economy currently faces various challenges and opportuniti
Economics
Raise the Tax Rate, Collect Less Tax: The Laffer Curve
The Laffer Curve is a hill-shaped graph showing that tax revenue is zero at both a 0% and a 100% tax rate, so some rate in between brings in the most. This article covers its napki
Design
New but Not Unfamiliar: The MAYA Principle (Most Advanced Yet Acceptable)
Coined by industrial designer Raymond Loewy, the MAYA principle says a design should be as advanced as possible while staying within what people can accept. This article covers Loe
Social welfare
The Right to an Ordinary Life: The Normalization Principle
What does it mean for people with disabilities to live as close as possible to the everyday life everyone else takes for granted? This article explains the normalization principle,
Library & information science
The Family Tree of Research Papers: Citation Indexes
How do you find the studies that have cited a paper you are reading? This article explains how Eugene Garfield's citation index came about and what it is, how to search backward an
Journalism & communication
Understanding the Concept of Frames in Journalism Studies
This time, we will explore frames, one of the concepts addressed in journalism studies. We will look at what frames are and what role they play. Journalism studies is an academic f
Psychology
A Balance the Mind Creates on Its Own: Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive dissonance is the psychological discomfort that arises when contradictory beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors exist at the same time, together with the automatic process of
Food & nutrition
How to Choose and Use Health Foods Properly
In modern society, rapidly changing lifestyles and irregular eating habits make it difficult for many people to maintain their health. In these circumstances, health foods are attr
Logistics
Shelves That Fill Without Purchase Orders: Vendor-Managed Inventory
Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) is an inventory approach in which the supplier sees the buyer’s sales and stock data and decides and takes responsibility for when and how much to re
Statistics
The Number to Check Before the Evidence: The Base Rate Fallacy
The base rate fallacy is judging from vivid case details while ignoring how common an event usually is. This piece covers Kahneman and Tversky’s research, the cab problem, everyday
Social welfare
How Vouchers, Neither Cash nor Goods, Are Changing the World
Social welfare used to be simple. It consisted entirely of delivering goods (In-kind), such as rice or instant noodles, to neighbors facing financial hardship, or depositing a set