From the database of
Essential Science IndicatorsSM, this list of Emerging
Research Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for the
current period of May 2003-April 30, 2009, and the previous period of March
2003-February 28, 2009 (sliding 6-year period). Of the 6,558 Research
Fronts in the May 2003-April 30, 2009 file, a total of 697 (11%) were new.
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Field
Research Front Name
Description
Agricultural
Sciences
SOIL ORGANIC CARBON SEQUESTRATION RATES;
NITROGEN MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL DATA ANALYSIS
Carbon sequestration rates used in spatial modeling analyses
can predict regional, national, and global carbon sequestration
potentials.
Developments in Cognitive Load Theory are related to the view
in instructional design that real-life tasks should be the
driving force for complex learning.