A Structured Problem-solving Course for Graduate Students: Exposing Students to Six Sigma as Part of their University Training

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine M. Anderson-Cook ◽  
Angie Patterson ◽  
Roger Hoerl
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Structured Problem Solving ◽  
University Training

Process Improvement of Brake Lever Production Using DMAIC (+)

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chittaranjan Sahay ◽  
Suhash Ghosh ◽  
Pradeep Kumar Bheemarthi
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Statistical Process ◽  
Automotive Components ◽  
The Cost

This work describes a strategy to reduce the cost associated with poor quality, by reducing the parts per million defects by Defining, Measuring, Analyzing, Implementing and Controlling (DMAIC) the production process. The method uses a combination of principles of Six Sigma applications, Lean Manufacturing and Shanin Strategy. The process has been used in analyzing the manufacturing lines of a brake lever at a Connecticut automotive components manufacturing company for reducing the cost associated with the production of nonconforming parts. The analysis was carried out with the help of the data collected on nonconformance parts and the application of phase change rules from DMAIC (+). Data analysis was carried out on statistical process control softwares, MINITAB and SPC XL 2000. Although, the problem of tight bushing existed on only one line of the brake lever assembly, this problem solving approach has solved the tight bushing problems on all assembly and alternates lines in a time- and cost-effective way.

Clinical Decision Processes and Criteria for Social Validity

1983 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 775-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard W. Millard ◽  
Ian M. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Decision Process ◽  
Social Validity ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Decision Processes ◽  
Order Problem ◽  
Dangerous Behavior ◽  
Fixed Order ◽  
Parametric Analyses

A sample of 12 clinical psychologists and 12 graduate students in clinical psychology performed an analogue task to investigate decision processes with respect to the judged salience of criteria for social validity. Six child cases were considered by all; each card contained information describing a dangerous behavior, information accompanied by an explicit normative refererence, the same information without a normative reference, or unrelated filler comments. Non-parametric analyses indicated that subjects consistently evaluated information about dangerous behavior as being more serious than any other concern; dangerousness was ranked first 94.4% of the time. Subjects did not distinguish between information with explicit normative referents and the same information without any such referents. Students and clinicians did not differ in their response to these categories of information. The results demonstrate the application of a fixed-order problem-solving method to study the clinical-decision process and suggest the importance of criteria for social validity in this sequence.

scholarly journals Japanese and Swedish Mathematics Teacher Educators’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge – An Institutional Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukiko Asami-Johansson ◽  
Iiris Attorps
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Institutional Perspective ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Mathematics Teacher Educators ◽  
Structured Problem Solving ◽  
Area Determination

The aim of this paper is to investigate which kind of conditions and constraints affect Japanese and Swedish teacher educators’ pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). We analyse the praxeologies of the lessons in which the educators teach area determination. Our study shows that the Japanese teacher educators’ PCK are more explicitly shared by the community of the teacher educators compared to the Swedish counterpart. Also, the detailed Japanese curriculum and the structured problem solving approach promote to illustrate how to construct rich mathematical and didactical organisations for prospective teachers.

Session 4: What to Do When Things Aren’t Getting Done: Breaking Down Tasks and Problem-Solving

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
Susan E. Sprich ◽  
Steven A. Safren
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Task Completion ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Task List ◽  
Structured Problem Solving

Problem-solving skills and how to deal with large projects are the focus of this chapter. This session contains information about how to manage overwhelming tasks, those that remain on the task list for many days or weeks without getting completed. Information is provided regarding how to use structured problem-solving to arrive at a solution to a problem. Additionally, the chapter contains information about how to break down large tasks into smaller, more manageable chunks to increase the likelihood of task completion.

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