On Constructing the System of Elective Math Courses in Subject Oriented Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
Мардахаева ◽  
Elena Mardakhaeva
Keyword(s):  
Geometric Progression ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Individual Work ◽  
Elective Courses ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
The Creation

Тhe paper is aimed to help the inconsistency between the training of school graduates and requirements of universities for first-year students through the creation of training courses in profession-oriented classes. A variant of construction of elective courses for subject oriented classes is exemplified though the analysis of several topics from «Mathematics and Informatics». A sample program of elective course «Arithmetic and geometric progression and introduction to the theory of limits» recommended for all profiles is displayed. On the basis of these principles it is possible to develop other programs of elective courses for majoring classes on various subjects. The program contains all the necessary components, along with examples of tasks, materials for practical classes and individual work.

scholarly journals A Progressively Advancing Curriculum for Robotics Education – The Case of Toin University of Yokohama –

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-221
Author(s):  
Yasuo Hayashibara ◽  
◽  
Takeshi Agui ◽  
Takahiro Ito ◽  
Motoyoshi Ohaba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Practical Experience ◽  
First Year ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Robotics Education ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Real World Problems ◽  
Mobile Machine

We detail an educational program implemented at Toin University of Yokohama in which lab and workshop courses on automated mechanics, from basics to applications, are offered consecutively during the first three undergraduate years. Engineering is a discipline concerned with practical real-world problems, but students rarely have the chance to gain enough practical experience to effectively understanding engineering. At our department, first- to third-year students may take several hands-on courses for fabricating machines – first-year students build an automatic mobile machine, second-year students write computer programs to control the position of a robot, and some third-year students design and fabricate an entire robot from the bottom up. An elective course on robot fabrication enables students to choose individual theme. Students experience failures and discover better ways by trial and error through these processes.

scholarly journals The use of a peer assisted learning scheme within a mathematics degree

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Cornock
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Group Contribution ◽  
First Year ◽  
Peer Assisted Learning ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Assessment Task ◽  
Learning Scheme ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Very High ◽  
Mathematics Community

The peer assisted learning (PAL) scheme in the mathematics degree at Sheffield Hallam University consists of final year PAL leaders guiding groups of first year students through an assessment task. Evaluation of the scheme in 2014-15 took place through a number of methods, including questionnaires, reflective log book comments and group contribution sheets. The scheme was found to help to ease the transition into university, help develop a mathematics community through the creation of support groups, and encourage inter-year interactions, developing skills, and increasing confidence of all involved. Engagement and enjoyment was very high and success extended far beyond the duration of the scheme. Despite the overall success, improvements will be made following on from comments and suggestions made by students.

scholarly journals A Model to Introduce Medical Students to the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Genomics for Precision Medicine

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip O Alderson ◽  
Maureen J Donlin ◽  
Lynda A Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Precision Medicine ◽  
Course Design ◽  
First Year ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Gene Variants ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
Second Year

Objective: Despite the significant medical impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, emergence of AI-related topics in medical curricula has been slow. The authors sought to introduce pre-clinical students to the importance of AI methodologies and medical applications using modular short courses focused on active learning with precision medicine as a primary use case. Materials and Methods: A short elective course was designed to introduce first-year students to how various bioinformatic and AI-related processes work and how they help classify medical data, facilitate genomic analysis and predict clinical outcomes. The course covers gene sequencing and variants, neural networks, natural language processing, medical computer vision and the limitations and ethical concerns related to use of AI in precision medicine. Online content serves as major source material. After a faculty-led introduction, sessions focus on teams of students who present course content to one another and lead discussions with faculty guidance. A related short AI course focused on gene variants was given to the entire second-year class. Results: The elective course has been taken by 74 first- year students over 8 consecutive semesters (2017-2021). The course achieved average satisfaction scores of 4.4/5.0 (n = 13) when the active learning approach became dominant in 2018. Students were able to describe accurately how bioinformatics and AI make personalized medicine possible. Students also did well on the gene variants exercise given to the entire second year class (2018), but the full class short AI course was not continued in subsequent years. Students have created a school-approved interest group in medical AI. Conclusions: This experience shows that AI-related materials can be sustainably introduced into pre-clinical medical education with precision medicine as the primary use case. This modular course design and content could be adapted easily for educational use in medical subspecialties and other health professions.

scholarly journals An elective course for first-year students based on the New England Journal of Medicine

1988 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 559-61
Author(s):  
O W Griffith ◽  
M E Goss ◽  
K Tardiff ◽  
E J Cassell ◽  
J D Pardee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
England Journal ◽  
New England ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Elective Course

scholarly journals Psychological Attitudes towards Electronic learning in Female and male Students of Physical Education and Sport Sciences / University of Baghdad

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 133-140
Author(s):  
Muhameed Qasim ◽  
Tamadur Abdulazeen
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Male Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
Psychological Attitude ◽  
Training Courses

            The research aimed at identifying the psychological attitudes of students in the college of physical education and sport sciences’/ university of Baghdad. The researchers used a psychological attitude towards electronic learning constructed by Mohammed Qasem to identify the marks that the students get. The subjects were (259) female and male students and the scale was applied to them to conclude that the grades of psychological attitudes towards electronic learning are very low in second, third, fourth-year students while in first-year students the grades were high. Finally, the researchers recommended the necessity of changing programs and styles that teachers use as well as holding training courses to uplift their level of learning.  

scholarly journals Agriculture faculty students’ meanings translation in conditions of the development of communicative competence

2020 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 15028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Suroedova ◽  
Yulya Tushnova ◽  
Ekaterina Belousova
Keyword(s):  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
First Year ◽  
Qualitative Aspect ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
Information Interpretation ◽  
Senior Students

This article discusses psychological characteristics of communicative and speech competence of the agriculture faculty students. The authors pay attention to the study of students communication skills in the process of interaction, their ability to translate meaning, skills of information interpretation and effective meaning transfer. The study involved 120 students aged 17 to 23 years (M=20.75, SD=2.25 (37% men). Methods were used: a survey – “Communicative competence” of L. Michelson in the modification of Yu.Z. Gilbukh; testing – subtest No. 6 of the Wechsler test; analytic tasks – a method of supplementing / completing / restoring a speech utterance, a classification method; statistical methods (descriptive statistics , Mann Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test). The study found that first-year students differ from senior students in communicative competence. The speech competence of graduate students in a qualitative aspect is better developed, however, it is distorted by the influence of personal characteristics and the situation. The research prospects are aimed at studying the differences in speech and communicative competence of students who completed training courses on the development of these abilities. It is also promising to study the characteristics of the process of meaning, as variables in the formation of speech and communicative competence.

scholarly journals Strategies to Minimise Students’ Weaknesses in Discussion Essay

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-114
Author(s):  
Dexter Sigan John
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
First Year ◽  
Academic English ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Good Writing ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
Purposive Sample

Discussion essay plays a crucial role in academic writing. It has been proven to enhance students' analytical and critical thinking skills effectively. However, students often struggle to compose a good writing due to their inability to use the language features. In that regard, this study aims to identify students’ weaknesses in the discussion essay and the changes seen after the intervention. The study used a purposive sample of 10 first-year students from the Computational Science Programme in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) who took Academic English 2 as an elective course. The study adapted the four stages of action research proposed by Mertler and Charles (2005). It administered a pre-test, post-test and an observation on the students. The findings indicate a significant decrease in the frequency of errors in the language features, namely verb, persuasive language and technical terms, after the two-month intervention. Students also exhibited positive learning behaviour throughout the intervention by participating actively in the learning activities.

Fundamentals of metal science and welding

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marat Mosesov
Keyword(s):  
Structural Materials ◽  
Federal State ◽  
First Year ◽  
Metal Science ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Metal Structures ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Lecture Material ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
State Educational

The textbook discusses the properties of metals used in construction, methods of their production and processing, as well as methods and technical means of performing welded joints. The presented material meets the requirements of the federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation and the programs of the courses "Technology of structural materials" and "Metal Science and Welding", taught to students of the faculties "Industrial and Civil Engineering", "Hydraulic Engineering", "Heat and Gas Supply and Ventilation", "Construction of unique buildings and structures", as well as to first-year students of the Faculty" Mechanization, Automation and Electrification of Construction " and undergraduates studying the course of metal structures and technologies of structural materials. It will be useful for students in mastering the lecture material, conducting laboratory work and completing diploma projects, as well as for students of advanced training courses and retraining of construction specialists.

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