scholarly journals Enhancing Teaching through SIMPLE Faculty Development Groups

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Paul Nelson ◽  
Margret Hjalmarson ◽  
Cody Edwards ◽  
Laura Kosoglu ◽  
Craig Lorie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Design Teams ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Teaching Design ◽  
Instructional Technique ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Interactive Session ◽  
New Research ◽  
Stem Teaching

The presenters are members of a cross-disciplinary teaching design group at Mason including faculty in science, mathematics, engineering, and education. As part of an NSF-funded project focused on improving undergraduate STEM teaching, each member is trying a new research-proven instructional technique in our classes. Most techniques were focused on formative assessment or student engagement in learning. We meet monthly to share our progress and challenges, as well as to discuss relevant literature in education and the learning sciences. In addition, we are each preparing to lead a discipline-focused team starting this fall.In this interactive session, we will share the new techniques we are trying, how the teaching design group has affected our pedagogical efforts, and why attendees might be interested in joining (and perhaps eventually leading) a teaching design group in their discipline. We will ask attendees to consider new techniques they have considered for their courses and to brainstorm about how they might take the first step in implementing such techniques. We'll also ask them to discuss with attendees from similar disciplines in order to form the groundwork for new teaching design teams.

Conclusion

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soumya Raychaudhuri
Keyword(s):  
Text Mining ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
The Body ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Data Set ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Scientific Text ◽  
Mining Methods

The genomics era has presented many new high throughput experimental modalities that are capable of producing large amounts of data on comprehensive sets of genes. In time there will certainly be many more new techniques that explore new avenues in biology. In any case, textual analysis will be an important aspect of the analysis. The body of the peer-reviewed scientific text represents all of our accomplishments in biology, and it plays a critical role in hypothesizing and interpreting any data set. To altogether ignore it is tantamount to reinventing the wheel with each analysis. The volume of relevant literature approaches proportions where it is all but impossible to manually search through all of it. Instead we must often rely on automated text mining methods to access the literature efficiently and effectively. The methods we present in this book provide an introduction to the avenues that one can employ to include text in a meaningful way in the analysis of these functional genomics data sets. They serve as a complement to the statistical methods such as classification and clustering that are commonly employed to analyze data sets. We are hopeful that this book will serve to encourage the reader to utilize and further develop text mining in their own analyses.

scholarly journals A new research for the secular polar motion in this century

1988 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 385-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao Ming ◽  
Dong Danan
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Polar Motion ◽  
Plate Motion ◽  
List Type ◽  
American Continent ◽  
Local Motion ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
North American Continent ◽  
The North ◽  
New Research

A new research for the secular drift of the Earth's pole was made based on nine long sequences of latitude observations and led to the following conclusions. 1.During this century, the Earth's pole has been moving with a mean rate of about 0″.0016/yr along the meridian about 70° (W). This drift rate is much less than the 0″.0035/yr derived from the ILS sequence.2.Relative to the North American continent, the Ukiah station located on the west coast of the U.S. shows a local drift of about 6 cm/yr northward, which coincides well with that determined by new techniques.3.Referring to the Europe-Asia plate, the whole North American continent shows a drift northward with a rate of about 8 cm/yr. The Mediterranian shows a similar drift of about 6 cm/yr. Perhaps these drifts are the consequences of plate motion and/or deflection of local vertical. It is useful for ascertaining the sources of the drifts to intercompare longer sequences observed with different techniques, including classical and new ones.4.Three of five ILS stations, Ukiah, Gaithersburg, and Carloforte, show significant local drifts. Therefore, the Conventional International Origin (CIO), which is defined by the 1903.0 mean latitudes of five ILS stations, is far from fixed on the Earth's surface. It is necessary to re-define an origin of the pole of the Conventional Terrestrial System (CTS).5.The quasi-30-year libration showed by the ILS data is not the real pattern of the Earth's polar motion, but results from both the irregular polar motion over some period and the local motion of Ukiah.

scholarly journals Challenges for Methods of Teaching English Vocabulary to Non-native Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 556-575
Author(s):  
Omer Elsheikh Hago Elmahdi ◽  
Abdulrahman Mokbel Mahyoub Hezam
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Native Students ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
New Research ◽  
Teaching Learning

This study is meant to have a through argument about the main topic of this research, which is the challenges of teaching methods of English vocabulary to non-native students. The researchers try to introduce a conceptual coverage of certain areas that are relevant to English vocabulary teaching / learning. This conceptual coverage includes: the definition of the term vocabulary, kinds of vocabulary, the importance of vocabulary, general principles for successful vocabulary teaching, teaching vocabulary in the English as a foreign language (EFL) context is challenging, techniques of teaching vocabulary, and the need for teaching vocabulary. Among the qualitative methods the researchers chose the record keeping method. This method makes use of the already existing reliable documents and similar sources of information as the data source. This data can be used in a new research. The researchers have collected a number of relevant studies and quarrying critically and deeply in these studies to signal out the Challenges for Methods of Teaching English Vocabulary to Non-native Students. Qualitative data collection allows collecting data that is non-numeric and helps us to explore how decisions are made and provide a detailed insight. For reaching such conclusions the data that is collected should be holistic, rich and nuanced and findings to emerge through careful analysis. This is why the researchers have examined and collected many relevant references, case studies that deal with teaching vocabulary.  To carry out this research the researchers have introduced certain questions and surveyed a huge number of previous studies after covering the relevant literature. Finally, the challenges that are critically obtained by the researchers are classified into three main categories. The first category, challenges related to students, the second one, challenges related to teachers, and the third one, challenges related to methods/ techniques/ strategies of teaching vocabulary.

scholarly journals A Contextual Reading of Ethiopian Crosses through Form and Ritual

Aethiopica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacopo Gnisci
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Literary Tradition ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
New Research

Maria Evangelatou’s book promises to explore new research questions and challenge Eurocentric approaches to Ethiopian crosses by presenting an analysis of their use and significance among the Christian orthodox population of Ethiopia. Unfortunately, the study fails to deliver on this promise due to a lack of direct engagement with Ethiopian voices and the relevant literature, and a reliance on publications that focus on noncontemporary or non-Ethiopian contexts. This lack of engagement with Christian Ethiopians leads to significant misinterpretations. Moreover, by adopting an approach to Ethiopian sources that fails to recognize the existence of significant shifts within the Ethiopian literary tradition, the author flattens Ethiopia’s historical dimension, and thus unintentionally reproduces the kind of Eurocentric representation of the country that she set out to challenge.

scholarly journals USING DESIGN COMPETITIONS TO TEACH DESIGN

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Petkau
Keyword(s):  
Design Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Formal Method ◽  
Design Team ◽  
Design Teams ◽  
Educational Institute ◽  
Teaching Design ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Many ◽  
Current Curriculum

Design education has become an important part of the curriculum in engineering schools. Design courses are set up to allow students to learn techniques and then to implement the techniques for better understanding. Schools currently are challenged to overcome the limitations of time, resources, and on how to fit this into the current curriculum. An alternative and unofficial method of teaching design is in the many student design competitions that are available. In most cases these are student run with very little input by the educational institute. Yet our understanding is that many large employers of engineering students would prefer to hire graduates with experience on these design teams. I would like to discuss the challenges of implementing and maintaining a student design team. I would also like to discuss the principle of using these design teams as a more formal method of teaching design to engineering students.

A Case Study of Duke Kunshan University

2017 ◽  
pp. 21-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Vollrath ◽  
Robert A Lloyd ◽  
Yanxu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
International Education ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Branch Campus ◽  
International Branch Campus

This chapter considers Duke University's motivation, approach, and challenges in launching its international branch campus (IBC), Duke Kunshan University in Kunshan, China. Differing perspectives on the project are presented from the point of view of DKU students, faculty, administrators, and an international education consultant. Taken together and in the context of relevant literature and the information provided in Duke University's primary China planning document, their thoughts and observations offer valuable insight to the ongoing conversation about the role of IBCs in higher education, and coalesce around the importance of an institutional brand rooted in consistent values and a genuine culture of faculty, staff, and student engagement.

Approaches to Vocational College Outcomes

2020 ◽  
pp. 62-133
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
College Outcomes ◽  
Instrument Validity ◽  
Research Philosophy ◽  
Students Satisfaction

The way in which research is conducted may be conceived in terms of the methods and procedures adopted to collect the data and draw conclusions from the data. The chapter discusses the research hypothesis, research design, research philosophy, research methods, target population, sample size, research instruments, instrument validity, and reliability. It also covers data collection procedure, data analysis techniques, ethical considerations, and results. The chapter reviewed relevant literature from related journals and books so as to develop and implement appropriate research methodology while keeping in mind the purpose of the study: to determine whether college resources and student engagement are linked with student learning outcomes in Kenya's higher vocational colleges. Resources were all input to a college that make learning favorable while student engagement were all educational purposive activities that bring about desirable outcomes and students satisfaction with college experience.

Educational Robotics Between Coding and Engineering Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 107-139
Author(s):  
Martin Fislake
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Educational Robotics ◽  
Engineering Design Process ◽  
Teaching Design ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Educational Robots

The development and use of educational robotics offer almost unlimited chances for teaching design. In classrooms it results in numerous and continuously increasing possibilities for the promotion of competences and the differentiated and differentiating use of educational robots. Therefore, this paper reports long time experiences of the author and is intended to introduce into the history and the relevant literature of educational robotics in teaching settings, before it discusses the role of educational robots as technology artefacts, as educational technology and for technology education interconnected to coding and the engineering design process (edp). In addition, a structured overview is developed to provide orientation, discuss possible applications and offer basic assistance for teaching between coding and engineering.

scholarly journals The role of the Square Kilometre Array in South Africa’s economic development strategy

2018 ◽  
Vol 114 (3/4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nishana Bhogal
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Square Kilometre Array ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Ongoing Support ◽  
The Impact

This study was undertaken to understand factors inhibiting and enabling the impact of the Square Kilometre Array South Africa (SKA SA) on the South African knowledge economy. A critical review of relevant literature revealed four themes, which are considered to be the main pillars crucial for engendering a knowledge economy: institutions, interrelationships, innovation and individuals. These pillars form the basis for the 4I model developed in this paper, the relevance of which in stimulating a knowledge economy was investigated. This study revealed no additional pillars, thus validating the 4I model in relation to SKA SA’s contribution to the knowledge economy. SKA SA’s success is underpinned by open and inclusive institutions, fostering and leveraging interrelationships, promoting innovation that may be commercialised, and attracting, retaining and training suitable individuals. Furthermore, this study provides a deeper insight into the 4I model by revealing new sub-themes that apply in a broader context, including the role of a nation’s inherent competitive advantage in informing its competitive and innovation strategy, the nature of interrelationships that may be multidimensional, and politically astute leadership that is crucial for the ongoing support of a publicly funded project. This deeper understanding of the 4I model forms a basis for strengthening each pillar and its impact on the knowledge economy.

scholarly journals Teaching Teamwork in Design

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Richard Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Team Effectiveness ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Design Teams ◽  
Education Students ◽  
National Surveys ◽  
Teaching Design ◽  
Process Output

This chapter proposes an Input-Process-Output framework for understanding what impacts the effectiveness of teamwork when higher education students are collaborating on design assignments. The framework can help design educators integrate teamwork into their courses and better evaluate learning outcomes, and may also elucidate good practice for professional design teams. Explaining the genesis of the framework, the literature is assimilated on team effectiveness and predictors of team performance, including: definitions, dimensions and frameworks of team effectiveness in contexts far wider than design education. Informed by the challenges specific to teaching design, a 22-factor framework is proposed. The paper concludes with recommendations for teachers informed by the framework. The viability of the 22-factor model of team effectiveness is evidenced by national surveys across Australia, which are reported in summary here.

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