scholarly journals Neurocognitive Evidence for Different Problem-Solving Processes between Engineering and Liberal Arts Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Yu-Cheng Liu ◽  
Chaoyun Liang
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Analogical Reasoning ◽  
Spatial Relation ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Information Flows ◽  
Mental Calculation ◽  
Spatial Intelligence ◽  
Educational Backgrounds ◽  
Verbal Message ◽  
Liberal Arts Students

Differences exist between engineering and liberal arts students because of their educational backgrounds. Therefore, they solve problems differently. This study examined the brain activation of these two groups of students when they responded to 12 questions of verbal, numerical, or spatial intelligence. A total of 25 engineering and 25 liberal arts students in Taiwan participated in the experiment. The results were as follows. (i) During verbal intelligence tasks, differences between the two groups were observed in the information flows of verbal message comprehension and contextual familiarity detection in the problem-identifying phase, whereas no significant differences were found in the resolution-reaching phase. (ii) During numerical intelligence tasks, differences between the two groups were observed in the information flows of mental calculation and message comprehensionin the problem-identifying phase and those of verbal perception and analogical reasoning in the resolution-reaching phase. (iii) During spatial intelligence tasks, differences between the two groups were observed in the information flows of spatial relation integration and spatial context memory retrieval in the problem-identifying phase and those ofspatial attentionand contextual relation integration in the resolution-reaching phase.

Mathematics for Liberal Arts Students

1993 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-166
Author(s):  
Albert W. Briggs
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts Students

Scheme as an expository language for liberal arts students

1993 ◽  
Vol VI (3) ◽  
pp. 54-58
Author(s):  
Aaron Konstam ◽  
John E. Howland
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts Students

scholarly journals Mechanics for Liberal Arts Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 183-188
Author(s):  
Yutaka Shimomura
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts Students

scholarly journals Evaluating engineering thinking in undergraduate engineering and liberal arts students

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-444
Author(s):  
Sarah Bell ◽  
Andrew Chilvers ◽  
Liz Jones ◽  
Nicole Badstuber
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Liberal Arts Students

scholarly journals Thinking Through Improvisation: Do General Improvisation Studies Belong in a Liberal Arts Curriculum?

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic Poccia
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Reading Performance ◽  
First Year ◽  
Subjective Experiences ◽  
Arts Curriculum ◽  
Creative Problem ◽  
Liberal Arts Students ◽  
First Year Seminar

Thinking Through Improvisation implies two meanings: 1) carefully examining all that improvisation encompasses including how it is practiced, and 2) using improvisation to generate ideas or performances. Using a First Year Seminar course I taught for 20 years, I illustrate how a general course in improvisation can introduce students to improvisation as a way of thinking in diverse fields and can strengthen liberal arts skills in critical and creative thinking. Interdisciplinary and multicultural approaches are readily incorporated as are a range of activities including writing, critical reading, performance, and creative problem solving. Risk taking, trust, creativity, adaptability, teamwork, respect for knowledge, abstract and practical thinking and the joy of creative discovery are explored through discussion and practice of improvisation. Scientific explanations of improvisation are compared to subjective experiences of improvisational performance. These activities lay a groundwork for creative explorations of the discipline-oriented curriculum in the range of fields subsequently encountered by liberal arts students.  

BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS: Possibilities and Flaws: Physical Science for Liberal Arts Students

1973 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 376-377
Author(s):  
Hugo N. Swenson ◽  
J. Edmund Woods ◽  
Robert Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Physical Science ◽  
Liberal Arts Students ◽  
Film Reviews

Intervention Outcomes, Anxiety, Self-Esteem, and Self-Efficacy With DHH Students in Universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-69
Author(s):  
Samta P Pandya
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Liberal Arts Students ◽  
Commerce Students ◽  
Spiritual Counseling ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Academic Self Efficacy

Abstract This article reports the impact of an online spiritual counseling (OSC) program in mitigating anxiety and building self-esteem and academic self-efficacy among deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students in universities. Compared to online relaxation sessions, the OSC was more effective. Male DHH students and those whose parents were highly qualified exhibited less anxiety and higher self-esteem and self-efficacy at pretest (T1). Post-test (T2) male students having better educated parents responded better to the OSC. T2 anxiety was lower and self-esteem and academic self-efficacy was higher for liberal arts students and having stay-at-home parents compared with science and commerce students and whose parents worked outside home. Self-esteem was also positively moderated by better economic class and presence of siblings. Intervention compliance in terms of regular attendance and self-practice mediated the relationship between sociodemographic predictors and outcomes. Results support the biopsychosocial model and encourage the implementation of the OSC with DHH university students.

Success beyond STEM: an analysis of educational background of the Fortune 50 CEOs

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
James Welch
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
College Education ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Stem Majors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Undergraduate Major ◽  
Educational Backgrounds ◽  
Liberal Arts Majors

PurposeThe purpose of this article is examine some of the most successful contemporary global business leaders in relation to undergraduate institution and undergraduate major in order to examine the value and return of higher education programs for global business leadership. This is an important topic in the modern global context, as there continues to be an increasing global push toward deemphasizing and defunding liberal arts education in favor of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields for college and university students around the globe.Design/methodology/approachThe educational backgrounds of the 2019 Fortune 50 CEOs were researched in relation to undergraduate institutions attended and undergraduate majors. The study also included an examination of graduate education, if applicable. Using available biographical information regarding the CEOs educational backgrounds, these business leaders were compared relative to the educational data.FindingsAn examination of the undergraduate educational backgrounds of the 2019 Fortune 50 CEOs revealed an exact split between 18 STEM majors, 18 liberal arts majors and 18 business majors, with 1 CEO who began university studies but did not graduate. Upon examination, it is also apparent that some majors were more directly related to a CEO's industry, while other majors ended up having little relation to the CEO's chosen career path.Practical implicationsThe results of this study contribute to the very important discussion concerning the long-term value of a college education. At both micro and macro levels, stakeholders are constantly questioning the ultimate return on investment of a college education, and examination of the 2019 Fortune 50 CEOs indicates that the choice of college major is only one ingredient in the overall recipe for professional success. For these business leaders, there were a wide variety of educational paths, in terms of college academic preparations, that eventually led to the very pinnacle of professional and leadership attainment.Originality/valueThis study demonstrates that a particular undergraduate field of study is not going to make or break a career, and the examination of these Fortune 50 CEOs indicates that one's ultimate career achievement is not simply relegated to the specific field of undergraduate major.

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