scholarly journals Articulation Partnerships With Accredited Non Traditional Programs

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnold Peskin ◽  
Walter Buchanan
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Programs

Mindfulness Meditation – From Traditional Approaches to Mobile Applications (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magnus Liebher ◽  
Yi-Yuan Tang
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functions ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mindfulness Meditation ◽  
Neural Mechanisms ◽  
Present Moment ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Traditional Programs ◽  
Temporal Flexibility ◽  
Individual Use ◽  
Traditional Approaches

BACKGROUND Since the 1970s, psychological and neuroscientific research has had an increasing interest in mindfulness meditation. The resulting findings were followed by various programs which are based on the same idea: mindfulness meditation is a process of openly attending, with awareness to one’s present moment experience. In recent years the traditional programs have been turned more and more into digital applications, which promise increased spatial and temporal flexibility as well as an individual use. However, the large number of mobile applications offered contrasts with few evidence-based programs. OBJECTIVE The present review aims to consider the potential of mobile but also traditional programs to improve executive functions and alter neural mechanisms, in order to meet the growing demands of our digitized everyday life. METHODS - RESULTS By reviewing previous empirical findings and theoretical considerations, we describe short-term and long-term effects of both types as well as challenges and limitations with which they are faced. CONCLUSIONS Furthermore, we provide potential solutions for future programs with a specific focus of improving executive functions and underlying neural mechanisms. CLINICALTRIAL -

Career Maturity of Students in Accelerated Versus Traditional Programs

2007 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole J. Borges ◽  
George V. Richard ◽  
Ryan D. Duffy
Keyword(s):  
Career Maturity ◽  
Traditional Programs

scholarly journals Flipped Programs: Traditional Agricultural Education in Non-Traditional Programs

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-31
Author(s):  
Ashley Yopp ◽  
Billy McKim ◽  
Megan Homeyer
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Traditional Programs

scholarly journals EFFECT ASSESSMENT OF A COGNITIVE TRAINING PLATFORM IN HEALTHY OLDER ADULTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 1032-1035
Author(s):  
Antonia Yaneva ◽  
Nonka Mateva
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Cognitive Training ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Cognitive Status ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Computerized Cognitive Training ◽  
Negative Results ◽  
Healthy Elderly ◽  
Traditional Programs

Cognitive interventions, especially cognitive training, may improve cognitive functions in healthy older adults. Computerized cognitive training platforms offer several advantages over traditional programs for cognitive training and stimulation. The focus of this article is the methodology of the studies that apply a particular online training program. We investigate the effectiveness of several studies for cognitive training in healthy elderly people and evaluate reported outcomes and potential bias and what factors determine, influence or contribute to the positive or negative results. The post-intervention scores demonstrate that computerized cognitive training may enhance some cognitive functions and the overall cognitive status but there is need for additional research to prove its effectiveness.

scholarly journals An Evaluation of Critical Thinking in Competency-Based and Traditional Online Learning Environments

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Mayeshiba ◽  
Kay Jansen ◽  
Lisa Mihlbauer
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Online Program ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Direct Assessment ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Assessment Of Learning ◽  
Traditional Programs ◽  
Valid Assessment ◽  
Competency Based

Non-term, direct assessment competency-based education (CBE) represents a significant re-imagining of the structure of higher education. By regulating students’ progress through the program based on their mastery of tightly defined competencies rather than based on the time spent learning them, this learning environment affords students far greater flexibility than traditional programs. This focus on defined competencies has led to concerns that students in these types of programs may not demonstrate higher-level skills, such as critical thinking, at levels comparable to those enrolled in more traditional programs. This study evaluated 39 students’ demonstration of critical thinking in two assessments administered in parallel versions of one course: one offered through the non-term, direct assessment CBE University of Wisconsin Flexible Option, and the other offered through a traditional online program. For this study, each of the 78 assessments was scored using the critical thinking rubric from the Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education (VALUE) project. We found that students from the CBE version of the course received significantly higher (p=.0013) overall scores than the students in the traditional online version of the course. While further research is required to refine these methods and ensure the generalizability of these results, they do not support concerns about students’ abilities in this learning environment.

scholarly journals CONFUZZIUS: A Data Dependency-Aware Hybrid Fuzzer for Smart Contracts

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christof Ferreira Torres ◽  
Antonio Ken Iannillo ◽  
Arthur Gervais ◽  
Radu State
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Symbolic Execution ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Data Dependency ◽  
Smart Contracts ◽  
Dependency Analysis ◽  
Bug Detection ◽  
Code Coverage ◽  
Traditional Programs ◽  
Turing Complete

<div> <div> <p>Smart contracts are Turing-complete programs that are executed across a blockchain. Unlike traditional programs, once deployed, they cannot be modified. As smart contracts carry more value, they become more of an exciting target for attackers. Over the last years, they suffered from exploits costing millions of dollars due to simple programming mistakes. As a result, a variety of tools for detecting bugs have been proposed. Most of these tools rely on symbolic execution, which may yield false positives due to over-approximation. Recently, many fuzzers have been proposed to detect bugs in smart contracts. However, these tend to be more effective in finding shallow bugs and less effective in finding bugs that lie deep in the execution, therefore achieving low code coverage and many false negatives. An alternative that has proven to achieve good results in traditional programs is hybrid fuzzing, a combination of symbolic execution and fuzzing. In this work, we study hybrid fuzzing on smart contracts and present ConFuzzius, the first hybrid fuzzer for smart contracts. ConFuzzius uses evolutionary fuzzing to exercise shallow parts of a smart contract and constraint solving to generate inputs that satisfy complex conditions that prevent evolutionary fuzzing from exploring deeper parts. Moreover, ConFuzzius leverages dynamic data dependency analysis to efficiently generate sequences of transactions that are more likely to result in contract states in which bugs may be hidden. We evaluate the effectiveness of ConFuzzius by comparing it with state-of-the-art symbolic execution tools and fuzzers for smart contracts. Our evaluation on a curated dataset of 128 contracts and a dataset of 21K real-world contracts shows that our hybrid approach detects more bugs than state-of-the-art tools (up to 23%) and that it outperforms existing tools in terms of code coverage (up to 69%). We also demonstrate that data dependency analysis can boost bug detection up to 18%.</p> </div> </div>

Learner-Centered Coach Education: Practical Recommendations for Coach Development Administrators

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Paquette ◽  
Pierre Trudel
Keyword(s):  
Coach Education ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
Empirically Supported ◽  
Critical Areas ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Arduous Task ◽  
Coach Development ◽  
Traditional Programs ◽  
Bridging Research And Practice ◽  
Practical Recommendations

Despite a well-established understanding of the complexity inherent to both learning and sport coaching, programs designed to educate coaches have until recently been guided by pedagogical approaches aligned with rather simplistic views of learning. Thanks to the critical and innovative efforts of coaching scholars to uncover the shortcomings of traditional programs and their guiding epistemic traditions, coach education is becoming increasingly infused with constructivist, learner-centered (LC) strategies to help meet the complex needs of coaches. Although many LC informed recommendations have been offered, rarely do they provide coach development administrators (CDAs) with concrete, practical suggestions. Furthermore, the recommendations are scattered throughout the literature, which makes an already arduous task of bridging research and practice even more difficult for CDAs. Guided by the LC literature, a practical learner-centered teaching (LCT) framework, and previous recommendations presented in the coach education literature, this Best Practices paper presents a theoretically robust and empirically supported collection of practical recommendations for CDAs to support three critical areas of LC coach education: program design, facilitation, and coach engagement.

A Comparison of Traditional and Facilitated Dialogue Programs in Grand Teton National Park: An Evaluation for the Future of Interpretive Programs

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-81
Author(s):  
Pat Stephens Williams ◽  
Ray Darville ◽  
Matthew McBroom
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Grand Teton National Park ◽  
Dialogue Model ◽  
The Public ◽  
Traditional Program ◽  
Evaluation Scores ◽  
Traditional Programs ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Interpretive Programs ◽  
Program Characteristics

As part of finding their path for the next hundred years, the National Park Service is exploring diverse ways to engage the public and help create systemic changes in the way that the public interacts with each other. Facilitated dialogue in interpretive programs has been one of those ways. Traditionally, the public has embraced programming based on the expert and delivery, whereas the new direction leans toward an audience-centered, facilitated experience. To determine how this shift is affecting the experience related to interpretation in the parks, Grand Teton National Park (GRTE) conducted a study in 2015 and 2016. This multi-method study (this article presenting one slice) is based on the research model by Stern, et al (2012), which examined program and visitor characteristics among 56 live interpretive programs in Grand Teton National Park. Our goals were to compare traditional program with facilitated dialogue programs and to compare program characteristics over these two years. Findings indicate that traditional programs were significantly more attended than facilitated dialogue programs. However, when examining program characteristics, facilitated dialogue programs received significantly higher program evaluation scores than traditional programs. Adherence to the four-step Arc of Dialogue model was strongly and positively correlated with program characteristics.

scholarly journals Effects of Physical Exercise on Sexual Function and Quality of Sexual Life Related to Menopausal Symptoms in Peri- and Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2680 ◽  
Author(s):  
María del Carmen Carcelén-Fraile ◽  
Agustín Aibar-Almazán ◽  
Antonio Martínez-Amat ◽  
David Cruz-Díaz ◽  
Esther Díaz-Mohedo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Sexual Function ◽  
Menopausal Symptoms ◽  
Sexual Life ◽  
Psychological Conditions ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Traditional Programs

During the menopausal period, sexual dysfunction is associated with the development or worsening of psychological conditions, causing deterioration in women’s mental health and quality of life. This systematic review aims to investigate the effects of different exercise programs on sexual function and quality of sexual life related to menopausal symptoms. With this purpose, a systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Plus. A total of 1787 articles were identified in the initial search and 11 prospective studies (including 8 randomized controlled trials) were finally included. The most commonly recommended training programs are based on exercising pelvic floor muscles, as they seem to have the largest impact on sexual function. Mind–body disciplines also helped in managing menopausal symptoms. However, as far as the most traditional programs were concerned, aerobic exercises showed inconsistent results and resistance training did not seem to convey any benefits. Although positive effects have been found, evidence supporting physical exercise as a strategy to improve sexual function and quality of sexual life related to menopausal symptoms is limited, and further studies on this topic are needed.

Planning Non-Traditional Programs

1975 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-242
Author(s):  
Mary P. Endres
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Programs
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