Should a Layoff Notice Send you to Graduate School?: Honest evaluation and careful planning make all the difference

1983 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-38
Author(s):  
Albert LeBlanc
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Careful Planning ◽  
The Difference

The Flynn Effect

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Duckworth ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
The United States ◽  
Delay Of Gratification ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Political Scientist ◽  
Abstract Reasoning ◽  
Flynn Effect ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Difference

In tandem with increases in delay of gratification, the human capacity for abstract reasoning has increased enormously over the past century. This phenomenon is called the Flynn Effect, after the political scientist who discovered it. I first learned about the Flynn Effect in graduate school. I remember thinking it was impossible. How could it be that as a species, we're getting smarter? And not just a little bit smarter. The size of the Flynn Effect is staggering: more than 30 IQ points—the difference between getting an average score on a standard intelligence test versus qualifying as mentally gifted. Gains are comparable in all areas of the United States and, indeed, around the world.

Anticipating Student Responses to Improve Problem Solving

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 504-511
Author(s):  
Ann H. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Careful Planning ◽  
Actual Problem ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Problem Solve ◽  
Teaching Problem ◽  
Or Task ◽  
The Way

I have been a Mathematics Teacher and Educator throughout all four publications of the Standards documents (NCTM 1991, 1995, 1989, and 2000). Over the years, while concentrating on improving various aspects of my teaching, specifically, improving my students' ability to problem solve, I have been perplexed to see students pick numbers out of a problem and perform an operation with no regard for the context. To address this issue by teaching problem-solving lessons made me realize that I did not know the difference between students solving a problem and actual problem solving. A lesson beginning with a problem or task does not make it a problem-solving lesson, especially when students would inevitably solve it the way I had intended. Instead of problem solving, my students were trying to figure out what I was thinking. To prevent the temptation of leading students in this way of thinking required careful planning of problem-solving lessons.

Book Reviews

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 1189-1191
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Professor Emeritus ◽  
The West ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
History Of ◽  
Great Divergence ◽  
The Difference

Branko Milanovic, a Presidential Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center, reviews “Mixed Fortunes: An Economic History of China, Russia, and the West”, by Vladimir Popov. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Provides an interpretation of the ""Great Divergence" and the ""Great Convergence" stories, analyzing why Western countries grew rich and developing countries struggled to keep up, focusing on China and Russia. Discusses how the West became rich--stylized facts and a literature review; why the West became rich first and why some developing countries are catching up, while others are not; Chinese and Russian economies under central planning--why the difference in outcomes?; Chinese and Russian economies since reforms--transformational recession in Russia and acceleration of growth in China; and growth miracles and failures--lessons for development economics. Popov is with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, Professor Emeritus at the New Economic School in Moscow, and Professor in the Graduate School of International Business at the Russian Presidential Academy of the National Economy and Public Administration in Moscow.”

scholarly journals Undergraduate Science Research: A Comparison of Influences and Experiences between Premed and Non–Premed Students

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara Brongo Pacifici ◽  
Norman Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Medical School ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
School Research ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Undergraduate Science ◽  
Rule Out

Most students participating in science undergraduate research (UR) plan to attend either medical school or graduate school. This study examines possible differences between premed and non–premed students in their influences to do research and expectations of research. Questionnaire responses from 55 premed students and 80 non–premed students were analyzed. No differences existed in the expectations of research between the two groups, but attitudes toward science and intrinsic motivation to learn more about science were significantly higher for non–premed students. Follow-up interviews with 11 of the students, including a case study with one premed student, provided explanation for the observed differences. Premed students, while not motivated to learn more about science, were motivated to help people, which is why most of them are pursuing medicine. They viewed research as a way to help them become doctors and to rule out the possibility of research as a career. Non–premed students participated in research to learn more about a specific science topic and gain experience that may be helpful in graduate school research. The difference in the reasons students want to do UR may be used to tailor UR experiences for students planning to go to graduate school or medical school.

scholarly journals Historical Rainfall and Evapotranspiration Changes over Mpologoma Catchment in Uganda

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Ambrose Mubialiwo ◽  
Charles Onyutha ◽  
Adane Abebe
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Balance ◽  
Climate Variability ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Careful Planning ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Nonparametric Approach ◽  
The Difference

Changes in the long-term (1948–2016) rainfall and evapotranspiration over Mpologoma catchment were analysed using gridded (0.25° × 0.25°) Princeton Global Forcing data. Trend and variability were assessed using a nonparametric approach based on the cumulative sum of the difference between exceedance and nonexceedance counts of data. Annual and March-May (MAM) rainfall displayed a positive trend (p<0.05), whereas October-December (OND) and June-September rainfall exhibited negative trends with p>0.05 and p<0.05, respectively. Positive subtrends in rainfall occurred in the 1950s and from the mid-2000s till 2016; however, negative subtrends existed between 1960 till around 2005. Seasonal evapotranspiration exhibited a positive trend (p>0.05). For the entire period (1948–2016), there was no negative subtrend in the OND and MAM evapotranspiration. Rainfall and evapotranspiration trends and oscillatory variation in subtrends over multidecadal time scales indicate the need for careful planning of predictive adaptation to the impacts of climate variability on environmental applications which depend on water balance in the Mpologoma catchment. It is recommended that future studies quantify possible contributions of human factors on the variability of rainfall and evapotranspiration. Furthermore, climate change impacts on rainfall and evapotranspiration across the study area should be investigated.

A Learning Team Drama in One Act

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Lynn A. Isabella ◽  
Jessica Pohl ◽  
Jason Sinnarajah
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Team Member ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Multicultural Teams ◽  
Mba Students ◽  
Learning Teams ◽  
Team Experience ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Learning Team ◽  
One Act

“Hee Soap, Hee Soap,” Timothy Jones sang out in a mocking fashion towards Hee Seop Choi, a fellow learning team member at a noted graduate school of business. Hoping to gain the benefits from a diversity of resources, knowledge, and ideas, MBA students at this school were assigned to learning teams. Each member was specifically chosen with an effort to mix up gender, nationalities, professional backgrounds, and interests. But those advantages may be outweighed by problems stemming from multicultural differences. This case offers a disguised, yet real, team experience that can be used in the classroom to unpack how this richly diverse group had trouble getting along and why their personality clashes intensified. The opportunity to discuss the challenges in light of culture, and the difference between that and problems stemming from personalities will help students reap the benefits intrinsic in multicultural teams.

Doctoral Education as Social Practice for Knowledge Development

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 433-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lillemor Wallgren ◽  
Lars Owe Dahlgren
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Academic Environments ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
The Difference

This article reports on an empirical study of industry PhD students in the Swedish Graduate School for Applied IT and Software Engineering. The students were questioned in semi-structured interviews about their experiences of sharing their postgraduate studies between industrial and academic environments. The results from the first analysis indicate that there are considerable differences between companies in terms of their traditions and their propensity to take part in joint knowledge development with universities. Three types of company environment were identified in this context: (a) research-intense, (b) engineering and (c) consultancy. The focus of this study is on how the type of activity, the difference in time perspective between companies and universities, the competence of other company employees and the character of the thesis project affect the doctoral student's situation, identity, support and participation in knowledge development.

scholarly journals The difference on word makes: Imagining sexual orientation in graduate school application essays

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamden K Strunk ◽  
Lucy Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Racial Bias ◽  
Significant Other ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
Single Word ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The University

Past researchers in implicit racial bias illuminated how changes of even a single word in such writing samples as job applications and syllabi can shape perceptions and behavior. In the present study, a multi-staged experiment was undertaken to expand the work in implicit racialbias by using a similar research design focused on sexual orientation. We attempted to elicit sexual orientation identification one-word changes (wife, partner, or husband to refer to significant other) in graduate school admission essays and investigated differences inparticipants’ ratings of those essays on a number of relevant dimensions. Results indicate that essays referring to a partner or husband were perceived as more feminine/less masculine and more gay/less straight versus those referring to a wife. We also found that the essays mentioning the partner or husband were rated as being a poorer “fit” to the university versus those referringto a wife. These results have implications for research, as this introduces a useful research paradigm for LGBTQ work, and for practice as it highlights the ways that single-word variations can elicit sexual subjectivities and impact subsequent decisions about admissions and fit.

scholarly journals Analysis of The Readiness of Tan Tao University to Offer an MBA Program

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Roma ◽  
Bernardo Morante ◽  
Maged AlDubai
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Group Behavior ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Strategic Analysis ◽  
Weighted Mean ◽  
Mba Program ◽  
The People ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Program Data

This study provides a strategic analysis of the Tan Tao University MBA Program. The main objective of this study is to analyze the readiness of the Tan Tao University to offer an MBA Program and the effectiveness of the curriculum of the proposed MBA Program focusing on four areas such as human resources, facilities and equipment, research aspect and opportunities for development and formulate recommendations based on the findings that would boost the SBE MBA Program. Data is collected through a questionnaire using convenience sampling in order to give a comprehensive view of student's and faculty members’ perceptions. Data collected have been presented in tabular forms using weighted mean and percentage to facilitate understanding of the study. Managers of today’s organization must comprehend the essentials of individual and group behavior if they are to motivate and communicate with others in the organization. They must understand administrative processes if they are to plan and organize their operations. They must familiarize themselves with mathematical and statistical procedures if they are to efficiently control what goes on in an organization. Every company has its leaders and managers. They are the people who get things done, make things happen, and make the decisions that will make the difference between success and failure. It is this special breed of accomplished professionals for whom the Graduate School of Business of Tan Tao University is designed.

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