Teaching Impact and Evaluation Methodology Assessment in a Fluid Mechanics Course: Student’s Perceptions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Teresa Sena-Esteves ◽  
Cristina Morais ◽  
Anabela Guedes ◽  
Isabel Brás Pereira ◽  
Margarida Ribeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Fluid Transport ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Evaluation Methodology ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Practical Applications

Fluid Transport Systems topic is of fundamental importance in most Engineering areas. In this topic basic knowledge must be taught yet students normally resist and do not perform well in theoretical syllabus. In order to reinforce the importance of these issues, and based on teachers’ perceptions and experience, a change was made in the assessment process: a Practical Work and different moments and types of assessment were introduced. The objective is to evaluate the influence of these changes in the students’ final grades and to obtain students’ perceptions regarding these changes, and to know which teaching/learning methodologies are most effective. The students’ perceptions were analyzed through a questionnaire developed and validated for that purpose. Fifty students (88% of the enrolled students) carried out this new course format and answered the questionnaire. It is interesting to observe that most students (55.1%) do not perceive this course as essentially theoretical and 37% view it as balanced between theory and practice. One of the main reasons could be the fact that students realize that practical applications proposed during classes are enough to understand the theoretical concepts (75.5%). Globally students preferred several assessment moments (mini tests) to just one. Regarding the Practical Work, it was well accepted by students. The technical and soft skills promoted by the Practical Work as well as students’ learning styles were also analyzed through the questionnaires. The majority of students (71.4%) learn through the creation of concepts (abstract conceptualization) and perform things by an active experimentation. The grades obtained in the different moments of assessments were crossed with the final and Practical Work grades. It is worth pointing out that students increased their grades with the Practical Work.

scholarly journals (A78) EMS System Assessment & Gap Analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S1) ◽  
pp. s21-s22
Author(s):  
T. Skeen
Keyword(s):  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Prehospital Care ◽  
Trauma System ◽  
Formal System ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
World Health ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
System Assessment

PurposeThe World Health Organization Model Trauma System Policy suggests that Governments should undertake systematic reviews of the de facto prehospital transport systems for severely ill and injured persons. These systems, be they formal or informal, should be designed to optimize local resources with emphasis on standards of training, equipment, infrastructure and communications so as to assure delivery of prompt, quality, and equitable prehospital care. Scope of Review and Assessment a System Assessment and Gap Analysis (SAGA) tool has been developed to measure 127 key components of a high performance emergency transport system within the realms of Clinical, Organizational and Logistical functionality. The evaluation compares the current status of the specific components with those commonly expected to be seen in a formal international accredited EMS organization.MethodologyThe tool utilizes a thorough investigative process sufficient to produce credible and practical data which can be used to form a “System Improvement Plan.” While the scope of the project can be seen as relatively broad, the assessment process allows for adaptation to a wide variety of EMS system models which bring specific focus to the greatest areas of improvement opportunity with practical applications and alignment with those resources which are available to a given governmental entity.PresentationThis abstract, (in both oral and poster presentation format), demonstrates a portional mock evaluation with focus on those components often overlooked by both evolving and mature formal system designs by the international EMS community. The SAGA approach is an invaluable tool for those responsible for integrating the functionality and needs of a broad range of stake holders into the overarching prehospital delivery system in building support for qualitative improvements.

Heuristic Algorithms for Waste Load Allocation in a River Basin

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 1057-1064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijay Joshi ◽  
Prasad Modak
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Programming ◽  
Heuristic Algorithms ◽  
Water Quality Management ◽  
User Preferences ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Waste Load Allocation ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Waste Load ◽  
On Line ◽  
The One

Waste load allocation for rivers has been a topic of growing interest. Dynamic programming based algorithms are particularly attractive in this context and are widely reported in the literature. Codes developed for dynamic programming are however complex, require substantial computer resources and importantly do not allow interactions of the user. Further, there is always resistance to utilizing mathematical programming based algorithms for practical applications. There has been therefore always a gap between theory and practice in systems analysis in water quality management. This paper presents various heuristic algorithms to bridge this gap with supporting comparisons with dynamic programming based algorithms. These heuristics make a good use of the insight gained in the system's behaviour through experience, a process akin to the one adopted by field personnel and therefore can readily be understood by a user familiar with the system. Also they allow user preferences in decision making via on-line interaction. Experience has shown that these heuristics are indeed well founded and compare very favourably with the sophisticated dynamic programming algorithms. Two examples have been included which demonstrate such a success of the heuristic algorithms.

The pragmatist influence on managerial ideas and practices

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Lorino
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Inquiry ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Corporate World ◽  
Quality Movement ◽  
Reflection In Action ◽  
Process Perspective ◽  
Exploratory Inquiry

A key idea of pragmatism is the inseparability of theory and practice, thought and action. Pragmatism is said to have had few contacts with the organizational world, and few direct practical applications, except in the domain of education. In particular, the pragmatist direct influence on the managerial world is often undervalued. However, pragmatist ideas have had a significant impact on managerial doctrines and can be traced in today’s debates amongst organization practitioners. This chapter studies three of those channels: Follett’s direct or indirect (for example through Chester Barnard’s work) influence on the corporate world as well as the management of public institutions; the stream of action research and reflection-in-action, in particular Donald Schön’s work; and the development of the quality movement as an anti-Taylorian revolution, deeply influenced by pragmatist thinkers (exploratory inquiry, community of inquiry, instrumental mediations, process perspective), more recently distorted into a Taylorian revival under the “lean management” label.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Learning Styles and Academic Performance: Consistency among Multiple Assessment Methods in Psychology and Education Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3341
Author(s):  
Jesús Maya ◽  
Juan F. Luesia ◽  
Javier Pérez-Padilla
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Education Students ◽  
The Relationship

Universities strive to ensure quality education focused on the diversity of the student body. According to experiential learning theory, students display different learning preferences. This study has a three-fold objective: to compare learning styles based on personal and educational variables, to analyze the association between learning styles, the level of academic performance, and consistency of performance in four assessment methods, and to examine the influence of learning dimensions in students with medium-high performance in the assessment methods. An interdisciplinary approach was designed involving 289 psychology, early childhood education and primary education students at two universities in Spain. The Learning Style Inventory was used to assess learning styles and dimensions. The assessment methods used in the developmental psychology course included the following question formats: multiple-choice, short answer, creation-elaboration and an elaboration question on the relationship between theory and practice. Univariate analysis, multivariate analysis, and binomial logistic models were computed. The results reveal Psychology students to be more assimilative (theoretical and abstract), while early childhood and primary education students were evenly distributed among styles and were more divergent and convergent (practical) in absolute terms. In addition, high scores in perception (abstract conceptualization) were associated with a high level of performance on the multiple-choice tests and the elaboration question on the relationship between theory and practice. Abstract conceptualization was also associated with medium-high performance in all assessment methods and this variable predicted consistent high performance, independent of the assessment method. This study highlights the importance of promoting abstract conceptualization. Recommendations for enhancing this learning dimension are presented.

Coalition loyalty-programme adoption and urban commercial-network effectiveness evaluation

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (9) ◽  
pp. 818-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan De Noni ◽  
Luigi Orsi ◽  
Luca Zanderighi
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Dynamic Network ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Evaluation Methodology ◽  
Marketing Theory ◽  
Urban Network ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Network Effectiveness ◽  
Commercial Network ◽  
Loyalty Programme

Purpose – To counter the proliferation of out-of-town shopping centres, a spontaneous or planned coalition loyalty programme (CLP), one involving most retailers in an urban network, may positively affect a town centre's capacity to entice customers and may enhance its competitiveness. The purpose of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of CLP implementation in town-centre management (TCM) as a tool for enhancing urban commercial-system attractiveness. Design/methodology/approach – The theoretical framework used in this study is supported by the evaluation methodologies of an empirical case study: the Savigliano Card project. CLP performance analysis uses a dynamic network-competitiveness index, an approach based on Laspeyres-type decomposition. The effects on each retailer's profitability are then tested by matching network and regression analyses. Findings – The results suggest that CLPs implementation in a TCM scheme can produce benefits and positive externalities for customers, retailers and urban areas. CLPs can influence a town centre's revitalisation process, improve the attractiveness of the urban commercial network and increase the profitability of private retailers by enhancing cross-selling dynamics. Practical implications – The paper provides a CLP performance-evaluation methodology and presents the benefits concerning CLP implementation in TCM strategies. Originality/value – This type of CLP is weakly exploited in marketing theory and practice; therefore, the paper provides theoretical and empirical explanations for the measurement of CLP effectiveness in TCM. In addition, it has significant implications for both practitioners and academics.

scholarly journals The importance of respecting the learning styles in the teaching process: An example of Kolb's model of experiential learning

Norma ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-79
Author(s):  
Lana Tomčić
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Common Learning

The aim of this paper is to point out the importance of knowing and respecting the learning styles in the teaching process through the presentation of Kolb's model of experiential learning. The goal is achieved at the theoretical level, using the method of theoretical analysis and content analysis techniques, starting from the analysis of concepts and classifications of learning styles in the most common learning theories, through different ways of respecting learning styles to Kolb's model of experiential learning. Knowledge of learning styles is of multiple importance for pedagogical theory and practice: the acquired knowledge contributes to better knowledge and understanding of students, their way of learning, the quality of teacher-student interaction, but also to shedding light on the causes of learning difficulties and preventing school failure.

scholarly journals Feminine in Action

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-47
Author(s):  
Felisa Roldan
Keyword(s):  
Skills Training ◽  
Scientific Paper ◽  
Placebo Control ◽  
Defence Mechanisms ◽  
Value System ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Therapeutic Experience ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Feminine

“The feminine” is a philosophy, a style, a value system, which is at the centre of the way I work as a psychotherapist. In this paper I wish to share the practical applications of this approach in a group therapy setting with young women aged 16 to 23. As a psychotherapist and psychiatrist, I am well versed in the more masculine value system. I use concepts like transference and counter-transference, defence mechanisms, diagnostic criteria, and all the other ways of understanding what is happening in our therapeutic experience. Moreover, I teach a lot of these concepts. I am therefore not intending to devalue the usefulness of these theoretical concepts. It is much harder to define and bring into dialogue the values of the feminine. It is not a measurable concept that can be packaged in skills training or researched with placebo control studies and published in a scientific paper. In spite of that, I believe it is an important concept to introduce and to discuss in the psychotherapy world. In this paper I describe some clinical applications of the concept of the feminine in order to demonstrate its value to our work. Whakarāpopotonga He rapunga whakaaro, he kōpuratanga, he whakatakotoranga uara te uha, ā, pokapū tēnei ki te āhua o tāku mahi i aku mahi kaiwhakaora hinengaro. E hiahia ana au ki te tohatoha i ngā mahi haratau o tēnei momo mahi ki waenga i tētahi haumanau awheawhenga taitamāhine mai i te 16 ki te 23 nei ngā tau. Mai i ōku kaiwhakaora hinengaro, rata mate hinengaro, e tino mātau ana au ki te whakatakotoranga uara tānetanga. Mahia ai e au ngā tū āhua ariā pēnei i te whakawhiti me te awherangi whakawhiti, ngā momo waonga, te paearu whakatau mate, me ērā atu anō o ngā mātauranga whakamārama kei te aha ngā whakanekenekehanga o ō tātou wheako haumanu. Otirā, ākonga ai e au te maha o ēnei ariā, ā, me pēhea hoki e taea ai te whakaiti, te painga o ēnei ariā. He uaua kē atu te tautuhi uara taitamāhine ka whakauru mai ai ki ngā kōrero. Ehara i te ariā inea ka taea nei te tākai whakangungunga pukenga rangahaua rānei ki tētahi akomanga whakahaere tohipa ka tā ai ki tētahi pepa pūtaiao. Ahakoa tērā, e whakapono ana au he ariā whai tikanga hei whakamōhio hei aromatawai i roto i te ao whakaoranga hinengaro. E whakamārama ana au i ētahi ariā mahinga haumanu o te taitamāhine hai whakaatu i ōna uara ki ā tātou mahi.

scholarly journals Self-Access and Metacognitive Awareness in Young Learners: How Japanese Sixth Graders Learn How to Learn English

2015 ◽  
pp. 399-412
Author(s):  
Robert J. Werner ◽  
Yu Kobayashi
Keyword(s):  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Sixth Graders ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Metacognitive Awareness ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
English Class ◽  
Watching Tv ◽  
English Instruction

This paper discusses theory and practice related to self-access and metacognitive awareness in young learners. While still an emerging field, the paper presents several studies that describe young learners’ self-access through playing online multi-player digital games, watching TV/films, and reading various types of texts. The teaching of metacognitive awareness, or ‘learning how to learn’, is also discussed, and examples illustrate how this knowledge is applied to learning both in class and beyond. The latter part of this paper describes elementary English instruction in Japan and includes practical applications of learning how to learn through examples from a Japanese sixth grade English class. The students discuss motivating factors beyond the classroom, how they access metacognitive knowledge, and strategies they apply to better learn English.

scholarly journals DIDACTIC ASPECTS OF TEACHING ACCOUNTING IN HIGHER SCHOOL

2013 ◽  
pp. 270-275
Author(s):  
E. Y. Voronova
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Accounting Education ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Analytical Skills ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches

The article considers didactic aspects of competence-based and interdisciplinary approaches to teaching accounting for university students. The author proves the necessity to improve the national accounting education aimed at cohesion of theory and practice, production of new knowledge, its spread and usage via innovation activities. The article criticizes traditional approach to typical problem-solving connected with calculations and memorizing double-entries for failing to develop student’s analytical skills. It also promotes case-studies to infuse knowledge and skills enabling students to professionally solve real life like problems which they are likely to face. The article also considers seminars in the light of communication and its frame to inform students of innovation theoretical concepts of accounting. In addition the author looks into changes in the role of the lecture teaching accounting as well as forms and methods of teaching accounting as well as forms and methods of teaching accounting due to access to IT. The article underlines the importance of increased autonomy and self-reliance of students. It also describes professional literature as a key information resource in accounting.

scholarly journals A decision analysis framework for stakeholder involvement and learning in groundwater management

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 8747-8780 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. P. Karjalainen ◽  
P. M. Rossi ◽  
P. Ala-aho ◽  
R. Eskelinen ◽  
K. Reinikainen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Groundwater Management ◽  
Stakeholder Participation ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Trade Offs

Abstract. Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methods are increasingly used to facilitate both rigorous analysis and stakeholder involvement in natural and water resource planning. Decision making in that context is often complex and multi-faceted with numerous trade-offs between social, environmental and economic impacts. However, practical applications of decision-support methods are often too technically oriented and hard to use, understand or interpret for all participants. The learning of participants in these processes is seldom examined, even though successful deliberation depends on learning. This paper analyzes the potential of an interactive MCDA framework, the decision analysis interview (DAI) approach, for facilitating stakeholder involvement and learning in groundwater management. It evaluates the results of an MCDA process in assessing land-use management alternatives in a Finnish esker aquifer area where conflicting land uses affect the groundwater body and dependent ecosystems. In the assessment process, emphasis was placed on the interactive role of the MCDA tool in facilitating stakeholder participation and learning. The results confirmed that the structured decision analysis framework can foster learning and collaboration in a process where disputes and diverse interests are represented. Computer-aided interviews helped the participants to see how their preferences affected the desirability and ranking of alternatives. During the process, the participants' knowledge and preferences evolved as they assess their initial knowledge with the help of fresh scientific information. The decision analysis process led to the opening of a dialogue, showing the overall picture of the problem context, and the critical issues for the further process.

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