Developing collaborative skills early in the CS curriculum in a laboratory environment

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn McKinney ◽  
Leo F. Denton
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Environment ◽  
Collaborative Skills

Engaging African engineering students with problem-based learning by using the disassembly–assembly technique

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur J Swart
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Working Condition ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Engineering Systems ◽  
Laboratory Environment ◽  
Assembly Technique ◽  
Collaborative Skills

Problem-based learning identifies problems in ways that are conducive to student learning and emphasizes problem-solving, critical thinking and collaborative skills. These three aspects are core to disassembly–assembly techniques used in higher education where students are required to engage with visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning within a laboratory environment. The purpose of this article is to describe a disassembly–assembly technique used in a compulsory engineering module and identify how many African engineering students can successfully create a problem (disassemble a two-stroke motor) and then correctly solve the problem (assemble the two-stroke motor back to a working condition). A longitudinal study involving quantitative data is used with descriptive statistics. Results indicate, that on average, 85.5% of African engineering students can successfully engage with the disassembly–assembly technique. A possible recommendation is to encourage more academics to make use of the disassembly-assembly technique with regard to engineering systems, equipment or machinery.

Developing collaborative skills early in the CS curriculum in a laboratory environment

2006 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn McKinney ◽  
Leo F. Denton
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Environment ◽  
Collaborative Skills

Cooperation and obligation in early parent-child relationships

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross A. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Moral Psychology ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Social Agency ◽  
Infant Survival ◽  
Peer Experiences ◽  
Early Experiences ◽  
Early Parent ◽  
Collaborative Skills ◽  
Parent Child Relationships

Abstract Tomasello's moral psychology of obligation would be developmentally deepened by greater attention to early experiences of cooperation and shared social agency between parents and infants, evolved to promote infant survival. They provide a foundation for developing understanding of the mutual obligations of close relationships that contribute (alongside peer experiences) to growing collaborative skills, fairness expectations, and fidelity to social norms.

scholarly journals Influence of Solar Concentrator in the Form of Luminescent PMMA on the Performance of a Silicon Cell

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2086
Author(s):  
Bartłomiej Milewicz ◽  
Magdalena Bogacka ◽  
Krzysztof Pikoń
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Social Awareness ◽  
Single System ◽  
Solar Concentrator ◽  
Solar Simulator ◽  
Laboratory Environment ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Acrylic Glass ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Silicon Cell

The methods of production of electricity from renewable sources are currently highly researched topics. The reason for this is growing social awareness regarding the environmental impact of traditional energy technologies. The main aim of this study is to describe the results of using silicon cell technology and dye concentrator in a single system. The experiment presented in the paper was conducted in a laboratory environment using a dye concentrator in the form of tinted and luminescent acrylic glass (polymethyl methacrylate, PMMA). The experiment was conducted using a few measurement calibrations for the described system, such as different temperatures of the researched silicon cell or different intensity of illuminance from a solar simulator. The results of the experiment showed increase in the performance of the solar cell between 0.05% and 1.42% depending on the pigments used in the concentrator. The highest results were achieved for luminescent red PMMA and on average the improvement was 1.21%. This shows us the potential for the implementation of a luminescent dye concentrator in solar electric technology.

The Value of Learning Collective Free Music Improvisation: Preservice Music Educators’ Perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 40-53
Author(s):  
Hoon Hong Ng
Keyword(s):  
Music Teachers ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
Music Curriculum ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Music Improvisation ◽  
Free Improvisation ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
School Music ◽  
Collaborative Skills

I conducted a case study to explore preservice music teachers’ behaviors, thoughts, and feelings when engaged in collective free music improvisation. Nine preservice music teachers were taught how to freely improvise within groups as part of a teacher education course and participated in interviews and focus group discussions. Major themes highlighted learning across three segments that emphasized communication and collaborative skills, entrepreneurial skills and risk taking, and reconciliation and transformation. I concluded that the sociomusical outcomes produced by collective free improvisation may complement those of more formal and idiomatic improvisation practices, and that by introducing preservice music teachers to free improvisation activities, they may be more willing to engage PK–12 students in free improvisation lessons that enhance the existing school music curriculum.

scholarly journals Postpartum social interactions in families of spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) observed in a laboratory environment

1985 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Szijarto ◽  
Richard J. Coffee ◽  
Catherine Boyle ◽  
Diane Bailey ◽  
Marisa Mulé ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Acomys Cahirinus ◽  
Laboratory Environment ◽  
Spiny Mice
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