Creative Young Women in Today's World

1972 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 597-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Paul Torrance
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Creative Behavior ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
High School Grades ◽  
Creative Achievement ◽  
The University

Data from a 12 year followup of a longitudinal study of a creative behavior were analyzed in such a way as to give clues concerning creative young women in today's world. The subjects were students at the University of Minnesota High School (grades 7 through 12) in 1959. Followup data were obtained from 117 women and 119 men. A canonical correlation of 31 was obtained for the creativity predictors and three criteria of adult creative behavior; one of .59 was obtained for the men and one of .46 for the women. There were no differences in any of the creativity predictor measures for the subjects except for elaboration (favoring the women) nor in either of the three criteria of adult creative behavior. Number of children negatively influenced performance on all three of the criteria for the women but only the quality of the creative achievement and creativeness of aspirations of the men. The more creative women tended more frequently than their less creative peers to be involved concurrently in careers and families while the less creative women more frequently limited their involvement to their families. The more creative women tended to find their highest creative achievements in writing, educational innovation, research and new theory, and music.

The Appropriation of Wiki in a Higher Blended Learning Course

2010 ◽  
pp. 208-230
Author(s):  
Beatriz Fainholc
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
Student Comprehension ◽  
The Subject ◽  
University Course ◽  
The University ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge Construction

This chapter introduces the description of wiki appropriation. It considers the tool inclusion in an online educational innovation, supported in student and group-centered learning approach, to improve the quality of the blended learning offered. It states that the university course of educational technology, through wiki application as an appropriated methodology, beyond its consideration as a Web 2.0 tool, gives the opportunity to enhance the student protagonism into the deepening of the conceptual field of the subject by a collaborative knowledge construction. The evidence shows that the application worth to develop the learning strategies towards the student comprehension and its social skills in universities contexts. The results shows that the transformation of reactive attitudes into creative ones is a long process of change mediated by emotions and metacognitive work. Both facilitate a change of the students’ focus, perspectives, and mentalities, understandable by the help of collective learning, among diverse variables.

QUALITY CONTROL COMMITTEE LABORATORY OF THE MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL MARKET1

1970 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 316-318
Author(s):  
Roy E. Ginn
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Raw Milk ◽  
Steering Committee ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Health Agencies ◽  
Processing Plants ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The University ◽  
Milk Market

The Quality Control Committee laboratory is a unique organization which was started approximately 32 years ago by Dr. Harold Macy of the University of Minnesota. The dairy industry operates a laboratory which does most of the official testing for the health agencies in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market. With higher costs of operations many health agencies are trying to find ways of saving money, and still have a satisfactory laboratory program to protect the public's health. Some health agencies are using industry laboratories, and the cost is passed on to the customer rather than the taxpayer. The laboratory functions are to evaluate the quality of the raw milk supply from 4238 Grade A producers, and the finished products from 17 processing plants. The laboratory also does the official butterfat testing for the Federal Milk Market Administrator for Order 68. This organization is supervised by a Steering Committee of nine individuals who represent the University of Minnesota; the producer cooperatives, who supply the raw milk; and the Grade A fluid milk processors from the Minneapolis-St. Paul market. All of the routine results from the laboratory are provided to the health agencies. The health agencies and laboratory manager have a close working relationship to coordinate the program. In order for an organization like this to work, it takes cooperation from all parties involved.

scholarly journals Update of pancreas transplantation. Experience of the Hospital Doce de Octubre

ANALES RANM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 138 (138(02)) ◽  
pp. 157-167
Author(s):  
C. Jiménez ◽  
E. Moreno ◽  
A. Manrique ◽  
A. Marcacuzco ◽  
O. Caso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pancreas Transplantation ◽  
Graft Function ◽  
Rejection Rate ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Oral Antidiabetic Drugs ◽  
Graft Thrombosis ◽  
The University ◽  
Intraabdominal Infections ◽  
Pancreas Graft

Pancreas transplantation (PT) is considered as the only treatment that can convert a diabetic patient in a euglucemic state without the use of insulin or oral antidiabetic drugs. From 1996 to the end of 2016, more than 50,000 PT were performed in USA, and in Spain were performed 1.730 PT during the last 10 years. In this review we will perform an update of PT considering the introduction of several advances in the last years, adding our accumulated experience from the beginning of our program in the year 1995. The first PT was carried out in the Hospital of the University of Minnesota, and from that date several significant improvements have been introduced along the time due to advances in surgical technique in pancreas donors and recipients, perioperative management of patients, and introduction of more potent immunosuppressors able to reduce the rejection rate under 20%. Although PT is a therapy associated with a higher morbidity (pancreas graft thrombosis, systemic and intraabdominal infections, anastomotic leakages, etc.), currently most of the PT teams have obtained a rate of 93% of patient survival at 3-years, and between 78% and 83% of graft survival at 3-years. Additionally, the normal pancreas graft function is associated with an improvement of quality of life and most of complications related to diabetes, without the necessity to treat with antidiabetics drugs or insulin.

Fred Ho’s Wicked Theory and Naked Practice

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David H. Anthony III
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
The Self ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Artistic Production ◽  
Theory And Criticism ◽  
Music Aesthetics ◽  
The University

To speak of someone as unparalleled often seems trite; in Fred Ho’s case, it seems mandatory. A composer, musician, performance artist, and scholar, he really lived a life beyond categorization. In 2009, with the collaboration of Diane C. Fujino, the University of Minnesota Press published a retrospective anthology of his writings titled Wicked Theory, Naked Practice. Sadly, that volume is now also a memorial: a self-written festschrift. On April 12, 2014, Fred Ho succumbed to cancer, leaving behind an astonishingly innovative body of work. Fred Wei-Han Houn, or Hóu Wéihàn, later more popularly known as Fred Ho, was extraordinary. A virtuosic talent, he was a renaissance person without being limited by the masculinist modifier “man.” Wicked Theory, Wicked Practice offers a cross-section of Ho’s passionate written work over a decade. This collection is divided into four parts: 1) “The Movement and The Self,” 2) “Music Aesthetics and Artistic Production,” 3) “Asian American Pacific Cultural Theory and Criticism,” and 4) “Wicked Theory, Naked Practice.” However, the book really may be read in any order. In fact, tackling it out of order or choosing a random article might be in keeping with the improvisatory quality of much of Ho’s work. It is evocative of a quotation attributed to Cecil Taylor to the effect that “If a man plays for a certain amount of time—scales, licks, what have you—eventually a kind of order asserts itself.”

scholarly journals Importancia del programa institucional de tutorías en alumnos universitarios / The Importance of the Institutional Academic Advice Program on University Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gladys Hernández Romero ◽  
Nidia Hernández Romero ◽  
Nelly del Carmen Cordova Palomeque
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
Teaching Innovation ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Innovación Educativa ◽  
Education Of Students ◽  
The University

ABSTRACTThe subject is approached from the line of research of Teaching Innovation by the members of the research group: "Educational Innovation in Teaching and Learning Processes", of The Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, which academic model contributes to the comprehensive education of students, resulting in the improvement of the quality of their education process and the strengthening of their abilities for their own benefit. The results show the students’ lack of information over the academic advice and the role of the advisor in the academic life of the university students. The research instrument used to measure the information were two semi-structured questionnaires applied to university students at different times from November 2012 to June 2013. The results show the need to raise awareness among students about the real objective of academic advice in their program advancement and the development of a personal education path.RESUMENEste trabajo presenta los resultados de un estudio sobre los universitarios y la opinión que tienen sobre la asesoría tutora que reciben de sus profesores universitarios en la División Académica de Ciencias Económico Administrativas, perteneciente a la Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, en México. El tema se aborda desde la línea de la investiga-ción educativa, que cultivan los integrantes del grupo de investigación “Innovación Educativa en los Procesos de Enseñanza y de Aprendizaje”, de la Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, cuyo modelo académico busca la formación integral del estudiante, así como mejorar la calidad de su proceso de aprendizaje, y potenciar capacidades que repercutan en su beneficio personal. El trabajo muestra evidencias de la desinformación que tienen los estudiantes sobre lo que es la tutoría y el rol que debe jugar el tutor y su habilidad pedagógica en la vida académica de los universitarios. Los instrumentos utilizados para la medición, fueron dos cuestionarios semiestructurados y aplicados en distintos momentos durante los meses de noviembre de 2012 a junio de 2013. Los resultados apuntan hacía la necesidad de concientizar a la población estudiantil sobre el verdadero objetivo que tiene la tutoría en el desarrollo curricular, y en la elaboración de una propuesta de trayectoria. Contacto principal: [email protected]

scholarly journals Resident Quality of Life and Family Satisfaction: Developing Measures for Minnesota Assisted Living Report Card

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 727-727
Author(s):  
Muriel Wheatley ◽  
Valerie Cooke ◽  
Tetyana Shippee
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Living ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Report Card ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Cognitive Testing ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
The University

Abstract The 2019 Minnesota Legislature requested the Department of Human Services (DHS) and Minnesota Board on Aging to develop and administer a report card for assisted living (AL), including conducting annual resident and family surveys in Minnesota AL settings. This presentation includes the perspectives of representatives from MN DHS and Vital Research, as well as the University of Minnesota team who worked together to develop survey items, carry out the cognitive testing, and conduct analyses. Survey items were developed from published literature and existing tools on assisted living quality and underwent testing with MN stakeholders and cognitive testing with MN AL residents. Pilot testing assessed any further changes that needed to take place for resident and family satisfaction with AL quality (n=400). Presenters will share lessons learned with implementing the new tools and different aspects of the of the report card development and implementation process as well as the survey findings.

The Effects of Presentation on Noise and Dental Appliances on Speech

1981 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-151
Author(s):  
Lillian Glass ◽  
Sharon R. Garber ◽  
T. Michael Speidel ◽  
Gerald M. Siegel ◽  
Edward Miller
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
University Of Southern California ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Southern California School ◽  
School Of Dentistry ◽  
The University

An omission in the Table of Contents, December JSHR, has occurred. Lillian Glass, Ph.D., at the University of Southern California School of Medicine and School of Dentistry, was a co-author of the article "The Effects of Presentation on Noise and Dental Appliances on Speech" along with Sharon R. Garber, T. Michael Speidel, Gerald M. Siegel, and Edward Miller of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Epistemic and relational conflicts in sharing identical vs. complementary information during cooperative learning

2002 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Céline Darnon ◽  
Céline Buchs ◽  
Fabrizio Butera
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Learning Task ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Complementary Information ◽  
Relational Conflict ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University

When interacting on a learning task, which is typical of several academic situations, individuals may experience two different motives: Understanding the problem, or showing their competences. When a conflict (confrontation of divergent propositions) emerges from this interaction, it can be solved either in an epistemic way (focused on the task) or in a relational way (focused on the social comparison of competences). The latter is believed to be detrimental for learning. Moreover, research on cooperative learning shows that when they share identical information, partners are led to compare to each other, and are less encouraged to cooperate than when they share complementary information. An epistemic vs. relational conflict vs. no conflict was provoked in dyads composed by a participant and a confederate, working either on identical or on complementary information (N = 122). Results showed that, if relational and epistemic conflicts both entailed more perceived interactions and divergence than the control group, only relational conflict entailed more perceived comparison activities and a less positive relationship than the control group. Epistemic conflict resulted in a more positive perceived relationship than the control group. As far as performance is concerned, relational conflict led to a worse learning than epistemic conflict, and - after a delay - than the control group. An interaction between the two variables on delayed performance showed that epistemic and relational conflicts were different only when working with complementary information. This study shows the importance of the quality of relationship when sharing information during cooperative learning, a crucial factor to be taken into account when planning educational settings at the university.

Evaluation of the Academic Setting in Spain 1This study was financed by the University of Oviedo.

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Fernández ◽  
Miguel A. Mateo ◽  
José Muñiz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Academic Setting ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Evaluation Questionnaire ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
The University

The conditions are investigated in which Spanish university teachers carry out their teaching and research functions. 655 teachers from the University of Oviedo took part in this study by completing the Academic Setting Evaluation Questionnaire (ASEQ). Of the three dimensions assessed in the ASEQ, Satisfaction received the lowest ratings, Social Climate was rated higher, and Relations with students was rated the highest. These results are similar to those found in two studies carried out in the academic years 1986/87 and 1989/90. Their relevance for higher education is twofold because these data can be used as a complement of those obtained by means of students' opinions, and the crossing of both types of data can facilitate decision making in order to improve the quality of the work (teaching and research) of the university institutions.

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