scholarly journals A Faculty Team Works to Create Content Linkages among Various Courses to Increase Meaningful Learning of Targeted Concepts of Microbiology

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gili Marbach-Ad ◽  
Volker Briken ◽  
Kenneth Frauwirth ◽  
Lian-Yong Gao ◽  
Steven W. Hutcheson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Group ◽  
Research University ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Meaningful Learning ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Group Model ◽  
Scientific Teaching ◽  
Common Learning ◽  
Research Faculty

As research faculty with expertise in the area of host–pathogen interactions (HPI), we used a research group model to effect our professional development as scientific educators. We have established a working hypothesis: The implementation of a curriculum that forms bridges between our seven HPI courses allows our students to achieve deep and meaningful learning of HPI concepts. Working collaboratively, we identified common learning goals, and we chose two microorganisms to serve as anchors for student learning. We instituted variations of published active-learning methods to engage students in research-oriented learning. In parallel, we are developing an assessment tool. The value of this work is in the development of a teaching model that successfully allowed faculty who already work collaboratively in the research area of HPI to apply a “research group approach” to further scientific teaching initiatives at a research university. We achieved results that could not be accomplished by even the most dedicated instructor working in isolation.

Stress Testing as a Banking Risk Assessment Tool: A Review of International Practice, Methods and Methodology

2020 ◽  
pp. 99-117
Author(s):  
Davit S. Bidzhoyan
Keyword(s):  
Stress Testing ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Interest Rate Risk ◽  
Economic Science ◽  
Testing Methods ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Comprehensive Classification ◽  
Practice Methods

Stress testing is a broad research area, at the interference of many disciplines (finance, banking, econometrics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, mathematical analysis etc.), and is of interest to both theoretical scientists and practitioners. The usefulness of this approach became evident after the financial crisis of 2007–2009, which prompted many researchers to develop and constantly improve stress-testing methodologies, using which it is possible to accurately forecast the behavior of banks and the financial sector in crisis periods. It allows banks to assess the scale of losses and timely take the necessary measures to strengthen the financial condition. Today, economic science has the biggest arsenal of stress testing methods that allow us to assess potential losses in crisis periods that correspond to extreme but plausible events. The stress testing methodologies cover all-important types of risks (credit, interest rate risk, liquidity risk etc.), as well as specific risks. The presence of a huge number of stress testing methods guarantees its versatility and depth, which could be explained by the attempt using this methods to create a behavior model of banks, which are quite complex in structure and functionality. The purpose of this study is to provide a concise, but at the same time comprehensive classification of stress testing methods, as well as a review of the current approaches to stress testing or to solving its various aspects (for example, developing stress scenarios) presented by scientists, international organizations, central banks and other interested parties. This paper is an introduction to the vast field of analytics – stress testing, and is oriented to banking and financial analysts, macroeconomists who want either to familiarize themselves with stress testing as a tool for assessing banking risks, or to systematize all the accumulated knowledge in this area in order to better understand economic processes.

Wikis as Tools for Enhancing Interaction and Fulfilling Expectations of Modern Learning Theories

2018 ◽  
pp. 171-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Karipidis ◽  
Jim Prentzas
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Online Learning Communities ◽  
Time Restrictions ◽  
Modern Learning ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Common Learning ◽  
High Degree

Modern learning theories focus on the importance of social interaction as a means of facilitating and enhancing learning. In this context, an aspect of importance is the creation of learning communities (i.e., groups of persons with common learning goals). ICT tools are frequently used to create and maintain online learning communities by overcoming geographical and time restrictions as well as motivating learners and retaining a high degree of interaction among them. To achieve these goals, researchers adjust previous and propose new learning theories taking into consideration human, social, and technological factors in the learning process. This chapter first outlines relevant learning theories and then highlights wikis as tools that may assist learning by increasing social interaction.

scholarly journals Assessment of nursing students in clinical practice - An intervention study of a modified process

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Baumgartner ◽  
Cecilia Häckter Ståhl ◽  
Katri Manninen ◽  
Ann-Marie Rydholm Hedman
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Intervention Study ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
The University ◽  
Modified Assessment

Objective: To evaluate an intervention of a modified assessment process for nursing students in clinical practice and how this process was experienced by the nursing students and their supervisors.Methods: An intervention study with a descriptive approach. The data collection was conducted in two phases with a survey and follow-up group interviews. Participants were second-year nursing students and their nursing supervisors. Descriptive statistics were used for the quantitative data (survey) and qualitative content analysis for the qualitative data (tape-record and transcribed interviews). Mixed method was used to integrate all data.Findings: The survey response rate was 65% (n = 41 students) and 100% (n = 9 supervisors). Students and supervisors found the assessment tool applicable for the assessment process. Assessment through dialogue and Supportive learning environment, describe how the modified assessment process was experienced.Conclusions and implication for clinical practice: It is important that the supervisors understand the learning goals and assessment criteria and how to use the assessment tool. Clear structures based on learning goals and assessment criteria as well as their own strategies to reach their goals benefit student learning. Strategies need to be developed to facilitate the assessment process when the teachers from the university have a consulative role. The new assessment tool and changing the university teachers’ involvement can be seen as a form of professional development of the supervisors’ group as they take greater responsibility in conducting the assessment of nursing students in clinical practice.

Evaluation of the Impact of Process Modeling on Opportunity Loss/Gain in a Manufacturing Environment

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed A. Gadalla ◽  
Mohamed Seif
Keyword(s):  
Process Modeling ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Free Form ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Thermal Growth ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Free Form Surfaces

Process modeling is a very common research area in the field of manufacturing engineering. Examples of process modeling in machining include cutting forces, tool wear, machine thermal growth. Very few research has been done to demonstrate the impact they could have to improve a competitive edge of a company. In this paper, a model based on Monto Carlo simulation has been developed to provide an assessment tool for the impact of a process modeling on the competitive edge in an industrial setting. The competiveness is assessed as an improvement in quality by decreasing the defect rate, or as an opportunity to reduce losses if the process model has been developed or used. Finally, a case study based on an error compensation schema to eliminate the cutting tool deflection errors when machining free form surfaces is used to demonstrate the use and the benefits of a proposed assessment model.

A research group model for graduate training in counselling

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis V. Paradise ◽  
Roxane L. Dufrene
Keyword(s):  
Research Group ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Group Model

scholarly journals Emergence and Development of a Research Area in Language Education Policies: Our Contribution to Setting the Grounds for a Local Perspective on Policymaking

HOW ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-133
Author(s):  
Carmen Helena Guerrero-Nieto ◽  
Álvaro Hernán Quintero-Polo
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Research Area ◽  
National Plan ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Critical Studies ◽  
Bilingual Education Policy

This article presents our narration of the emergence and development of a research area about the teaching and learning of the English language in Colombia and the creation of a research group named Critical Studies of Colombian Education Policies. The narration includes a description of the bilingual education policy in Colombia and a literature review of how the themes Different Shades of the Colombian National Plan of Bilingualism and Theoretical and Practical Concerns over Bilingualism have been addressed by authors of local journals, such as How, Profile, Íkala, and Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, in the issues published from 2008 to 2020. The description and literature review link the life stories of our growth as teachers and researchers as related to the research area and research group mentioned above. A final part of the narration refers to our contributions to the ELT field in Colombia through the following two themes: Dimensions of Language Policies: A Political Discourse Perspective and Making Teachers’ Agency Relevant: Bottom-up Approaches to the Study of Language Education Policies.

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