What Lives Where & Why? Understanding Biodiversity through Geospatial Exploration

2013 ◽  
Vol 75 (7) ◽  
pp. 462-467
Author(s):  
Nancy M. Trautmann ◽  
James G. MaKinster ◽  
Michael Batek
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Geospatial Data ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Environmental Attributes ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Interactive Map

Using an interactive map-based PDF, students learn key concepts related to biodiversity while developing data-analysis and critical-thinking skills. The Bird Island lesson provides students with experience in translating geospatial data into bar graphs, then interpreting these graphs to compare biodiversity across ecoregions on a fictional island. When the lesson is extended to include real data for Puerto Rico, students can explore distributions of selected bird species based on environmental attributes, making connections between each species’ adaptations, habitat requirements, and distribution across the island. This introductory lesson provides a jumping-off point for field and Web-based biodiversity investigations.

Reflecting on Portfolio Development

2013 ◽  
pp. 197-211
Author(s):  
Hea-Jin Lee ◽  
Leah Herner-Patnode
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Portfolio Assessment ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Assessment Procedure ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Web Based

This study adopted portfolio assessment as a means of deepening pre-service teachers’ understanding of teaching and learning. The ultimate goal of using the portfolio was to bring the program in line with the mission of the institute, the criteria of the NCATE and INTASC, and the standards of the Ohio State License. This study discusses the challenge of implementing a year-long portfolio assessment procedure, as well as investigating how the exit portfolio assessment plays a role in facilitating pre-service teachers’ professional growth in terms of knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Results indicate that preservice teachers considered the capstone portfolio as a tool for reflection, which helped them improve critical thinking skills, self-assessment, and advancement. Also, the portfolio process helped teacher candidates develop a professional identity and promote teaching. Overall, there was growth and improvement in knowledge, skills, and dispositions toward teaching, the role of a teacher and learner, and using the web-based portfolio process.

Perspectives from a pediatrician about diagnostic errors

Diagnosis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geeta Singhal
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Diagnostic Errors ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Key Concepts

AbstractThis opinion paper provides perspectives from a pediatrician about diagnostic challenges in caring for children. This essay shares personal experiences and lessons learned from a pediatric hospitalist about caring for children and making errors in diagnosis. This piece offers guidance about how to teach medical learners key concepts about error in diagnosis with underscoring the importance of developing critical thinking skills. Finally, the author offers tips from the literature about how physicians and other care providers can reorganize their own thinking (metacognition) to address their clinical practice.

scholarly journals Transcending the Philippine Educational Culturethrough Virtual andAugmented Reality with the Integration of the Learning ManagementSystems

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
Froilan D. Mobo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Flexible Learning ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Distributed Framework ◽  
Technology Platforms ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Learning Management

Amidst the current pandemic situation right now, the Department of Education and the Commission on Higher Education are facing a lot of challenges that will take place this coming opening of classes, and part of their initiative is to adopt the mode of flexible learning. In the case of other Higher Education and other educational sectors which caters topractical and situation cases either scientific or technical approaches in facing the real-time situation. The Researcher is propos-ing a new alternative flexible learning that will ease up the situations of the current pandemic in all education levels, which is the integration of Virtual Reality, of AR learning content as part of the educational authoring tools, a web-based platform for the development of Augmented content, the distribution of which is accomplished through standardized Learning Management Systems (LMS) using SCORM packages library. Furthermore, a collaborative framework solves the problem of standard integration of Augmented and Virtual Reality applications in education offering a distributed framework which is the Learning Management System platform, (Barbadillo, Barnera, Goñi, & Sánchez, 2014). Upon the implementation of this interactive and immersive technology platforms, higher-order thinking or critical thinking skills will develop further.

scholarly journals Web Based Interactive Software In International Business: The Case Of The Global Market Potential System Online (GMPSO)

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Basil J. Janavaras ◽  
Emanuel Gomes ◽  
Richard Young
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Interactive Software ◽  
Training Environment ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Potential System

This paper seeks to confirm whether students using the Global Market Potential System Online (GMPSO) web based software, (http://globalmarketpotential.com), for their class project enhanced their knowledge and understanding of international business.  The challenge most business instructors and practitioners face is to determine how to bring the real world of business into a classroom or training environment.  Experts claim that the answer lies in the Project-Based Learning (PBL) method and web based interactive software widely used at universities and businesses around the world.  The findings indicate that the GMPSO enhanced the students’ understanding of international business and improved their team working, research and critical thinking skills.

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