Faculty Perceptions of Undergraduate Students' Participation in Regional Psychology Conferences

2008 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 426-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney Haines ◽  
R. Eric Landrum
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Faculty Perceptions ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Evaluative Criteria ◽  
Submission Process ◽  
Years Of Teaching Experience ◽  
Decision Making Processes

Faculty responded to a survey regarding submission guidelines and decision making processes to regional psychology conferences for undergraduate students. Respondents' mean age was 52.2 yr. ( SD= 10.8), mean years of teaching experience was 22.5 ( SD= 10.7), and 49.7% were women. Analyses indicated that students should know submission guidelines and evaluative criteria prior to submission, but may not. Results are presented to provide feedback for faculty about the conference submission process.

scholarly journals Relationship between Decision-Making and Professional Experiences of a Pakistani Female Head Teacher in Initial Years of Headship

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumaira Khan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Head Teacher ◽  
Head Teachers ◽  
Female Head ◽  
Professional Experiences ◽  
Multiple Data ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Field Notes

This study investigated how a head teacher’s decisions were informed by her prior professional experiences in coping with the challenges in the initial years of headship in Government Secondary School in Pakistan. It is a qualitative case study of a newly promoted female head teacher with twenty-nine years of teaching experience, posted in the same school. Multiple data collection tools (interviews, observations, document analysis and field notes) were used to collect data about the inquiry. The study found that decision-making processes and professional experiences were co-related in teaching and learning, managing the staff, efficient and effective placement of the staff, strategic planning and development of the school, and resource management and accountability. Other factors, which influenced the head teacher’s decisions were: pressure from high management and the community, accountability, personal values and priorities, and relationships with stakeholders. The study recommended that policy makers provide support and professional development opportunities for novice and aspiring head teachers and has raised questions for further exploration.

scholarly journals THE USE OF JIGSAW COLLABORATIVE LEARNING METHOD IN TEACHING SOCIO-SCIENTIFIC ISSUES: THE CASE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-253
Author(s):  
Ahmet Tekbiyik
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Jigsaw Method ◽  
Science Teacher Training

This research examines the influence of Jigsaw, which is a collaborative learning (CL) method, on students’ views and decision-making processes concerning the use of nuclear energy. The research included 60 fourth-year undergraduate students attending the science teacher training program of a university in Turkey in the 2013–2014 academic year. In the research, firstly an attempt was made to provide students with scientific literacy on the subject through Jigsaw method. Then the groups formed for the Jigsaw method created argumentative texts in which they expressed their views. In the end, the students developed positive attitudes and supported the establishment of nuclear power plants in Turkey. They had negative views about the use of nuclear energy before teaching. Their views turned to positive after teaching to a great extent. It was seen that gaining enough knowledge to do logical reasoning through teaching was influential on their capability to reach positive decisions. Furthermore, it was revealed that decision-making processes are affected by variables such as scientific literacy, awareness, and suggestions for reducing risks. Key words: collaborative learning, Jigsaw, nuclear energy, socio-scientific issues.

Nonlinear Photonics

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia-Ming Liu
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Years Of Teaching Experience ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Worked Problems ◽  
Complete Solutions ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
Nonlinear Photonics

Suitable for both graduate and senior undergraduate students, this textbook offers a logical progression through the underlying principles and practical applications of nonlinear photonics. Building up from essential physics, general concepts, and fundamental mathematical formulations, it provides a robust introduction to nonlinear optical processes and phenomena, and their practical applications in real-world devices and systems. Over 45 worked problems illustrate key concepts and provide hands-on models for students, and over 160 end-of-chapter exercises supply students with plenty of scope to master the material. Accompanied by a complete solutions manual for instructors, including detailed explanations of each result, and drawing on the author's 35 years of teaching experience, this is the ideal introduction to nonlinear photonics for students in electrical engineering.

Retaining Disciplinary Talents as Informal Learning Outcomes in the Digital Age

2016 ◽  
pp. 402-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Hao David Huang ◽  
Eunjung Oh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Media Environments

Considering the national need for developing a variety of professional talents through higher education, this chapter proposes an exploratory conceptual framework, to allow educators and parents to harness informal learning opportunities afforded by virtually endless resources on the Internet, in order to engage undergraduate students with necessary career decision-making processes early on in their college experience. The thesis of this chapter asserts that we must consider students' career decision-making processes as a relevant higher education learning outcome. The proposed Digital Informal Learning Resources for Career Decision-Making (DILR-CDM) framework is grounded in the Social Cognitive Career Theory and the Self-Determination Theory to identify attributes of informal learning resources manifested by digital game-based environments and social media environments. These attributes, in turn, afford informal learning opportunities to scaffold and facilitate career decision-making processes among undergraduate students.

scholarly journals John Hopcroft's views on China's education

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 713-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
By Weijie Zhao ◽  
Zhenjiang Hu
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Undergraduate Education ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Cornell University ◽  
The Past ◽  
Years Of Teaching Experience ◽  
Peking University ◽  
Education In China

Abstract Professor John Hopcroft at Cornell University is a Turing Prize winner (1986) and an educator with more than 55 years of teaching experience. For the past 10 years, Hopcroft has been coming to China to give courses to undergraduate students at Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU) and has helped SJTU to improve the quality of computer-science education. He also chairs the Center on Frontiers of Computing Studies at Peking University (PKU), the Turing Class at PKU and the Hopcroft Center at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in Wuhan, and is engaged in many other projects aiming to upgrade China's computer-science undergraduate education. Recently, NSR talked with Professor Hopcroft to learn his views on education in China.

scholarly journals Using the Multi-Attribute Utility Model to Better Understand Fruit and Vegetable Intake among College Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (SI-Obesity) ◽  
pp. 40-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Stiles Hanlon ◽  
Jie Wu Weiss ◽  
Shari McMahan ◽  
Emily Chen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable Intake ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Individual Parameter ◽  
Decision Making Processes

This study examined the association between parameters of the decision-making processes that are described in the Multi-Attribute Utility (MAU) model and actual food choices (fruit and vegetable consumption) among undergraduate students. Four hundred and six undergraduates from a large, public university in Southern California completed a pencil-and-paper questionnaire for the parameters of MAU, which consist of the perceived value, perceived likelihood, and momentary salience for each anticipated consequence of eating a healthy diet. Fruit and vegetable intake was collected daily using an online food intake log. Linear regression analysis revealed that MAU total scores were a significant predictor of fruit plus vegetable consumption (p = .000). T-test results indicated that high fruit plus vegetable eaters and low fruit plus vegetable eaters were significantly different from each other on individual parameter scores of the MAU model (range, p = .032 to p = .000). Conclusions: This study suggest that the MAU model may predict eating behaviors and provides support for further investigation; the MAU framework may help identify the factors that have greatest influence college students’ nutrition decision making processes, and can aid in the development of interventions that address target consequences that have high utility scores in the target population.

scholarly journals Decision-Making Process of International Undergraduate Students: An Exploratory Narrative Inquiry into Reflections of Chinese Students in Canada

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-268
Author(s):  
Hantian Wu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
International Students ◽  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
One Dimension ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Decision Making Processes

Purpose: This research is an exploratory narrative inquiry into reflections of three Chinese international undergraduate students in a Canadian university, University S, which reveals participants’ entire decision-making processes as potential international undergraduate students. Design/Approach/Methods: A two-dimensional analytical framework has been constructed. One dimension is based on three phases of the entire decision-making process: the phases of deciding whether or not to study abroad, selecting destination countries, and choosing target institutions. The second dimension is based on three kinds of hypothetically proposed environmental factors within each phase: policy factors, (family and regional) socioeconomic factors, and information factors. First-hand data were collected through semi-structured interviews conducted based on the analytical framework. Findings: This article suggests that both policymakers in the source country (i.e., China) and university administrators in the destination country (i.e., Canada) should further support potential international undergraduate students during each phase of their decision-making processes, particularly through optimizing information supply channels. Originality/Value: This article has the potential to construct a new theoretical framework as a supplement for analyzing the entire decision-making process of potential international students. As a pilot study, it provides a template for further investigations.

The Profitization of Health Promotion

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Milio
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Health Development ◽  
Health Priority ◽  
Evaluative Criteria ◽  
Decision Making Processes

In this article the author argues that not only is the marketplace an ineffective arena for health development, it is currently generating decision-making paths that obscure more effective perspectives and directions to promote Americans' health. To illustrate this premise, available evidence is presented that suggests that the use of “health promotion” by the proprietary sector, as well as the commercialization of health promotion, is creating decision-making processes that are not accountable to those whom they affect. This emerging infrastructure is characterized by organizations, programs, delivery channels, and evaluative criteria that do not give people's health priority over organizational interests. These developments require critical examination and work on alternatives if the promotion of health is to result in more health than hype.

scholarly journals School-Immigrant Family-Community Collaboration Practices: Similarities and Differences

2021 ◽  
pp. 76-93
Author(s):  
Khaoula Boulaamane ◽  
Yamina Bouchamma
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Community Collaboration ◽  
Immigrant Family ◽  
Influence Model ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Years Of Teaching Experience ◽  
Home Learning ◽  
Involvement Theory

We compared school-immigrant family-community collaboration practices based on the six dimensions of Epstein’s influence model (2001). These three groups of stakeholders (N = 54) participated in this study by answering a questionnaire on their collaboration practices. Kruskall-Wallis analyses revealed a notable difference between the three groups with regard to decision-making practices and at-home learning. A positive correlation was found between the number of years of teaching experience in the school and communication, volunteering, parenting, and decision making, as well as between the child’s grade level and parenting. Results show that although the collaboration practices followed Epstein’s involvement theory, they remained weak, with no significant difference between the three groups in terms of their use. Our findings are discussed in light of recent literature and their practical implications and avenues for future research are proposed to better understand and improve the conditions favoring school-immigrant family-community collaboration.

Cognitive Processing of Miscommunication in Interactive Listening: An Evaluation of Listener Indecision and Cognitive Effort

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Roche ◽  
Arkady Zgonnikov ◽  
Laura M. Morett
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Cognitive Effort ◽  
Mouse Tracking ◽  
Computer Mouse ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Computer Mouse Tracking ◽  
Listening Task ◽  
Processing Effort

Purpose The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the social and cognitive underpinnings of miscommunication during an interactive listening task. Method An eye and computer mouse–tracking visual-world paradigm was used to investigate how a listener's cognitive effort (local and global) and decision-making processes were affected by a speaker's use of ambiguity that led to a miscommunication. Results Experiments 1 and 2 found that an environmental cue that made a miscommunication more or less salient impacted listener language processing effort (eye-tracking). Experiment 2 also indicated that listeners may develop different processing heuristics dependent upon the speaker's use of ambiguity that led to a miscommunication, exerting a significant impact on cognition and decision making. We also found that perspective-taking effort and decision-making complexity metrics (computer mouse tracking) predict language processing effort, indicating that instances of miscommunication produced cognitive consequences of indecision, thinking, and cognitive pull. Conclusion Together, these results indicate that listeners behave both reciprocally and adaptively when miscommunications occur, but the way they respond is largely dependent upon the type of ambiguity and how often it is produced by the speaker.

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