scholarly journals Interactive Learning Applied in Undergraduate Mechanical and Mechatronics Courses at the University of Waterloo

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Imbert ◽  
Hamid Jahed ◽  
William Owen ◽  
Gordon Stubley
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Interactive Learning ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Interactive Teaching ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
One To One ◽  
The University ◽  
Better Than

It has been shown that when students are actively involved in the learning process they learn the concepts presented better than with “traditional” learning techniques where the students do not participate or participate very little. Ideal implementations of this approach require significant one to one interaction with students, which can be relatively easily done in small classes; however, this can be very challenging in undergraduate engineering courses that can have anywhere from forty to one hundred students. Interactive teaching techniques have been implemented in four undergraduate courses at the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering of the University of Waterloo.

scholarly journals The Analysis on Students’ Difficulties in Doing Reading Comprehension Final Test

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Ratih Laily
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Interactive Learning ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Final Test ◽  
Interactive Teaching ◽  
Research Questions

<p>Reading is one of skills considered important in language learning. But based on the condition in the classroom, reading skill is also influenced by some factors. This research is an attempt to find out the difficulties faced by students in doing reading comprehension to find the perfect technique or method to overcome the problem and answer the research questions (1) what difficulties are faced by students in doing reading comprehension test? (2) what are the causes of the difficulties? (3) what methods or learning activities are applicable in the classroom to overcome the difficulties?. The method of this study is explanatory multi-method strategy. The findings show that students face problem related to vocabulary knowledge or mastery. And they need more interactive learning activities. So here, the teachers should be more aware of problems faced by students and provide more interactive teaching techniques.  </p>

scholarly journals Theorists and Techniques: Connecting Education Theories to Lamaze Teaching Techniques

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Jo Podgurski
Keyword(s):  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Behavioral Change ◽  
Interactive Learning ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Positive Group ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Education Theory

ABSTRACTShould childbirth educators connect education theory to technique? Is there more to learning about theorists than memorizing facts for an assessment? Are childbirth educators uniquely poised to glean wisdom from theorists and enhance their classes with interactive techniques inspiring participant knowledge and empowerment? Yes, yes, and yes. This article will explore how an awareness of education theory can enhance retention of material through interactive learning techniques. Lamaze International childbirth classes already prepare participants for the childbearing year by using positive group dynamics; theory will empower childbirth educators to address education through well-studied avenues. Childbirth educators can provide evidence-based learning techniques in their classes and create true behavioral change.

scholarly journals Current 14C Measurements with the University of Washington FN Tandem Accelerator

Radiocarbon ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 711-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
G W Farwell ◽  
P M Grootes ◽  
D D Leach ◽  
F H Schmidt ◽  
Minze Stuiver
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Tandem Accelerator ◽  
Concentration Measurements ◽  
One To One ◽  
Counting Statistics ◽  
The University ◽  
Better Than

Our accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) system shows a one-to-one relationship between sample 14C concentrations determined by AMS - and by β-counting. Measurements of unknown samples against a standard indicate that 14C concentration measurements to better than 2% can be made. For a 30-second data collection interval in a typical run of 100 intervals, the variability of the beam injected into the accelerator is ca 2%, that of the machine transmission is ca 4%, and counting statistics give 4.7% standard deviation for a sample of 80% of modern carbon.

E-LEARNING THROUGH THE MYTHWARE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR MULTIMEDIA INTERACTIVE LEARNING

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-365
Author(s):  
Petya Zheleva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Management ◽  
Operating Systems ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Interactive Learning ◽  
Interactive Teaching ◽  
Management Platform ◽  
E Learning

Presented a solution for effective classroom management through a platform for multimedia interactive learning Mythware Classroom Management. The main features and functions of the software and its compatibility with different operating systems are described. One way to actively involve students is to use software to organize and effectively manage the learning process through which interactive teaching and learning takes place.

scholarly journals ENHANCING ORAL PROFICIENCY USING THREE STEPS INTERVIEW TECHNIQUE FOR ELEVENTH GRADERS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Dhena Usthiana Haryanti ◽  
Rohmati Nur Indah ◽  
Sri Wahyuni
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Oral Proficiency ◽  
Special Treatment ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Interview Technique ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Eleventh Graders ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Better Than

Enhancing students' abilities and potential is an important thing that every teacher must do gradually. The ability to speak in a foreign language is one of the skills that must be developed, which will benefit students in their learning process. The aim of this study is to enhance students' oral proficiency using Three steps interview technique for eleventh-grade students. Quasi-Experimental research design as a method applied in this study, to determine whether students are learning to use the technique Three Steps Interview has the ability to speak that better than the students who are taught using the technique of group discussion. This research involves two classes divided into an experimental class and a control class with 32 students in each class. Students received special treatment in the experimental class, namely, using the Three Steps Interview technique, while in the control class, the researcher applied the Group Discussion technique. The instrument used in testing students' oral proficiency was using a pretest before implementing learning techniques in each class and doing a posttest after applying learning techniques. The data analysis results showed that p(0.000)< significance level (0.05), which means that Three Steps Interview has significant effect as cooperative learning on oral proficiency, motivation and enthusiasm during the learning process. Thus, students can easily express their ideas and opinions confidently.

Advances in imaging SIMS studies of stained and BrdU-labelled human metaphase chromosomes

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 932-933
Author(s):  
R. Levi-Setti ◽  
J. M. Chabala ◽  
R. Espinosa ◽  
M. M. Le Beau
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Analytical Sensitivity ◽  
Metaphase Chromosomes ◽  
Banding Patterns ◽  
Sector Mass Spectrometer ◽  
Staining Methods ◽  
The University ◽  
Secondary Ion ◽  
Better Than

We have shown previously that isotope-labelled nucleotides in human metaphase chromosomes can be detected and mapped by imaging secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), using the University of Chicago high resolution scanning ion microprobe (UC SIM). These early studies, conducted with BrdU- and 14C-thymidine-labelled chromosomes via detection of the Br and 28CN- (14C14N-> labelcarrying signals, provided some evidence for the condensation of the label into banding patterns along the chromatids (SIMS bands) reminiscent of the well known Q- and G-bands obtained by conventional staining methods for optical microscopy. The potential of this technique has been greatly enhanced by the recent upgrade of the UC SIM, now coupled to a high performance magnetic sector mass spectrometer in lieu of the previous RF quadrupole mass filter. The high transmission of the new spectrometer improves the SIMS analytical sensitivity of the microprobe better than a hundredfold, overcoming most of the previous imaging limitations resulting from low count statistics.

Some Thoughts on the Socratic Method

1984 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 6-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethan M. Fishman
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Political Scientist ◽  
Socratic Method ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Question And Answer ◽  
History Of ◽  
Pedagogic Tool ◽  
The University

The Socratic method was the major pedagogic tool at the first great Western university, Plato's Academy, and continues to be respected, at least in theory, by teachers at our institutions of higher learning. Yet today many of Plato's heirs in the university community seem to hold several perhaps innocent but nonetheless serious misconceptions concerning the Socratic technique. As a political scientist interested in the history of political philosophy, I have developed some thoughts on this subject in response to repeated inquiries by colleagues and students alike.One popular inaccuracy describes the Socratic method as an openended question and answer process. Actually, the Socratic approach has a singular purpose, namely the search for truth, and it is this explicit goal rather than an informal procedure of give and take which distinguishes the Socratic method from other teaching techniques.

scholarly journals A Novel LSTM Model with Interaction Dual Attention for Radar Echo Extrapolation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Chuyao Luo ◽  
Xutao Li ◽  
Yongliang Wen ◽  
Yunming Ye ◽  
Xiaofeng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Weather Forecast ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Radar Echo ◽  
Hidden States ◽  
Better Than

The task of precipitation nowcasting is significant in the operational weather forecast. The radar echo map extrapolation plays a vital role in this task. Recently, deep learning techniques such as Convolutional Recurrent Neural Network (ConvRNN) models have been designed to solve the task. These models, albeit performing much better than conventional optical flow based approaches, suffer from a common problem of underestimating the high echo value parts. The drawback is fatal to precipitation nowcasting, as the parts often lead to heavy rains that may cause natural disasters. In this paper, we propose a novel interaction dual attention long short-term memory (IDA-LSTM) model to address the drawback. In the method, an interaction framework is developed for the ConvRNN unit to fully exploit the short-term context information by constructing a serial of coupled convolutions on the input and hidden states. Moreover, a dual attention mechanism on channels and positions is developed to recall the forgotten information in the long term. Comprehensive experiments have been conducted on CIKM AnalytiCup 2017 data sets, and the results show the effectiveness of the IDA-LSTM in addressing the underestimation drawback. The extrapolation performance of IDA-LSTM is superior to that of the state-of-the-art methods.

scholarly journals Sustainable Teacher Training via Distance Education: The Effect of Study Centers, Gender and Economic Demographics on Academic Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7965
Author(s):  
Hong Zhang ◽  
Wilson Osafo Apeanti ◽  
Paul Georgescu ◽  
Prince Harvim ◽  
Dianchen Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Traditional Mode ◽  
The University ◽  
Better Than

We examine the effectiveness and sustainability of the distance teacher education program established by the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, by investigating the differences in the academic performance of students who are trained in the teacher education program via traditional and distance education modes, respectively, from 2011 to 2015. Close attention is paid to the factors that affect the academic performance of students in the distance mode. Our findings confirm that traditional mode students perform better than their distance mode counterparts in terms of cumulative GPAs. Gender and economic demographics of distance study centers are found to affect the academic performance of distance education students significantly. The policy implications of these findings are discussed and directions of further action are outlined.

Development of a Single-Code/Default Coding Strategy in Pigeons

2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tricia S. Clement ◽  
Thomas R. Zentall
Keyword(s):  
Conditional Discrimination ◽  
The Other ◽  
Matching Accuracy ◽  
Efficient Coding ◽  
Coding Strategy ◽  
One To One ◽  
Retention Intervals ◽  
The Many ◽  
The One ◽  
Better Than

We tested the hypothesis that pigeons could use a cognitively efficient coding strategy by training them on a conditional discrimination (delayed symbolic matching) in which one alternative was correct following the presentation of one sample (one-to-one), whereas the other alternative was correct following the presentation of any one of four other samples (many-to-one). When retention intervals of different durations were inserted between the offset of the sample and the onset of the choice stimuli, divergent retention functions were found. With increasing retention interval, matching accuracy on trials involving any of the many-to-one samples was increasingly better than matching accuracy on trials involving the one-to-one sample. Furthermore, following this test, pigeons treated a novel sample as if it had been one of the many-to-one samples. The data suggest that rather than learning each of the five sample-comparison associations independently, the pigeons developed a cognitively efficient single-code/default coding strategy.

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