A Longitudinal Study of Students Completing Four Years of UCSMP Mathematics

1993 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-158
Author(s):  
Daniel B. Hirschhorn
Keyword(s):  
Chicago School ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Opinion Survey ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
The Third ◽  
Age Cohort ◽  
Level I ◽  
Educational Testing Service ◽  
The University

This article reports on the achievement and attitude aspects of a study comparing students who had the first 4 years of the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP) secondary curriculum to two distinct groups of comparable students, an age cohort and a mathematics course level cohort. A case study design with schools in three different sites (one urban, two suburban) was used. Three instruments were given: a Mathematics Level I Achievement Test from the Educational Testing Service, a 30-item Applications Test, and a 25-item Student Opinion Survey. At two of the sites, the UCSMP students outperformed both the age and course level cohorts by substantial amounts on both the achievement and application tests. At the third site, both comparison cohorts outperformed the UCSMP students on the achievement test, but results on the application test were mixed. At all three sites, there was little difference in the attitude items except on items concerning calculator use.

scholarly journals Introducing the Visual Art through Concrete Poetry in the EFL Classroom: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 143-153
Author(s):  
Chahra Beloufa
Keyword(s):  
Visual Art ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Visual Poetry ◽  
Concrete Poetry ◽  
The Third ◽  
Teaching Poetry ◽  
The University ◽  
Visual Shape ◽  
Learning English

Teaching poetry offers the teacher of literature some basic and active ways to engage students in learning English because of poetry’s rich language which represents an opportunity for learners to explore meanings and be able to formulate creative responses. One must be aware of the fact that poetry includes various types which differ in forms, and each one of these may have a particular influence on students? learning literature; that is why one centralized the research area on concrete poetry or what is called visual poetry too. This study aims to teach students not only to read and listen to a poem but to develop the skill of creativity through rewriting and this ability would be provoked by the visual shape of the concrete poem. One is trying to bring fun in the EFL classroom and particularly during the literature lecture where students are probably bored by analyzing every line and stanza. So, all these aims were to be concrete via a test, observation and questionnaire. These scientific tools confirmed one’s hypotheses about how positive is concrete poetry for the group of the third-year English L.M.D. students at the University of Djilali Liabes, Sidi Bel Abbes

The Elders of Early Dilmun

2019 ◽  
pp. 220-239
Author(s):  
Alexis T. Boutin ◽  
Benjamin W. Porter
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Mortuary Archaeology ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
The Third ◽  
Second Millennium Bce ◽  
The University

This chapter draws on bioarchaeology and mortuary archaeology to investigate three adult men in a brief case study from Early Dilmun, a Bronze Age polity that spanned the western edge of the Arabian/Persian Gulf at the end of the third and the beginning of the second millennium BCE. We draw our evidence from the Peter B. Cornwall Collection at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology on the University of California, Berkeley campus. Cornwall (1913–1972) excavated this evidence from Bahrain during his expedition to the region in 1940 and 1941. Cornwall later analyzed these mortuary contexts in several works—including his doctoral dissertation and a handful of articles—and then eventually deposited the skeletal remains and objects in the Hearst Museum. Since 2008, we have been analyzing and publishing materials from this collection under the auspices of the Dilmun Bioarchaeology Project. Using this evidence, we demonstrate both the possibilities and limitations of investigating masculinity in one specific ancient Near Eastern society.

Visual Storytelling as Generative Strategy for Social Educators

2019 ◽  
pp. 18-35
Author(s):  
Laura Fedeli
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Visual Storytelling ◽  
The Third ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
The University ◽  
Professional Contexts

The chapter deals with the discussion of the results of an experimentation run in two consecutive academic years within the classes of the graduate course “Instructional Technology” in the graduate course “Science of Education” at the University of Macerata, Italy. The IT course is programmed in the third year of the curriculum for “Social Educators” and the contribution reports the results of a case study related to a workshop activity in which students could find a further opportunity to identify different dimensions of relation among theoretical aspects and the potential practical/applied connotations in professional contexts. The workshop was structured as an experiential learning process in which the value of the digital storytelling as educational approach was a strategy adopted to foster the students' understanding toward the intercultural issues in terms of improvement of relationship by taking a prospective position oriented to the other.

scholarly journals Response Tokens and Their Sequential Action in the Teacher Third Turn (Note 1) A Conversation Analysis Case Study in the EFL Classroom

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Asma Ebshiana
Keyword(s):  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Large Study ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Sequential Action ◽  
The Third ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Change Of State ◽  
The University

In classroom settings, students` responses are regularly evaluated through the ubiquitous three-part sequence. It is through this pattern that teachers encourage student participation. Usually, the teacher uses response tokens such as “Okay”, Right” /” Alright”, “Mhm” “Oh”, in the third turn slot. These tokens are crucial and recurrent because they show where the teacher assesses the correctness or appropriateness of the students’ responses either end the sequence or begin a turn which ends the sequence. Moreover, such tokens have an impact on the sequence expansion and on the students’ participation. This article is a part of a large study examining the overall structure of the three-part sequence in data collected in an English pre-sessional programme (PSP) at the University of Huddersfield. The present article focuses on the analysis of naturally occurring data by using Conversation Analysis framework, henceforth (CA). A deep analysis is performed to examine how response tokens as evaluative responses are constructed sequentially in the third turn sequence as a closing action, whilst considering how some responses do not act as a closing sequence, since they elaborate and invite further talk. The results of response tokens have shown that they are greatly multifaceted. The analysis concluded that not all responses do the same function in the teacher’s third turn. Apart from confirming and acknowledging the student responses and maintaining listenership, some invite further contribution, others close and shift to another topic that designates closing the sequence, and some show a “change of state”. Their functions relate to their transitions, pauses and their intonation in the on-going sequence. 

A Case Study on Agile Estimating and Planning using Scrum

1970 ◽  
Vol 111 (5) ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Mahnic
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Effort Estimation ◽  
The Third ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Student Teams ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

We describe a case study that was conducted at the University of Ljubljana with the aim of studying the behavior of development teams using Scrum for the first time, i.e., a situation typical for software companies trying to introduce Scrum into their development process. 13 student teams were required to develop an almost real project strictly using Scrum. The data on project management activities were collected in order to measure the amount of work completed, compliance with the release and iteration plans, and ability of effort estimation, thus contributing to evidence-based assessment of the typical Scrum processes. It was found that the initial plans and effort estimates were over-optimistic, but the abilities of estimating and planning improved from Sprint to Sprint. Most teams were able to define almost accurate Sprint plans after three Sprints. In the third Sprint the velocity stabilized and the actual achievement almost completely matched the plan. Bibl. 25, tabl. 4 (in English; abstracts in English and Lithuanian).http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eee.111.5.372

scholarly journals STUDI KASUS PEMENUHAN KEBUTUHAN OKSIGENASI DENGAN TEKNIK RELAKSASI NAFAS DALAM PADA PASIEN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE DI RUMAH SAKIT TK II PUTRI HIJAU MEDAN TAHUN 2016

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Lermiana Purba ◽  
Deni Susyanti ◽  
Pamungkas Pamungkas
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Congestive Heart Failure ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Relaxation Technique ◽  
Relaxation Therapy ◽  
Deep Breath ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
The Third ◽  
Descriptive Method

Congestive heart failure is the incapacity of heart to pump adequate blood in fulfilling the need for oxygen ad nutrients which causes cardiac output to decrease which brings about pain in chest. Pain management can be done by using pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies. Deep breath relaxation therapy is done in the non-pharmacological nursing pain management. It will increase the supply of oxygen to tissues so that pain will decrease. The research used descriptive method with case study design which was aimed to find out the description of the need for oxygen in congestive heart failure patients. The nursing approach consisted of nursing analysis, diagnosis, intervention, implementation, and evaluation in 2 clients with the same case. The result showed that in case I there was no more pain in chest in the third day of nursing, while in case II complaint about short of breath could be handled in the third day of nursing since the client felt relaxed. The conclusion was that the need for oxygen could be handled by using deep breath relaxation technique. It is recommended that the clients and their families comply with doing deep breath relaxation technique. 

scholarly journals Case Study: How I Finished my DBA in 2 Years… Almost!

10.28945/3751 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 009-029
Author(s):  
Robert W Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Research Area ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
South Florida ◽  
General Idea ◽  
Sales Training ◽  
First Semester ◽  
The Third ◽  
College Of Business ◽  
The University

There is no one best course through a Doctorate of Business Administration program but there are paths that maximize your time and value. Some people will wander through the research wilderness until having an epiphany, while others will treat the program like a journey-man and “do the work”, and still others will panic at the end of the third semester and “have to pick a topic for the dissertation”. If you enter the program with even a general idea of your research interest, then there is a different approach. Rob Hammond is a member of the inaugural cohort of the Muma College of Business DBA program at the University of South Florida. For almost 30 years he has worked in and around sales, marketing and product in large corporations. Rob witnessed enormous waste in sales training and thought it could be done differently. This was his topic of interest. Rob also had an idea from his experiences of what might be causing the issue. About half way through the first semester, Rob was picking the next paper topic and decided that he would adopt the strategy that he would try to find a way to advance his understanding of his research area in every class. This strategy became the navigation beacon for his DBA journey. This case is documenting this strategy along with a collection of his experiences from the DBA program for the readers in hopes that it may provide future students a few more restful nights as they begin their own academic journeys.

Where Economics Went Wrong

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Colander ◽  
Craig Freedman
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Chicago School ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Economic Science ◽  
Essential Difference ◽  
Classical Liberal ◽  
Good Policy ◽  
The University

Milton Friedman once predicted that advances in scientific economics would resolve debates about whether raising the minimum wage is good policy. Decades later, Friedman's prediction has not come true. This book argues that it never will. Why? Because economic policy, when done correctly, is an art and a craft. It is not, and cannot be, a science. The book explains why classical liberal economists understood this essential difference, why modern economists abandoned it, and why now is the time for the profession to return to its classical liberal roots. Carefully distinguishing policy from science and theory, classical liberal economists emphasized values and context, treating economic policy analysis as a moral science where a dialogue of sensibilities and judgments allowed for the same scientific basis to arrive at a variety of policy recommendations. Using the University of Chicago—one of the last bastions of classical liberal economics—as a case study, the book examines how both the MIT and Chicago variants of modern economics eschewed classical liberalism in their attempt to make economic policy analysis a science. By examining the way in which the discipline managed to lose its bearings, the authors delve into such issues as the development of welfare economics in relation to economic science, alternative voices within the Chicago School, and exactly how Friedman got it wrong. Contending that the division between science and prescription needs to be restored, the book makes the case for a more nuanced and self-aware policy analysis by economists.

scholarly journals Recursos didácticos y tecnológicos para la enseñanza de la integral definida en el modelo de Universidad Comunitaria Intercultural

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-78
Author(s):  
William Oswaldo Flores López ◽  
Eugenio López Mairena
Keyword(s):  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Mathematical Tasks ◽  
Definite Integral ◽  
Math Teachers ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The University ◽  
Motivation And Confidence

Esta investigación ha descrito los recursos didácticos y tecnológicos que el profesorado de matemáticas incorpora en el proceso de enseñanza de la integral definida, la evaluación que el profesorado efectúa, y las dificultades de comprensión en el aprendizaje del estudiantado. Fue un estudio cuantitativo y cualitativo sustentado en un estudio de caso, con una muestra de 46 estudiantes del tercer semestre de Administración de Empresas y 12 profesores de Matemáticas de la Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense, Recinto Universitario Nueva Guinea. El análisis se desarrolló con énfasis en las capacidades observadas en el aula de clases, y las argumentaciones en respuesta a los cuestionarios y entrevistas dirigidas al estudiantado y el profesorado. Los resultados sostienen que la incorporación de recursos didácticos y tecnológicos en la enseñanza de la integral definida disminuye las dificultades de comprensión en el aprendizaje, lo que se traduce en que al diseñar e implementar recursos didácticos y tecnológicos, se convierte en un entorno de agrado, motivación y confianza para que el estudiantado resuelva tareas matemáticas, y por tanto, disminuye sus dificultades de aprendizaje. SummaryThis research has described the educational and technological resources that the math teachers incorporates in the process of teaching the definite integral, the evaluation made by the teachers, and the difficulties the students presents in its understanding. It was a quantitative and qualitative study based on a case study, with a sample of 46 students from the third semester of Business Administration and 12 math teachers from the University of the Autonomous Regions of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua, Nueva Guinea campus. The analysis was developed with emphasis on the capacities observed in the classroom, and the arguments in response to the questionnaires and interviews aimed to students and teaching staff.The results demonstrate that the incorporation of educational and technological resources in the teaching of definite integral reduces the difficulties for a comprehensive learning, which means that when designing and implementing educational and technological resources it can create a pleasing environment full of motivation and confidence in order that the students resolve their mathematical tasks, and therefore decreases their learning difficulties.

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