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Constance Kunkler – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Background Significance: A shortage of clinical sites has made it difficult for the psychiatric technician (PT) to practice skills, such as therapeutic communication. Therapeutic communication is an important component of the PT curriculum. The development of virtual reality (VR) software has the potential to enhance communication skills,…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Mental Health Workers, Clinical Experience, Curriculum Implementation
Thompson, Jessica – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The phenomenon of unethical behavior in online courses can be problematic and is manifested in academic dishonesty. The specific problem of interest for this study was the experiences of online instructors relative to the problem of academic dishonesty in online courses needed to be better understood. The purpose of this qualitative…
Descriptors: Ethics, Online Courses, Plagiarism, Cheating
Mingo, Wendye Dianne – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study attempts to determine if authentic learning strategies can be used to acquire knowledge of and increase motivation for computational thinking. Over 600 students enrolled in a computer literacy course participated in this study which involved completing a pretest, posttest and motivation survey. The students were divided into an…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Computation, Thinking Skills, Computer Literacy
Li, Jinghuan – ProQuest LLC, 2009
While deliberating and making decisions, participants in urban development processes need easy access to the pertinent content scattered among different plans. A Planning Markup Language (PML) has been proposed to represent the underlying structure of plans in an XML-compliant way. However, PML currently covers only textual information and lacks…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Programming, Computer Graphics, Metadata
Bitton, Ephrat – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation explores the use of geometric and graphical models for a variety of information search and filtering applications. These models serve to provide an intuitive understanding of the problem domains and as well as computational efficiencies to our solution approaches. We begin by considering a search and rescue scenario where both…
Descriptors: Safety, Opinions, Hypothesis Testing, Intuition
Putnam, Cynthia – ProQuest LLC, 2010
User experience (UX) research in the design of technology products utilizes human-centered design (HCD) methods to summarize and explain pertinent information about end users to designers. However, UX researchers cannot effectively communicate the needs and goals of users if designers do not find UX research (a) easy to integrate into design…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Industry, Internet, Researchers