Purpose: This study aims to explore the role of planned, sudden shifts in lived experiences, in influencing learner capabilities towards improved problem-solving for sustainable development outcomes. The authors responded to employers of engineering and built environment graduates observing limited "real-life" problem-solving skills,…

The purpose of this capstone project was to design a course description on gelotology, the study of laughter, at a XYZ Institute. The course provides a detailed analysis of the background of gelotology, how the course was designed and how to put the course into application at the capstone site. The course was designed using a sample curriculum as…

Describes a two-semester, problem-based learning in organ-systems physiology course. Employs several types of problems including clinical, laboratory research-based, real-life scenarios, and published research articles. Contains 29 references. (DDR)

Describes a single introductory course for both nonscience and physics majors, emphasizing wave aspects of selected physics phenomena rather than traditional Newtonian mechanics. Modes of presentation, consistent with the notion of a spiral syllabus, are explained with reference to the cognitive and educational theories of Bruner and Piaget.…

One of the goals of the Office Systems Research Association (OSRA) is to ascertain the competencies needed by an information systems professional charged with organizational and personal performance technologies. This model curriculum, a major update of OSRA's 1986 Model Curriculum, emphasizes the technical aspects of multimedia desktop…

This article attempts an analysis of the problems involved in creating a course in English as a second language for adult beginners. Various learning theories and linguistic theories are discussed, which should be taken into consideration in choosing a teaching method. In addition, care must be taken to distinguish among the four language skills…

THE REPORT DESCRIBES THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROCEDURES OF A COMPUTER-BASED FIRST YEAR COURSE IN RUSSIAN VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR, WHICH WILL BE INTRODUCED AT STANFORD IN SEPTEMBER 1967. THE FINAL EXAM WILL BE THE SAME FOR THE COMPUTER-BASED SECTIONS AS FOR THE CONVENTIONAL SECTIONS. THE PROGRAM IS BEING PRODUCED THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE…