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Predictions on the Development Dimensions of Provincial Tourism Discipline Based on the Artificial Neural Network BP Model
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Yang, Yang; Hu, Jun; Lv, Yingchun; Zhang, Mu – Higher Education Studies, 2013
As the tourism industry has gradually become the strategic mainstay industry of the national economy, the scope of the tourism discipline has developed rigorously. This paper makes a predictive study on the development of the scope of Guangdong provincial tourism discipline based on the artificial neural network BP model in order to find out how…
Descriptors: Tourism, Foreign Countries, Industry, Artificial Intelligence
A Computational Account of Children's Analogical Reasoning: Balancing Inhibitory Control in Working Memory and Relational Representation
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Morrison, Robert G.; Doumas, Leonidas A. A.; Richland, Lindsey E. – Developmental Science, 2011
Theories accounting for the development of analogical reasoning tend to emphasize either the centrality of relational knowledge accretion or changes in information processing capability. Simulations in LISA (Hummel & Holyoak, 1997, 2003), a neurally inspired computer model of analogical reasoning, allow us to explore how these factors may…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Short Term Memory, Logical Thinking, Foreign Countries
Problem Solving Processes and Video Games: The Sim City Creator Case
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Monjelat, Natalia; Mendez-Zaballos, Laura; Lacasa, Pilar – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2012
Introduction: Video games have proven to be a valuable resource to work different school subjects and topics. Beyond specific content, they could help to develop different abilities, like problem solving. However, not much has been studied on this topic, or many of the studies followed a perspective not entirely compatible with an educational…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, Problem Solving
Comparing the Performance of Distance Learning and Traditional Students in a Business Simulation Exercise
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Kotey, Bernice; Anderson, Philip H. – Industry and Higher Education, 2005
The performance of distant students in a simulation exercise for a Small Business Management (SBM) course was compared with that of internal students and the demographic and psychological variables associated with the performance of each student group were examined. Distant students matched or exceeded the performance of internal students in…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, College Students, Age Differences, Work Experience
Office Procedures 20-30. Business Education Curriculum Guide.
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Branch. – 1985
This curriculum guide is one of nine such guides developed for an Alberta high school business education program. Its content covers the main subject area or strand of office procedures. Subject to the constraints outlined in the guide, the modules are to be formatted into three- or four-credit courses within each strand. Introductory materials…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business Communication, Business Education, Business Skills
Computer Processing 10-20-30. Business Education Curriculum Guide.
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Branch. – 1985
This curriculum guide is one of nine such guides developed for an Alberta high school business education program. Its content covers the main subject area or strand of computer processing. Subject to the constraints outlined in the guide, the modules are to be formatted into three- or four-credit courses within each strand. Introductory materials…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business Education, Computer Graphics, Computer Science Education