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Direct linkRice, Stephen; McCarley, Jason S. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2011
Automated diagnostic aids prone to false alarms often produce poorer human performance in signal detection tasks than equally reliable miss-prone aids. However, it is not yet clear whether this is attributable to differences in the perceptual salience of the automated aids' misses and false alarms or is the result of inherent differences in…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Response Style (Tests), Young Adults, Performance Technology
Malmgren, Carol; Themanson, Jennifer – College and University, 2010
Analysis of classroom use and utilization data provides essential information for strategic space planning. However, efforts to improve use and/or utilization metrics can be thwarted by ingrained cultural practices, campus politics, lack of understanding, failure to recognize the impact to programmatic needs, absence of a coordinated campus…
Descriptors: Scheduling, Guidelines, Outreach Programs, Educational Practices
Bell, Edith E. – Performance Improvement, 2009
The purpose of the patient education system described here was to distribute patient education material to and within medical practices managed by a small medical practice management company. The belief was that patient education opportunities improved health care outcomes and increased patient participation in health care decisions and compliance…
Descriptors: Patient Education, Patients, Performance Technology, Health Education
Kress, Nancy J. – Journal of Access Services, 2007
The University of Chicago's Joseph Regenstein Library Bookstacks Department has used process mapping and continuous improvement to successfully improve its overall operations. The most recent efforts focus on Lean manufacturing, an initiative centered on eliminating waste in manufacturing processes. The conversion of the Bookstacks Department from…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Case Studies, Administrative Principles, Library Administration
Briggs, Linda L. – Campus Technology, 2006
Everyone on your campus needs information, and if your institution is like most schools, you have plenty of it to share. But which types of data warehousing and business intelligence systems you choose, and how accessible, usable, and meaningful those tools make all of that information, remain the big questions for many technologists and…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Database Management Systems, Educational Innovation
Martin, Rebecca – Journal of Access Services, 2003
In 1991, the University Libraries of Northern Illinois University implemented a revised policy for renewals of library materials. Various system, staff, and patron-related concerns required the access services department to adapt to immediate demands, then to seek longterm solutions. This case study examines the initial impact of the new policy,…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Research Libraries, Library Services, Library Policy
