The “McMaster Philosophy”

The McMaster curriculum: a critique.

were already clearly understood in 1910. It was the methods and administrative arrangements that developed in the decades after his report that seemed to confound the principles. It is a sobering thought for those of us who have been concerned with a new medical school. We have tried a fresh approach, an alternative to conventional methods, and in presenting the McMaster curriculum, I shall do ...

McMaster University's Artificial Computing System

The developers of this robot intend to simplify the complex task of making a robot intelligent by classifying the types of problems faced by the robot. In that way, the robot can determine the best course of action depending upon the task required. Obviously, a lot of time will be spent determining the key factors necessary to identify each type of problem. To simplify the task of classifying t...

McESE - McMaster EXPERT SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT

McESE is an expert system environment (a software tool) designed to help create problem-specific shells with incomplete and uncertain knowledge, fast and compact expert system applications in a particular programming language. Specialized software of McESE is written in C and facilitates handling of all aspects of dealing with rule-based knowledge bases. Practical and theoretical aspects of McE...

The Islamic Economic Philosophy

Use of learning resources at McMaster University.

To appreciate our first three years' experience with a range of learnig resources in the faculty of medicine at McMaster University in context it is necessary to understand the educational foundation on which the programme is based.' 2 A list of these principles would include self-directed learning balanced by learning in a small group tutorial setting. For both environments a wide range of lea...