The purposes of this study were to: (1) describe the level of professional self-concept among new graduate nurses working in critical care and general medical surgical unit six months after completing a nursing program, (2) examine the professional self-concept in relation to age, marital status, and educational level of new graduate nurses, and (3) examine graduate nurses' perceptions of their...

The article discusses the prospects of the educational systems development when implementing individualized educational trajectories. One of the main criteria for the educational process quality when implementing asynchronous learning forms is the effectiveness of the self-organization system. The construction of this system is largely determined by the goals, the achievement of which is suppos...

Swine production facilities in the United States have adopted technological advancements in response to problems and opportunities as they arise. The first pressure was due mostly to economics. To improve feed efficiency, animals were moved into climate controlled buildings. To reduce labor costs, manure was handled as a liquid through slatted floors and feed and water systems were automated. L...

Richard Eckart de Castilho1 Chris Biemann2 Iryna Gurevych1,3 Seid Muhie Yimam2 (1) Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab (UKP-TUDA) Dept. of Computer Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt (2) FG Language Technology, Dept. of Computer Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt (3) Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab (UKP-DIPF) German Institute for Educational Research and Educational Informatio...

This chapter addresses the theoretical foundations for research in educational communications and technology. Four relevant areas are explored: (1) the psychology of learning, (2) communications theory, (3) human–computer interaction, and (4) instructional design and development. Past work in these four areas can be viewed as providing a theoretical foundation for further research and developme...

To bridge the gap between educational research and practice, a methodological approach known as educational design research (EDR) has gained influence. In our view, carrying out EDR necessitates balancing three processes: (1) research, (2) design, and (3) change. Using Activity theory as theoretical foundation, we will clarify the processes and the potential tension between these processes.

1 Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, 2 Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, 3 Department of Educational Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, 4 Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, 5 Department of Counseling and Educational ...

Problem-based and case-based learning are well-known inquiry-based pedagogies. 3 We propose a new inquiry-based approach called systems-questions-solutions (SQS) 4 that combines the two more general approaches. SQS is based on proven educational 5 principles plus general systems theoretic approaches to systems. This approach natu6 rally introduces verification and validation into the educationa...

D. Casanova*, B. Holmes, and I. Huet 1 Didactics and Educational Technology Department, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal 2 Department of Education, University of Concordia, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Montreal, Canada 3 Research Centre CIDTFF, Didactics and Educational Technology Department, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago ...

* Correspondence: [email protected] Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Demographic Research Centre, Vytautas Magnus University, Rostock, Germany Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Fig. 3 Linkage rates of deaths above age a according to sex and educational attainment, Lithuania, 2001–2011. Source: Census-linked mortality data Lithuania, 2001–2011...