Compared with public undergraduate universities, the overall quality of students in Zhejiang Shuren University is relatively lower. Students learn SCM curriculum difficultly. In order to solve the problem, the teaching reform of SCM curriculum is researched to improve students’ initiative learning. Based on the actual situation, the contents of teaching reform such as curricular system construc...

This paper covers the present situation and problem of experimental teaching of mathematics specialty in recent years, puts forward and demonstrates experimental teaching methods for different education. From the aspects of content and experimental teaching approach, uses as an example the course “Experiment for Program Designing & Algorithmic Language” and discusses teaching practice and labor...

This case focuses on the challenges of delivering Western-style MBA programs in emerging markets, looking at the experience of the Researcher in teaching and assessing courses within management programs (especially in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management) and in thesis and dissertation research and writing. The case considers: cultural differences, learning style differences, l...

Like most nonprofit hospitals, those of Massachusetts are facing serious financial challenges. Although the immediate issue is the shortfall between revenues and expenses, the author finds that the real problems are systemic, evidenced by at least three structural impediments: uncompensated care, overuse of teaching hospitals, and an increasingly unattractive environment for the practice of med...

The article discusses the problems connected with effective learning in environmental education (EE). Educational goals, approaches to teaching, basic organizing ideas and the main constructs of an innovative model of EE are dealt with in the paper. Basic strategies of learning are outlined and dominant methods briefly characterized. Students’ activities are organized along a five-component str...

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The presented software tools have been accomplished in the frame of the Leonardo da Vinci pilot project “Virtual-Electro-Lab”. The aim of the project is developing a complex training system in electrical domain that includes the correlation of the courses, seminars / workshops and testing systems with the virtual & remote experiment elements. It proposes an innovative approach of the teaching m...

In order to improve the teaching quality of supply chain management course, the teaching reforms were researched from four aspects including teaching method, course system, assessment method, and practice and experiment. Eight reform schemes on the teaching method and a set of corresponding course system were put forward. Building some teaching bases to achieve a combination of industry, educat...

In this paper we investigate how much data is required to train an algorithm for attribute selection, a subtask of Referring Expressions Generation (REG). To enable comparison between different-sized training sets, a systematic training method was developed. The results show that depending on the complexity of the domain, training on 10 to 20 items may already lead to a good performance.

This article reviews the core process of critical thinking – hunting assumptions – and explains how this process differs according to the context of what is being taught and the different intellectual traditions that inform teachers’ own backgrounds. It outlines a basic protocol of critical thinking as a learning process that focuses on uncovering and checking assumptions, exploring alternative...