This paper describes the results of a study into the use of structure and abstraction in the programming styles of lecturers and teaching assistants involved in teaching programming to students attending university and other third-level institutions. The study was motivated by the hypothesis that the trend towards object-orientation is being matched by pedagogic materials that consistently fost...

The importance of content knowledge on proficiency in teaching practices is well documented (Borko et al., 1992; Shulman, 1986). But is this statement completely unimpeachable? Are there drawbacks for teaching that are specifically due to subject matter expertise? In this paper we draw on evidence from mathematics and language arts education to show ways that advanced knowledge in a content are...

Research on agents has led to the development of algorithms for learning from experience, accepting guidance from humans, and imitating experts. This paper explores a new direction for agents: the ability to teach other agents. In particular, we focus on situations where the teacher has limited expertise and instructs the student through action advice. The paper proposes and evaluates several t...

During the last several years, a school of nursing in the southeastern United States has made concerted efforts to integrate geriatric content into every undergraduate course except obstetrics. Even the pediatric nursing course has infused content about grandparents, both as care providers for children and as extended family members. Faculty expertise and passion for teaching geriatric best pra...

The paper describes design of the Design Pattern ITS system, an intelligent tutoring system for learning Design Patterns. The basic idea of this system is a systematic introduction into the concept of most frequently used classes of patterns. An individual course is generated automatically for a given teaching goal and is dynamically adapted at run time to the student’s individual progress and ...

abstract: introduction & objective: teaching human anatomy, at any level, relies not only on the expertise of a tutor but also on the availability and use of good teaching aids. plastination specimens have a unique position as a teaching aid to exhibit accurate anatomical structures and are easy to be stored and handled by students. the aim of this study was to assess the comparative use of pol...

The exploratory study reported here is part of a larger-scale research project aimed at building theoretical and practical knowledge of complex systems in students and teachers with the goal of improving high school biology learning. In this paper we propose a model of adaptive expertise to better understand teachers’ classroom practices. Through three case studies, we further illustrate the ch...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to measure inter-observer variation between thoracic radiologists in the diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD) using high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and to identify areas of difficulty where expertise, in the form of national panels, would be of particular value. METHODS HRCT images of 131 patients with DPLD (from a tertiary referra...

Knowledge Management Systems that enhance and facilitate the process of finding the right expert in an organization have gained much attention in recent years. This chapter explores the potential benefits and challenges of using ontologies for improving existing systems. A modeling technique from requirements engineering is used to evaluate the proposed system and analyze the impact it would ha...

To accomplish knowledge intensive tasks, people in organizations must be able to find the knowledge or information needed to solve complex problems. For this, people often rely on their past experiences, explicit documents, and others who have the needed expertise. Knowledge Management Systems that enhance and facilitate the process of finding the right expert in an organization have gained muc...