Study group meetings (SGMs) are voluntary-attendance peer-led team-learning workshops that supplement introductory biology lectures at a selective liberal arts college. While supporting all students' engagement with lecture material, specific aims are to improve the success of underrepresented minority (URM) students and those with weaker backgrounds in biology. Peer leaders with experience in ...

This paper presents an approach to differentially constrained robot motion planning and efficient replanning. Satisfaction of differential constraints is guaranteed by the search space which consists of motions that satisfy the constraints by construction. Any systematic replanning algorithm, e.g. D*, can be utilized to search the state lattice to find a motion plan that satisfies the different...

The purpose of this study was to assess which components of a community-based dental education (CBDE) program at The University of Iowa College of Dentistry & Dental Clinics were associated with overall student performance. This retrospective study analyzed data for 444 fourth-year students who graduated in 2006 through 2011. Information pertaining to students' CBDE rotations and their final gr...

BACKGROUND Medical students can be exposed to serious health care-associated infections, if they are not following infection prevention and control (IPC) measures. There is limited information regarding the knowledge, awareness, and practices of medical students regarding IPC and the educational approaches used to teach them these practices. AIM To evaluate the knowledge, awareness, and attit...

Community colleges offer many students open, affordable access to postsecondary training. However, as they have become a more prominent entry point for students who intend to eventually complete a bachelor's degree, there are growing concerns about the transfer function of these institutions. While previous research has highlighted the diversion effects of community colleges, most of this work ...

Choosing a specialization was not an easy task for some students, especially those who lacked confidence in their skill and ability. Specialization tertiary education became the benchmark key to success students’ future careers. This study conducted provide learning outcomes record, which showed classification Informatics students by using data from of 2013-2015 had graduated. The total 319 stu...

While the United States traditionally has allowed quick and easy paths to full-privilege licensure of drivers at an early age, graduated licensing is becoming increasingly popular. The graduated licensing system phases in unrestricted driving by allowing beginners to get their initial behind-the-wheel experiences under conditions that reduce the risk of collision. As of June 2002, 35 states and...