This study presents the details of an initial study that is conducted to identify the features and characteristics of using games to improve the ability of students to code. The objective of this study is to examine the quality of a game meant for learning programming concepts. Participants in the exploratory study were 42 students from a local higher education institution. Subjective data were...

PURPOSE Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) and interprofessional education (IPE) are increasingly emphasized in the education of health professions. Xavier University School of Medicine, a Caribbean medical school admits students from the United States, Canada, and other countries to the undergraduate medical course. The present study was carried out to obtain information about the attitude ...

We have designed a flexible ecological momentary assessment/intervention smartphone (EMA/EMI) "app". We examine the utility of this app for collecting real-time data, and assessing intra-subject variability, by using it to assess how freshman undergraduates spend their time. We also explore whether its use can promote greater self-awareness. Participants were randomly divided into an experiment...

The aim was to investigate changes in composition of students’ social networks and in satisfaction of various needs by different network sectors during the first semester in university. Questionnaires were distributed to 235 first year Turkish students attending Middle East Technical University (METU) at the beginning and end of the first semester. Eighty-eight students lived with and 147 lived...

The study was undertaken to evaluate the comparative academic performance of male and female students, day scholars and boarders and of rural and urban area students at undergraduate level in the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF). In all, 265 students responded to a pretested questionnaire. Of these, 96 were females. The evaluation of performance was based on GPA and CGPA obtained by ...

Main Courses lect. prac. lab. cr. prerequisite Semester 1 (spring) Applications of optimization [1] 2 1 4 Formal methods [2]

Main Courses lect. prac. lab. cr. prerequisite Semester 1 (spring) Applications of optimization [1] 2 1 4 Formal methods [2]

Main Courses lect. prac. lab. cr. prerequisite Semester 1 (spring) Applications of optimization [1] 2 1 4 Formal methods [2]

Phylogenetics is the area of research concerned with finding the genetic relationships between species. The basic idea is to compare specific characters (features) of the species, under the natural assumption that similar species (i.e., species with similar characters) are genetically close. The term phylogeny refers to these relationships, usually presented as a phylogenetic tree (see Figures ...