As part of a broader study of the impact of teaching environment and preparation on the conceptions of teaching and learning expressed by our graduate Teaching Assistants (TAs) and undergraduate Learning Assistants (LAs), we track shifts in instructor awareness of student ideas over the course of a week of preparing for and teaching in the Tutorials in Introductory Physics. Since TAs and LAs in...

This paper examines some issues relating to the development in Latin America and the Caribbean of the managerial expertise that underpins the modernisation of library and information services. It reports on part of a joint IFLA/FID project, principally funded by the UNESCO Participation Programme, and reviews results from two surveys. One obtained responses from Schools of Librarianship and Inf...

Principles necessary to develop a method and computational facilities for the parallel hierarchical transformation based on high-performance GPUs are discussed in the paper. Mathematic models of the parallel hierarchical (PH) network training for the transformation and a PH network training method for recognition of dynamic images are developed.

Supervision of midwives is a statutory responsibility which provides a mechanism for support and guidance to every practising midwife in the United Kingdom. To be eligible for appointment as a supervisor, midwives are required to undertake a preparation programme successfully. Because of the changing nature of the professional role and education, the level of the programme of preparation has ev...

The area of maintenance has for long not been simple replacement of a part after its failure. The trend in maintenance today is to keep up with the development of computer technologies, which are increasingly being used. The education in the field of maintenance should also take this direction. This paper points to such an orientation, its goal being to point at the possibility of applying mode...

The Web 2.0 has permeated academic life. The use of online information services in post-secondary education has led to dramatic changes in faculty teaching methods as well as in the learning and study behavior of students. At the same time, traditional information media, such as textbooks and printed handouts, still form the basic pillars of teaching and learning. This paper reports the results...

Modern teaching, the increasing use of modern teaching methods, especially multimedia plays an increasingly important role in teaching. Compared with the traditional English teaching methods, the advantages of multimedia is obvious. Correct and reasonable use of multimedia courseware, teaching English will play a more important role, and how to design multimedia courseware has also become the m...

Using a pair of randomized evaluations, I evaluate a computer assisted learning program designed to reinforce students understanding of material presented in class. The program was implemented in both an in-school and out-of-school model allowing me to assess different strategies for integrating the technology into the existing schools. The effect of the program critically depends on the method...

School informatics is a relatively new subject in comparison with mathematics. As a result, there is much less research in informatics education. Likewise, there is lack of theoretical grounding of didactics of informatics in general and school informatics in particular. The lack of research in the field of school informatics makes it difficult to identify which methods are effective to teach t...

This paper discusses the use of conceptual structures in the design of computer-based assessment (CBA) tools for e-assessment of programming exercises. In STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects, universities often observe high dropout and failure rates among the first year students. There are a number of research initiatives that investigate the use of interactive teaching m...