This paper summarizes the design and evaluation of an instructional approach aimed at improving the writing skills of a group of undergraduate engineering students. We sought to determine whether student performance in difficult writing skills such as argumentation and synthesis could be improved by integrating a single writing exercise into an upper level engineering course. In designing the e...

CLIN ICAL NURSE SPEC IALI ST specialty nursing certifying organizations, The Pew Health Professions Commission, the Citizen Advocacy Center (CAC) (www.cacenter.org), the Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR) (www.clearhq.org), and the Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards (www.farb.org). The latter 3 organizations are resources for professional regulatory board memb...

It is necessary to establish mutual relationships between suppliers and demanders to ensure the quality of services. As English is the language of international communications, and the linguistic competence can greatly help develop the tourism industry, this study aimed to analyze the effects of learning English listening, speaking, reading, and writing on tourism development in Iran through th...

Relatively little attention has been paid to training forensic evaluators to prepare expert reports. Griffith and colleagues, in two publications, argue for considering forensic report writing as a core competence in the field along with forensic evaluation and court testimony. They expand our conceptualization of report writing to consider the subjective component of report writing, revealing ...

The effective usage of the automatically collected software process data may be challenging. By using general purpose query languages like SQL, retrieval of software process information introduces a cost and competence barrier, which limits the adoption of Automated In-process Software Engineering Measurement and Analysis (AISEMA) systems, since it requires a considerable effort for query writi...

Can mathematical competence be measured by analyzing the patterns of pauses between written elements in the freehand copying of mathematical equations? Twenty participants of varying levels of mathematical competence copied sets of equations and sequences of numbers on a graphics tablet. The third quartile of pauses is an effective measure, because it reflects the greater number of chunks and t...

Lifelong competence development is a fundamental premise for an information society, as well as major aim and challenge. Facing the variety of learning programs and qualification measures, problems emerge in supporting lifelong learning. Efficient competence development necessitates providing learners with learning opportunities which are appropriate for their current knowledge and for their in...