Reflective judgment and cognitive interaction in an Electronically Distributed Learning Environment

Kevin Michael Carr

(1998) pp. 1–98

The purpose of this study is to evaluate implementation of the Idaho Virtual Classroom Electronically Distributed Learning Environment (EDLE). An introductory astronomy course was delivered entirely over the Internet using mostly-asynchronous EDLE...

The Spiritual Disciplines as Practices of Transformation

Davin Carr-Chellman; Michael Kroth

International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology Vol. 8, No. 1 (January 2017) pp. 23–35

Spiritual disciplines are practices of transformation intentionally pursued through the day-to-day actions of deeper living. The spiritual disciplines are conceptualized here in their relationship to profound learning. The authors contend that...

Core Skills Assessment to Improve Mathematical Competency

Michael Carr; Brian Bowe; Eabhnat Ní Fhloinn

European Journal of Engineering Education Vol. 38, No. 6 (2013) pp. 608–619

Many engineering undergraduates begin third-level education with significant deficiencies in their core mathematical skills. Every year, in the Dublin Institute of Technology, a diagnostic test is given to incoming first-year students, consistently...

Identity, Hard Sums and Butterflies

Catherine Byrne; Brian Bowe; Michael Carr

International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education Vol. 4, No. 1 (January 2019) pp. 35–47

This article examines mathematics education in the Irish prison system, and the impact that learning mathematics and receiving certification has on the identity of those studying so-called ‘hard sums.' It describes the lived experiences of people...

Who Wants an iPad? An Exercise in Rationing

David L. Carr; Michael Allgrunn; Kathryn Birkeland

Journal of College Teaching & Learning Vol. 15, No. 1 (2018) pp. 1–4

This active learning exercise demonstrates the fundamental problem in economics that resources are scarce, while wants are relatively infinite. Students are exposed to four mechanisms for rationing scare resources: markets, queue, coupons, and...

Investigating Secondary Students Beliefs about Mathematical Problem-Solving

Mark Prendergast; Cormac Breen; Aibhin Bray; Fiona Faulkner; Brian Carroll; Dominic Quinn; Michael Carr

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. 49, No. 8 (2018) pp. 1203–1218

Many studies over the past 30 years have highlighted the important role of students' beliefs for successful problem-solving in mathematics. Given the recent emphasis afforded to problem-solving on the reformed Irish secondary school mathematics...

Customizing Section 508 HHS Checklists to Evaluate Accessibility of Interactive Features in Online Courses

Ngoc Vo; Lauren Hamel; Yinning Zhang; Angela Brodsky; Angela Reid; Lucas Carr; Wesley Steverson; Michael Harris

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017 (Oct 17, 2017) pp. 88–101

This study aims at evaluating and distilling the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Accessibility checklists into shorter, more applicable checklists that focus on the interactivity components in an online course A group of five...

Topics: Evaluation, Tools & Systems, Standards & Interoperability

A Comparison of Training Strategies To Enhance Use of External Aids by Persons with Dementia

Michelle S. Bourgeois; Crmeron Camp; Miriam Rose; Blanche White; Megan Malone; Jaime Carr; Michael Rovine

Journal of Communication Disorders Vol. 36, No. 5 (2003) pp. 361–78

This study compared the effectiveness of spaced retrieval (SR) and a modified cueing hierarchy (CH), for teaching persons with dementia a strategy goal involving an external memory aid. Training of 25 persons with dementia found that the SR...

Systems Science

Alexander Christakis; Debora Hammond; Michael Jackson; Alexander Laszlo; Ian Mitroff; Dave Snowden; Len Troncale; Alison Carr-Chellman; J Michael Spector; Brent Wilson

Educational Technology Vol. 53, No. 5 (2013) pp. 64–78

Scholars representing the field of systems science were asked to identify what they considered to be the most exciting and imaginative work currently being done in their field, as well as how that work might change our understanding. The scholars...