2001 Thirteenth Annual IMSA Presentation Day

Professional associations such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the National Association of Biology Teachers, the American Society of Microbiology ... have all featured the research work of MSA students through presentations and publications.https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/archives_sir/1022/thumbnail.jp

Establishing a New Paradigm in Engineering and Technology education: An Experimental Analysis of Multiple Learning Methodologies and Examination of Cognitive Profiles of Continuing Education Students

This study consisted of two inter-related components. The first part compared three instructional methods for delivering a Computer Aided Design (CAD) course for adult Continuing Education (CE) students. The second part established a comprehensive cognitive profile matrix of adult continuing education students entering careers in technology. The first part examined the use of three delivery methods, using three randomly selected groups of students. The three methods were as following: Traditional classroom-based training. Instructor-facilitated course presented online. Independent study, using a CD-ROM tutorial. The experimental design consisted of three randomly selected sample groups’ of20 students. The independent variable in the study was the instructional method. The dependent variables were the academic achievement scores and the satisfaction levels of the participants. As a second component, the study determined a cognitive profile of adult continuing education students. This analysis involved the same group of 60 students and presented a quantitative matrix of learning styles (by way of the bi-polar cognitive profile matrix. After obtaining all of the statistical data, a correlation analysis was performed, comparing cognitive profiles students versus the instructional methodology. The academic achievement analysis yielded the following results: There was a significant difference between in-class and online course, where in-class method showed higher academic achievement results. There was a significant difference between online course and the CD-ROM based course. In this case the CD method was more effective than the online method. There was no statistically significant difference between the in-class and the independent CD-ROM methods. The correlation analysis established that no significant correlation existed between the achievement and learning styles of the students. The results indicated that overall academic achievement within the subject of CAD are equal for all cognitive profile categories, allowing people with different learning styles to achieve their desired levels of academic success, as well as to meet their educational goals. The results of the Objective Course Satisfaction and indicated that there was no significant difference among the three groups. It was, therefore concluded that the objective course satisfaction was equal among the three methods of instruction described in this study

Simple identification tools in FishBase

Simple identification tools for fish species were included in the FishBase information system from its inception. Early tools made use of the relational model and characters like fin ray meristics. Soon pictures and drawings were added as a further help, similar to a field guide. Later came the computerization of existing dichotomous keys, again in combination with pictures and other information, and the ability to restrict possible species by country, area, or taxonomic group. Today, www.FishBase.org offers four different ways to identify species. This paper describes these tools with their advantages and disadvantages, and suggests various options for further development. It explores the possibility of a holistic and integrated computeraided strategy

Faculty Publications and Creative Works 2004

Faculty Publications & Creative Works is an annual compendium of scholarly and creative activities of University of New Mexico faculty during the noted calendar year. Published by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, it serves to illustrate the robust and active intellectual pursuits conducted by the faculty in support of teaching and research at UNM

Modding the Apocalypse: (Re)Making Videogames as Post-Structuralist Free Play

This dissertation is about seeing videogames, and videogame design, through the lens of Gregory Ulmer ™s electracy apparatus theory. Videogame modding is emphasized an electrate approach to intervening in existing media. Mods have the potential to make potent rhetorical arguments, but they are little-understood in the field of rhet-comp, and there are numerous obstacles to carving a space for them in academic curricula; nevertheless, they are an increasingly common form of participatory engagement that make use of a broad digital skillset. Modders fit into Gregory Ulmer ™s electracy apparatus as egents ”agents of change in the Internet age ”and their playful appropriation of objects from various archives resembles the electrate genre of MyStory (personal alternative-history). By positioning modding as electrate composition praxis, a new gateway for academic game study and production is opened, one where play is integral to the process of knowledge formation. Fallout 4 (2016) serves as an example of a moddable game whose rhetorical affordances can be adapted to craft MyStories and MEmorials