Mastery Learning: Improving the Model

In this paper, we report on developments in the Mastery Learning (ML) curriculum and assessment model that has been successfully implemented in a metropolitan university for teaching first-year mathematics. Initial responses to ML were positive; however, we ask whether the nature of the ML tests encourages a focus on shallow learning of procedures, and whether the structure of the assessment regime provides sufficient motivation for learning more complex problem solving. We analysed assessment data, as well as student reports and survey responses in an attempt to answer these questions

Burung Strata Bawah (Undestory) Di Hutan Pegunungan Taman Nasional Kerinci Seblat (Tnks) Kerinci Jambi

Birds are one of the biological wealth owned by Indonesia. The structure of the lower strata of bird communities in tropical areas represent a very good system to see the difference in sensitivity between species for habitat variation in different scales. This study was conducted in January 2013 using the method of net Mist (mist nets) in the Kerinci National Park (TNKS). Birds that are found as many as 21 species to 83 people only order passerines with six families. The diversity of birds affected by many factors diantarannya abundance of epiphytes, an abundance of fruits, the openness of the forest floor and tree species composition. Generally mountainous forest area will have a relatively high number of species ang

CAREER IDENTITY AND MENTORING IN FIRST YEAR PHYSICS UNDERGRADUATES

The purpose of this study is to design and evaluate the effectiveness of a mentoring program run for first year physics students. The mentoring program was initiated to address the low student retention in undergraduate physics courses. Preliminary surveys found a mismatch between student career identity and perceived relevance of physics. Mentoring has been shown to have a positive effect on mentees’ science identity, retention, and career planning by promoting science outcomes for the mentees and positive attitudes about science. This has been particularly effective for students belonging to underrepresented groups in science, who typically have lower science identity. Students became acquainted with the 20-member mentoring panel in a flash mentoring event. Mentors were partnered with two students and asked to spend an average of fifteen minutes per week in discussion with the students. Discussion topics were emailed weekly. Some of our learnings from this pilot program included doing a post questionnaire during class time to ensure a high completion rate. The main gains cited by mentees were increased motivation to study, new vision of future career and employment and an increase in the number of career relevant skills they would learn through their course

Human Ergonomic Simulation to Support the Design of an Exoskeleton for Lashing/De-Lashing Operations of Containers Cargo

Lashing and de-lashing operations of containers cargo on board containerships are considered as quite strenuous activities in which operators are required to work continuously over a 6 or 8 hours shift with very limited break. This is mostly because containerships need to leave the port as soon as possible and containers loading and unloading operations must be executed with very high productivity (stay moored in a port is a totally unproductive time for a ship and a loss-making business for a shipping company). Operators performing lashing and de-lashing operations are subjected to intense ergonomic stress and uncomfortable working postures. To this end, the authors of this article are participating to a research project for the design of an exoskeleton that will help operators to reduce ergonomics and working posture problems while increasing, at the same time, the productivity. This paper presents the results of a human ergonomic simulation devoted t

STUDIO DEL TRATTAMENTO TERMICO DI ACCIAI RAPIDI PER CILINDRI DI LAMINAZIONE A CALDO

In questo lavoro si propone lo studio del trattamento di tempra e rinvenimento di due acciai rapidi prodotti per colata centrifuga. La microstruttura dei materiali allo stato grezzo di colata è data da un reticolo più o meno interconnesso di carburi primari, in percentuale prossima al 10% in volume e da una matrice costituita da martensite e bainite. Le curve CCT evidenziano per entrambi un naso bainitico al di sotto dei 400°C per velocità di raffreddamento inferiori a 10°Cs-1. Gli acciai sono stati trattati termicamente secondo il processo impiegato a livello industriale. L’influenza della temperatura di austenitizzazione è stata valutata aumentando tale parametro da 1030 fino a 1200°C. Le relative curve di rinvenimento evidenziano un aumento sia della temperatura che della durezza di picco secondaria, differente nei due materiali considerati, indicando un effetto benefico sulla resistenza a caldo e la necessità di un rinvenimento a temperatura superiore per eliminare completamente l’austenite residua. In prossimità della temperatura più elevata (1200°C) si assiste alla rifusione di eutettici, individuando così in questo valore di temperatura un limite processuale invalicabile. Anche il tempo di austenitizzazione mostra un effetto sulla durezza dopo tempra correlabile alla differente propensione dei due materiali alla risolubilizzazione dei carburi

The health of women and girls determines the health and well-being of our modern world: A White Paper From the International Council on Women's Health Issues

The International Council on Women's Health Issues (ICOWHI) is an international nonprofit association dedicated to the goal of promoting health, health care, and well-being of women and girls throughout the world through participation, empowerment, advocacy, education, and research. We are a multidisciplinary network of women's health providers, planners, and advocates from all over the globe. We constitute an international professional and lay network of those committed to improving women and girl's health and quality of life. This document provides a description of our organization mission, vision, and commitment to improving the health and well-being of women and girls globally

Small bowel carcinomas in celiac or Crohn's disease: Distinctive histophenotypic, molecular and histogenetic patterns

Non-familial small bowel carcinomas are relatively rare and have a poor prognosis. Two small bowel carcinoma subsets may arise in distinct immune-inflammatory diseases (celiac disease and Crohn's disease) and have been recently suggested to differ in prognosis, celiac disease-associated carcinoma cases showing a better outcome, possibly due to their higher DNA microsatellite instability and tumor-infiltrating T lymphocytes. In this study, we investigated the histological structure (glandular vs diffuse/poorly cohesive, mixed or solid), cell phenotype (intestinal vs gastric/pancreatobiliary duct type) and Wnt signaling activation (β-catenin and/or SOX-9 nuclear expression) in a series of 26 celiac disease-associated small bowel carcinoma, 25 Crohn's disease-associated small bowel carcinoma and 25 sporadic small bowel carcinoma cases, searching for new prognostic parameters. In addition, non-tumor mucosa of celiac and Crohn's disease patients was investigated for epithelial precursor changes (hyperplastic, metaplastic or dysplastic) to help clarify carcinoma histogenesis. When compared with non-glandular structure and non-intestinal phenotype, both glandular structure and intestinal phenotype were associated with a more favorable outcome at univariable or stage- and microsatellite instability/tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte-inclusive multivariable analysis. The prognostic power of histological structure was independent of the clinical groups while the non-intestinal phenotype, associated with poor outcome, was dominant among Crohn's disease-associated carcinoma. Both nuclear β-catenin and SOX-9 were preferably expressed among celiac disease-associated carcinomas; however, they were devoid, per se, of prognostic value. We obtained findings supporting an origin of celiac disease-associated carcinoma in SOX-9-positive immature hyperplastic crypts, partly through flat β-catenin-positive dysplasia, and of Crohn's disease-associated carcinoma in a metaplastic (gastric and/or pancreatobiliary-type) mucosa, often through dysplastic polypoid growths of metaplastic phenotype. In conclusion, despite their common origin in a chronically inflamed mucosa, celiac disease-associated and Crohn's disease-associated small bowel carcinomas differ substantially in histological structure, phenotype, microsatellite instability/tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte status, Wnt pathway activation, mucosal precursor lesions and prognosis

Wilfred Burchett and the UN command's media relations during the Korean War, 1951-52

Wilfred A. Burchett was perhaps the most controversial foreign correspondent of the Cold War era. An Australian by birth, he wrote for British and French newspapers, but spent much of his career reporting from the other side of the "bamboo curtain." Although his dispatches often had a propagandist purpose, his account of the U.S. Army's media relations during the protracted Korean armistice negotiations continues to exert a significant influence over the academic literature. This article looks at the reasons for this influence and critically examines Burchett's claim that the U.S. military engaged in a concerted effort to mislead the public by lying about, and sometimes suppressing, what was really happening in the truce talk

Perhatian Orang Tua pada Kegiatan Belajar Peserta Didik di Kelas XI Iis SMA Negeri 1 Siberut Selatan Kabupaten Kepulauan Mentawai

This research is motivated by the lack of parental attention to their children both in learning and in supporting facilities for children. This study aims to get a picture of parents' attention from the following aspects: 1) caring about their children's learning, 2) paying attention to their children's interests and needs in learning, 3) managing children's learning time, providing or completing children's learning tools. This type of research is descriptive quantitative. The study population was 136 students, the sampling technique was selected by proportional random sampling, namely 57 students. The research data were obtained through questionnaires and processed using percentage techniques. The results showed that parents' attention was seen from the following aspects: 1) caring about their child's learning was in quite a lot of criteria, 2) paying attention to the interests and needs in learning were in many criteria, 3) managing children's learning time, providing or completing children's learning tools are in quite a number of criteria