Its + Sbt: A Review Of Operational Situated Tutors

Zoological institutions provide naturalistic exhibits for their animals in order to offer a more appealing look for visitors and give the animal the opportunity to engage in more natural behaviors. Examining space use of the animals in the naturalistic exhibit may aid in the management of these animals and inform future naturalistic exhibit design. The hippopotamus is an amphibious ungulate that spends much of its days in the wild in the water but may be found along the banks of the rivers basking in the sun. Our objective was to determine how captive female hippos utilize their exhibit by examining whether hippos selected for certain areas of a naturalistic exhibit. Scan sample data were collected on a group of nine captive female hippos housed at Disney\u27s Animal Kingdom®. Using ArcView, the data were analyzed to determine distribution of hippos in the exhibit and their utilization of depth categories while in the water. Hippos were found to aggregate in preferred areas of the exhibit, mostly water, and selected most for water depths of 0.6-1.0m. These results will aid in the understanding of hippopotamus space use and may aid zoological institutions in the design of naturalistic exhibits for hippos. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc

Effects Of Instructional Strategies Within An Instructional Support System To Improve Knowledge Acquisition And Application

Simulation based training requires skilled instructors to provide necessary training. Due to the limited numbers of instructors available, alternative methods of instruction are being investigated. This study replicated previous labbased studies of instructional strategies (Metacognitive prompting and Contrasting Cases) as applied with military personnel, within the Deployable Virtual Training Environment (DVTE). Participants were randomly assigned to 3 groups, each group receiving either Metacognitive prompts, Contrasting Cases prompts or no prompts, respectively. Results showed 1) no difference between groups on declarative knowledge testing, 2) Contrasting Cases prompts scored highest on procedural knowledge testing, 3) Metacognitive prompts scored highest on conceptual knowledge testing, and 4) Metacognitive prompts scored highest on integrated knowledge testing. Recommendations and future research are discussed