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A Comprehensive Evaluation Model for Cumputer Based Educaton
As opportunities to use computers in learning laboratory settings increase,directors will be faced with the problem of assisting faculty to select and evaluate themost appropriate courseware for their needs. This article presents a comprehensiveevaluation model that could be applied for computer based education programs in avariety of arts and sciences areas. The model includes a pre-implementation stage.This stage determines program compatibility, content evaluation and hardwareconsiderations. A second stage considers formative evaluation, continued availabilityof equipment and the recording of time records. Finally, the last phase, summativeevaluation, includes collecting student attitudes, assessing cost effectiveness,determining external influences and finally, suggesting ways of reaching a decision ofworth. The implementation of this model should provide a system where studentscould work with computer programs of a proven quality. Also, learning laboratorydirectors and faculty could show a certain level of accountability towards spendingmoney on computer software or courseware
Who\u27s Flaithbhertach Macloingry?
In the November 1989 Word Ways George H. Scheetz presented a list of 51 words ending in -gry. His fascinating article piqued my interest and I immediately set out to find some additions to his list
Algebras, dialgebras, and polynomial identities
This is a survey of some recent developments in the theory of associative and
nonassociative dialgebras, with an emphasis on polynomial identities and
multilinear operations. We discuss associative, Lie, Jordan, and alternative
algebras, and the corresponding dialgebras; the KP algorithm for converting
identities for algebras into identities for dialgebras; the BSO algorithm for
converting operations in algebras into operations in dialgebras; Lie and Jordan
triple systems, and the corresponding disystems; and a noncommutative version
of Lie triple systems based on the trilinear operation abc-bca. The paper
concludes with a conjecture relating the KP and BSO algorithms, and some
suggestions for further research. Most of the original results are joint work
with Raul Felipe, Luiz A. Peresi, and Juana Sanchez-Ortega.Comment: 32 page
The precession of eccentric discs in close binaries
We consider the precession rates of eccentric discs in close binaries, and
compare theoretical predictions with the results of numerical disc simulations
and with observed superhump periods. A simple dynamical model for precession is
found to be inadequate. For mass ratios less than approximately 1/4 a linear
dynamical model does provide an upper limit for disc precession rates. Theory
suggests that pressure forces have a significant retrograde impact upon the
precession rate (Lubow 1992). We find that the disc precession rates for three
systems with accurately known mass ratios are significantly slower than
predicted by the dynamical theory, and we attribute the difference to pressure
forces. By assuming that pressure forces of similar magnitude occur in all
superhumping systems, we obtain an improved fit to superhump observations.Comment: 6 pages to appear in MNRAS (accepted
Modelling human control behaviour with a Markov-chain switched bank of control laws
A probabilistic model of human control behaviour is described. It assumes that human behaviour can be represented by switching among a number of relatively simple behaviours. The model structure is closely related to the Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) commonly used for speech recognition. An HMM with context-dependent transition functions switching between linear control laws is identified from experimental data. The applicability of the approach is demonstrated in a pitch control task for a simplified helicopter model
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