Lynn Wilss School of Learning & Development Queensland University of Technology This paper reports the findings of a pilot study aimed at improving learning outcomes from Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI). The study involved second year nursing students at the Queensland University of Technology. Students were assessed for their preferred cognitive style and presented with either matched or m...

Learning and Problem Solving with Multilayer Connectionist Systems

This article focuses on the problem solving process in design. Today, enterprises face an important need of innovation, as they have to regularly propose new products or new services. Design is one of the key activities of enterprises to be innovative, but it is also one of the more difficult activities to manage and especially to appreciate its performance. There exists many tools to evaluate ...

we introduce and discuss the homotopy perturbation method, the adomian decomposition method and the variational iteration method for solving the stefan problem with kinetics. then, we give an example of the stefan problem with  kinetics and solve it by these methods.

In spite of advancements in technology, the manufacturing of many small products and components continues to be labor intensive, and their assembly processes still rely on skill and craftsmanship. This paper describes operational problem solving through consultant-led intervention at one such manufacturer of watch dials, involving a combination of incremental and breakthrough improvements leadi...

We have created a student model which dynamically collects information about a student,s problem solving ability, acquisition of new topics and retention of earlier topics. This information is provided to the tutor and used to generate new problems at the appropriate level of difficulty and to provide customized hints and help. Formative evaluation of the tutor with 20 students provides evidenc...

When the first author began work in chemical education, he became interested in research on problem solving for several reasons. First, problem solving is what chemists do, regardless of whether they work in the area of synthesis, spectroscopy, theory, analysis, or the characterization of compounds. Second, it was clear that individuals who were successful in chemistry courses either developed ...

Network-based learning or e-Learning has been taking an important role in education as helpful education tools. However, it is difficult for teachers to retrieve education data from students or to obtain data from the student activities. Therefore, we have developed a problem solving environment (PSE) for the education and learning support: TSUNA-TASTE. The TSUNA-TASTE system collects the syste...

A summary of research on PBL by Center for Excellence in Leadership for Learning at University of Indianapolis indicates that PBL: (a) has a positive effect on student content knowledge and the development of skills such as collaboration, critical thinking, and problem solving; (b) benefits students by increasing their motivation and engagement; and (c) is challenging for teachers to implement,...