The value of business simulations as pedagogic tools in education has been debated for over twenty years. This paper proposes a methodology for analyzing and understanding in-depth the educational validity of business simulations. It is based on Principal Component Analysis and Structural Equation Modelling, which are used for estimating models of educational value generation. The proposed meth...

We prove a conjecture of Micha Perles concerning simple polytopes, for a subclass that properly contains the duals of stacked and crosspolytopes. As a consequence of a special property of this subclass it also follows that, the entire combinatorial structure of a polytope in the subclass can be recovered from its graph, by applying our results recursively.

BACKGROUND Hypertension is a dangerous risk factor for public health. It profoundly affects the patients' quality of life. However, there is lack of agreement on the best method for self-care management in patients with hypertension. OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to compare the effect of lecture and educational pamphlets on quality of life (QOL) in patients with primary hypertension. ...

In part 1 of this article, an occupational therapy model of practice for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was described (Chu and Reynolds 2007). It addressed some specific areas of human functioning related to children with ADHD in order to guide the practice of occupational therapy. The model provides an approach to identifying and communicating occupational perfor...

This paper reports on an exploratory study analyzing the Educational Resources’ packaging standards SCORM and IMS Common Cartridge’s (CC) regarding interoperability from the point of view of key users: teachers. The two specifications SCORM and CC to package Educational Resources have been developed to help the users to re-use Learning Objects from Learning Object Repositories (LORs) in Learnin...

The University of Calgary Learning Commons has been developing solutions for the digitization and dissemination of educational digital assets for two years. The most recent work focused on creating digital books that can be accessed online and assembled from digital components. Several theoretical and technical issues were examined and resolved. The U of C worked with existing partners to modif...

Data processing is not possible without a computer with the appropriate software. Before the user there is a problem of choosing software for research. Therefore the aim was to analyze software for statistical research. To achieve the goal the scientific and methodological sources were analyzed, comparison, generalization were made to determine the state of a problem and perspective directions ...

The University degrees about engineering in general, and software engineering in particular, contain subjects related with Project Management. In this subject, the most commonly used software for practical classes and homework is MS-Project. Nevertheless, the students find that MS-Project is not easy to use and that it requires a high knowledge about Project Management and about the use of the ...

Many current educational trends are based on the digital technologies support for content modeling and delivering as well as for control services in the teaching and learning processes. E-learning methods allow us significantly to enhance the teaching and learning effectiveness. These methods also show the rapid development of software of a new generation intended for the teaching and studying ...