Instruction selection for embedded processors is a challenging problem. Embedded system architectures feature highly irregular instruction sets and complex data paths. Traditional code generation techniques have difficulties to fully utilize the features of such architectures and typically result in inefficient code. In this paper we describe an instruction selection technique that uses static ...

This report describes a case study using a collaborative model of problem-based learning in library instruction as an innovative alternative to traditional methods. The authors examine the use of problem-based library instruction in three courses, including an examination of the results of the assignment students were given as part of the exercise. The authors found that the problem-based learn...

In the 4 quarter of 2001 the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) converted its traditional classroom radiation safety course, taught exclusively in a classroom setting four times each year, to a combined online-classroom format in which the majority of the course is taught online. This change was instituted in an effort to minimize the time spent in the classroom for UAB research personne...

Franklin BM, Xiang L, Collett JA, Rhoads MK, Osborn JL. Open problem-based instruction impacts understanding of physiological concepts differently in undergraduate students. Adv Physiol Educ 39: 327–334, 2015; doi:10.1152/advan.00082.2015.—Student populations are diverse such that different types of learners struggle with traditional didactic instruction. Problem-based learning has existed for ...

We describe a method for supporting static branch prediction on a decoupled fetch-execute pipeline. Using instruction buffers to decouple instruction fetch from the execute pipeline is an effective way to minimize instruction cache penalties by allowing instruction fetch and stall miss handling to proceed independent of the execution pipeline. Dynamic branch prediction is typically used with su...

As the gap between processor speed and memory speed grow, so the performance penalty of instruction cache misses gets higher. Instruction cache prefetching is a technique to reduce this penalty. The prefetching methods determine the target line to be prefetched generally based on the current fetched line address. However, as the cache line becomes wider, it may contain multiple branches. This i...

Interteaching is a new method of classroom instruction that is based on behavioral principles but offers more flexibility than other behaviorally based methods. We examined the effectiveness of interteaching relative to a traditional form of classroom instruction-the lecture. In Study 1, participants in a graduate course in special education took short quizzes after alternating conditions of in...

This study compares learning from designing instruction in the context of simulation-based inquiry learning with learning from expository teaching. The domain of instruction was the electricity domain of high-pass and low-pass filters. Participants were students from a technical vocational school. In the experimental condition (N = 21) students created assignments for an imaginary student to he...

Prompted by the recent shift of attention from just focusing on the top-down processing in L2 reading towards considering the basic component, bottom-up processing, the role of phonological component has also enjoyed popularity among a selected circle of SLA investigators (Koda, 2005). This study investigated the effect of the automatization of the phonological component on the reading comprehe...

The purpose of this evaluative study was to determine the effectiveness of a hybrid instructional model, called ADAPT (Active Discovery And Participation thru Technology) that combines the important features of traditional classroom instruction (classroom, instructor, textbook) with those of computer-mediated instruction (learning by performing rather than listening, frequent assessment and fee...