This paper describes how a gamified rewards and penalties framework was used to increase attendance and engagement in a level six undergraduate computing module teaching game production. The framework was applied to the same module over two consecutive years: a control year and a trial year. In both years the tutor, assignments and assessment strategies were the same and daily attendance was re...

Notre Dame women students chose Maureen Lathers, Diane McDonnell, and Janet W altman as fina l candidates fo r a seat on the Student L ife Council in a p rim ary election held yesterday in Badin and Walsh halls. A petition making this seat tem porary also received support in Badin and Walsh last night. This petition w ill come before the SLC at its next meeting. Lathers, Badin hall sophomore, h...

Non-academic student support services significantly contribute to supporting and enhancing students’ academic, social welfare experiences, thereby their subsequent success in higher education. Students’ activities at the university go beyond lecture room setting since they spend 70% of time out room. Hence, education institutions should promote what happens outside order enhance positive behavi...

OBJECTIVE Due to the development of medical education in the past decade the role of teachers has changed and requires higher didactic competence. Student evaluation of teaching alone does not lead to considerable improvement of teaching quality. We present the concept of "Integrative Teaching Consultation", which comprises both the teacher's reflection and own objectives to improve their teach...

Dynamics is one of the principal means of expressivity in Western classical music. Still, preceding research on room acoustics has mostly neglected the contribution of music dynamics to the acoustic perception. This study investigates how the different concert hall acoustics influence the perception of varying music dynamics. An anechoic orchestra signal, containing a step in music dynamics, wa...

THE IMPACT OF ACADEMIC OPTIMISM ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTIN FIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS

Our paper addresses firm size as a driver of systematic credit risk in loans to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Key contributions are the use of a unique data set of SME lending by over 400 German banks and relating systematic risk to the size dependence of regulatory capital requirements. What sets our sample apart is its comprehensive coverage of the particularly rich and well developed ...