Free from the comforts of home, many students are experiencing being on their own for the first time. One of the challenges they face is budgeting. This becomes particularly problematic when an expected budget item changes. This study examines how students at a small Midwestern liberal arts college meet the budgeting challenge. Do students plan and budget for discretionary items differently tha...

Juha Javanainen,1 Janne Ruostekoski,2 Yi Li,1 and Sung-Mi Yoo3,4,1 1Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3046, USA 2Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom 3Department of Liberal Arts, Hongik University, 94 Wausan-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul 04066, South Korea 4School of Computational Sciences, Korea Institute for Adva...

The field of computational science is a recent addition to academic study. While the content of such an education is generally agreed upon, effective methods for imparting this knowledge are still being investigated. This paper describes the current state of the computational science degree programs at SUNY Brockport and the successes that have been obtained. Issues relating to the implementati...

This paper suggests some teaching strategies for Algorithms and AI courses. These courses can have a common goal of teaching complex problem-solving techniques. Based on my experience teaching undergraduates in a small liberal-arts college, the paper offers concrete ideas for working toward this goal. These ideas are supported by relevant studies in cognitive science and education. Together, th...

1 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (RMUTT), Thanyaburi, Pathumthani 12110, Thailand 2 Centre of Excellence in Mathematics CHE, Si Ayutthaya Road, Bangkok 10140, Thailand 3 Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin (RMUTR), Bangkok 10100, T...

Predicting the expansion of an urban boundary using spatial logistic regression and hybrid raster–vector routines with remote sensing and GIS Amin Tayyebi, Phillips Christian Perry & Amir Hossein Tayyebi a University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Madison, WI, USA b Department of Natural Resources, New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Cornell University, Itha...

1 Department of Computer Science, National Defense Academy, 1-10-20 Hashirimizu, Yokosuka 239-8686, Japan 2 Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1–3 Matikaneyamatyo, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan 3 Liberal Arts and Basic Sciences, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, 2-11-1 Shinei, Narashino 275-8576, Japan 4 Department of Monozuk...

This qualitative study examined three stigma reduction interventions against mental illness stigma: education, video, and contact. Undergraduates (N = 69) in three introductory psychology classes from a small, Catholic, liberal arts university in the northeast United States participated. Responses to two open-ended questions revealed common negative and stereotypical themes associated with ment...

Teaching Introductory courses in Computer science in a Liberal Arts College faces a lot of problems: different way of thinking for most of the students, hard topics, and students’ unpreparedness for disciplined systematic thinking. Active learning – building knowledge on the previous with progressive assignments, based on a constructivist approach, seems to be the path of effective teaching int...

1Research Institute of Horticulture, Skierniewice, Poland; 2Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan; 3Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan; 4Laboratory of Horticultural Science, Department of Plant Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; 5Polish Academy of Sciences, Botanical Gar...