Argument visualisation refers to graphical or other non-verbal means of making reasoning chains and conclusions explicit. Constructing argument diagrams is one way to visualise argumentation. The solving of ill-structured problems, commonly related to societal and educational questions, can be facilitated by a visual depiction of the variety of viewpoints relevant to the problem in hand, and th...

INTRODUCTION The main goal of education is learning and change in behavior which has been revolutionized in the 21st century due to the rapid and widespread changes in science. The traditional approach to education does no longer meet the learners' needs, necessitating new changes in educational curricula. This study was designed to determine the factors influencing learning in the 21st century...

BACKGROUND Nursing education is currently facing challenges related to the application of nursing knowledge in clinical environments and inability of students in application of nursing procedures in clinical settings. Nursing students themselves represent the best means of identifying these challenges. This study was conducted aimed to understand the nursing students' viewpoints and experiences...

Medical education reform is underway, but the optimal course for change has yet to be seen. While planning for the redesign of a renal physiology course at the Duke School of Medicine, the authors used a Q-sort survey to assess students' attitudes and learning preferences to inform curricular change. The authors invited first-year medical students at the Duke School of Medicine to take a Q-sort...

To respond to increasingly diversifying customer's needs of a product, it has become important to acquire potential viewpoints of the customer’s criteria for product evaluation in the design process. Furthermore, emotional needs, such as design styling and user-friendliness, have become increasingly important for a differentiation strategy in a market in which products have similar performances...