This article demonstrates that careful planning and management can help to ensure effective learning for pre-registration students during theory and practical skills teaching. It highlights two lesson plans with intended learning outcomes, one for a didactic teaching session and the other for a psychomotor clinical skills session. The article identifies a variety of teaching and learning strate...

PIQUANT II, the system we used for TREC 2004, is a completely reengineered system whose core functionalities for answering factoid and list questions remain largely unchanged from previous years [Chu-Carroll et al, 2003, Prager et al, 2004]. We continue to address these questions using our multi-strategy and multi-source approach. For “other” questions, we experimented with two alternative appr...

This study explores pre-service teachers’ experiences integrating SMART Board technology into their teaching practice. The results suggest that pre-service teachers found the technology mentoring process to be useful in preparing them to integrate instructional technology into their lessons. The pre-service teachers developed high interest in integrating SMART board technology within their own ...

In this paper, we construct a set of non-polynomial basis functions from a generalised Birkhoff interpolation problem involving the operator: Lλ = d2/dx2 − λ2 with constant λ. With a direct inverting the operator, the basis can be pre-computed in a fast and stable manner. This leads to new collocation schemes for general second-order boundary value problems with (i) the matrix corresponding to ...

The von-K arm an nonlinear, dynamic, partial differential system over rectangular domains is considered, and numerically solved using both the Chebyshev-collocation and Legendre-collocation methods for the spatial discretization and the implicit Newmark-b scheme combined with a non-linear fixed point algorithm for the temporal discretization. As the system is non-linear, involving operators of ...

This study examined the perceptions, attitudes and beliefs of pre-service teachers using the iPad for their professional learning purposes and for teaching during their school placements. The sample consisted of 117 pre-service teachers undertaking a one-year postgraduate qualification in England to gain qualified teaching status (QTS). A mixed methods design was employed to collect data using ...

This paper presents results from a study investigating the effect of a guided inquiry and modeling instructional framework and accompanying science methods instruction on preservice elementary teacher’s science pedagogy skills and teaching orientations. Analysis of pre-service teacher’s pre-post tests, classroom artifacts, peer interviews, and lesson plans throughout the semester, indicates the...

BACKGROUND Residents have primary responsibility for teaching medical students, yet many receive no formal teaching instruction. This study evaluated the impact of a longitudinal multidisciplinary teaching curriculum on resident participants' self-perceived teaching skills. METHODS Residents received instruction on teaching and leadership skills during a four-month longitudinal teaching cours...