An experiment was designed to investigate whether an easy-to-difficult or a difficult-to-easy practice order is best for motor learning. The motor skill used was a fine-motor, bimanual, lever-positioning task with movement complexity as the difficulty variable, which had yet to be studied. One group learned the skill in an easy-to-difficult order with the combination of the two lever movements ...

Preparing engineering students for global workplace is a growing need as engineering schools not only recognize the value of university experience, but also discover that many of their students do not demonstrate the right skills and mindsets for global success. Fresh graduates frequently lack knowledge of other cultures and languages and, most importantly, of how communication works. This pape...

BACKGROUND There is an increased interest in global health among medical students, family medicine residents, and medical educators. This paper is based on research to assess confidence in knowledge and skills in global health in family medicine residents in five universities across Ontario. METHODS A web-based survey was sent to 166 first-year family medicine residents from five universities...

Significance After a rapid expansion of primary school enrollment rates in many developing countries starting around 2000, progress toward development goals was widely acknowledged. However, the comprehensive focus on tested literacy skills presented this paper shows that, countries, quantity came at expense quality. Given overriding importance skilled human capital modern knowledge societies, ...