* Extracted from the thesis "Estratégias de ensino-aprendizagem na enfermagem análise pela escala de coma de Glasgow", University of Guarulhos, 2006. 1 RN. MSc. in Nursing. Professor of the nursing course at Faculdades Integradas Teresa D'Ávila. Lorena, SP, Brazil. [email protected] 2 Full Professor, Masters' in Nursing Course at University of Guarulhos. Guarulhos, SP, Brazil. mskoizu...

The idea of local learning, classifying a particular point based on its neighbors, has been successfully applied to supervised learning problems. In this paper, we adapt it for Transductive Classification (TC) problems. Specifically, we formulate a Local Learning Regularizer (LL-Reg) which leads to a solution with the property that the label of each data point can be well predicted based on its...

We have begun to appreciate that the extent of this disorder is much wider than merely mental retardation. It is also a common cause of learning and emotional problems in mildly affected female carriers with normal IQs. These children present an enormous challenge to all child-care providers, be they in medicine, education, or in various therapy disciplines. Early identification is essential, a...

The ability to critically appraise clients’ functional problems and formulate appropriate intervention programmes is fundamental to the successful practice of occupational therapy. However, conventional teaching-learning methodology, characterised by teacher-centred learning, group teaching and doctrinal learning, does not foster in students the ability to be independent learners equipping them...

Mobile learning technologies have the potential to revolutionize distance education by bringing the concept of anytime and anywhere to reality. However, the development of mobile learning is hampered by various technological and access related problems, including the difficulty in implementing adaptivity. In this paper, we use the Bayesian networks to determine mobile learner’s styles exploring...

conclusions according to the subjective and objective results, the new method used in anatomy education had a good effect on learning of anatomy and interested students in anatomy. besides, it decreased students’ stress at exam time. it can be a complementary method for conventional methods. it is very useful for those who need retraining courses. results using present method had remarkable eff...