Background: Team-based learning is a structured type of cooperative learning that is becoming increasingly more popular in nursing education. This study compares levels of nursing students’ perception of the psycho-social climate of the classroom between conventional lecture group and team-based learning group.   Methods: In a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design ...

background universities, like any other organization, are working in a variable and dynamic environment. in order to empower these organizations to deal with constant change, they should focus on organizational learning. objectives this research aimed to study the relationship between organizational learning and employees' empowerment among the headquarters staff of shiraz university of medical...

We present an adaptation of the standard genetic program (GP) t o hierarchically decomposable, multi-agent learning problems. To break down a problem that requires cooperation of multiple agents, we use the team objective function to derive a simpler, intermediate objective function for pairs of cooperating agents. W e apply GP to optimize first for the intermediate, then for the team objective...

today, teams are a key resource for learning and work in organizations and this has increased the importance of designing team-based structures. diversity management teams is something that managers should consider when team building. the effect of team diversity on team outcomes and its moderating variable,hasn’t completely identified yet in iran. therefore, given the importance of, this study...

Team learning is a complex social phenomenon that develops and changes over time. Hence, to promote understanding of the fine-grained dynamics of team learning, research should account for the temporal patterns of team learning behavior. Taking important steps in this direction, this special issue offers novel insights into the dynamics of team learning by advocating a temporal perspective. Bas...

In order to make strategic decisions, the new leadership team at the College of Agriculture at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona conducted a series of focus group interviews with its students, faculty, and staff members. The purpose of this qualitative study was to poll the opinions of these important stakeholders to improve the teaching-learning process in the college, to pro...