performance evaluation is one of the important components of each organization, and educational organizations are not the exceptions. teachers are believed by many researchers as the single most important factor influencing student academic success or failure. therefore, they need to be at the center of attempts to improve or reform the educational system of any country. considering the pivotal...

Many applications in educational technology, from student modeling to problem generation, are built on a formal model of the operational knowledge for a given domain. These domain models consist of rules that experts apply to solve problems in the domain; for example, factoring, ax + bx → (a + b)x , is one such rule for K-12 algebra. In practice, domain models are handcrafted at great expense, ...

Educational mapping is the process of analyzing an educational system to identify entities, relationships and attributes. This paper proposes a network modeling approach to educational mapping. Current mapping processes in education typically represent data in forms that do not support scalable learning analytics. For example, a curriculum map is usually a table, where relationships among curri...

Zusammenfassung Bewährte Entwurfsmechanismen für RechentechnikweiseneinenhohenStrukturierungsgradauf. Zentrale, bleibende Anteile werden als fest verdrahtete Hardware realisiert, während dynamische Anteile rekonfigurierbar gestaltet werden. Modularität und Interoperabilität der Komponenten spielen dabei eine wichtige Rolle. Der Entwurfsprozess setzt Technologie-unabhängig auf einem hohen Abstra...

Simulation is a unique learning environment, as it allows participants to experience critical care interventions in a ‘safe’ environment. A good understanding of educational theory and instructional design is required to ensure meaningful learning is experienced. Simulation allows a variety of learning theories to be applied due to the wide variety and complexity of the clinical situations pres...

The field of forensic psychology has experienced remarkable growth over the past three decades. Perhaps the best evidence of this growth is the number of forensic psychology training programs currently enrolling students. Those interested in forensic psychology can choose from several types of programs aimed at different educational outcomes. In addition, opportunities for postdoctoral fellowsh...

A vast amount of scientific research and literature is devoted to business process models. The spectrum includes languages, style, quality, analysis, simulation methods, tool support, and even further aspects. However, most of this work only considers business process models from an industrial perspective: the ultimate goal is to support organizations and companies through the development, use ...

During the last eight years, interest in assessing the comparative performance of teachers, schools and educational policies has greatly increased in the USA, the UK and other countries. Particularly in the context of declining budgets for education, a serious concern for accountability and effectiveness of the school systerr1 has led to attempts to rate teachers, schools, education authorities...