In September 2010, newly structured Problem Based Learning (PBL) model was implemented at the Master Level at the Aalborg University. In this article, the students’ experience of this PBL model is documented. The experience gained from this case study is particularly useful for studies in India. This study encompasses three groups of 15 students. All were mechanical engineering students in thei...

OBJECTIVE To determine attention performance of medical students after sleep deprivation due to night shift work. METHODS Prospective cohort design. All seventh, eighth and ninth semester students were invited to participate (n= 209). The effectiveness and concentration indices (d2 Test for attention, dependent variable) from 180 students at 3 evaluations during the semester were compared. Ei...

This report details the work done and knowledge learned during the first semester of the author’s thesis (CS 297). Although video game graphics has improved tremendously, artificial intelligence in games has taken a much smaller step forward. One of the most promising new prospects in game AI is for the computer to learn and adapt to the environment, and in particular to the player. The thesis ...

A cluster analysis data classification technique was used on assessment scores from 157 undergraduate nursing students who passed 2 successive compulsory courses in human anatomy and physiology. Student scores in five summative assessment tasks, taken in each of the courses, were used as inputs for a cluster analysis procedure. We aimed to group students into high-achieving (HA) and low-achievi...

background providing the mental health of medical students has an important role in mental health of society. the aim of this research was investigating the relationship between the mental health and hardiness in medical students and comparing these variables in first and last semester medical students. material and methods the present research was correlation and matching method on first and l...

Each year at the beginning of a new academic semester, most advisors face a very common and particularly tedious and time consuming problem: deciding for each student what course schedule would be ideal for the following semester so that the student would graduate in the fastest possible time and also have his / her specific preferences and pre-requisites

OBJECTIVE Emotional intelligence (EI) is an important component not only for success in the nurse anesthesia (NA) profession, but as a NA student as well. Using the ability-based EI model, the purpose of this was to examine the difference in EI between the first semester and last semester of NA training programs. METHODS First semester NA students completed the online Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emo...

Pen-based technology provides new means for interfacing with digital computers. At Purdue University, we have been developing courses that allows computer science undergraduates to explore non-traditional human-computer interfaces, to implement complex working systems, and to give them hands-on experience in developing team projects. After the first two years, we have successfully implemented a...

BACKGROUND Burnout among veterinary students can result from known stressors in the absence of a support system. The objectives of this study were to evaluate use of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educator Survey (MBI-ES) to assess burnout in veterinary students and evaluate the factors that predict the MBI-ES scores. METHODS The MBI-ES was administered to first (Class of 2016) and second year...