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Runway Safety Training Methods For Runway Incursion Prevention, Powers Dicus, Scott Tarry
Runway Safety Training Methods For Runway Incursion Prevention, Powers Dicus, Scott Tarry
Theses/Capstones/Creative Projects
The Federal Aviation Administration wants to educate pilots about Runway safety to prevent runway incursions. The number of runway incursions increased nearly 83% from 954 in 2011 to 1,744 by the end of 2017 (OIG, 2018). This experimental research project trained 20 pilots using three different methods of teaching (classroom, online, in a flight simulator) to determine which method most effectively taught pilots about a specific topic in aviation. The different training methods change the way the educational content is delivered and this change in delivery could impact how well the pilots learn the material (Cox, 2010). The participants were …
La Universidad Unit In A Comprehensible Input Classroom, Bailey Morley
La Universidad Unit In A Comprehensible Input Classroom, Bailey Morley
Theses/Capstones/Creative Projects
This capstone project looks at a specific unit taught in a Spanish classroom through the use of comprehensible input and the types of activities that were used in order to support comprehensible input in the classroom. It provides a collection of comprehensible input activities that may be used in the foreign language classroom along with providing rationale for the activities, research-supported assessment and instructional strategies, and examples of differentiation and assessment for the unit. A variety of activities were used including class story creation, running dictation, and nonverbal representation. Ways of assessment also varied throughout the unit, incorporating both formative …
Experience Of A Noyce-Student Learning Assistant In An Inquiry-Based Learning Class, Melissa Riley
Experience Of A Noyce-Student Learning Assistant In An Inquiry-Based Learning Class, Melissa Riley
UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair
This presentation refers to an undergraduate course called introduction to abstract mathematics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. During the academic year 2017-2018, undergraduate, mathematics student Melissa Riley was a Noyce-student learning assistant for the Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) section of the course. She assisted the faculty-in-charge with all aspects of the course. These included: materials preparation, class organization, teamwork, class leading, presentations, and tutoring. This presentation shall address some examples of how the IBL approach can be used in this type of class including: the structure of the course, the activities and tasks performed by the students, learning …