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Graduate Student Satisfaction With An Online Discrete Mathematics Course, Amber Settle, Chad Settle Sep 2005

Graduate Student Satisfaction With An Online Discrete Mathematics Course, Amber Settle, Chad Settle

Amber Settle

Student satisfaction with distance learning is impacted by a variety of factors, including interaction with the instructor and the structure of the course. We describe our experiences teaching discrete mathematics to graduate students using both a traditional classroom setting and two different types of distance learning formats. We then compare student evaluations between the traditional and distance-learning courses to determine if student satisfaction was affected by the course format.

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Can A Divorced Mom/Dad Take Care Of The Child?, Vijay Dialani Sep 2005

Can A Divorced Mom/Dad Take Care Of The Child?, Vijay Dialani

Vijay Dialani

MOM – Message Oriented Middleware DAD – Direct Access to Data (DBMSs) CHILD – Correlating Historical or In-transit Large-scale Data-stream

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Testing First: Emphasizing Testing In Early Programming Courses, Will Marrero, Amber Settle Jun 2005

Testing First: Emphasizing Testing In Early Programming Courses, Will Marrero, Amber Settle

Amber Settle

The complexity of languages like Java and C++ can make introductory programming classes in these languages extremely challenging for many students. Part of the complexity comes from the large number of concepts and language features that students are expected to learn while having little time for adequate practice or examples. A second source of difficulty is the emphasis that object-oriented programming places on abstraction. We believe that by placing a larger emphasis on testing in programming assignments in these introductory courses, students have an opportunity for extra practice with the language, and this affords them a gentler transition into the …

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Gobal Change In The Mesosphere And Usu’S Green Beam, Vincent B. Wickwar, Joshua P. Herron, Troy A. Wynn Jan 2005

Gobal Change In The Mesosphere And Usu’S Green Beam, Vincent B. Wickwar, Joshua P. Herron, Troy A. Wynn

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Landscape Patterns Of Streams & Lakes In Montane Watersheds Determine Water Temperatures & Nutrient Transport: Watershed Analyses And N Tracer Experiments, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, J. Garrett, G. Burkart, W. Fleenor, K. Nydick, R. Hall, Michelle A. Baker Jan 2005

Landscape Patterns Of Streams & Lakes In Montane Watersheds Determine Water Temperatures & Nutrient Transport: Watershed Analyses And N Tracer Experiments, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, J. Garrett, G. Burkart, W. Fleenor, K. Nydick, R. Hall, Michelle A. Baker

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

In glaciated mountains, lakes are interspersed through watersheds and connected by streams. Although lakes or streams are frequently studied as individual water bodies, studying them as integrated functional units provides considerable insight on temperature patterns, nutrient transport and other functions. In the Sawtooth Mountains (Idaho), inter-lake distance averages 2.8 km. In summer, lakes are solar collectors, and warm outflow streams as much as 10 C, thus increasing metabolic rates. These streams seldom cool to equilibrium temperatures before encountering another lake, where the waters tend to overflow and mix into the epilimnion. With overflow, N-15 tracer experiments demonstrated that water and …

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