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Mathematics Without Calculations – It’S A Beautiful Thing!, Jason J. Molitierno
Mathematics Without Calculations – It’S A Beautiful Thing!, Jason J. Molitierno
Mathematics Faculty Publications
All students should have the opportunity to do mathematics in a meaningful way for the sheer fun of it. Such experiences, if well designed, improve students’ effective thinking skills, increase their appreciation of the beauty and utility of mathematics, and prepare them to be mathematically-literate members of society. This session invites talks on how we can engage the liberal arts student through courses specifically designed for them. We welcome presentations on innovative course design, pedagogy, projects, or activities, as well as talks on tools used to assess such courses. Presentations should include a research basis for the design or pedagogical …
Relaciones Entre La Formación Integral Y La Educación Ética Y Moral: Una Mirada Desde El Liceo Hermano Miguel La Salle, Iván Darío Blanco Nieto, Sergio Alexander Galeano Hernández, Cristy Yuranny Marroquín Abril, Wilman Orlando Sepúlveda Sepúlveda
Relaciones Entre La Formación Integral Y La Educación Ética Y Moral: Una Mirada Desde El Liceo Hermano Miguel La Salle, Iván Darío Blanco Nieto, Sergio Alexander Galeano Hernández, Cristy Yuranny Marroquín Abril, Wilman Orlando Sepúlveda Sepúlveda
Maestría en Docencia
Este proyecto inicia en el marco del Macro-proyecto de Formación Integral propuesto por la Universidad de La Salle e inscrito en la línea investigativa Cultura, Fe y Formación en Valores; el cual interpretó las relaciones entre la Formación Integral y la Educación Ética y Moral y analizó el caso particular del Liceo Hermano Miguel La Salle (LHEMI). Con el proceso de investigación realizado, se abordó en primer lugar, las ideas, conceptos y prácticas que los docentes de la institución expresaron sobre las unidades de análisis establecidas, en segundo lugar, se establecieron relaciones entre la Formación Integral y la Educación Ética …
Teaching Accounting Concepts Versus Applications: An Analysis Of Student Attitudes, Marshall A. Geiger
Teaching Accounting Concepts Versus Applications: An Analysis Of Student Attitudes, Marshall A. Geiger
Accounting Faculty Publications
Accounting faculty have long debated the usefulness and appropriateness of their teaching endeavor. One of the central themes in this continuing discussion is that of teaching concepts versus teaching applications of current accounting principles. In order to empirically address this issue, students' attitudes toward the conceptual aspects and toward the practical application aspects of financial accounting were assessed. This research also reports on the development and validation of an instrument that measures attitudes of students toward these aspects of financial accounting. The instrument demonstrated high reliability with both intermediate and introductory students. Intermediate students were found to distinguish between attitudes …
Concept Attainment Through Negative Instances, David Allen Isom
Concept Attainment Through Negative Instances, David Allen Isom
All Master's Theses
The purpose of this study is twofold: 1. To investigate the reported conclusions of several experiments in the area of concept attainment that have utilized the Hovland (1952) information processing model; 2. To explore implications of the above model, specifically those pertaining to subjects concept attainment performance over successive presentation of different concepts derived from the same experimental universe.