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Showing 1 to 20 of 77 for “"Problem solving process"”.
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THE INFLUENCE OF GAME DESIGN ON THE COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS: A CROSS-CASE STUDY OF MULTI-PLAYER COLLABORATIVE GAMEPLAY ANALYSIS
… between game design attributes and collaborative problem solving process in the context of multi-player video games. The following game design attributes: sensory stimuli elements, level of challenge, and presentation of game goals and rules were examined to determine their influence on game …
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A study of the achievement and attitudinal effects of the mathematical olympiad for elementary schools
… in routine and non-routine mathematics problem-solving achievement, non-routine problem-solving process levels, and attitudes towards mathematics. Results indicated that participation positively affected the participants’ non-routine problem-solving process levels but no uniform results …
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Utilizing a Systematic Approach to Problem-solving in the Elementary School Setting: A Program Evaluation Project
… data to analyze the impact of the Eight-Step Problem-Solving Process on the rate of discipline referrals. Although the overall number of referrals increased, other significant findings were determined. The leadership team and faculty must be vested in the action plan as a priority in order to …
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Creative Problem Solving as a Positive Intervention and Approach to Career Development
… explores how positive psychology and creative problem solving research can support students as they make career-related decisions and design their lives. Advancements in positive psychology build a foundation of research that supports work as a pathway to flourishing. Accordingly, research in …
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One school's process for problem solving
The purpose for this study was to examine the process that one school staff used to solve a problem. This case study involved Albert Harris Elementary School in Martinsville, Virginia. This school serves all of the students in grades four through six throughout the city of Martinsville. A school …
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Carryover parts and new product reliability
… products, are a major source of quality problems, contrary to conventional wisdom. Moreover, the failure rate of carryover parts grows from one generation to the next, a phenomenon known as the carryover spike. Motivated by these results and the need to understand the quality dynamics of …
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Modelling functions from sample data with classification applications
… various aspects of the pattern recognition problem solving process. Pattern recognition can be viewed as a decision making process where the underlying density functions or discriminant functions of the application have to be estimated often in a high dimensional space. We consider two main …
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A Focus on Making Great Problem-Solvers
… strategy that students could use to help them in problem-solving multistep problems that are the main focus of state assessments. Related literature focused on four major steps that should be used when problem-solving. These four steps are closely aligned with Polyas' problem-solving process. My …
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The Reflective Process in Nursing Clinicals Using Journaling and Dialogue
… and who answered specific questions about problem solving in a written journal and (2) 20 students who were paired in the clinical setting and who answered the same questions together in a journal shared by the pair. In both case studies the experience was 9 weeks. The written journal …
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Data-Driven Database Education: A Quantitative Study of SQL Learning in an Introductory Database Course
… this thesis analyzes the student learning process and seeks to answer the question: ``Which SQL concepts, or concept combinations, trouble students the most?'' We provide comprehensive taxonomies of SQL concepts and errors, identify common areas of student misunderstanding, and investigate …
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Evaluation of Information Systems Development in the NHS Using NIMSAD Framework
… information systems to support the contracting process required in the reforms. A disparity in relative strengths between the purchaser and provider was considered a major constraint hindering the purchaser from developing the intended information system and performing their designated role in …
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An analysis of an urban school district's general education intervention to reduce overrepresentation of minority students in special education
… of policies and training related to the use of a problem solving general education intervention model in an urban school system. Disproportionate representation is problematic if the programming is stigmatizing or ineffective, or if the process of identification is not applied equally to different …
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RTI Implementation: Identifying the Barriers and Best Practices
… the use of RTI as part of the eligibility process, few states and districts have begun to implement it appropriately, let alone assess and ameliorate RTI processes effectively. RTI is basically a problem-solving process. As students move higher up the tiers, instruction and behavioral …
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Ten Step Manufacturing Problem Solvingprocess
The ten step problem solving is created to capture and resolve all issues that arise with designing, developing, manufacturing and delivering a new vehicle produce. These steps will provide a common process, which effectively defines and resolves concerns and prevents their recurrence. Step 1: …
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Network design and fleet allocation model for vessel operation
… in the U.S. are confronted with a number of problems in the way they make critical fleet allocation decisions to meet the increase of shippers' demands. Instead of the empirical approach, this research describes an optimization method for the fleet allocation problem This methodology is …
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Development and Evaluation of a Decision Support Tool to Incorporate Redundancy in the Development of Instructional Materials
… Instructional message design (IMD) is a problem solving process to improve the quality of instructional materials through the application of research based principles. As this process is often not covered in novice IDs training, they will encounter more issues while attempting to address …
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The Impact of an Employee Involvement Program on Service Quality in a Nursing Home Organization
… weekly meetings using a quality-circle-type problem-solving process to develop suggestions for improving quality of service to residents and their families. Behavior modeling training was used to teach interpersonal skills necessary for handling a customer complaint. Service quality was …
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Design and evaluation of a list gathering tool in a web-based collaborative environment
… into a structure of knowledge relative to the problem. Software was designed to provide relationships among and comparisons of the contributions in a "list" structure, so that individual members of a group process will be able to understand the contributions of information made by the group as …
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BIM Game : a "serious game" to educate non-experts about energy related design and living
… uses of energy, we have to face the problem as energy shortage and global warming. Since almost one-fourth of US energy is consumed by homes, creating high-performance low-energy houses and educating people about energy-related decision making, is perhaps the first and most …
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