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This paper compares two learning approaches: project-based learning (PBL) and invitations. It begins with a discussion of the definitions of project-based learning and invitations as well as their theoretical bases. Then, these two approaches are compared in the following aspects: inquiry question, scope of inquiry, purpose of inquiry, critical thinking versus critical literacy, and action orientation. Although project-based learning and invitations share some features of inquiry-based learning, it is important to know their distinction, which has significant pedagogical implications. This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of project-based learning and invitations, their interrelationships, and their applications in the classroom

Entre el reformismo borbónico de mediados del siglo XVIII y el debate sobre la importancia de los capitales y la tecnología a finales del siglo XIX, muchos escritores y políticos discutieron sobre las oportunidades económicas de México y la manera óptima de aprovecharlas. Omnipresente en esta discusión estuvo la idea de una naturaleza sumamente pródiga, noción originada en épocas anteriores pero trasladada a la argumentación económica desde la era ilustrada. Aunque el tema ha sido referido en términos generales por historiadores y economistas, poco es lo que se ha estudiado en cuanto a la secuencia de argumentos y su lugar en la historia del pensamiento económico. El presente volumen ofrece, por tanto, tres estudios sobre estas ideas, con punto de arranque en el proyectismo tardío colonial y punto de cierre en las reflexiones de Guillermo Prieto y Justo Sierra. Un comentario final retoma el desarrollo expuesto para presentar una interpretación general del mismo y vincularlo al contexto histórico mexicano. Aunque con esta obra no se pretende agotar un tema abierto aún a amplias investigaciones, los autores han intentado esclarecer momentos, motivos y aspectos centrales en toda esta discusión secular

We derive universal lower bounds for the potential energy of spherical codes, that are optimal in the framework of the standard linear programming approach. Our bounds are universal in the sense of both Levenshtein and Cohn and Kumar; i.e., they are valid for any choice of dimension and code cardinality and that they apply to any absolutely monotone potential

While nowhere does he use the term to refer to his own theory, Aristotle is often thought to exemplify an early correspondence theory of truth. In the paper, I examine the textual evidence used to support the idea that Aristotle holds a correspondence theory of truth, and to infer the nuances of this theory. I hold that Aristotle’s theory of truth can account for terms that signify non-existent things, i.e., that on Aristotle’s account, an assertion is not automatically false given its subject term’s “failure to refer”. Terms do not refer for Aristotle, they signify (and his use of the concept of signification extends far beyond linguistic reference)

In this exploratory study, we examine young adult undergraduates’ (n = 448) opinions regarding the use of social media for employment decisions, a practice that has been highlighted in the popular press and recent legal cases. Most of the young adults in our sample were not in support of this practice (only one third were), and most expressed a liberal view of what should be permissible for posting on social media without the threat of job termination (e.g., less than half believed that posting illegal sexual behavior online should result in termination). Additionally, those who were most opposed to using social media in employment decisions were older, had less self-control, were more endorsing of the hookup culture, and were more open to experience. We discuss these findings with regard to current social media/work life issues, suggesting that: (1) these opinions may affect companies and legal entities who are developing social media policies, but also (2) that young adults need to be aware that regardless of their opinions on the practice, their social media use could have long-term effects on their careers

Interprofessional education (IPE) is an essential component of teamwork and collaboration as recommended by the Pew Health Professions Commission, the Institute of Healthcare Improvement and the Institute of Medicine. IPE is now mandated by accrediting organizations in healthcare education. Research has linked IPE to a reduction in patient deaths, sentinel events and health care costs. The Fort Wayne Area Interprofessional Education Consortium FWAIPEC) presents its unique four year local collaboration across multiple educational entities for the education of graduate health care students. FWAIPEC started with five distinct graduate medical education institutions representing programs for pharmacy, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, nurse educator, nurse executive, medical student and family practice residency and has grown to include the new occupational therapy and physical therapy programs. The consortium successfully conducts a three-session IPE seminar series for its first year students. FWAIPEC continues to develop curriculum for a second year program. From its roots of about 60 learners a session to approximately 250 learners a session, FWAIPEC is piloting curriculum to reach other local health care learners. Participants will learn about FWAIPEC’s curriculum concepts, tips from lessons learned and may extrapolate FWAIPEC experiences to their respective fields to consider how collaboration may benefit their students

With the increase in State and Federal legislation that now holds universities accountable for the graduation and retention of students, it is more important than ever to employ good strategies in academic advising. The culture has shifted from the onus being on the student to plan their path to graduation to today where the academic advisors, professors and the university are responsible to make sure the students stay enrolled and graduate on time. With this increasing responsibility, what must we do in an academic advisor role to retain our students and see them to a timely graduation? This paper will address the strategies that can be employed in academic advising within the fields of engineering and engineering technology. The brief will cover techniques for student retention and paths to graduation. With the increase in State and Federal legislation, universities are now held accountable for the graduation and retention of students and those graduation and retention rates are also being used in funding formulas. In fact, only 59% of first time full time freshmen enrolling in 2006 graduated in 6 years by the year 2102.3 It is more important now than ever to employ good proactive strategies in academic advising to meet these gradation and retention goals. The culture has shifted from the onus being on the student to plan their path to graduation to today where the academic advisors, professors and the university are responsible to make sure the students stay enrolled and graduate on time. With this increasing responsibility, what do we need to do to as academic advisers in engineering and technology that will help our students stay and graduate on time

The Role of English Teaching in Modern Japan examines the complex nature of Japan’s promotion of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). In globalized societies where people with different native languages communicate through English, multicultural and multilinguistic interactions are widely created. This book takes the opportunity to look at Japan and examines how these multiple realities have affected its English language teaching within the domestic context. The myth of Japan’s racial and ethnic homogeneity may hinder many Japanese in recognizing realities of its own minority groups such as Ainu, Zainichi Koreans, and Brazilian Japanese, who are in the same EFL classrooms. Acknowledging a variety of English uses and users in Japan, this book emphasizes the influence of Japan’s recent domestic diversity on its EFL curriculum and urges that such changes should be addressed. It suggests new directions for incorporating multicultural perspectives in order to develop English language education in Japan and other Asian contexts where English is often taught as a foreign language

This article introduces a unique and powerful new method for spatial localization of neuronal sources that exploit the high temporal resolution of magnetoencephalography (MEG) data to locate the originating sources within the brain. A traditional frequency beamforming algorithm was adapted from its conventional application to yield information on the spatial location of simulated neuronal signals. The concept is similar to that used in signal source localization in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in which spatial location is determined by the frequency of oscillation of the MR signal. Whereas a traditional frequency beamformer uses the time course values of all sensors in the dataset to assign a power value for each possible frequency in the signal, it provides no information on the spatial location of those frequencies. Our approach assigns a power value to each location in the three-dimensional head volume. To compute this power value, the time courses of a subset of sensors closest to that location in space are used rather than all the time courses in the dataset. Our novel technique incorporates actual MEG sensor locations of the closest sensors at each location in space. The approach is relatively simple to implement, yields good spatial resolution, and accurately spatially locates a simulated source in low signal-to-noise environments. In this work, its performance is compared to that of the synthetic aperture magnetometry (SAM) beamformer and shown to exhibit improved spatial resolution

The design project’s challenge was to create “unique and creative solutions that promote healing and family interaction with patients.

Remigration intervals between nesting seasons in sea turtles can vary depending on the species, population, foraging resources, and individual fecundity among others. Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) follow this pattern, with Pacific populations often having more years between breeding than those in the Atlantic Ocean. At Playa Cabuyal, Costa Rica, we began monitoring turtle nesting activities in 2010-2011, and started registering remigrant females during the 2013- 2014 nesting season. We looked at the length of remigration intervals of green turtles on this beach, and the potential variables that impact the length of the remigration interval. To facilitate this, literature from other green turtle nesting aggregations was used as a comparison against those from Playa Cabuyal. We also explored the turtlesu27 size, number of clutches per season, and clutch size to correlate these variables to the remigration intervals. We have seen green turtles return at Playa Cabuyal in two, three, and four-year intervals, with over 15% of tagged turtles returning. Assessing the variation between these nesting activities will provide this monitoring project with the necessary information to effectively manage local sea turtles. This analysis will also provide a novel view of pacific green turtle nesting population dynamics at Playa Caubyal, that until recently was unprotected.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2015/1058/thumbnail.jp

To accelerate innovation in robotics, the Notre Dame University plans to create an intercollegiate mechatronic football league; the teams in the league compete against each other in robot football games. The first game was successfully organized and reported as a featured story by many influential media such as USA Today and NFL. The next step for Notre Dame University is to promote this league to a national level. With the sponsorship of Notre Dame University, our Senior Design group has successfully built a football-playing robot team and participated in a game between our school and IUPUI held in Notre Dame stadium. The goal of this senior design project is to build a football-playing robot team that will be competing in the Intercollegiate Mechatronic Football game at University of Notre Dame in April, 2013. Due to time constrain and limited team size, only three different robots of a complete robotic team are built. The selected robots are the quarterback, receiver, and center. As an option of advancement, the design includes a tracking and positioning system as an autonomous ball launching mechanism from quarterback to receiver. The robots’ design has multiple requirements that were definite in the Rules and Regulations of Collegiate Mechatronic Football and others were gathered from different prospective. One of the most important requirements specifies each player’s weight and dimensions. In fact, players must fit within a 16x16x24 inch box, and cannot weigh more than 30 pounds with an exception for the quarterback who can weigh up to 45 pounds. If these conditions are not met, the project would be a failure. In order for the project to be successful, the robots must be able to travel at a high speed, pass the ball from center to quarterback reliably, and pass the ball from quarterback to receiver reliably as well. The quantitative numbers that the team put together as goals for the project are a speed of 10 ft/sec for all robots, delivering operation from center to quarterback within 20 seconds with a success rate of 75%, success rate of 65% for complete passes, and ability of receiver to navigate through 5 cones placed 6 feet apart covering a linear distance of 30 feet in less than 10 seconds. The final requirement and constrain of the project is cost. The sponsor has given a budget of $5,000 and IEEE has given a grant of $500 for a total of $5,500

The purpose of this project is to partly fulfill one of the 2015 RASC-AL themes by using a combination of concepts utilized in kinematics and dynamics of machinery. The main concept that needs to be utilized is linkages, but another concept heavily used in this project is gears. Keeping this in mind, the different themes were considered for a project objective. Out of the four themes, two were heavily based on architecture for living spaces, one for increasing landing payloads, and one for exploring Mars’ moons. The theme that most applied to the concepts utilized became apparent, exploring a moon of Mars. For the project we decided to narrow the scope of this project significantly by concentrating only on sample collecting once already landed on one of the moons