Assembling the evidence: patient-focused outcomes research

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Assessment by project work in snow engineering

Assessment in the form of a large project and field- and laboratory work was shown to be successful when applied to a course in snow engineering for university students with various backgrounds. The course was interdisciplinary, with teachers representing three different engineering disciplines. The project work was assessed by a report, a short oral presentation and an optional presentation such as a home page, a poster or a physical model. The students experienced that they had learned more with this assessment strategy than from courses with a final written exam. Peer evaluation of the relative contributions to the project work was applied and was appreciated by the students. The experiences of practical engineering tasks during the project work were also appreciated.     

Development of phonological, morphological, and orthographic knowledge in young spellers: The case of inflected verbs

This study was designed to simultaneously investigate the influence of phonological, morphological, and orthographic awareness skills on the ability to spell inflected verbs in structured spelling tasks. Children in grades 1, 2, and 3 (n=103) spelled inflected past and progressive tense verbs and completed awareness tasks. Developmental changes occurred in the ability to include the inflected ending, to spell the ending consistently reflecting the correct morphological unit, and to affix the ending using the correct orthographic pattern. The contributions of phonological, morphological, and orthographic awareness to spelling development varied across the three grades but were similar for each sub-component, suggesting a developmental relationship between the ability to spell inflected verbs and linguistic and orthographic awareness.     

Parents' concerns about children with specific learning difficulties: insights gained from an online message centre

Major developments in the use of the internet have enabled easy and widespread access to information and the ability to form virtual social networks. For parents of children with developmental disorders, who may at times feel isolated, having a forum to discuss their fears and concerns with other parents who are sharing similar experiences may provide a source of support and advice. Waiting lists for assessments, including for children with developmental co‐ordination disorder (DCD), remain in many areas; a professionally supported message centre could also add an additional level of service and empowerment for these parents. This could potentially reduce the need for unnecessary assessment in some cases and help to bridge the information gap between health and education. The Dyscovery Centre message board has been established for over four years and has seen increasing usage during that time. This paper aims to explore the range, frequency and types of concerns that parents of children with specific learning difficulties express when accessing the message board. The impact of this type of support is discussed. The paper then explores how this approach and other online strategies can effectively run alongside more traditional services in both health and education.     

Consultation Training Program for School Counselors

In order to increase counselors' effectiveness in cooperative and systemic approaches to problem solving, a large school district offered an in-service consultation program. Two successive training designs were piloted and evaluated. Evaluation of the first training model led to a shortened, revised model that was more efficient and as highly rated by counselor trainees as the earlier, lengthier model. This training program was associated with significant increases in counselor collaboration with faculty and staff. Several recommendations are proposed for further improvements in the training design.     

Parabolic Teaching and the Furnishing of Realism in the Teaching of Business Studies

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In a development of the case study method, a business course has been taught as a series of engineering business cases, with elements of realism engendered by the use of senior engineering managers as moderators of the case discussion. By this means, consideration of the various facets of the cases may proceed in an environment where comment and criticism derive from a lifetime of real experience. It has been found that crucial elements in the successful development of this course have been the identification of a suitable cadre of moderators, their briefing in the organization and evaluation of the case study presentation and discussion, and the assurance that their experience was shared around the group.

Un cours, constitué d'une serie de cas vécus de gestion d'enterprises à caractere technique est enseign eacute; et etudié par des groupes constitués jusqu' à 12étudients. L'element de realism est apporté par des directeurs de divisions techniques intervenant comme modérateurs dans la discussion du dossier. Ainsi, l'étude sefait dans un environnement ou les commentaries et les critiques proviennet d'une longue experience, et non pas simplement de théories en ce moment à la mode. On a trouve que leséléments vitaux dans le succes de ce cours ontété un choix méticuleux des intervenants, leur préparation a l'organisation et l' évaluation de la presentation et de la discussion du dossier, et l'assurance que leur experience soit partag ée au sein du groupe.