Educational gaming is becoming more popular at universities, in the military, and in private business. Multidisciplinary research which explores the cognitive and psychological aspects that underpin successful educational video games is therefore necessary to ensure proper curriculum design and positive learning outcomes. Developments in Current Game-Based Learning Design and Deployment highlights the latest research from professionals and researchers working in the fields of educational games development, e-learning, multimedia, educational psychology, and information technology. It promotes an in-depth understanding of the multiple factors and challenges inherent to the design and integration of game-based Learning environments.
Getting Serious about Games Technologies for Learning Rebecca Petley LSN,
UK Guy Parker LSN, UK Jill Attewell LSN, UK ABSTRACT The Mobile
LearningNetwork currently in its third year, is a unique collaborative initiative
encouraging and enabling the introduction of mobile learning in English post-14
education. The programme, funded jointly by the Learning and Skills Council and
participating colleges and schools and supported by LSN has involved nearly
40,000 learners ...
This text gathers, revises and explains the newly developed Adomian decomposition method along with its modification and some traditional techniques.
This text gathers, revises and explains the newly developed Adomian decomposition method along with its modification and some traditional techniques.
"Partial Differential Equations and Solitary Waves Theory" is a self-contained book divided into two parts: Part I is a coherent survey bringing together newly developed methods for solving PDEs. While some traditional techniques are presented, this part does not require thorough understanding of abstract theories or compact concepts. Well-selected worked examples and exercises shall guide the reader through the text. Part II provides an extensive exposition of the solitary waves theory. This part handles nonlinear evolution equations by methods such as Hirota’s bilinear method or the tanh-coth method. A self-contained treatment is presented to discuss complete integrability of a wide class of nonlinear equations. This part presents in an accessible manner a systematic presentation of solitons, multi-soliton solutions, kinks, peakons, cuspons, and compactons. While the whole book can be used as a text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in applied mathematics, physics and engineering, Part II will be most useful for graduate students and researchers in mathematics, engineering, and other related fields. Dr. Abdul-Majid Wazwaz is a Professor of Mathematics at Saint Xavier University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
While some traditional techniques are presented, this part does not require thorough understanding of abstract theories or compact concepts. Well-selected worked examples and exercises shall guide the reader through the text.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
In this paper, the second of a series on the application of temporal logic to concurrent programs, we present proof methods for establishing invariance (safety) and eventuality (liveness) properties. The proof principle for establishing invariance properties is based on computational induction, and is a generalization of the inductive assertion method. For a restricted class of concurrent programs we present an algorithm for the automatic derivation of invariant assertions. In order to establish eventuality properties we present several proof principles that translate the structure of the program into basic temporal statements about its behavior. These principles can be viewed as providing the temporal semantics of the program. The basic statements thus derived are then combined into temporal proofs for the establishment of eventuality properties.
In this paper, the second of a series on the application of temporal logic to concurrent programs, we present proof methods for establishing invariance (safety) and eventuality (liveness) properties.
"This book presents a tool to assist in the planning, conducting and evaluation of online learning, providing a way of understanding the course development and design process, drawing upon the research and theory foundations of distance education"--Provided by publisher.
Designing effective educational courses is a critical processin much human
learning. Human learning actually occurs from a combination of both planned
and unplanned educational experiences. Unplanned learning, also called
incidental learning, occurs when the learneris actually focused on another
objective than learning and in the process gains unsought insight that increases
professional competency. For example, a learner's goal might be watching a play
for entertainment ...
This inaugural issue is devoted to exploring measurement, research design, and statistics issues in six subdisciplines of exercise and sport science. Originally presented at the Eighth Measurement and Evaluation Symposium, all papers in this issue reflect the work of many renowned measurement specialists and content experts in their respective fields. The articles discuss the following topics: * standards of assessment quality for physical educators and the problem of providing adequate assessment without adequate resources; * the importance of properly conceptualizing and defining appropriate research questions as the "source and solution" for measurement and design issues in reference to motor learning/control and sport and exercise psychology; * the study of individuals -- single-subject and other small-sample designs -- in contrast to the more traditional study of groups; and * the importance of computing and reporting statistical power in research.
Why a measurement journal in physical education and exercise science? All
good measurement techniques and tools currently in use within physical
education and exercise science ultimately resulted from quality measurement
research. The question arose, “Where can measurement research be published?
” Although some publications contain information about measurement research,
they are very spe— cific to certain content areas. Because most measurement
research in ...
