Search results for author:"Patrick Johnson"
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A system for grading symbolic mathematical expressions using Maple with fuzzy sets
Nathan Patrick Johnson
(2002) pp. 1–69
Grader is a Maple Programming Language module designed to be used with a math tutorial system. The module uses certain artificial intelligence techniques and fuzzy sets to form a heuristic to return the degree of similarity or correctness of one...
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The Impurity Truth: How Popular Media Taught Millennial Males to Get Laid and "Do It" as Early as Possible
Patrick R. Johnson
(2013) pp. 1–124
This thesis is the story millennial males told about their experiences with media serving as an educator during their adolescence and beyond. By using depth interviews, an oral history was developed and a concept I have called the impurity truth,...
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Hurricane Strike! A Case Study in Instructional Multimedia Development
Patrick Parrish; Victoria Johnson; Dwight Owens
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1539–1544
This paper examines the decision-making associated with the design and production of Hurricane Strike! —a CD-ROM and Web-based instructional multimedia module that teaches about hurricane science and safety for 6th–9th graders. The module is...
Topics: Science, Evaluation, Cognition, Instructional Design
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New Educational Strategies for Training Information Professionals: Building Awareness, Concepts, and Skills through Learning Technologies
MaryEllen C. Sievert; Diane Tobin Johnson; Teresa Hartman; Timothy B. Patrick
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science Vol. 38, No. 4 (1997) pp. 303–13
Describes an experimental distance-education course aimed at both health care professionals and other librarians and graduate students, offered as continuing education and graduate education. Three modalities for delivering instruction are explained:...
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Improving Family Forest Knowledge Transfer through Social Network Analysis
Erika L. Gorczyca; Patrick W. Lyons; Jessica E. Leahy; Teresa R. Johnson; Crista L. Straub
Applied Environmental Education and Communication Vol. 11, No. 3 (2012) pp. 157–164
To better engage Maine's family forest landowners our study used social network analysis: a computational social science method for identifying stakeholders, evaluating models of engagement, and targeting areas for enhanced partnerships. Interviews...
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Mathematical Thinking: Challenging Prospective Teachers to Do More than "Talk the Talk"
Mark Prendergast; Patrick Johnson; Olivia Fitzmaurice; Miriam Liston; Lisa O'Keeffe; Niamh O'Meara
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. 45, No. 5 (2014) pp. 635–647
This paper reports on a research project which aims to improve prospective mathematics teachers' relational understanding and pedagogical beliefs for teaching in second-level Irish classrooms. Prospective mathematics teachers complete their...