Along with changes which occur in different social institutions in the world, education and particularly universities are enroute to adding an economic and a productive role to their cultural mission and knowledge. These changes are done by using information and…

A team of biologists, engineers, and cognitive scientists has been working together for the past five years, teaching an upper level undergraduate course in biologically inspired design where half the class of forty students are biologists and other physical scientists…

The members of the Academic Community have slowly placed themselves in the local and national scene. They work towards a universal educational goal. This requires the renewal of systems and strategies to create knowledge adaptable to the dynamic changes of…

Besides explicit sources carrying feedback, we notice the increasing importance of other implicit ways. In this article we analyse the different kinds of sources of a story-telling process. All through the course we analyse how two teachers tell and play…

During the past few years, fabricated low-caloric foods (light or lite) have become very popular. Even though the Mexican Official Standard defines each of these products since 1994, Mexican consumers have not knowledge about their classification and proper use. This…

En el ámbito global, la pobreza es tal vez el mal que más agobia a la población mundial. Durante la última década del siglo pasado uno de cada tres niños estaba subalimentado, alrededor de tres millones de infantes murieron cada…

The knowledge of field management zones based on soil attributes can be helpful for the implementation of site-specific management. This work had the objective of analyzing the spatial dependence of soil attributes of the 0-0.20 m and 0.20-0.40 m layers…

This paper introduces our ongoing analysis of auto component development data obtained from Nishiguchi's research sponsored by MIT's International Motor Vehicle Program (IMVP).
The main results of this paper can be found in the section of Research Results where
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by Tulsi D. Ramchandani., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2002., "February 2002.", Includes bibliographical references (leaves 135-139).

Abstract

Recent research in early childhood education centres suggests that the classroom environment and educators' knowledge about computers are not at a level that would support computer learning opportunities. The purpose of the present study was to determine what…