Search

Your search keyword '"Aiken, Robert M."' showing total 180 results
Start Over Author "Aiken, Robert M." Publication Year Range Last 50 years
180 results on '"Aiken, Robert M."'

2. Supporting Effective Collaboration: Using a Rearview Mirror to Look Forward

Author

McManus, Margaret M. and Aiken, Robert M.

Abstract

Our original research, to design and develop an Intelligent Collaborative Learning System (ICLS), yielded the creation of a Group Leader Tutor software system which utilizes a Collaborative Skills Network to monitor students working collaboratively in a networked environment. The Collaborative Skills Network was a conceptualization of collaborative skills and subskills associated with particular sentence openers. The Group Leader (GL) Tutor taught students effective use of collaboration skills while they worked in Jigsaw Teams on a Local Area Network (LAN). In their discussions, students selected sentence openers associated with particular collaborative skills defined in the Collaborative Skills Network, completing them with free-form sentence closers. Subsequent researchers leveraged this system in various ways including incorporating intelligent agents, expanding the Collaborative Skills Network, and matching sentence openers with appropriate sentence closers. The universal use of the Internet, responsive user interfaces, and learning management systems (LMS) have since provided additional research opportunities using more powerful technology. The ICLS research continues to hold promise for future applications and extensions of our model to new domains. Addressing the needs of both traditional students as well as adult learners in e-learning environments, even MOOCs, may extend the reach of our research into the future. Additionally, enhanced assessment of students' learning outcomes may help improve their collaborative skills.

Published
2016
Full Text
View/download PDF

10. Monitoring Computer-Based Collaborative Problem Solving.

Author

McManus, Margaret M. and Aiken, Robert M.

Abstract

Undergraduate students used an intelligent collaborative learning system with the Jigsaw method of cooperative learning, and were monitored by the group leader as they developed algorithmic projects. The system components and operation are described. Students thought that the system, although slow, was easy to use and useful for collaborative work. (Author/JKP)

Published
1995

22. Computing Curricula 1991; a summary of the ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Curriculum Task Force report

Author

Tucker, Allen B., Barnes, Bruce H., and Aiken, Robert M.

Subjects
Association for Computing Machinery -- Education, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society -- Education, Universities and colleges, Computer science -- Curricula, Education
Abstract

INTRODUCTION: ACM first published recommendations for undergraduates programs in computer science in 1968 in a report called 'Curriculum '68.' The report was produced as an activity of the ACM Education […]

Published
1991

23. A CAI Simulation Program for Teaching IRI Techniques

Author

Roe, Michael H. and Aiken, Robert M.

Abstract

An experiment was conducted in which a computer-simulated "workshop" was used in teaching Information Reading Inventory (IRI) techniques to college students. The computer simulated an instructor who guided students through constructing an IRI and a pupil to be tested with IRI. (JY)

Published
1976

24. The Golden Rule and Ten Commandments of Computer Based Education (CBE).

Author

Aiken, Robert M.

Abstract

Examines ten factors that people selecting and using computers in the classroom should consider if the system is to be most effectively utilized as a teaching tool. Topics include personnel, materials, services, and equipment. (DC)

Published
1981

25. Into the 80's with Microcomputer-Based Learning.

Author

Aiken, Robert M. and Braun, Ludwig

Abstract

Briefly reviews the development of microcomputers and their impact on education. Future applications in the classroom are discussed as well as techniques to evaluate the effect of using microcomputer systems. (BK)

Published
1980

27. The information resource model

Author

Epstein, Richard G., Aiken, Robert M., Goos, G., editor, Hartmanis, J., editor, Barstow, D., editor, Brauer, W., editor, Brinch Hansen, P., editor, Gries, D., editor, Luckham, D., editor, Moler, C., editor, Pnueli, A., editor, Seegmüller, G., editor, Stoer, J., editor, Wirth, N., editor, and Maurer, Hermann, editor

Published
1989
Full Text
View/download PDF

32. Reassessment of Resistance to Sunflower Stem Weevil, Cylindrocopturus adspersus LeConte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in Cultivated Sunflower Germplasm.

Author

PRASIFKA, JARRAD R., BRADSHAW, JEFFREY D., and AIKEN, ROBERT M.

Subjects
CURCULIONIDAE, SUNFLOWERS, PLANT protection, ASTERACEAE, BEETLES
Abstract

Sunflower stem weevil, Cylindrocopturus adspersus LeConte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), larval feeding on pith and vascular tissues can weaken stalks of cultivated sunflower, leading to breakage and loss of harvestable yield. Previous research has suggested host plant resistance (HPR) to this pest is possible, but results have been difficult to interpret because of limited comparisons to cultivated inbreds and hybrids, along with possible confounding effects of stem diameter. Trials in Kansas (2012) and Nebraska (2015) were used to help reassess the value of germplasm with putative resistance to sunflower stem weevil. Field tests in 2012 included 28 inbreds and hybrids and three entries previously identified as resistant. Though a putative resistance source, PI 386230, was infested with fewer weevil larvae per stem than several hybrids, differences primarily appeared to be due to stem diameter, which is strongly correlated with the number of weevil larvae per stem. A follow-up trial in 2015 suggested differences in larval infestation were not attributable to other qualities in groups of germplasm that differ in stem diameter (i.e., males, females or hybrids), but that changes in plant density predictably alter both stem diameter and numbers of stem weevil larvae. Though resistance to sunflower stem weevil and other stem-feeding pests may be possible, the cost and difficulty of developing HPR, declining severity of the pest, and availability of other simple management options are significant disincentives to additional research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018

41. Skip-Row Planting Patterns Stabilize Corn Grain Yields in the Central Great Plains

Author

Lyon, Drew J., primary, Pavlista, Alexander D., additional, Hergert, Gary W., additional, Klein, Robert N., additional, Shapiro, Charles A., additional, Knezevic, Stevan, additional, Mason, Stephen C., additional, Nelson, Lenis A., additional, Baltensperger, David D., additional, Elmore, Roger W., additional, Vigil, Merle F., additional, Schlegel, Alan J., additional, Olson, Brian L., additional, and Aiken, Robert M., additional

Published
2009
Full Text
View/download PDF

45. The fulbright program

Author

Fitzgerald, Sue, primary, Schneider, G. Michael, additional, Aiken, Robert M., additional, and Fagin, Barry, additional

Published
2003
Full Text
View/download PDF

Catalog

Books, media, physical & digital resources
See catalog results