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Investigating The Extent That An Integrative Learning Module Broadens The Perception Of First-Year Students About The Engineering Profession
Get PDFEngineers today need both engineering knowledge and social science knowledge to solve complex problems. However, most people have a traditional view of engineering as a field dominated by math and science foci, with little social consequence. This study examined and compared perceptions about engineering from Freshmen taking three different First Year introductory courses. Researchers used data from students’ responses in the Draw-an-Engineer-Test, an engineering problem analysis assessment, and interviews. The Treatment Group were students in an introductory engineering course in which they received instruction using an integrative learning module entitled, the “Water Module”, based on interdisciplinary learning theory. Control Group 1 were students in a “Traditional Engineering” course, and Control Group 2 were students taking a “Non-Engineering” course. Results indicate that students in the Treatment Group developed a better understanding of engineering and its social impact on society versus the two Control Groups. We suggest that integrative and interdisciplinary learning modules are effective for broadening students’ perspectives on engineering and its role in society
The Accountant’s Role In Supporting A Legal Prosecution
Get PDFThis paper lays out a logical framework for the Accountant to assist a prosecutor in preparing a criminal case. It utilizes the example of an employee theft. It suggests analyzing what laws have been broken to establish an outline for the supporting documents. While the Accountant will likely understand the internal controls and employee training which will form the basis of the prosecution’s case, the lawyer will not be so familiar with the process. By laying out the legal case underpinned by the internal controls and procedures broken by the employee, the case will be better understood by both the prosecutor and the jury.
Using Analytics To Challenge Conventional Baseball Wisdom
Get PDFBaseball, like most other sports, has a set of tenets that began early and have survived virtually unquestioned. Modern analytics gives us an opportunity to examine some of these long-held tenets to see if they were founded on solid evidence. This research examines some common baseball wisdom through an initial study utilizing simulation. In particular, the profiles of several baseball teams are constructed and various factors are examined by simulating ten baseball seasons under various configurations with the different teams. Contrary to conventional wisdom, a batting order where high-average hitters bat third in a lineup and the team’s best power hitter bats cleanup (fourth), for example, does not necessarily generate the most runs per game over the long run. Moreover, high-average hitters with less power can generate more runs per game than power hitters with lesser averages. Finally, it appears that hitters who perform well with runners in scoring position are more influential in helping their team score more runs than even more powerful or higher average hitters who do not produce as frequently in such cases. Players with lower star profiles, but who rise to the occasion with runners in scoring position, can often be purchased by baseball clubs that have a more constrained payroll; teams that are less well-off financially may thus purchase or trade for these hitters and still field a team with a competitive level of high run production
Revisiting The Software Industry In Costa Rica: Achievements And Challenges
Get PDFCosta Rica's economy like that of many developing and developed nations is largely service-based. The information and communication technologies (ICT) sector plays an increasingly key role in strengthening the service aspect of the economy. A large part of the ICT sector is the software sector. This study is an update of a review of that sector’s contributions conducted in 2008. In that effort, software producers’ characteristics and needs were investigated. The current article investigates the evolution of the sector and its competitive position in the business sector. The study is national in scope and represents a random sample of firms in the industry. The findings highlight the achievements and remaining challenges for the industry and provide public policy recommendations
Faculty Perceptions Of Online Accounting Coursework
Get PDFThe perceptions of faculty members, who design and evaluate online accounting coursework content, are an important consideration in determining the quality inherent in such content. This study reports the results of a survey which examines accounting faculty members’ attitudes towards online education (measured as their willingness to accept transfer credit) and various contributing factors that may affect their attitudes. The results indicate that faculty members harbor significant favoritism toward accepting credit from a student with a traditional, as opposed to an online or blended learning, educational background. Additional results suggest that faculty members’ previous experience with online teaching made no significant impact on their acceptance of transfer credit for the online student; however, faculty members with administrative experience were shown to be more accepting of online education. Furthermore, accounting faculty members generally consider the online educational environment to be less rigorous and less equipped to instill technical and soft skill sets than the traditional educational environment
Pointing With Power Or Creating With Chalk
Get PDFThis study examines the attitudes of students on the use of PowerPoint and chalk/white boards in college science lecture classes. Students were asked to complete a survey regarding their experiences with PowerPoint and chalk/white boards in their science classes. Both multiple-choice and short answer questions were used. The multiple-choice questions were analyzed quantitatively. The short answer questions were coded into similar groups qualitatively and then recoded quantitatively in order to best compare data. The students report that the majority of presentations in their college science classes use PowerPoint. Their responses show that they clearly prefer the use of chalk/white boards and overwhelmingly say that PowerPoint does not keep their attention in comparison
Adrift In Auditing Class
Get PDFIn 2011, Arum and Roksa challenged the higher education community to examine its practices and improve its performance in Academically Adrift. While recognizing the near universal accessibility achieved by American colleges and universities, the study suggested that students are not learning as well as they should. They measured academic rigor by considering the amount of reading and writing required of students and questioned whether courses are appropriately rigorous. Considering auditing as the accounting course most likely to require writing as well as reading, this study explored the auditing course for the condition of “academic rigor” as defined in the challenge
A New Approach To Teaching Business Writing: Writing Across The Core -A Document Based Curriculum
Get PDFThis paper describes the transition that the Anisfield School of Business of Ramapo College of New Jersey made from a conventional Writing Across the Curriculum approach to a Writing Across the Business Core approach. The impetus for the change is explained as well as the creation and design of the program. The document driven program is analyzed, with special emphasis on faculty buy in. The rationale for the documents chosen is provided as is the logic behind the course sequence. The paper concludes with the results of the first assessment of the program
Exploring Gender Disparity In U.S. Based Venture Capital Firms
Get PDFFemale partners and directors are underrepresented in the U.S. venture capital industry. Approximately 10% of independent venture capitalists are female. This gender disparity can have a negative affect on entrepreneurism and economic activity. The result of having few women partners and directors in venture capital is male entrepreneurs often do not market and or produce products sensitive to female needs in the marketplace. The gender disparity is caused in part by limited mentoring opportunities, few female role models, lack of executive management experience, and female exclusion from primary niche networks. Two gaps in literature are addressed in this paper. First, an exploration of the factors contributing to gender disparity among directors and partners at independent venture capital firms in the United States. Second, this paper contributes to the dearth of the underexplored phenomenon. The research question guiding this study was what are the factors for the gender disparity among directors and partners at independent venture capital firms in the United States. This paper provides IVC directors and managers with the four factors contributing to the underrepresentation of females in venture capital. This paper also provides implications of not having greater female participation, and recommendations to hire qualified female partners and directors at independent venture capital firms in the United States
Inventory Changes With Information Asymmetry And Informed Trading Patterns In The Korean Stock Market
Get PDFIn this paper, we examine how inventory changes are related to the trading patterns of foreign and institutional investors, especially in firms with information asymmetry. Prior researchers report that inventory changes could be associated with firm performance, earnings management, stock returns, and incentive contracts. In this study, we focus on the relationship between trading patterns of informed traders and changes in inventory, testing how inventory changes are associated with the investment decision-making of informed traders. After controlling for firm-specific factors, we find a significant relationship between changes in inventory and trading patterns of institutional and foreign investors. Under conditions of high information asymmetry, the negative relation between institutional trading and inventory changes is enhanced. However, the amounts invested by foreign traders are negatively associated with increases in inventory even in firms with low information asymmetry. We infer that foreign traders exhibit more conservative trading patterns than institutional investors