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Over the past decade, there has been increasing attention devoted to the use of digital games in education. However, prior studies on game-based learning have found mixed results in transferring in-game performance to other scenarios....
Globalization and modernization since the discovery of oil have greatly affected the built environment of the twenty-first century Saudi Arabian city. These changes span all aspects of life and impact the social structure of residential...
More and more educational institutions have been moving towards delivering courses and programs at a distance. Although asynchronous online courses overcome the constraints of time, students feel isolated due to the lack of real-time...
ABSTRACT The brick and mortar environment has for many years been the cornerstone of the process to acquire goods. As a cornerstone of the process to acquire goods, the brick and mortar environment has undergone several evolutions each...
This thesis directly deals with the developmental path and business aspects behind bringing a drug to market. The drug and science that is focused on pertains to concussion and treatment of this condition. If you are a scientist...
This study examines the usage of an Augmented Reality (AR) supported, simulation-based immersive learning environment to teach complex problem-solving skills. This study focuses on comparing student performance in complex problem solving...
This study is a quantitative, quasi-experimental inquiry into the effectiveness of motivational instructional strategies on undergraduate math students' subject learning. Secondarily, it examines the effects of the motivational...
Design Practitioner Perceptions, Attitudes, and Barriers: The State of Natural Environment and Human Sustainability Building Practicies in Saudi Arabia
Sustainability is a broad concept that encompasses social, economical and environmental aspects. Many countries around the world have recently adopted this concept due to the worldwide concern that human behavior is causing long-term...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of the nine-step problem design process (Hung, 2009) to design a problem based learning course. I applied a descriptive case study approach to conduct design and development research ...
The focal cohort in this study is the Millennial generation, the group of people born between the years of 1982 and 1999. Research shows that many Millennials are delaying marriage and having children, which significantly impacts how we...
Productive failure refers to an instructional strategy that tasks students with attempting to solve a complex and/or ill-structured problem prior to instruction about the topic. In their problem-solving attempts, the students are...
Distinguishing a company or product through a brand has become increasingly significant as competition and similarity of products have amplified. Fundamental brands, still in existence today, characterized the forward-thinking that has...
People tend to gravitate toward nature. Edward O. Wilson (1984) stated that human beings are biologically connected to the psychological, the physical, and the spiritual through nature, establishing the definition for biophilia. Specific...
Children from low-income backgrounds face multiple obstacles throughout their life including inadequate nutrition, exposure to environmental toxins, and homelessness (Brooks-Gunn & Duncan, 1997). Exposure to these stressors can affect a...
To improve employee well-being, reduce healthcare costs, and meet the desires of a younger workforce, this study used frameworks of holistic wellness to identify which well-being amenities, services, and programs (i.e. those aimed at...
Today, with three generations – Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials – working side by side within the workforce, miscommunications, and every day annoyances take place (Glass, 2007). These three generations, each shaped by...
Time does not stand still, and time in its passing forges many changes. This is quite true as it relates to the educational life of a community. Time sees industries come and go, people move in and out of communities, and the enrollment...
A recent study identified that approximately one in four women in the United States has experienced physical violence by an intimate partner during her lifetime, equaling approximately twenty-nine million women (Black, et al., 2011)....
The retail industry, and in turn store design, has always been affected by the economy and technological advances (Mayo, 1993). In recent years, the advancement of the internet has proven to be one of the major factors in the retail...
In the United States, the number of people in the over 65 year category will rise to 80 million, or 20% of the total population by 2040 (Palmore, 2009). This older group traditionally requires more services ranging from healthcare to...
Throughout history, zoos have provided humans with the ability to collect, maintain, and learn about local and exotic animals. Zoos play an integral role in conserving species, educating a broad population of people, and preserving...
The purpose of this study was to explore hotel design features and amenities that provide opportunities for business travelers to complete essential tasks, reduce stress, and enhance their travel experience. In this global economy, ...
The purposes of this study were to investigate the structural relationships among the factors that affect online learners’ satisfaction with the learning experience, and to develop a structural model that explains online learners’...
Success is often defined by the quality and effectiveness of an organization’s employees, and workplace design can be a primary driver in employee recruitment, satisfaction, and retention (Gensler, 2013). Since understanding employees is...
This study intends to open a dialogue that could lead to structuring an integrated campus model that breaks down university silos and provides students with the physical learning space needed to support interdisciplinary communication...
Traditional Instructional Systems Design (ISD) has focused upon measurable learning, but the emerging emphasis on informal methods of learning, combined with powerful mobile computing devices, is turning the spotlight to mobile...
Professionals engaged in work continuously confront situations and tasks that require the acquisition of new knowledge and skills. The workplace has been acknowledged as an environment rife with learning opportunities; employees...
Workplace environments are continuing to evolve as user needs and work modes change. The wellbeing and success of an organization, and those working within it, is strongly related to its built environment (Becker, 2004). Grounded in...
Effects of Different Types of Annotations on College Students' Foreign Language Learning in the Synchronous Multimodal Computer-Mediated Communication Environment
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of different types of annotations on college students’ foreign language learning in the synchronous computer-mediated communication environment. One hundred and forty-seven second year...
Established over 220 years ago, the first American hotels helped facilitate a quickly growing body of travelers with the essential amenities of shelter, food, drink, and other services and goods usually obtained within the household ...
College students generally engage in little physical activity in traditional college classrooms. It is common for students to sit in chairs for long periods of time while experts lecture on the course material, which further contributes...
Although blogs have been used in online learning environments with optimistic expectations, the distributed nature of blogs can pose some challenges. Currently, we do not have a robust collection of tested blogging strategies to help...
The study was conducted to investigate the design, and implementation of an interprofessional continuing education (IPE) course in biomedical ethics to healthcare providers; and to evaluate this course. The impact of the course on...
As distance learning becomes increasingly prevalent in higher education in the 21st century, students and educators alike face new challenges to achieving key learning objectives, such as the attainment of critical thinking skills....
This paper concerns the development of the instructional program in Broward County, Florida, from 1941 to the present. The purposes of the paper are, briefly, as follows: (1) to give the reader a general knowledge of the manner in which...
Use of real, authentic whole tasks in training has been the focus of current instructional theories and practical educational approaches (Merrill, 2002; Reigeluth, 1999; van Merrienboer & Kirschner, 2001). However, teaching authentic...
Motivating learners to participate and interact in online discussions is a challenge faced by many instructors. Despite clear guidelines, learners do not always participate in online discussions and do not meet the expected participation...
Visitor centers have become more common around heritage sites. These facilities contribute to the increased level of engagement and education about cultural heritage sites. This study investigated the physical design characteristics of a...
Moving Metacognitive Regulation Beyond Curriculum and into Culture: Improving Marginalized Students' Agency through Motivation Infused Cognitive Awareness Training
Underrepresented (UR) university students approach postsecondary studies in multitudes; yet are minorities in the larger landscape. They are less prepared given sustained societal and systemic inequities, and face added obstacles to...
The global diffusion of the Internet and the rise in affordable digital electronic devices has exponentially increased the access to culturally authentic materials (Hadley, 2001). Foreign language educators can take advantage of this...
This research investigated the effects of embedding knowledge-check questions in temporal locations within video lectures and their impact on students’ perceptions and performance. The students’ perceptions focused on their views on both...
Embodied interactions and learning have garnered a lot of interest among researchers and game designers in past years, especially with the recent development of consumer-level body sensory devices like the Microsoft Kinect. This study...
Computational thinking (CT) is an essential 21st century skill for people to succeed in the increasingly technological (and interconnected) world. Researchers have explored different interventions to teach students CT skills (e.g., ...
Medical doctors, physician assistants, and registered nurses are professions in high demand (AAMC, 2019; Gdiesing, 2019; Mercer, 2020). Yet, too few of these professionals are joining the workforce (Flier, 2018). One potential reason for...
Existential authenticity as it relates to the tourism industry is a well-established theory that explores the "emotions, sensations, relationships, and a sense of self" (Rickly-Boyd, 2013) of the authentic tourist. It is said that...
Beginning in 2020, the Coronavirus disease devastated the livelihoods of billions, impacting nations across the globe. The pandemic took a toll on the health, social and economic wellbeing of individuals on an international scale. Many...
The sterile Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) environment and critical condition of a hospitalized infant can lead to heightened maternal stress, perinatal generalized anxiety disorder, postpartum depression, and post-traumatic stress...
Employees use personalization to create identity in the workplace—it improves perceptions of control (Lee & Brand, 2005), is a positive display of territoriality (Ashkanasy, 2014), and helps establish individual identity. Despite the...
This exploratory study will identify elements of the interior environment of behavioral healthcare facilities that impact patient sense of control from the perspective of their caregivers and healthcare designers and how that impacts...
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