College students in the United States today are failing to be academically engaged, and there is a critical need to analyze why this is occurring. The research conducted in this study was used to examine student engagement as a means to promote learning in higher education. Student engagement can lead to knowledge development and foster academic…

In this chapter, we describe our research and development efforts relating to eliciting, representing, and analyzing how individuals and small groups conceptualize complex problems. The methods described herein have all been developed and are in various states of being validated. In addition, the methods we describe have been automated and most…

The most recent work of the Computer Applications Laboratory (CAL) is summarized in this report. CAL conducts research in the area in which fundamental learning processes, topical education tasks, and technology intersect, seeks to meet the challenge of societal/educational problems, designs prototype courses using multimedia, computer-controlled…

This conference provided a forum for presenting research findings to educators and other audiences interested in marketing education. The following papers were presented: "Turnover of Marketing Education Teacher-Coordinators in Secondary Programs" (Allen); "An Empirical Investigation of Marketing Education Completers"…

The following papers are included: "Concepts on Marketing Issues in the Czech Republic" (Anne Mills); "Requiring More of Teacher Preparation: Authentic Assessment as a Vehicle to Reform" (Laura J. Wyant); "A Delphi Study of Professional Competencies for the Secondary Marketing Educator" (Trellys A. Morris); "The…

The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…