Recent years have seen significant interest in multimodal frameworks for modeling learner engagement in educational settings. Multimodal frameworks hold particular promise for predicting visitor engagement in interactive science museum exhibits. Multimodal models often utilize video data to capture learner behavior, but video cameras are not…

The "International Society for the Social Studies (ISSS) Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. The following papers are included in the 2015 proceedings: (1) Local History and Local Culture at the Core of Elementary Social Studies Curriculum (C.…

To estimate construct validity of Oddi Continuing Learning Inventory (OCLI), 126 (of 256) nurses completed OCLI and Job Analysis Scale, measure of nurses' on-the-job learning activities. OCLI scores were not correlated with subscale measuring group instruction and with voluntary attendance in continuing education. Ways to strengthen OCLI were…

The three major dimensions in which laboratories differ are focus," modality," and participant-mix." (Authors)

Responses from 20% of 3,850 nurses, pharmacists, physicians, physician assistants, and social workers surveyed, from rural and urban areas, displayed variability in preferred continuing education program length and a preference for self-directed learning. Lack of financial aid and preference for local events suggested that programs requiring…

The Principles of Adult Learning Scale (PALS) was developed and validated for measuring congruency between adult education practitioners' actual observable classroom behavior and their expressed belief in the collaborative teaching-learning mode. This model is a learner-centered instruction method in which learner and practitioner share authority…