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Recent work in connectivism

technology education

Downes S.
GSID: k4ZJGoXaurQJ
S Downes - European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning …, 2019 - ceeol.com

Since the introduction of connectivism as a learning theory in 2004 a body of literature has developed both offering criticisms and expanding on applications and empirical validation …

Enhancing engineering education using project-based learning for Lean and Six Sigma

engineering education

Kanigolla D, Cudney EA, Corns SM.
GSID: ttw9_HC2AAsJ
D Kanigolla, EA Cudney, SM Corns… - International Journal of …, 2014 - emerald.com

Purpose – The aim of this research is to determine the importance and impact of project-based learning (PBL) on students' knowledge in Lean and Six Sigma courses where practical application of theoretical knowledge is necessary. Design/methodology/approach – Students …

Food Environment Typology

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program AND Program Evaluation

Ahmed S, Downs SM, Fanzo J.
GSID: Lqi9lxvTplkJ
SM Downs, S Ahmed, J Fanzo, A Herforth - waferx.montana.edu

The majority of food environment research to present focuses on describing the built food environment in high-income countries and its association with diets, nutrition, and health …

Advancing an integrative framework to evaluate sustainability in national dietary guidelines

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program AND Program Evaluation

Ahmed S, Downs S, Fanzo J.
GSID: qAOw6WtI0Q0J
S Ahmed, S Downs, J Fanzo - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2019 - frontiersin.org

The food system is responsible for some of society's most pressing sustainability challenges. Dietary guidelines are one policy tool to help address the multiple sustainability challenges associated with food systems through dietary recommendations that better support environmental and human...

Executive functioning in the classroom: Primary school teachers' experiences of neuropsychological issues and reports

classroom interventions

Keenan L, O'Sullivan A, Downes M.
GSID: 7o9BR1l6ha8J
L Keenan, S Conroy, A O'Sullivan, M Downes - Teaching and teacher …, 2019 - Elsevier

… While the participants in the current study did not mention any formal EF classroom interventions, evidence for a positive impact of early years classroom interventions in the form of formal curriculums (eg Montessori, Tools of the Mind) and...

Residency exposures and anticipated future involvement in community settings

community settings

Solomon BS, Downs SM.
GSID: HC-E38UNpewJ
MA Goldshore, BS Solomon, SM Downs, R Pan… - Academic pediatrics, 2014 - Elsevier

… in community pediatrics at the start of residency participate in related opportunities in training. Exposure to community settings during residency may encourage community … more of the 11 community settings during medical school to capture importance of exposure...

Food environment typology: advancing an expanded definition, framework, and methodological approach for improved characterization of wild, cultivated, and built …

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program AND Program Evaluation

Ahmed S, Downs SM, Fanzo J, Herforth A.
GSID: -3WwDhfbHvUJ
SM Downs, S Ahmed, J Fanzo, A Herforth - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com

The food environment is a critical place in the food system to implement interventions to support sustainable diets and address the global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change, because it contains the total scope of options within which...

Systematic review of the design, implementation and effectiveness of mass media and nutrition education interventions for infant and young child feeding

education interventions

Downs SM.
GSID: UfpILI_-9H8J
MM Graziose, SM Downs, Q O'Brien… - Public health nutrition, 2018 - cambridge.org

… education interventions focused on IYCF(8,9,11), which align with recommendations from the broader nutrition and health education fields(… studies included in the current systematic review of mass media and nutrition education interventions in low- and middle-income countries …

New technology supporting informal learning

informal learning

Downes S.
GSID: 2_cYnRBTe9kJ
S Downes - Journal of emerging technologies in web intelligence, 2010 - academia.edu

… And in learning, this leans students must be empowered to make their own learning decisions. This is the basis for the models and strategies that characterize what has come to be called informal learning [12]. But there is...

Racial, Ethnic, and Language Disparities in Children's Exposure to Secondhand Smoke.

Pediatric allergy, immunology, and pulmonology

Anand V, Downs SM.
PMID: 24066263
Pediatr Allergy Immunol Pulmonol. 2013 Sep;26(3):144-151. doi: 10.1089/ped.2013.0257.

Race and ethnicity affect children's risk of secondhand smoke exposure. However, little is known about how race and language preference impact parents' self-reported smoking and stopping smoking rates. We analyzed data for 16,523 children aged 0-11 years from a...

Metabolic network structure and function in bacteria goes beyond conserved enzyme components.

Microbial cell (Graz, Austria)

Bazurto JV, Downs DM.
PMID: 28357363
Microb Cell. 2016 Apr 14;3(6):260-262. doi: 10.15698/mic2016.06.509.

For decades, experimental work has laid the foundation for our understanding of the linear and branched pathways that are integrated to form the metabolic networks on which life is built. Genetic and biochemical approaches applied in model organisms generate...

Can pregnant lizards adjust their offspring phenotypes to environmental conditions?.

Oecologia

Shine R, Downes SJ.
PMID: 28308149
Oecologia. 1999 Apr;119(1):1-8. doi: 10.1007/s004420050754.

We exposed females of a highly placentotrophic viviparous scincid lizard (Pseudemoia pagenstecheri) to various environmental factors during pregnancy, and quantified the effects of these treatments on their offspring. The clear result was that the phenotypes of neonatal lizards can...

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