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Kim, Y. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
This paper introduces a low-cost LEGO Mindstorms NXT motor system for teaching classical and modern control theories in standard third-year undergraduate courses. The LEGO motor system can be used in conjunction with MATLAB, Simulink, and several necessary toolboxes to demonstrate: 1) a modeling technique; 2) proportional-integral-differential…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engines, Theories, Computer Uses in Education
Scott, Paul – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2009
These days, multiplying two numbers together is a breeze. One just enters the two numbers into one's calculator, press a button, and there is the answer! It never used to be this easy. Generations of students struggled with tables of logarithms, and thought it was a miracle when the slide rule first appeared. In this article, the author discusses…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Graphs, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction
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Jaffe, Joshua S. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: To demonstrate the feasibility of outpatient endometrial sampling to evaluate abnormal uterine bleeding in a population of women with intellectual disability. Method: Retrospective chart review was completed of all endometrial biopsies performed on women attending a dedicated gynaecology clinic for women with intellectual disability…
Descriptors: Females, Mental Retardation, Identification, Sampling