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• Trailblazers: floating to the top: when it comes to aquatics and water safety, expert Tom Griffiths rises above

  - 2006-11-01

  Name: Thomas Griffiths, Ed.D. Title: Founder, Aquatic Safety Research Group and Director of Aquatics, Safety Officer for Athletics and Affiliate Associate Professor, The Pennsylvania State University Member Since: 1992 During the past 30 years, Tom Griffiths has bubbled up the ranks of the aquatics world through innovative...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, Leadership, Litigation, Pennsylvania State University, PRODUCTIVITY

• Collaborative learning vs. lecture/discussion: Students' reported learning gains

  - 2001-01-01

  Collaborative Learning vs. Lecture/Discussion: Students' Reported Learning Gains* ABSTRACT This study examined the extent to which undergraduate engineering courses taught using active and collaborative learning methods differ from traditional lecture and discussion courses in their ability to promote the development of students' engineering design, problem-solving, communication, and group participation skills....

  Tags: E-mail, Engineering, Fax, Leadership, Learning, Pennsylvania State University, PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy

• Innovation Adoption and Diffusion in the Digital Environment: Some Research Opportunities

  BNET - 1999-02-01

  The rapid growth of the Internet raises important new research questions about how individuals decide whether and when to adopt an innovation, and how the innovation diffuses through the population. The digital medium will influence not only what research issues we should pursue, but also how we will explore those...

  Tags: Innovation, Pennsylvania State University, Diffusion, Environment, Leadership, Strategy, Internet, Productivity, Management