Numerous nonlinear phenomena that exhibit discontinuous jumps in behavior have been
modeled with catastrophe theory. Cobb's Cusp Surface Analysis Program (CUSP) provides a …

CONCEPT MAP SCORING: PERFORMANCE-BASED AND RELATIVE-ACHIEVEMENT
METHODS Page 1 CONCEPT MAP SCORING: EMPIRICAL SUPPORT FOR A TRUNCATED …

Many colleges and universities use a mathematics placement process to guide students to
the appropriate entry-level mathematics course. The mathematics placement process …

A theoretical model and methodology is presented that allows the path or trajectory of an
individual's emotional experience during problem solving to be depicted and empirically studied…

The importance of emotion in problem solving is well established. The Emotion Questionnaire,
presented here, is a 38 item instrument designed to measure important aspects of …

… But after 2,000 years of often getting in the way of God’s healing presence, you’d think we’d
learn not to take ourselves or our standards too seriously. You’d think by now we’d …

The purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between sample size and cost using
a benefit to cost ratio in the context of hospital accountability measures. We argue that the …

A central theme of Mandler's theory of emotion is that the interruption of a cognitive activity
sets the stage for emotion. Mandler's theory is particularly applicable to mathematical problem-…

The reported effects of feeding on growth hormone (GH) secretion in ruminants have been
inconsistent, and are likely influenced by energy status of animals. High-producing dairy cows …

OBJECTIVE: This article presents a logistic model that describes the mean number of
unique methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates collected daily at a 150-bed …