Teaching Lean Six Sigma within A Supply Chain Context: The Airplane Supply Chain Simulation     

Scott C. Ellis  Thomas J. Goldsby  Ana M. Bailey  Jae‐Young Oh 《Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education》2014,12(4):287-319

Lean six sigma is a management methodology that firms can employ to achieve substantial improvement in supply chain performance. However, few pedagogical exercises facilitate students’ use of a comprehensive set of lean six sigma principles within a supply chain context. We describe the Airplane Supply Chain Simulation that helps students understand how lean six sigma concepts may be leveraged to improve supply chain performance. The basis of this simulation is a four‐tier supply chain, consisting of suppliers (two tiers), a manufacturer, and a customer, that produces three models of paper airplanes to meet randomly distributed customer demand. In the first of three successive runs, a highly structured simulation is executed in which supply chain roles are well defined, material flows are convoluted, and a “push” production strategy is followed. The first simulation as the “current state” and, for the second and third simulation runs, challenge competing student teams to leverage lean six sigma concepts to develop a “future state” that enables the fulfillment of all customer orders at the lowest cost. Results based on statistical analyses of survey response data from 194 MBA students show that the Airplane Supply Chain Simulation is an effective participative, team‐based learning tool.  相似文献   

标准参照评估的行动实践 ——以香港中文大学通识教育基础课程为案例     

廖梁  王永雄  彭金满 《复旦教育论坛》2021,19(4):52-59

香港特别行政区高校从2015年开始，学生学业评估陆续由常模参照评估转为标准参照评估。本文以香港中文大学通识教育基础课程实施标准参照评估的行动为案例，分析了这项新的学业评估方式在实施中所遇到的问题，讨论了解决方法并提出实施模型。该模型包含评分量表的设计与开发、量表使用、教师意见反馈与量表修改，以及评分之后的集体讨论这一套实施流程。文章最后指出，要保证标准参照评估的有效实施，需建立教师实践共同体。实践共同体的行动包括：教师共同开发评估标准，通过集体讨论对评估标准的含义和使用达成共识，共同审视评估结果，根据评估结果进一步修改和完善评估标准。  相似文献   

Three ways to foster awareness of, and interest in, children's literature with PGCE primary students     

Cliff Moon 《English in Education》1990,24(3):27-34

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A communication approach to the acculturation process: A study of Korean immigrants in Chicago     

Young Yun Kim 《Int J Intercult Relat》1978,2(2):197-224

This paper explores a theoretical and methodological basis for studying foreign immigrants' acculturation processes from a communication perspective. Communication patterns of immigrants are conceptualized on three levels — behavioral, attitudinal, and perceptual. The behavioral level of communication includes the immigrant's participation in communication channels of the host society as well as the ethnic community. The perceptual level refers to the immigrant's cognitive structure in perceiving the host society. The attitudinal level is examined by the immigrant's affective-evaluative orientation toward the host society. The three levels of communication patterns were empirically investigated in a survey of 400 randomly selected Koreans in the Chicago area. The communication variables were assessed through composite scores using questionnaire items that were tested for reliability. The results show an overall linear trend in the immigrant's interethnic communication with Americans, positive attitude toward Americans, cognitive complexity in perceiving the American society, and satisfaction level. A simultaneous increase is observed in the immigrant's interpersonal communication with Americans and with other Koreans. The immigrant's use of ethnic media rapidly decreases over the years while that of American media steadily increases. Findings are discussed in comparison to previous studies of foreign immigrants and students and to sociological theories of acculturation of minority groups.  相似文献   

The development and implementation of an instrument to assess cognitive performance in high school biology     

Bernard W. Benson  Linda L. Young 《科学教学研究杂志》1971,8(3):211-224

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Research results of the National Day Care Study : By Jeffrey Travers and Barbara D. Goodson (with others). Cambridge,MA: Abt books, 1980. Pp. 256. No price listed (paper).     

Dennis R. Young 《Economics of Education Review》1982,2(3):301-303

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Laws fail to stop India's organ trade     

Young E 《New scientist (1971)》2005,188(2522):20

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Teaching Practice: Effects on Knowledge,Skills and Attitudes of Students in Initial Training     

William H. L Young 《Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education》1979,7(1-2):23-27

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An experimental study comparing a guided discovery method with two other methods of teaching a primary school science unit     

Rosita Young 《Research in Science Education》1971,1(1):59-78

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Gravity-oriented microfluidic device for uniform and massive cell spheroid formation     

Lee K  Kim C  Young Yang J  Lee H  Ahn B  Xu L  Yoon Kang J  Oh KW 《Biomicrofluidics》2012,6(1):14114-141147

We propose a simple method for forming massive and uniform three-dimensional (3-D) cell spheroids in a multi-level structured microfluidic device by gravitational force. The concept of orienting the device vertically has allowed spheroid formation, long-term perfusion, and retrieval of the cultured spheroids by user-friendly standard pipetting. We have successfully formed, perfused, and retrieved uniform, size-controllable, well-conditioned spheroids of human embryonic kidney 293 cells (HEK 293) in the gravity-oriented microfluidic device. We expect the proposed method will be a useful tool to study in-vitro 3-D cell models for the proliferation, differentiation, and metabolism of embryoid bodies or tumours.  相似文献