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Fashion programs are no stranger to mathematics and its importance to the field. This study reports on 205 undergraduate fashion marketing and fashion merchandising students who completed a Mathematics for Industry test used to measure their mathematics abilities. New program students were compared to program completers to see if coursework had any impact on improved scores. Findings revealed no differences except for "numbers and computations" where new program students performed better than program completers. This raised questions on the ability of exiting students to operate successfully in industry and retail markets particularly in areas that have direct connections to mathematics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of redundancy when learning from realistic science materials. Participants received instruction where redundancy was manipulated between text and diagrams with captions, text and diagrams, and text only. Participants reported levels of cognitive load, responded to questionnaire items and completed an achievement test. Findings indicated there were no significant differences in perceived mental effort between groups, though there were differences in experienced material difficulty. In contrast with the redundancy effect described by cognitive load theory, the manipulation of redundancy in lengthier text materials paired with diagrams did not affect performance on the achievement test. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes an assessment of a web-based interview simulation designed to teach empathetic helping skills. The system includes an animated character acting as a client and responses designed to recreate a simulated role-play, a common assessment method used for teaching these skills. The purpose of this study was to determine whether learning gains found in previous evaluations would transfer to students needing similar skill sets but in different areas of study. Findings indicate a positive trend in learning gains across both areas of study (human services and counselling) with no significant differences in skill acquisition. Developers of the system conclude that the system is effective in the general training of empathetic helping skills regardless of the students' area of study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]