Pub Date : 2021-11-02DOI: 10.1287/ited.2021.0262cs
Jeffrey S. Stonebraker
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Systems thinking is recognized as an essential skill for understanding complex problem solving and decision making associated with many of the contemporary issues faced by individuals and communities. In this article, our goal is to contribute to the knowledge of curriculum and pedagogy of formal systems thinking teaching in higher education. We believe that accumulating this knowledge can provide a better foundation for including systems thinking in higher-educational programs. To achieve this goal, the purpose of this study is to examine whether the use of a set of systems thinking concepts and methods can effectively promote systems thinking in higher-education settings. The study shows that systems thinking skills can be promoted effectively through the delivery of a combination of systems thinking methods and concepts.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-24DOI: 10.1287/ited.2021.0259ca
M. Gorman
In the Swirltubs case, students apply expected value decision making to a knapsack problem for appliance repairmen. The case is based on a published research paper on work that was actually implemented for a major appliance manufacturer. The case features three parts: (1) problem understanding and definition; (2) optimization results for a small, test problem; and (3) creation and testing of a heuristic for a large-scale implementation that exceeds the limits of Microsoft Excel®. Optionally, an instructor can add risk-analysis simulation and reoptimization under uncertainty in subsequent parts of the project, making it a total of five parts. The case is highly interactive, owing to the relatively unstructured nature of the problem. I have implemented the case over a two- and three-week period format, with upper-level master’s in business administration or master’s in analytics students who have been exposed previously to optimization methods. It has been administered to dozens of students with generally positive feedback.
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Pub Date : 2021-08-25DOI: 10.1287/ITED.2021.0253CA
Saurabh Chandra, A. Vatsa
With growing concerns related to the environment, sustainable transportation has gained importance. For geographies with an ample coastline, coastal shipping offers a sustainable transportation opt...
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Drawing on the scholarship of writing and learning, this article motivates the use of writing assignments in analytics courses and develops a framework for instructional design that advances both writing skills and discipline-specific learning. We translate a best practices set of foundational writing concepts into a matrix of design levers for analytics instructors and propose an instructional design process that balances discipline-specific learning goals with foundational writing concepts through specific writing activities. We summarize our experience applying the framework to a particular data science course and present some early evidence for favorable outcomes. The positive effect we observe extends beyond learning course concepts and includes increased student engagement and contributions to group work.
{"title":"Writing to Learn: A Framework for Structuring Writing Assignments to Support Analytics Course Learning Goals","authors":"K. Getchell, D. Pachamanova","doi":"10.1287/ited.2021.0249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1287/ited.2021.0249","url":null,"abstract":"Drawing on the scholarship of writing and learning, this article motivates the use of writing assignments in analytics courses and develops a framework for instructional design that advances both writing skills and discipline-specific learning. We translate a best practices set of foundational writing concepts into a matrix of design levers for analytics instructors and propose an instructional design process that balances discipline-specific learning goals with foundational writing concepts through specific writing activities. We summarize our experience applying the framework to a particular data science course and present some early evidence for favorable outcomes. The positive effect we observe extends beyond learning course concepts and includes increased student engagement and contributions to group work.","PeriodicalId":37137,"journal":{"name":"INFORMS Transactions on Education","volume":"22 1","pages":"103-120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66512168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-18DOI: 10.1287/ited.2021.0254ca
Akshay Mutha, S. Bansal, V. Guide
The modeling-based case study is useful for two purposes: introduce closed-loop supply chains and highlight and model some of its unique aspects that the traditional newsvendor formulation does not capture. The case focuses on a third-party remanufacturer (3PR) who buys used cellphones in different quality grades in anticipation of demand. Phones in high grade have been used gently—they have a high acquisition cost but low remanufacturing cost. Low-grade phones have been used extensively—they are cheaper to acquire but have a higher remanufacturing cost. Medium-grade phones have intermediate acquisition and remanufacturing costs. The 3PR needs to trade off these two costs and determine which grade(s) of used phones to buy. The 3PR restores all phones to the same like-new standard during remanufacturing. Extensive use of the case in supply chain management courses shows that in the absence of a mathematical model, students systematically deviate from the optimal decisions because of contextual features. Overall, students believed the case was challenging and that it provides a valuable learning experience, both as an exposure to the closed-loop supply chain domain as well as developing models with industry-specific factors.
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Pub Date : 2021-07-13DOI: 10.1287/ITED.2021.0252CA
W. A. Roth, Brett P. Matherne
In this data-dependent world, competency in data analytics is quickly becoming critical for success in business. In a quantitative-intensive course that introduces data analytics concepts, engaging students quickly and exposing them to more nuanced parts of the data analytics lifecycle is critical. This exercise uses the movie Moneyball as a framing tool to achieve these goals. Leveraging an appealing movie can help increase student engagement in the subject by presenting concepts in a less foreboding way. This exercise highlights scenes in the movie which embody the various stages of the data analytics lifecycle and allows faculty to present concepts via an engaging story adapted from a real-world example. This exercise provides faculty with different options of how to incorporate this movie into classes to introduce and develop a better understanding of the various steps of the data analytics lifecycle for students.
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The simple vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a common topic of discussion in introductory operations research/management science courses. The VRP can be framed in a variety of ways, and it can be di...
{"title":"Getting Beyond the First Result of Solving a Vehicle Routing Problem","authors":"J. F. Wellington, Stephen A. Lewis","doi":"10.1287/ITED.2021.0255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1287/ITED.2021.0255","url":null,"abstract":"The simple vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a common topic of discussion in introductory operations research/management science courses. The VRP can be framed in a variety of ways, and it can be di...","PeriodicalId":37137,"journal":{"name":"INFORMS Transactions on Education","volume":"22 1","pages":"9-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66512324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Reeves, Victor M. Hernández-Gantes, G. Centeno, Carolina Gushi Nurnberg
A challenge in engineering education is the dominance of passive instructional methods such as lectures and memorization of facts. Constructivist teaching strategies, in contrast, increase students’ engagement, link what students learn to meaningful contexts, and potentially help students to better organize and transfer knowledge. In this paper, we present 12 exercises developed to aid in the incorporation of constructivist instructional approaches into an introductory probability and statistics engineering course. The objective of this paper is to disseminate the exercises for broader use and report on the experiences of using these exercises for the past 10 years.
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