S R Williams

Biographic Data

ID5452909
NAMES R Williams
GIVEN NAMESS R
FAMILY NAMEWilliams
SIGNATUREWILLIAMS S R
AFFILIATIONSPurdue University West Lafayette
ORCID0000-0001-5940-1675
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS45
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1931
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX2

  • Educational Mobile Apps for Programming in Python

    Open AccessMaren Schnieder, Sheryl Williams et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2023

    The interest in educational apps is continuously increasing due to their potential to improve the learning environment of students through the personalisation and interaction of the technology. This paper provides an overview of educational mobile apps that teach programming in Python. Existing apps were reviewed, and suggestions for future development within this field are provided within this paper. A search was performed in the Android Google …

  • Comparison of In-Person and Virtual Labs/Tutorials for Engineering Students Using Blended Learning Principles

    Open AccessMaren Schnieder, Sheryl Williams et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2022

    The paper compares the effectiveness of in-person and virtual engineering laboratory sessions. The in-person and virtual laboratory sessions reported here comprise six experiments combined with short tutorials. The virtual lab combined enquiry-based learning and gamification principles. The integration of the virtual labs with in-person teaching created a blended learning environment. The effectiveness of this approach was assessed based on (i) t…

  • Handling bereavement in the workplace – a guide for employers

    Breffni McGuiness, Steve Williams et al.ARTICLEBereavement Care2014

    In September 2014 a new ACAS guide for employers on handling bereavement in the workplace was launched. In this article Breffni Mc Guinness of the Irish Hospice Foundation discusses the scale of the problem, and Steve Williams Head of equality at ACAS introduces the main points of the new guidance

  • Measures of Chronic Conditions and Diseases Associated With Aging in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project

    S R Williams, Genevieve P Kanter et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2009Cited by: 14References: 7

    This paper describes the methodology used as well as the distribution of each of these measures. In addition, we discuss how the measures used in the study relate to specific chronic diseases and conditions associated with aging and how these measures might be used in social science analyses

  • The Use of Dried Blood Spot Sampling in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project

    S R Williams, T W McdadeARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2009Cited by: 31

    The high cooperation rate and quality of the spots collected suggest that the collection of DBSs in population-based research is a feasible and viable alternative to venous blood draws. The relative ease of sample collection, transport, and storage are significant benefits. Care should be taken, however, when comparing results from analysis of DBS samples with those obtained from serum or plasma samples

  • Divine Rebel

    Martha Tomhave Blauvelt, S R WilliamsARTICLEJournal of American History1982

    Journal Article Divine Rebel: The Life of Anne Marbuiy Hutchinson. By Selma R. Williams. (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981. ix + 246 pp. Notes, select bibliography, and index. $14.95.) Get access Martha Tomhave Blauvelt Martha Tomhave Blauvelt College of Saint Benedict Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, Issue 3, December 1982, Page 681, https://doi.org/10.2307…

  • The Collection and Creation of Knowledge

    S R WilliamsARTICLEThe Journal of Higher Education1931

    O UR timeworn methods of oral and written examinations are ways of demonstrating that in our educational methods we still believe that the collection of knowledge is more important than the creation of knowledge. To some it is beginning to appear that an education without some information as to how knowledge is created is a lopsided affair. There are those who believe that the collection and creation of knowledge should go hand in hand. By word o…