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Baccalaureate institutions These institutions are primarily undergraduate colleges with major emphasis on baccalaureate programs.

Basic sciences This category includes all science and technology disciplines not included under Engineering Fundamentals.

Behavioral Behavioral theories are grounded in the works of B. F. Skinner and Ivan Pavlov. Behaviorists believe that organisms need reinforcements to keep them interested and that the use of stimuli can be very effective in controlling behavior. For the behaviorist, environment directly shapes behavior, and complex learning requires a series of small, progressive steps. Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_theory_%28education%29 [Accessed 0/03/05]. {Need better definition}

Bloom's taxonomy Bloom's Taxonomy identifies six levels within the cognitive domain of learning which can be thought of as an order of thinking skills. From lowest to highest the levels are: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.

Business/industry The intervention took place in a business or industry.

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