Elementary Applied Mathematics. A Practical Course for General Students.

Experiences to improve the quality of a practical parasitology course for Students of Laboratory Sciences

Introduction: Medical parasitology courses are highly sensitive to medical students, especially students in laboratory and medical sciences. Therefore, the aim of this study is Expression of experiences to improve the quality of a practical parasitology course for Students of Laboratory Sciences, especially the training session of laboratory tests performed on stool. Methods: In this research,...

Outcomes associated with a summer handwriting course for elementary students.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the benefits of a summer handwriting instruction course offered to community elementary-age students. METHODS Twenty-six students participated in the study and attended instruction for 1 hour per day for 2 weeks. Pre- and posttesting with the Evaluation Tool of Children's Handwriting (ETCH) were conducted. Parents were also asked to rate thei...

The Mobile Mathematics Curriculum-based Measurement Application for Elementary students

The aim of this study was to develop the application software, mathematics curriculum based measurement (iCBM), for children on the mobile tablet device. The iCBM was developed by various mobile technologies. Two features of iCBM were stated in this paper including the online measurement design and the automatically digital scoring rules. To exam students’ perceptions about the use of iCBM syst...

A Course in Practical Biochemistry for Students of Medicine

The Effects of Professional Development on Elementary Students’ Mathematics Achievement

This paper describes the effects of a professional development (PD) program – Developing Mathematical Thinking – on student achievement. Six Title I elementary schools with similar demographics, within one school district, were chosen to participate as either a treatment or comparison school. Three schools were chosen to participate in professional development that incorporates effective PD rec...