Collocation has been considered a problematic area for L2 learners. Various studies have been conducted to investigate native speakers‘ (NS) and non-native speakers‘ (NNS) use of different types of collocations (e.g., Durrant and Schmitt, 2009; Laufer and Waldman, 2011).These studies have indicated that, unlike NS, NNS rely on a limited set of collocations and tend to overuse them. This raises ...

[Purpose] A major issue in physical/occupational therapist education is the improvement of students' clinical techniques. In this study, we introduced an education system using an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), and made an attempt at standardization of its evaluation. [Subjects] The subjects were 227 students in the classes of 2008 to 2010 who enrolled at our university betwe...

We assessed doctors' knowledge on laws and recommendations regarding fitness to drive in certain medical conditions by a questionnaire survey. A total of 646 doctors consisting of 400 general practitioners and 246 hospital doctors of all grades were circulated with the questionnaire. The survey was anonymous so non-responders could not be re-circulated. The response rate was 26% general practit...

The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) is obtained through the lecturers’ effort to engage in research. SoTL puts research as belonging a symbiotic relationship. To improve teaching, there should be end product publication journals. So, why aren’t lecturers writing journals? Lack time write lack knowledge process are two main reasons higher institutions not actively for Writing journal...

This study aimed to examine postgraduate theses in Türkiye which the effectiveness of writing interventions was investigated a multidimensional way. In this context, 157 designed with action research or experimental/quasi-experimental methods were subjected content analysis. Descriptive characteristics such as type, year, educational/grade level and method analyzed using manifest approach, wher...

Supervising Supervisors and Ph.D. Candidates on the development of supervision as a form of instruction and a pedagogic instrument in postgraduate education

BACKGROUND Despite great advances, China's postgraduate education faces many problems, for example traditional lecture-based learning (LBL) method provides fewer oppotunities to apply knowledge in a working situation. Task-based learning (TBL) is an efficient strategy for increasing the connections among skills, knowledge and competences. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a modified TB...