This paper presents a new approach for setting criteria towards evaluating e-portfolio use within educational context. The urge for considering e-portfolio systems in current educational context is becoming more vivid, as many systems are developed to address the need for gathering artifact used within educational context. The wide development of web 2.0 technologies has given the opportunities...

Measuring leisure needs is an essential step in planning educational development. Educational needs are one of the educational system's foundations that underlie the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the systems. This study was conducted through survey on a sample of 400 students [200 girls (Farzanegan) and 200 boys (Pishtazan)] from elementary school (fourth and fifth grades), guidan...

Byrnes and Fox present a thoughtful article on a neglected but important topic for educational psychologists. Some major contributions are their emphasis on the need for consistency in educational theory and neuroscience research, the lack of automatic correspondence between neuroscience research and educational applications, the need for educator awareness of neuroscience research, the importa...

This paper elaborates on the need for adaptive educational systems, describes an evidence-based, four-process framework for analyzing adaptive educational systems, and reviews several adaptive technologies and types of adaptive learning environments. In addition, interviews with experts in the field inform our discussion on what to adapt, how to adapt, and the future of adaptive educational sys...

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of people that wish to obtain higher education. Unfortunately, some of these people are unable to obtain this education due to diiculties caused by disabilities, distance or time constraints. This group of people still needs and should be provided the opportunity to gain higher education. Educational tools and environments need to adapt in order ...

background: educational evaluation is a process which deals with data collection and assessment of academic activities’ progress. in this research, educational evaluation of dentistry school of tehran university of medical sciences, which trains students in undergraduate and residency courses, was studied. methods: this descriptive study was done with a model of educational evaluation in ten st...

aim and background: “need assessment” is considered the process of evaluation of needs in a specific domain, which is fundamental for quality improvement of health education and research. as suicide is one the most important problem in public health, it would be expected that all psychiatric residents should have adequate knowledge and skills and play in different roles in this field. this stud...