In order to improve teacher preparation courses offered online, a study of the use of Second Life virtual world for peer-teaching activities was conducted. The research period was over one year and the sampling group consisted of 25 Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) students. The methods practiced during the study follow the suggestions and implications given in previous research in ...

Graduate students in the humanities are hungry for career exploration as they face limited academic options and feel called to work beyond academy. Career preparation is typically left graduate advisors, then, focus tends be on preparation. This article details how a required, introductory class was reimagined integrate using framework at heart of Ignatian spirituality education: discernment. T...

A common stigma that students often associate with an engineering degree is enduring an excessive workload. In fact, recent studies suggest that this perception is one of the primary reasons many students leave engineering majors and pursue other studies. This claim is also confirmed almost uniformly across all core engineering courses when students report on end of course surveys that they do ...

Previous work has looked at the relationship between high school preparation and student performance in calculus-based introductory mechanics (physics 1) courses. Here, we extend that to look electricity magnetism 2), significance of what college math courses have been completed addition preparation. Using multiple linear regression including these measures prior preparation, examine correlatio...

BACKGROUND Childbirth preparation training courses on maternal and neonatal health increase awareness, and capability of pregnant women in overcoming fear and anxiety and managing labor pains. OBJECTIVE To identify the affecting factors and barriers of these courses from the perspective of their instructors. METHODS This qualitative study of the content analysis type, has been conducted on ...

This paper introduces lessons designed to incorporate applications teaching high school mathematics in an undergraduate Discrete Mathematics course. Because many prospective teachers do not take courses that are specifically for teachers, providing materials aimed at teacher preparation can be easily integrated into serve a general major is one strategy addressing preparation. We developed usin...

Graph theory can be applied in course scheduling. The problem discussed this study is scheduling courses the UNUGIRI Mathematics Education Study Program using graph coloring. purpose of to prevent occurrence overlap (cross-over) preparation courses. Good a schedule that carried out by all related parties teaching and learning activities. algorithm used Welch-Powell algorithm. research was condu...

This study aims to develop the teaching skills of science teacher candidates by integrating Indonesian standards with criteria Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) through innovative microteaching practices. A mixed-methods approach was used for this research, which targeted enrolled in courses, partner teachers, and lecturers. total 20 from a single class were subjects research. An innovat...

Information and communications technologies today are used in virtually any university course when students prepare their papers. ICT is also needed after people are graduated from university and enter the job market. This author is an instructor in the field of informatics related to health care and social sciences at the Rı̄ga Stradiņš University. In practice, he has found that after completin...