teaching information literacy needs to become a core activity at academic libraries in distance education universities. innovative programs have been developed to promote information literacy to ensure students success as lifelong learners. this study has been done to evaluate information literacy of students of humanities in payame noor university of mashhad. the research population subjects a...

In an effort to help students relax and prepare for finals, Saint Mary’s will continue to observe its study day by not holding classes Friday. The first study day was imple­ mented for the 2003 fall semester after many years of student gov­ ernment campaigning. Two years ago, the Academic Affairs commit­ tee approved a proposal to give students the Friday before finals off. On the study day, pr...

BACKGROUND Clinical education provides a chance to combine theoretical knowledge and clinical skills. Students are the key elements in the evaluation of clinical education efficacy. The present study was aimed to define nursing students' viewpoints concerning conformity to the characteristics of clinical conference and clinical round. METHODS This descriptive analytical study was conducted on...

UNLABELLED Socially supportive relationships at university may buffer against psychological stress in students, particularly in those experiencing loneliness. OBJECTIVES To examine the relation of social support at university and loneliness with pulse pressure (PP) reactivity to acute psychological stress in a sample of first-year undergraduate students. STUDY GROUP Sixty-five female, adole...

Objectives: The study is aimed at exploring the association between beginning students’ attitudes towards group learning and their awareness of learning strategies, to demographic variables and their exposure to problem-based or mixed curricula. Methods: The descriptive cross-sectional design included students (N = 351) from two medical schools with lecturebased and two with problem-based curri...

The purpose of this study is to propose a 6-T model (Tool, Toy, Telephone, Territory, Treasure of Information, and Trade) to explore college students’ Internet-related attitudes, and to examine whether gender and grade level make any difference in their attitudes. Data from 1069 participants were collected from 96 Taiwanese universities and colleges. A Confirmatory Factor Analysis validated the...

This paper examined the influence of academic motivation, satisfaction, and resilience secondary school students’ academic confidence in Ogun State, Nigeria, with the view to establishing which of the three variables would best determine students’ academic confidence. Twohypotheses were formulated and tested in the study. The sample consisted of2160students randomly selected in 24 secondary sch...

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