Modern foreign language education in Russia is riddled with various challenges, ranging from the forced introduction of interactive technologies to complications imposed by political agenda. The article analyses Olympiad tasks and their peculiarities at different stages, considering competitive projects, both university projects All-Russian schoolchildren. author offers some recommendations on ...

This research focuses on students' understanding of the learning tools to be used before conducting Field Experience Practice (PPL). study aims determine The type in this is descriptive with a qualitative approach. subjects are students at Faculty Teacher Training and Education who taking PPL courses. Data collection techniques carried out objective tests. data analysis technique using percenta...

in a 6-week summer program at Mount Sinai before matriculation to gain basic competency in cell biology, biochemistry, and genetics. Admitted students will have to earn at least a B in all required courses and maintain a gradepoint average (GPA) of 3.5, but they won’t have to take the MCAT. The GPA requirement will help balance the importance of maintaining academic rigor with the need to relie...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate two educational methods for point-of-care ultrasound (POC US) in order to: 1) determine participant test performance and attitudes in using POC US and 2) compare cost and preparation time to run the courses. METHODS This was a pilot study conducted at a county teaching hospital. Subjects were assigned to participate in either a large group course with live classroom lec...

WINSTON CHURCHILL said “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to have changed often” (4). For educators, change is a constant. We adapt our teaching constantly to new discoveries in education and science, new students, and new technologies. However, current reform efforts are driving significant change at a rapid pace (1, 2, 5, 17, 20). The movement of K–12 and undergraduate education towar...

the present study seeks to introduce and investigate an approach to teaching writing in the efl classroom which draws heavily on the use of formulaic expressions. in contrast to its predecessors, this approach includes both the application of process writing techniques and the teaching of grammar and vocabulary into its syllabus. two groups of 30 efl learners participated in this study. one gro...

1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-5406, [email protected] Abstract -This paper describes a project underway at Arizona State University to develop an innovative secondary school software development curriculum module which provides students with a better understanding of the software development field, dispels misconceptions and, h...

The purpose of this descriptive study was to identify specific information related to U.S. dental hygiene baccalaureate degree completion programs. Learning experiences, assessment methods, and baccalaureate institutional partnerships were assessed. Of the sixty dental hygiene programs that offer a degree completion program, the forty-two that met the inclusion criteria (including having operat...

Central nervous system (CNS) prophylaxis has led to a significant improvement in the outcome of patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). Liposomal cytarabine (Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Piscataway, NJ; Skye Pharma, San Diego, CA), an intrathecal (IT) preparation of cytarabine with a prolonged half-life, has been shown to be safe and effective in the treatment of neoplastic meningitis. Liposo...

The mStar environment for distributed education utilizes the WWW and IPmulticast to enable teacher-student collaboration over large geographic distances. Several educational projects, spanning from secondary school courses to company internal training, have deployed the mStar environment. This paper reports on experiences gained over a year of practice at the Luleå University of Technology and ...