Introduction: Although the effect of educational methods on executive function (EF) is well known, training this function by a playful method is debatable. The current study aimed at investigating if a play-based intervention is effective on metacognitive and behavioral skills of EF in students with specific learning disabilities. Methods: In the current randomized, clinical trial, 49 subjects...

Background: Clinical training is an important part of the training courses of medicine during which students learn how to face the patients, diagnose the diseases and treat the patients. Alongside clinical apprenticeship, related theoretical courses are presented so that the most training possible is covered. In the past the theoretical courses of pediatrics ward of Birjand University of Medica...

The educational function of the nursery school differs considerably from that of the primary or secondary school. Nursery school education is concerned mainly with the development of character, of social behavior and of emotional adjustment and only to a lesser degree with the imparting of information and training in manual and linguistic skills. In schools for older children the educational ai...

Classroom environment encompasses a broad range of educational concepts, including the physical setting, the psychological environment created through social contexts, and numerous instructional components related to teacher characteristics and behaviors. The study classroom environment has been widespread across nearly all subspecializations of educational psychology. Researchers are intereste...

Based on the analysis of information requirements and the funds guaranteeing system reform of rural compulsory education, this paper tried to design and construct an information support system for the new network-based educational mechanism reforming in rural areas. This paper also defined the concept of this new system and its framework. A prospective forecast was also given in terms of its fu...

Teachers who were regarded as the subject of educational reform, the function of their positivity directly influence the development of school and the improvement of educational quality. Therefore, incentive strategy to teachers is an effective way to promoting their development. This paper analyzed the problems exist in the process of incentive strategy to teachers and put forwards some sugges...

The educational system of any country plays a significant role in its sustainable development and progress. However, to fulfill this function there must exist a set of guidelines and policies aimed at such development. The process of setting such a set of guidelines requires a homegrown model for development of the guidelines, and their implementation and supervision. To this end, 14 interviews...

In late May, the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) of the American Medical Association (AMA) released a draft report (henceforth "The Report") to provide "ethical guidance for physicians and the profession with respect to industry support for professional education in medicine.[1]" The report concluded that because "industry support of professional education has raised concerns tha...