this studyinvestigated therelations between examinees’ academic knowledge and theirperformanceonreading section of ielts and toefl (ibt) through using generalizabilitytheory. g-theory was utilized to investigate the effects of subtest, test items, participants and academic background on the reliability of ielts and toefl (ibt) score. tosamplethe subjectsofthissurvey,a placement testwasadministe...

abstract english language learning in iran has become significant in recent years, and english has been included in the curriculum of iranian schools and universities, and considerable attention has been paid to this language in our society. nevertheless, teaching and learning english in iranian schools has not been able to satisfy the specified goals, so different efl institutes have been est...

Background and Objective: Epilepsy is the second most common disease of the central nervous system. Since memory disturbance is rather commin in epileptic patients, 20, the goal of this study was to assess the effect of berberine on memory deficit in epileptic rats. Materials and Methods: In this study, 32 male rats weighing 190-240 g were divided into 4 groups: sham, sham receiving berberi...

the present study sought to investigate the impact of using mind-mapping technique instruction on female elementary efl learners reading comprehension; it also investigated their attitudes towards using mind-mapping technique as a tool to improve their reading comprehension. this study followed a quasi-experimental design with two intact groups as experimental, and control groups. the participa...

Objective: Increasing demand for memory assessment in clinical settings in Iran, as well as the absence of a comprehensive and standardized task based upon the Persian culture and language in children population, requires the Persian version of the commonly used neuropsychological measure of verbal learning and memory, the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test in this group. Therefore, the purpose ...

Background and Objective: Today, the prevalence of academic procrastination among students is increasing and various factors are correlated with it. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the relationship between cognitive emotion regulation and educational skills with academic procrastination in students of the Faculty of Health and Paramedical of Zanjan University of Medical Science...