The authors synthesize existing climate research and climate instruments, as well as introduce several frameworks to help educators understand how institutions and researchers have assessed diversity in the college environment. Over 90 instruments were reviewed and examined for their attention to multiple dimensions of the campus climate, diversity initiatives, and outcomes measures that captur...

We report on a study in which we explored Norwegian hospital nurses’ assessments of their use of information systems and the interaction climate in their cooperation with colleagues in municipalities. Our hypotheses were that the hospital size and type of department influenced how hospital nurses assessed the interaction climate with nurses in the municipalities and how they used their informat...

Background: Communication is very important in human societies in connection with the exchange of ideas and information between the instructor and student. The current research aimed to study factors that influence the interaction between the instructor and student from the perspective of Shushtar medical sciences students. Methods: This descriptive - cross sectional study was conducted in Ahva...

Reticence is a common problem faced by ESL/EFL teachers in classrooms, especially in those with mainly Asian students. The willingness to communicate model of MacIntyre, Clement, Dörnyei, and Noels (1998. ‘Conceptualizing willingness to communicate in a L2: a situational model of L2 confidence and affiliation’. The Modern Language Journal 82/4: 545–62.) postulates that willingness to speak is d...

This study aimed to investigate pre-service Arabic language teachers’ perceptions of the impact of integrating WhatsApp mobile instant messaging on the enhancement of their instructional interaction. It also sought to identify the challenges of using this application as a mobile learning tool. The data was collected using semi-structured interviews and an analysis of the postings on WhatsApp pl...

Educational agents (including animal companions) are a kind of interface agent, which is a significant component in educational systems, and has great impacts on student learning. However, with the development of emerging technologies (e.g., tangible technology), few studies have yet investigated how tangible technology can be used to combine with animal companions to foster student learning an...

background: communication is very important in human societies in connection with the exchange of ideas and information between the instructor and student. the current research aimed to study factors that influence the interaction between the instructor and student from the perspective of shushtar medical sciences students. methods: this descriptive - cross sectional study was conducted in ahva...

The Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory (BCL) was established in 1986 at Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran as the main base and the mother of biophysical chemistry in Iran. BCL is a famous worldwide research lab in the area of thermodynamics of protein denaturation and biomacromolecular interaction. The first student that joined BCL was MSc student in 1987, while...

Teacher-Student Interaction in Primary Schools Succeeding and Failing in PIRLS 2006 and TIMSS 2007 S. Aghdasi A.R. Kiamanesh, Ph.D. M. MahdaviHezaaveh M. Safarkhaani To evaluate the student-teacher interactions in the classroom along the psychological and moral dimensions, and deduce any relationship between such interactions and the students' performance on PIRLS, a sa...

This study examines the relationship between instructional interaction and student persistence among adult students in online courses. A survey research methodology was used to examine the frequency and the method of instructional interaction in online courses, student attitudes regarding instructional interaction, and the reasons online students provide for persisting in, or withdrawing from, ...