this essay is devoted to suggesting a theoretical framework for determining the role of applied measures. in evaluation of universities and higher educational institutions. to begin with, the role and importance of those measures have been determined and then the details of applied ones analyzed and suggested as a theoretical framework. in this respect the relevant indicators to the quality of ...

the present research investigated the nature of power among women's principals in order to develop a theoretical framework. relying on critical epistemology and qualitative approach, we used grounded theory to study the problem. using a purposeful and theoretical sampling, we selected women and men's principals as well as the men whose spouses were employed in schools. we collected da...

Considering the crucial role textbook evaluation plays in any educational system, this study evaluated 2 textbook series with respect to the identity options they offer to Iranian learners of English. Data were gathered based on reading passages, dialogues, and pictures of Right Path to English (RPE) and Cambridge English for Schools (CES). Although this study is mainly qualitative in nature, q...

This paper is an attempt to present a formal coherent framework for creative visual thinking. First, fundamentals of creativity and creative thought are discussed. Then designer’s dialogue with graphical outputs based on the constructive perception is analyzed. Constructive perception is defined as a composition of design actions combining normal seeing with visual imagination. The proposed fra...

The main purpose of this dissertation was to investigate the relationship between neurobiological factors and prisoners' response to a cognitive skills training program. Two research questions were formulated. The first question was as follows: What is the predictive value of neurobiological factors in relation to the outcome of a cognitive skills program for adult prisoners? Investigation of t...

Globally, software quality issues has increasingly been seen as a common strategic response for achieving competitiveness in business. It has been seen very important as the usage of software become very demanding. Software quality includes quality control tests, quality assurance and quality management. Currently, software quality models available were built based on static measurements of att...

Received ; accepted – 2 – ABSTRACT Theoretical predictions of Red Giant Branch stars' effective temperatures, colors, luminosities and surface chemical abundances are a necessary tool for the astrophysical interpretation of the visible–near infrared integrated light from unresolved stellar populations, the Color-Magnitude-Diagrams of resolved stellar clusters and galaxies, and spectroscopic det...

Cognitive Informatics (CI) is a transdisciplinary enquiry of the internal information processing mechanisms and processes of the brain and natural intelligence shared by almost all science and engineering disciplines. This article presents an intensive review of the new field of CI. The structure of the theoretical framework of CI is described encompassing the Layered Reference Model of the B...