This study examined the reflective journal entries of 42 trainee teachers who underwent teaching practicum in schools in Malaysia. The study investigated the types of reflections, strategies or stance used, and perceptions of the trainees toward reflective journal writing. The findings of the study indicated that the trainee teachers were engaged in Descriptive Reflection (DR), Dialogic Reflect...

1 Malgorzata S. Zywno, Ryerson University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, T217, Eric Palin Hall, 350 Victoria St., Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, Canada, Phone: 416-979-5000 ext. 6105, Fax: 416-979-5280, Email: [email protected] Abstract  Poor teaching, especially in math, engineering and science programs, is the most common complaint among students, contributing to dropout rates....

Teaching of computer programming has created significant difficulties to both teachers and students. Large class size is one of the major barriers to effective instruction. A well-designed pedagogy can make the instruction most effective. This paper will share our experiences of teaching programming courses with large class size. A set of programming exercises have been designed with help of co...

With the popularization of multimedia technology in the application on teaching, the actual application on teaching software has become a major problem that computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in-depth developed. Constructing a scientific, objective, and fair evaluation system of multimedia teaching software has become imperative. By combining current characteristics of CAI and various evaluati...

Introduction The GMC has emphasized the importance of teaching skills for doctors and recommended that training for these skills is introduced early on in the medical education curriculum. One way to achieve this is in the form of nearpeer assisted learning, where junior medical students are taught by senior ones. We here report the development of an extensive near-peer teaching project at the ...

Understanding the basic concepts of chemistry is very important for the students of secondary school level and university level. The Computer Assisted Teaching and Learning (CATL) methods are marked by the usage of computers in teaching and learning processes. Usage of WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, ACCESS, PHOTOSHOP etc., as well as the use of specialized packages such as CHEMDRAW, SCIFINDER etc., c...