the goal of the present research was to determine the extent to which students use study and learning strategies (sls), and its relationship with their academic achievement. participants were 425 students from literature and social science and engineering schools of ferdowsi university of mashhad, who were randomly selected among two grades (i.e., year one and three) from both types of universi...

When students read textbooks in the classroom, they usually apply active reading. The practice of marking in university textbooks is a familiar one. They scribble comments on the margin, highlight elements, underline words and phrases, and correlate distinct parts to foster critical thinking. While the use of annotations during active reading supports the students themselves, these can also be ...

The development of competences and practical capacities of students is getting an important incidence into the guidelines of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The methodology applied in this work is based on the education through directed resolution of practical cases. All cases are related to professional tasks that the students will have to develop in their future career. The method ...

Dialog game tools are text chat applications which aim to structure and promote students' collaborative learning by having them select a label and sentence-opener for each message they type to their learning partner. In this experiment, we compared students’ learning from discussions via a dialog game tool to their learning via a standard freechat application. Students discussed topic questions...

In this paper challenges associated with a new generation of Computer Science students are examined. The mode of education in tertiary institutes has progressed slowly while the needs of students have changed rapidly in an increasingly technological world. The major learning paradigms and learning theories within these paradigms are studied to find a suitable strategy for educating modern stude...

At TU Berlin the number of students in major classes for students in their first semesters easily exceeds 2.000 in a single course (Calculus I for engineering students, for example). Due to this large number of students, simple organizational duties such as assigning exercise courses to students or tracking admission criteria for final exams become challenging. We present an environment – the “...

Students with disabilities have a difficult time making academic progress in the classroom. Depending on the type of disability, students need various modifications and support to assist with academic tasks. This literature review examines the effectiveness of the use of iPads to help improve achievement for students with disabilities. Both benefits and difficulties of using iPads in the classr...