Programming is rapidly becoming an integral part of the basic knowledge that should be possessed by the students of all disciplines, in general, and of engineering and sciences, in particular. This is evident from the fact that the programming courses were included as a part of bachelor’s degree curriculum and soon after, an introductory course of programming has been introduced at high school ...

. We measure and compare the effects of changing the programming language in introductory level courses (Computer Science I and II) in undergraduate Computer Science (CS) curriculum. The study presents the example of University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) case, where we present the results of two approaches: Approach 1 where both CS I and CS II courses are taught in Java, and Aprroach 2 where CS I...

Although considerable evidence indicates that age of onset for second language acquisition is related to second-language proficiency outcomes among adult learnersJew studies have actually looked at how adult learners ofdifferent ages experience and perceive second language acquisition. This study presents 30 women immigrant learners' accounts of their experiences and perceptions of learning Eng...

the major aim of this study was to examine and analyze english language teaching in kindergartens. to this end, 22 kindergartens were selected in mashhad. they were observed and teachers were interviewed. the results demonstrate that these kindergartens lack sufficient room and facilities to meet learners needs, they lack any comprehensive teaching curriculum. teachers are not highly qualified,...