The main purpose of this study was to determine the predictors of academic achievement of student Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) teachers with different learning styles. Participants were 148 student ICT teachers from Ankara University. Participants were asked to fill out a personal information sheet, the Turkish version of Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory, Weinstein’s Learnin...

This study provides an effectiveness of multimedia courseware in learning biology concepts among student teachers at Diploma level. The sample for the pilot study which consists of 50 second year student teachers from Thiravium Teacher Training Institute situated in Theni District of Tamil Nadu. The sample for the final study which consists of 40 second year student teachers from District Insti...

We review recent studies that asked: do college students learn relatively more from teachers whom they rate highly on student evaluation forms? Recent studies measured learning at two-time points. When learning was measured with a test at the end of the course, the teachers who got the highest ratings were the ones who contributed the most to learning. But when learning was measured as performa...

The Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) employs a sophisticated statistical methodology to estimate the aggregated yearly growth in student learning, as reflected in changes in test scores in five tested academic subjects. It assumes that changes in test scores from one year to the next accurately reflect student progress in learning. By tracking progress and linking it to schools a...

To address concerns about the growing shortage of dental educators, the UCLA School of Dentistry initiated an elective course to introduce fourth-year students to issues in academic dentistry and to provide an apprentice teaching experience. Participants in the elective (referred to as student teachers) developed a microcourse entitled "Welcome to Dental Anatomy," presented to incoming first-ye...

Education is widely considered to be the most important form of human capital, especially in less developed countries where the rates of return are generally high for all individuals, including for agricultural producers. However, for schooling to play an important role, the system of education needs to provide quality education, which among other things requires high quality teachers. Unfortun...

As new technologies offer an ever-increasing range of possibilities for supporting student learning, teachers struggle to keep abreast of the changes. This is especially the case for teachers in smaller rural schools who are isolated professionally from their colleagues. A group of teachers from four such schools in northern New South Wales combined to support each other in learning about anima...

Digital technology for teaching practice students means the ability of student teachers to use digital artefacts as integral part of their pedagogical content knowledge. Student teachers need to be also aware of what implications this has for teaching and learning strategies plus the building aspects in the lesson presentation. A new approach to teaching practice, calibrated for the 21 century,...

A prevention trial tested the efficacy of INSIGHTS into Children's Temperament as compared to a Read Aloud attention control condition in reducing student disruptive behavior and enhancing student competence and teacher classroom management. Participants included 116 first and second grade students, their parents, and their 42 teachers in six inner city schools. Teachers completed the Sutter-Ey...

Adversity quotient is the capacity to adjust with the adversities in life. A person with good Adversity quotient can achieve the goal by fighting against all odds. It is also related to many other factors like self esteem, motivation, fighting spirit, creativity, sincerity, positive attitude, optimism, emotional stability etc. Adversity quotient is also related to the Academic problems of stude...