The medical writings of early medieval western Europe c. 700 – c. 1000 have often been derided for their disorganised appearance, poor Latin, nebulous conceptual framework, admixtures of magic and folklore, and general lack of those positive features that historians attribute to ancient or later medieval medicine. This paper attempts to rescue the period from its negative image. It examines a n...

Narrative writing is a skill that all primary (elementary) school pupils in Singapore are required to develop in their learning of the English language. However, this is an area in which not all pupils excel. This study investigates if the use of blogging and scaffolding can improve pupils’ narrative writing. Data were gathered from 36 primary five (grade five) pupils through pre-post writing t...

on trust. Journal editors, reviewers and readers expect that a paper’s content reflects the opinions of the authors and all the available data. Recently, there has been concern that this trust may be undermined by the involvement of industry-paid writers in the preparation of publications (Bodenheimer, 2000). These professional writers are either employed directly by pharmaceutical companies or...

College students often listen to music while they use a computer. This experiment investigated whether background music disrupts their ability to word process ̄uently and e€ectively. Forty-®ve psychology undergraduates wrote brief expository essays. Background music signi®cantly disrupted writing ̄uency (words generated per minute controlling for typing speed and including those words deleted b...

Instagram has been used as the medium to upload photos, e.g. picture series. The current research was intended find out I) whether series on could facilitate students improve their writing achievement, II) students' perceptions of use design mixed quantitative and qualitative approaches. subjects were 31 first grade SMA Negeri 2 Bandar Lampung. data collected through tests (pre post-tests) ques...

Dear Editor, Many years ago unprofessional supervisors were identified as one of the main reasons for the withdrawal of a student’s study. Recently in some universities, unethical supervision has become an increasing concern of students and ethic committees. The last few years has witnessed an increase in the withdrawal rate of students who quit their study because of the poor guidance of their...

Writing scientific papers is important for the development of teaching profession. One most popular by teachers results classroom research or commonly known as CAR (classroom action research). useful improving teacher performance and fixing problems in classroom. that has been prepared not maximally published form a journal. In fact, this publication can be used benefit school accreditation pub...

The objective of this study was to examine the impact project-based learning (PBL) on enhancing students' proficiency in narrative writing. employed a mixed methods approach, specifically utilising quasi-experimental design and incorporating writing test interview as data collection method.The total sampel 54 students experiment control group. utilisation Project-based Learning composition text...