the effect of teaching the learning and studying strategies on unsuccessful college students' development in urmia university of medical sciences     feizipour h [1] , zeinali a [2] *     received: 16 dec , 2012 accepted: 20 feb , 2013     abstract:   background & aims : educational failure is an important problem of most of the educational centers that needs urgent strategies. this study ...

background and purpose: active learning, combined with computer-assisted instruction, can enhance medical students’ performance and learning. this article is an attempt to introduce a new web-based approach to information technology instruction for medical students. methods: eight topics were selected to be instructed in web-based workshops. phpbb forum was used for web-based collaborative lear...

Background: The most important responsibilities of an education system are to create self-directed learning opportunities and develop the required skills for taking the responsibility for change. The present study aimed at determining the impact of a learning contract on self-directed learning and satisfaction of nursing students.    Methods: A total of 59 nursing students participat...

From radical positions it is argued that it will take paradigmatic transformations to develop a sustainable agriculture and that values and attitudes have to be changed. To find out if teachers and students in higher agricultural education are motivated for radical changes a survey based on the Alternative-Conventional Agriculture Paradigm Scale (ACAP-scale) was conducted. The ACAP-scale shows ...

the objective of this research is to consider the ramin agriculture and natural resources university graduate students' viewpoint as regards challenges and obstacles of higher education in training entrepreneurship oriented graduates. the present research was carried out in the general framework of a survey study with the population being taken from among the ramin agriculture and natural ...

BACKGROUND How students are introduced to their studies will affect the quality of learning. This project deals with tools for lifelong learning to increase students' awareness of learning how to learn. In parallel to an introductory course for students, a course for teachers was given with a focus on tutoring students. AIMS To evaluate an interprofessional transition course for first-year he...

introduction: in this study, the authors aimed to examine the effects of cooperative learning methods using web quest and team-based learning on students’ self-direction, self-regulation, and academic achievement. methods: this is a comparative study of students taking a course in mental health and psychiatric disorders. in two consecutive years, a group of students were trained using the web q...

Latin is a common language of science fields in the world such as medicine, biology, pharmacy and agriculture. However, this common language brings about difficulties at the same time. Performing understanding of a subject scientifically with terms the meanings of which are unknown causes difficulties. For this reason, it’s necessary to emphasize on eliminating difficulties due to this common l...