Object-oriented software design is a kind of black-art that requires a combination of common sense, experience, good taste and the capability to look at a problem from different points of view. According to our experience, these abilities cannot be easily transferred to the students in a lecture. Taking ideas from the way software is designed in industry, according to agile methodologies, we ha...

the effect of problem solving education in fourth-year nursing students’ views of success    orujlu s [1] , hemmati maslak pak m [2] *, khalkhali hr [3]     received: 20 jan, 2013 accepted: 8 apr, 2013      abstract  background & aims : problem solving skills in students education programs haven't been taught formally and organized. on the other hand, it is also necessary to assess and imp...

Richardson LA, Fister CL, Ramlo SE. Effect of an exercise and weight control curriculum: views of obesity among exercise science students. Adv Physiol Educ 39: 43–48, 2015; doi:10.1152/advan.00154.2014.—Awareness of effective weight management strategies is necessary to prepare exercise science students for future work with obesity. Exercise science faculty members developed a course related to...

Osteopathic medical students are future osteopathic physicians, and how they view the manipulative aspect of patient care will have an effect on the distinctiveness of osteopathic medicine. To encourage students' application of osteopathic principles and practice, a Web-based computer-assisted clinical case (CACC) was designed, for which students were required to submit a SOAP (Subjective, Obje...

Peer review technique used in educational context could be beneficial for students from several points of view. Besides of developing students’ writing skills, critical thinking, practising articulation of own knowledge to the others and giving them feedback, it can encourage collaborative learning and boost the students’ interest in the course. In our web design course we successfully introduc...

Taking a second-language test is a nervous affair; and in India, test anxiety has silently wreaked havoc on students’ psyche. Particularly for students who take public exams in Grades X and XII, anxiety is quite lurid. Given the influence of the obsolete and rigid nature of exams on students’ psyche, we believe that a study related to test anxiety will provide useful insights. This paper report...