Textbooks are considered as the common features of the classrooms and are important means to make contributions to curricula. Therefore, their contents are very essential to develop the adequate curriculum planning. A textbook analysis is a means by which different features of the textbooks can be analyzed and hence their effectiveness is validated. This study set out to evaluate the content of...

Background: The perquisite of an effective nutritional intervention is a proper educational method. The aim of this study was to define the effectiveness of nutritional education using discussion group and multimedia on learning of pregnant women. Method: This randomized educational trial was conducted among 174 pregnant women in northeastern Iran, Gonabad city. Participants were assigned rand...

Human learning involves multiple sources of information. Their ability to adapt to changes in the environment depends on having such multiple learning modes. In this paper, we extend an existing cognitive architecture to have three distinct learning modes, in an effort to test the hypothesis that multiple learning capabilities bring synergistic effect in the overall performance. We show experim...

Introduction: Appropriate information about the ability of patients with Parkinson disease (PD) to perform cognitive instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) is necessary. The present study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Penn Parkinson daily activities questionnaire-15 (PDAQ-15). Methods: A total of 165 knowledgeable informants of PD patients co...

Despite its desire to achieve cognitive dominance for multi-domain operations, the Army has yet develop fully and adopt concept of performance enhancement. This article provides a comprehensive assessment Army’s efforts in this area, explores increasing demands on soldier cognition, compares current approach adversaries. Its conclusions will help US military policy practitioners establish cultu...