the present study examines the effect of conversation based on philosophical stories in the community of inquiry on the reduction of the signs of anxiety disorders in the children between 11 and 12 of tehran. this semi-empirical study was conducted in terms of test and control groups. the participants of the study consisted of all fifth and sixth grade students of public schools of tehran (n=50...

background: in many sub-saharan african countries the rate of antenatal care (anc) has been increased but skilled birth attendance rate is still low. the objective of this study was to evaluate the reasons why women prefer home delivery when facility based delivery is available at minimal cost. methods: this study was conducted in northwest nigeria using a qualitative method (phenomenology) amo...

In many parallel applications, network latency causes a dramatic loss in processor utilization. This paper examines software controlled access pipelining (SCAP) as a technique for hiding network latency. An analytic model of SCAP brieey describes basic operation techniques and performance improvements. Results are quantiied with benchmarks on the Cray-T3E. The benchmarks used are Jacobi-iterati...

This study aimed to examine key factors affecting rural female facilitators’ role in participatory rural development in Tehran Province. Since the researchers intended to have a better insight into the facilitators’ role and employ inquiry as a learning forum for bringing about changes for all participants, they preferred to use a case study based upon an appreciative inquiry method. The study ...

We examine consumer social learning from distributed inquiry capabilities in online communities. Using an inquiry-action framework rooted in pragmatic learning theory, we longitudinally trace community inquiry processes and their link to individual action in six health-related online communities. Our interpretive analyses reveal leaps and lapses in social learning. Generative learning is eviden...

the community of ethical inquiry is a special approach of philosophy for children (p4c) in moral education. this paper shows, by the analytical and analogical method, that how the community of inquiry may lead to moral development in children. in other words, we will study theoretical basics of moral development in p4c. for this purpose, we analyze reasonableness and autonomy, critical thinking...

in article 253 c.p.c., it has announced that parties to an action can introduce persons for acquisition information and consent on what they state. consent, subject of this article, needs to be studied and investigated in respect of subject, form, nature, validity and effect. so, similarities and differences between local inquiries should be distinct. local inquiry is not accompanied with such ...

this study aimed to examine key factors affecting rural female facilitators’ role in participatory rural development in tehran province. since the researchers intended to have a better insight into the facilitators’ role and employ inquiry as a learning forum for bringing about changes for all participants, they preferred to use a case study based upon an appreciative inquiry method. the study ...

This paper focuses on an early stage of developing curricular materials to support students’ learning of scientific inquiry. The materials being developed and tested, called Classroom FeederWatch (CFW), aimed to support science inquiry and were developed by a collaborative team of private curriculum developers and scientists (ornithologists). Inquiry dimensions were influenced at the outset by ...