Understanding the opinions of major role players in education (i.e. teachers, students, and policy makers) on all aspects of learning and teaching is influential to the success of the educational process. The purpose of this study was to investigate EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers' views on measuring reading comprehension. A cohort of 50 Iranian EFL teachers teaching at university,...

BACKGROUND Ovarian cancer is a deadly disease. Inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) are key regulators of apoptosis and are frequently dysregulated in ovarian cancer. Overexpression of IAPs proteins has been correlated with tumorigenesis, treatment resistance and poor prognosis. Reinstalling functional cell death machinery by pharmacological inhibition of IAPs proteins may represent an attra...

The literature provides evidence and an understanding of the influence of the workplace on the induction year and beyond of physical education teachers. Prospective physical education teachers (recruits) enter teacher preparation programs with pre-conceived mental models of themselves in the teaching workforce. Few studies focus on the change process of teacher preparation programs and possible...

introduction. it is important for the managers to know about the most important needs of their employees. many authors believe that one of the most important aspects of working and progressing in an organization is motivation. considering the important role of clinical teachers in educating the medical students, investigating their teaching quality is important. one of the most effective factor...

Framed within Self-Determination Theory, the purpose of the present study was to test the effects of a training program with physical education (PE) teachers. Participants were 21 high school PE teachers (experimental group, n = 10; control group, n = 11), and their 836 students, aged 12 to 16 years. Teachers in the experimental group received a training program consisting of strategies to supp...