Hongxiang Hui1,2,5,6, Yongming Tang2,4, Min Hu2,3 and Xiaoning Zhao2,4 1Center for Metabolic Diseases, Southern Medical University (SMU), Guangzhou, 2Institute of Dongguan SMU Metabolic Science, Dongguan 3Regen Biotech Company, Beijing 4Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 5UCLA Center for Excellence in Pancreatic Diseases, Los Angeles, CA 6Department of Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles...

Group dynamics features are important factors for improving farmers’ socio-economic status. This study focused on the effect of group dynamics features on the socio-economic status of cocoa farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 93 cocoa farmers for the study. Descriptive statistics and linear regression were used to analyze the data. Results showed ...

Throughout the years, there appears to be an increase in Problem Based Learning applications education; and related research areas. The main aim of this is underline fundamentals (basic elements) Learning, investigate dimensions approached PBL oriented areas (with a look for latest technology supported tools Learning). This showed that most researched characteristics are; teacher student assess...

introduction. in educational centers, evaluation of educational activities of teachers is done in different ways. one of the most common ways » nearly in all important universities « is student evaluation of teaching (set), which is done by questionnaires. scientific evidences have showed that in spite of frequent usage of this kind of evaluation, opinions of students about teacher’s performanc...

In problem-solving situations, the contextual features of problems affect student reasoning. Using Newton’s Third Law as an example, we study the detail of the involvement of contexts in students’ uses of alternative conceptual models. Through research, we identified four contextual features that are frequently used by students in their reasoning. Using these results, a multiplechoice survey wa...

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) attract a large number of student registrations, but recent studies have shown that only a small fraction of these students complete their courses. Student dropouts are thus a major deterrent for the growth and success of MOOCs. We believe that understanding student engagement as a course progresses is essential for minimizing dropout rates. Formally defining...