The American Journal of Occupational Therapy 335 Occupational therapy students learn the necessity for and value of research for clinical practice, the components of a research proposal, how to interpret studies, and how to apply results to occupational therapy services through their academic programs (American Occupational Therapy Association [AOTA], 1991). At the undergraduate level, research...

the present study aimed at investigating the specific discourse cycles of someintroductory textbooks across disciplines and languages to see to what extent theyacculturate students into the new subjects. to this end, 2 well-established and mostlyused english and persian introductory textbooks in sociology and 2 other wellestablishedenglish and persian introductory textbooks in linguistics were ...

Electronic books traditionally haven’t been popular with the public but electronic textbooks have been starting to gain traction on college campuses. Textbook publishers and faculty have been experimenting with using them in the classroom with mixed success. Students seem less than enamored with electronic textbooks. This research uses a survey to examine student preferences regarding paper tex...

language textbooks are conventionally expected to develop the four language macro-skills, including listening, reading, writing and speaking in language learners. however, mastering the reading skill is of particular importance, since it enhances the comprehension of specialized texts in students. the objective of this research is to investigate the scientific aspect of persian textbooks in tea...

University students are increasingly choosing to purchase e-textbooks for their mobile devices as an alternative to traditional textbooks. This study examines the relationship between textbook format and 538 university students’ grades and perceived learning scores. Results demonstrate that there was no difference in cognitive learning and grades between the two groups, suggesting that the elec...

BACKGROUND Interpreting an electrocardiogram (ECG) is not only one of the most important parts of diagnostics but also one of the most difficult areas to teach. Owing to the abstract nature of the basic theoretical knowledge of the ECG, its scattered characteristics, and tedious and difficult-to-remember subject matter, teaching how to interpret ECGs is as difficult for teachers to teach as it ...

The importance of teaching information assurance (IA) is now widely recognized. Universities teach the technology and tactics for detecting and preventing attacks on our systems. Hardware and software engineers are moving deliberately to increase capabilities in secure systems. Ultimately, however, these groups implement design specifications that began as an analysis of a business need or oppo...

Applications help teach theory. Two generations of students have learned to appreciate the power of indifference-curve analysis through the in-kind transfers versus income transfers exercise in the typical consumer-theory chapter of their textbooks and the negative income tax versus guaranteed income analysis in the factor-input chapter (Mansfield 1993; Browning and Zupan 1996; Pindyck and Rubi...

humanism and socio-constructivism have entailed drastic developments in education including that of foreign/second language. incorporating teachers and learners in all areas of education including materials development and evaluation, focusing four-pairs of binoculars on evaluating efl materials can be taken amongst the outcomes of this trend.  this study is a report of an evaluation of the esp...