The aim of this study is to investigate the effect stimulants cognitive strategy and advance organizers on students’ learning achievement from Department Social Sciences at subject medieval history Kurds . sample consisted second year students Selecting such a due two reasons: suitability stage teaching in Middle Ages stage. researcher used quasi-experimental research design, where included thr...

The process of gastrulation is a pivotal step in the formation of the vertebrate body plan. The primary function of gastrulation is the correct placement of precursor tissues for subsequent morphogenesis. There is now mounting evidence that the body plan is established through inductive interactions between germ layer tissues and by the global patterning activity emanating from embryonic organi...

Program Committee John Collins (University of Minnesota, USA) Shaheen Fatima (University of Loughborough, UK) Enrico Gerding (University of Southampton, UK) Maria Gini (University of Minnesota, USA) Amy Greenwald (Brown University, USA) Gordan Jezic (University of Zagreb, Croatia) Patrick R. Jordan (Microso, USA) Wolf Ketter (RSM Erasmus University, Netherlands) Christopher Kiekintveld (Univer...

Two theories, schema and dual coding, and the conjoint retention model were contrasted to explain the role of geographic familiarity and prior knowledge in map-passage retention. One hundred, eighty-six college students listened to a passage taking place in either a familiar or unfamiliar geographic domain and viewed either a map or no map of either of the two geographic areas. One-third of eac...

The effects of an advance organizer, a preview of text structure and two arrangements of text material on prose learning and delayed retention were investigated. Text material was preceded by either an advance organizer, a preview of structure, or a neutral control passage. Two text structures were developed: 1) a hierarchical structure; 2) a hierarchical and categorical structure. Subjects wer...

It is synthesized that advance organizers (AOs), an effective orienting device in traditional classroom instruction, may enhance students’ information literacy in self-directed online classes. The current study investigated the short-term and long-term effects of two types of advance organizers, graphic and text, in a fully Web-based undergraduate course on health care ethics. Although the resu...