in order to confirm the effectiveness of language learning strategies in theiranian context in junior high schools, this study was designed to examine thepatterns of strategy use, the effects of strategy instruction on the students’ strategyuse, and the relationship between the participants’ strategy use and their englishachievement. to achieve this objective, 57 junior high school participants...

nowadays, adolescent girls live in such a more complex and challengeable world that considering their infinite desires and potential abilities as social, cultural, economical and geographical conditions change their needs and social inclinations become more diverse and dynamic. this study probes into the social, cultural, and educational needs of adolescent girls studying at junior high school ...

In order to confirm the effectiveness of language learning strategies in theIranian context in junior high schools, this study was designed to examine thepatterns of strategy use, the effects of strategy instruction on the students’ strategyuse, and the relationship between the participants’ strategy use and their Englishachievement. To achieve this objective, 57 junior high school participants...

This paper presents a case study of an eight-year teaching experiences junior high school teacher conducting the concept map as a mathematical teaching and learning tool to enhance her professional knowledge. Data collection for the study included the subject’s interviews, classroom observations, the subjects' teacher professional development community discussion sessions, teaching videotaping,...

the role of teachers in the educational context could go beyond simply teaching the subject matter. it is not uncommon for some students to be greatly influenced by certain teachers and even consider them as their role models. an interesting and novel way of inferring the impact a teacher has on the students is through revealing the status of the teacher as perceived by the students. the presen...

Here are some examples of fundamental issues that arise in high school mathematics. Students are puzzled by the assertion .9 = 1. After giving an excellent presentation1 concerning her extensions to the logic unit in a geometry course, Teacher A asked, ‘How do I respond when a student asks if it is true that the sum of the angles of a triangle is 180◦’? A freshman complains, I learned in primar...

C. A. KOE'OID, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Professor of Zoology, University of California. C. 0. ESTERLY, Ph.D., Zoologist, Professor of Zoology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California. W. C. CRANDALL, A.B., Master of the A~exander Agassiz, Professor of Biology, State Normal School, San Diego. MYRTLE E. JOHNSON, Ph.D., Zoologist, Teacher of Biology, Pasadena High School, Pasadena, Californi...