abstract beliefs are an important aspect of any learning program as they affect the way teachers and students define their roles, and the way they approach their duties and responsibilities. besides, they highly affect teachers’ practices, methods, and lesson plans. the importance of beliefs inspired the present researchers to evaluate and compare efl teachers’ beliefs before and after a teache...

We consider the space of geodesic laminations on a surface, endowed with the Hausdorff metric dH and with a variation of this metric called the dlog metric. We compute and/or estimate the Hausdorff dimensions of these two metrics. We also relate these two metrics to another metric which is combinatorially defined in terms of train tracks. AMS Classification numbers Primary: 57M99

Triassic tetrapod tracks have long been studied, including classic ichnofaunas such as those of the lower Newark Supergroup of eastern North America and the Bundsandstein of central Europe. They are known from all seven continents and encompass five archetypal vertebrate ichnofacies for nonmarine environments (Chelichnus, Grallator, Batrachichnus, Brontopodus, Characichnos), all of which are pr...

Victory in modern intergroup conflict derives from complex factors, including weaponry, economic resources, tactical outcomes, and leadership. We hypothesize that the mind summarizes such factors into simple metaphorical representations of physical size and strength, concrete dimensions that have determined the outcome of combat throughout both ontogenetic and phylogenetic experience. This mode...

It is widely believed that children in America may be on separate tracks into adulthood. On one track are economically advantaged children, many of whom reside with two highly educated parents. The other track typically includes poor children residing with a single mother or with two parents struggling to make ends meet in a changing global economy. In many ways, these tracks represent distinct...

Present MOOC and SPOC platforms do not provide teachers with precise metrics that represent the effectiveness of students with educational resources and activities. This work proposes and illustrates the application of the Precise Effectiveness Strategy (PES). PES is a generic methodology for defining precise metrics that enable calculation of the effectiveness of students when interacting with...

this research was done with the aim of investigating attitudes of agricultural students toward outcomes of internship (training) courses. methodologically, the research was carried out through a survey method. the population of the study consisted of all agricultural students of the agricultural and natural resources collages, university of tehran who took their training (internship) course dur...

background: course plan is among the useful tools to improve the quality of education. this study is conducted to analyze the content of course plans presented by teachers in the school of health of mashhad university of medical sciences. methods:in this cross - sectional study, 98 out of 102 course plans of second semester of the academic year 2012-2013 were evaluated. the data was collected u...