Although learner-centeredness has been widely applied in instruction in the world, this approach has only been cautiously adopted in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching at some institutions in Vietnam. Taking a social constructivist view, this case study explores how a learner-centred perspective is employed in EFL teaching at a teacher training college in Vietnam. The study is based o...

Case-based reasoning (CBR) systems have tight connections with machine learning and knowledge discovery and often incorporate diverse knowledge discovery functionalities and algorithms. This article presents themes identified in work presented at recent workshops on synergies between CBR and knowledge discovery. Among the main themes appear Big Data, with cases involving signals, images, texts,...

The article analyzes the latest publications on essence of concept «student-centered learning». definition educational environment» is formulated from standpoint a systematic approach, i.e. as system interconnected diverse conditions for all needs students created in world (global level), country (regional higher education institution (local level) to obtain quality guarantee success and compet...

There are constraints embedded in medical record structure that limit use by patients in self-directed disease management. Through systematic review of the literature from a critical perspective, four characteristics that either enhance or mitigate the influence of medical record structure on patient utilization of an electronic patient record (EPR) system have been identified: environmental pr...

STUDY QUESTION How patient-centered are two included specialized endometriosis clinics relative to each other and how can they improve the patient-centeredness of their care? SUMMARY ANSWER The validated ENDOCARE questionnaire (ECQ) reliably concluded that the adjusted overall patient-centeredness did not differ between the clinics, that each clinic was significantly more patient-centered for...

Empathy involve internal process of experiencing what is perceived from the outside world through our senses leading to imaginations and projections, so that such experience will turn the belief of “I and you” in to “I am you” or at least “I might be you”. According to Hojat, empathy in clinical practice is predominantly a cognitive attribute that involves understanding and communicating this u...