abstractthe present study attempted to investigate the impact of cooperation versus collaboration on college students` reading ability. to fulfill the purpose of the study, 90 participants were chosen from among 140 by means of administering the nelson proficiency test. they were divided into three groups: cooperative group, collaborative group, and control group. a fifty-item multiple-choice r...

the cyclical economic downturn in the united states has forced many extension administrators to rethink and adjust services and programming. the cooperative extension system (ces), the organization primarily responsible for governmental extension work in the united states, at iowa state university responded to this economic downturn by restructuring its organization from county based to a regio...

This study explored the effectiveness of the two computer-assisted modes: cooperative and individual on improving Iranian high school students’ reading comprehension. It was also concerned with investigating the effectiveness of the two computer-assisted modes on the participants’ foreign language learning anxiety (FLLA). The sample of the study consisted of two intact groups, each containing 2...

This study explored the effectiveness of the two computer-assisted modes: cooperative and individual on improving Iranian high school students’ reading comprehension. It was also concerned with investigating the effectiveness of the two computer-assisted modes on the participants’ foreign language learning anxiety (FLLA). The sample of the study consisted of two intact groups, each containing 2...

The purpose of this research was analysis of contents of extension and education in agricultural cooperatives in the Lorestan province, Iran. The population of study consisted of 832 members of agricultural cooperative in Lorestan province, Iran in which 260 people were selected as a sample size, using Krejcie and Morgan table. The results indicate that more than 66.92 percent of the agricultur...

the study evaluated the major constraints hampering the effective functioning of the nigerian agricultural cooperative and rural development bank (nacrdb) in kogi state, nigeria. using the food crop farmers as a case study, a multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select three agricultural zone in kogi state ( zone a, b, and c).primary data were collected through the use of structure...

abstract this study has been investigated viewpoint of border cooperative society members of their activities in khorasan razavi, first step was evaluated satisfaction's member of performance indicators cooperatives, next step each of the indicators were prioritized according to members satisfaction using entropy method. finally, the results of these two methods have been compared together. dat...

the present study was conducted to investigate qualitative and quantitative aspects of irrigated wheat production in three major farming systems i.e. peasant, commercial and cooperative systems in kordestan province. accordingly, seven basic hypotheses were tested. the data were drawn from individual interviews with 360 farmers who planted wheat in 2004-2005. the sample was selected using multi...