In this paper, I will summarize a five-year excursion into computer science education (CSE). The excursion began with a theoretical insight, continued with experimental studies and can now be summarized in suggestions for improving the pedagogy of computer science (CS). The theoretical insight pertained to the applicability of constructivism in CSE: I concluded that students find it difficult t...

This article emphasizes a holistic definition of health. It then introduces the concept of Medical social sciences, and drawing from the literature, argues for the inevitability of social sciences in medical education, especially in the health systems of developing countries including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). This is followed by a brief history of medical education in KSA, and an exa...

Do Article Influence scores overestimate the citation impact of social science journals in subfields that are related to higher-impact natural science disciplines? Unlike Impact Factors (IF), Article Influence (AI) scores assign greater weight to citations that appear in highly cited journals. The natural sciences tend to have higher citation rates than the social sciences. We might therefore e...

background as a developing country, iran has not had a substantial share in global science production activities; however, this country has recently been the forth country in the world regarding research output publications, and biomedical research has played a crucial role in achieving this honorable position. objectives in this paper, we aimed to introduce the strategies employed at baqiyatal...

identifying role of extension system in adoption of new technologies have important role to developing favorable extension systems. for supporting sustainable agriculture in iran needs extension systems to be carefully thought and accurately implemented. the purpose of this is analyzing role of extension activities in adoption of sustainable agriculture. based on the results the attending agric...

oday, more than ever, science education is essential for increasing our science literacy and cultivating the next generation of scientists. Science literacy is key to helping us make sense of the information we receive in this fast-paced world where technologic and scientific advances are made at an ever increasing rate. At a time when fewer U.S. students are pursuing careers in science and U.S...

a School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Health, Education and Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, High St., Paisley Campus, Paisley PA1 2BE, Scotland, United Kingdom b School of Computing, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley Campus, Paisley PA1 2BE, Scotland, United Kingdom c School of Psychological Sciences and Health, Faculty of Huma...