BACKGROUND Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a life-saving technique which is used after cardiopulmonary arrest. Chance of survival after arrest will increase if it is coupled with sufficient knowledge. Final year undergraduate health science students and interns manage many trauma and critically ill patients in our hospital. Even though all students took CPR training in undergraduate cour...

BACKGROUND Studies in western countries have examined the specific vulnerability hypothesis of Dykman's theory of goal-orientation predispositions to depression through two-time point designs. The purpose of this prospective longitudinal study was to investigate the moderating effects of intrinsic and extrinsic goals on stress and depressive symptoms in Chinese undergraduate students. METHODS...

With an aim to map out the development and the learning process for undergraduate students enrolled in a 4year teacher education programme, a longitudinal study investigating changes in the students’ epistemological beliefs conducted. The study involved 197 undergraduate students. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed to examine the students’ epistemological beliefs and influe...

This study sought to measures the foreign language classroom anxiety of English Department students a university in Indonesia and compare across independent demographic variables gender length at department. The literature shows that learning affects one’s achievements language. Data were collected through administration adapted version Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale 96 selected strat...

Laboratory research experiences are highly impactful learning environments for undergraduate students. However, a surprising number of chemistry students do not research. These students often do not research because they lack the time, interest, opportunity, or awareness. Coursebased undergraduate research experiences can reach out to these nonresearching students by lowering the barriers to re...

BACKGROUND Studies have investigated burnout and compassion fatigue among nurses and effects in the nursing profession. However, there are limited investigations of burnout and compassion fatigue among undergraduate nursing students in South Africa, as nursing students may experience distressful situations during their nursing education course, which may have an impact during their training and...

Do undergraduate students perceive that it is more acceptable to ‘cheat’ using information technology (IT) than it is to cheat without the use of IT? Do business discipline-related majors cheat more than nonbusiness discipline-related majors? Do undergraduate students perceive it to be more acceptable for them personally to cheat than for others to cheat? Questionnaires were administered to und...

Abstract It is acknowledged that assessment ethics an integral part of teacher education. Unlike sizable published research on students' perceptions in higher education, very little reported student teachers' across university-based education programs. This study aimed to explore Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) teachers’ the classroom. Qualitative (phone interview) data from 15 TE...

Computer games, which are currently very popular among students, can affect different cognitive abilities. The purpose of the present study is to examine undergraduate students’ experiences and preferences in playing computer games as well as their mental rotation abilities. A total of 163 undergraduate students participated. The results showed a significant difference between students’ mental ...