Collaborative learning methods have been widely applied in online learning environments to increase the effectiveness of the STEM programs. However, simply grouping students and assigning them projects and homework does not guarantee that they will get effective learning outcomes and improve their collaboration skills. This chapter shows that students can improve their learning outcomes and non...

background: with the recent spread of virtual learning programs in universities, especially in the field of medical sciences, libraries play a crucial role to support these programs. this study aimed at investigating the skills required by librarians to support virtual learning programs in isfahan university and isfahan university of medical sciences.   methods: this was an applied survey study...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background: although health system management is one of the main roles of health care providers, medical sciences students are not properly trained for it. the first national scientific olympiad for managerial reasoning and problem solving was designed to motivate students for acquiring managerial knowledge and skills, imp...

Helping students’ improve their metacognitive and self-regulation skills holds the potential to improve students’ ability to learn independently. Yet, to date, there are relatively few success stories of helping students enhance their metacognitive skills using interactive learning environments. In this paper we describe the Self-Assessment Tutor, an intelligent tutoring system for improving th...

The Project PATHS (Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programs) is a positive youth development program that attempts to promote holistic development in adolescents in Hong Kong. In the Tier 2 Program of this project, social workers are expected to develop positive youth development programs for adolescents having greater psychosocial needs. They are required to submit proposa...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Community-based interventions aiming to improve cooking skills are a popular strategy to promote healthy eating. We reviewed current evidence on the effectiveness of these interventions on different confidence aspects and fruit and vegetable intake. RECENT FINDINGS Evaluation of cooking programmes consistently report increased confidence in cooking skills in adults across di...

This editorial introduces a series of case studies that together highlight the use of health market interventions to improve access to medicines in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). It underscores the added value of using a systems approach for a holistic understanding of how these interventions interact with the rest of the health system and the intended and unintended consequences that...

background: patients with breast cancer are predisposed to some psychiatric symptoms and mental disorders due to their life styles or disease conditions. these problems cause patients to deal with daily stress, feeling guilty, anxiety, dysphoric mood and impaired social relations. such problems will lead to serious mental disorders. therefore, life skills training may help the patients to cope ...

The aim of this paper is to describe a digital game with an educational purpose in the subject of computer programming, which enables students to reinforce and improve their abilities on the concepts of sequencing, defined iteration and nesting. For its design, a problem solving approach was followed and a score comparing mechanism was implemented in order to encourage students to analyze their...