Problem Statement: One of the main goals of education is to nurture individuals who know and improve themselves; who is well educated and have scientific perspective; who have developed communal coherency level; who are active, democratic and respectful to human rights.At the present time, according to an up to date mentality in mathematics education which is agreed on, the idea of learning mat...

the present study compared the relationship between critical thinking and academic achievement among physical education students and students in other fields of study in bu ali sina university, hamedan. this was a cross sectional study with a randomly stratified sampling method. available population was all 293 undergraduate students in bu ali sina university. the number of participants was det...

A Conceptual Model for the Design and Delivery of Explicit Thinking Skills Instruction Abstract Developing student thinking skills is an important goal for most educators. However, due to time constraints and weighty content standards, thinking skills instruction is often embedded in subject matter, implicit and incidental. For best results, thinking skills instruction requires a systematic des...

This paper proposes an e-learning model to assess the effects of online structured representation of content on learners’ understanding. We designed a structured representation based on the theory of distributed cognition that provides seven segments for reading research articles. The study hypothesized that motivation, attention, and interactivity are essential factors that affect students’ th...

The present study tries to investigate the effect of mental imagery on learning and improvement of forehand and backhand skills of the better hand and then transmitting them to the weaker hand among table tennis players. In the present cross-sectional research, out of120 students, 45 students were selected in a randomized way. Then, they were randomly divided into three mental imagery, physical...

OBJECTIVE Most occupational therapy interventions for caregivers are designed to reduce negative consequences of caregiving by building skills to manage problem behaviors and dependence. However, therapists may be missing an opportunity to provide interventions that directly help caregivers to emphasize and act on positive aspects of care. We describe care-related thinking and action processes ...