Previous research has shown that cooperative learning interventions, in which reading comprehension strategies are embedded, have a positive effect on students’ comprehension. However, the question is whether these interventions give rise to genuine discussions, promoting flexible and dynamic understanding of texts. In this study, one lesson module from intervention Cooperative Learning Reading...

In this study, storytelling was surveyed with regard to the impact that it might haveon student-teacher interactional patterns. For this aim, the researchers utilized anintact class with ten young students in a language institute in a north eastern part ofthe country. Four sessions of the class were transcribed after a full observationalprotocol. Two groups of Interactional patterns on student-...

objectives: the study was aimed to determine the effectiveness of verbal self-instruction training on math problem-solving of intellectually disabled boy students in tehran provinces. methods: the study was a semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group. thirty intellectually disabled boy students were selected randomly through cluster sampling method from 9th grade s...

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of multimedia CAI on undergraduate PETE majors' teaching of the serve in tennis. The data were obtained from 18 undergraduate students enrolled in a PETE evaluation and assessment course at Virginia Tech. Subjects were stratified by gender and randomly assigned to three groups as Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) group (n=6), Teac...

Peer-led programmes on AIDS prevention have shown a good level of effectiveness when tested among high-risk populations. This study compared peer-led and teacher-led methods of education about HIV/AIDS among female high-school students in Yazd city, Islamic Republic of Iran. In 2009 students in 3 high schools were trained by their classmates (peer-led), by the research team (teacher-led) or had...

This research analyzed the teacher-directed instruction against the effectiveness of inquiry-based instruction at a subject school in Alabama for 5 grade science and mathematics. The Alabama school changed the science and mathematics curriculum for a period of 3 years and in the process became an Alabama Math, Science and Technology (AMSTI) school. During the process there was extensive profess...

"Interactive" and "interactivity" are some of the most commonly used terms in instruction. For example, we are often told that multimedia (among other emerging technologies) is superior to "traditional" instruction, often because it is "interactive." However, the term interactivity is a loosely defined term that, according to Rose (1999), seems to deconstruct itself when closely examined. Her i...