University science teachers’ technological pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) is crucial for effective teaching. Although there has been a plethora of studies investigating pre-service and in-service teachers’ TPACK, few studies have examined university instructors’ TPACK and university students’ perceptions of instructors’ TPACK. The main purpose of this study was to examine the TPACK q...

dear editor i n medical education, setting goals for clinical clerkship is the responsibility of educational groups. taking the students' opinions into account, it is possible to study the efficacy of education in terms of learning and achieving educational goals. (1) in periodontics and restorative departments of shahed and tehran university of medical sciences, it is reported that, achieving ...

the newly administered iranian ph.d. program entrance exam (ppee) is supposed to have had different washback effects on university curriculums. this qualitative study examined the effects of the new tefl ppee on the applicants’ study plans and strategies from the points of view of both iranian university instructors and applicants. to this end, we conducted in-depth interviews with 10 experienc...

conclusions female and older students are at higher risk of developing unhealthy lifestyle. consequently, healthcare providers, health instructors, schoolteachers, and families must pay more attention to these students. moreover, as most of lifelong healthy and unhealthy lifestyle habits are established during adolescence, developing effective health promotion and disease prevention strategies ...

Students' religious beliefs and religious cultures have been shown to be the main factors predicting whether they will accept evolution, yet college biology instructors teaching evolution at public institutions often have religious beliefs and cultures that are different from their religious students. This difference in religious beliefs and cultures may be a barrier to effective evolution educ...

background and aims. recent progresses in preventive dentistry and their correct application in many developed countries have remarkably decreased the rate of oro-dental diseases in children and teenagers, while the rate of oro-dental diseases is on the rise among the children in developing countries. the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of educating school health care instructors b...

Feedback is considered to be the bridge between what has been learned and what the student should know. Feedback can correct misconceptions, motivate learners, stimulate deep thinking, and guide future behavior. However, in the online environment instructors must rely upon technologies to deliver feedback to students. To better understand the prompts and processes for online delivery of feedbac...

• We created learning interactions with white instructors and black or white learners. • Instructors’ implicit bias predicted black, but not white, learner test performance. • This effect was mediated by coder-rated instructor anxiety and lesson quality. • New participants watched video of the cross-race lessons to test lesson quality. • Instructors’ implicit bias also predicted test performanc...

Utilization of adjunct nursing instructors to teach clinical courses is common in nursing programs. The purpose of this study was to examine the outcomes of a faculty development workshop on clinical evaluation for adjunct instructors. The results indicated instructors valued using a student-oriented learning outline, gained knowledge about assessment, and indicated they would engage in activit...