nowadays enhancing critical thinking in learners is considered one of the foreign language teachers’ tasks due to its high position in foreign language classrooms. when it comes to selecting materials for language classrooms, there are obviously some criteria that teachers should apply. the present study aimed at a critical thinking based analysis of ten picture story books and ten folktales th...

Background and Objective: One of the most important goals for urban environmental management system is the monitoring of air quality. Allocating optimum air quality monitoring stations (AQMS), is a key factor in establishing effective and accurate air quality monitoring program. The objective of this study was to determine optimal allocation for AQMS in Karaj. Materials and Methods: Based on t...

The aim of present research was to identify applied requirements of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in Payam Noor University from a pedagogical perspective. In this research, qualitative research method and qualitative content analysis approach were used to analyze data. The components used were identified based on the review of documents and semi-structured interview tools. In order to revie...

The researchers who proposed balanced scorecard model presented the concept of strategy map in this model for converting intangible assets to the quantifiable benefits. Strategy map tries to represent the organization’s strategy in the framework of cause and effect relationships and demonstrate how the organization’s strategy can be transformed into measurable objectives and certain operations ...

The aim of this study is to identify and prioritize the problems and barriers in the full implementation of article "k" concerning gas supply to industrial and production units consuming liquid fuel. In terms of methodology, the present study is an applied-survey type. The research strategy is of the exploratory Synthesis type. In the first stage, the qualitative method has been used with the c...