The Effectiveness of Religious Teachings Presented in the “Religion and Life” Textbook of the 2nd Grade of High School from Students’ Point of View I. Motaghizadeh, Ph.D. H.  Yaghoubi, M.A. The present research aimed to examine the effectiveness of religious teachings presented in the “Religion and Life” Textbook of the 2nd grade of high scho...

The quality of education being delivered is a critical issue in American society. Teachers who are satisfied with their work and have a strong sense of purpose tend to have programs which produce successful students. Researchers have found that the quality of education being delivered is a function of the teacher’s level of of job satisfaction (Bowen, 1981) and degree of teacher effectiveness (...

The concept of effectiveness is hard to measure. There is no standard institutional process to adopt, enabling an evaluator to achieve his/her goals conforming to the default definition of effectiveness: lowering cost and improving services. The concept of technology was viewed as a "black box," something that could be bestowed on schools and classrooms from above. A higher education institutio...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis of education effectiveness between computer-based education and traditional education methods in nursing. METHODS Medical and nursing literature databases were searched to identify studies regarding the effectiveness of computer-based education in nursing. Overall effect sizes for three outcome variables (knowledge, at...

BACKGROUND Smoking rates among Korean adult males is still high despite multifaceted efforts to reduce it. In Korea, there have been several studies on the effectiveness of smoking cessation education for inpatients, health check-ups, and smoking cessation clinics. However, there haven't been any studies on the effectiveness of smoking cessation education conducted outside the hospital. This st...

Virtual teams enabled by information and communications technologies (ICT) are increasingly being adopted not only by for-profit organizations but also by education institutions as well. This study investigates what contribute to the success of virtual learning teams in a higher-education institution. Specifically, we examine the issue of leadership in virtual learning teams. The study first re...