U.S. students do not know as much as foreign students about the world

How much do bank employees know about Islamic banking contracts (Case study: a private bank)

The non-usury law approved in 1983 is in agreement with the divine law which forbids usury. Regardless of how the loan applicant will use the financial facilities, usury banking grants loan to the households to buy their consumers' goods, and to the corporates to make investment. In contrast, the Islamic banking system  grants loan based on a specific mechanism, which is the main advantage of s...

Do students know what they know? Exploring the accuracy of students’ self-assessments

We have conducted an investigation into how well students in introductory science classes (both physics and chemistry) are able to predict which questions they will or will not be able to answer correctly on an upcoming assessment. An examination of the data at the level of students’ overall scores reveals results consistent with the Dunning-Kruger effect, in which low-performing students tend ...

Perspectives of Iranian medical students about do-not-resuscitate orders.

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To study the attitudes of Iranian medical students towards the do-not-resuscitate (DNR) decision. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 220 medical students (110 interns and 110 residents) of Tehran University of medical sciences were selected. They asked to answer to the questionnaire which included two items: first item consisted of demographic questions (age, sex, an...

How much do trainers know about the CSA exam?

I take a cushion with me when I visit the doctor. It is placed on the very hard plastic seat I now have to sit on. There are no arms to the new type of chair, the frame of which is metal. Without anything to ease myself down on to the seat or push myself up when leaving I have great difficulty as my knee and other joints are in a bad state and painful. My own doctor and other GPs are opposed to...

Do We Know What We Do not Know? A Response to Celine Bonnet