teachers beliefs have usually been left unattended in the realm of educational research in iranian context. one of those beliefs which seems to impact teachers performance in the classroom is their sense of self-efficacy, which refers to teachers belief in their ability to enhance student achievement and in bringing about positive learning outcomes. the present study aimed to investigate the pr...

the present study set out (a) to examine the categories of pedagogical knowledge related to the act of teaching of novice and experienced teachers as gleaned from their verbal report of what they were thinking about while teaching and (b) to compare the categories of pedagogical knowledge of novice and experienced teachers. the aim of comparing these two groups of teachers was to see whether di...

abstract the primary purpose of this study was to explore the actual practices and cognitions of two groups of iranian eap teachers, i.e. language teachers and content teachers, with respect to teaching reading-comprehension and vocabulary. to this end, tehran university of medical sciences which authorizes both groups of teachers to teach eap courses was selected as the context of the study s...

  Background and Objective: One of the problems in the evaluation process is lack of clear item prioritization of evaluation tools. Given the importance of assessment for sound judgment , this study was done to compare the students' and professors' views about the priority of clinical assessment tools .   Materials and Methods: The present study is a descriptive-analytical study with 30 nursing...

To obtain educational goals, teachers should have sufficient knowledge and skills. On the other hand procen is not usually apparent. Educational authorities believe that one of the most important steps that could improve quality is documenting teaching progress so that evaluation comes as a documenting device. We think, the existing evaluation methods are not as efficient as they should...

one very decisive factor in students’ academic destiny is the result they get at final term examinations. because of its importance, both students and teachers are curiously anxious about them. as normally it is the case, these final term tests are prepared hurriedly in short time by teachers which result in students’ dissatisfaction, complaining on how the test was different from their expecta...