this study was an attempt to investigate the effect of vowel-recognition training on beginner and advanced iranian esl learners. a total of 36 adult iranian esl learners (18 advanced and 18 beginners) who were students of various majors at memorial university (mun) were recruited for the study. advanced participants had the experience of living in canada for at least three years while beginners...

Ensuring that baccalaureate nursing students obtain a measure of management and leadership proficiency is a challenge for nurse educators. Having senior students manage juniors in a clinical course modeled in a peer hierarchal pattern that emulates advanced beginner practice is a creative approach that is both realistic and achievable. Through specific learning experiences, students are exposed...

Demodex spp. was investigated in the 258 university students that participated in the study aimed to investigate Demodex spp. prevalence among university students in Elazig with the methods of cellophane band and standard superficial skin biopsy (SSSB). Of the students, 26 (10.07%) were established as Demodex spp. positive. Demodex spp. prevalence was observed as high among advanced age groups;...

Combined PBL with some advanced foreign reading teaching strategies, we choose the most suitable way to give lessons and bring up students ability to think of questions. Based on teaching experience for several years, we propose some teaching strategies in English reading teaching to help students improve the efficiency and accuracy of reading with the help of PBL. After practice, students’ inn...

BACKGROUND During the course of their training, medical students may receive introductory experience with advanced resuscitation skills. Endotracheal intubation (ETI--the insertion of a breathing tube into the trachea) is an example of an important advanced resuscitation intervention. Only limited data characterize clinical ETI skill acquisition by medical students. We sought to characterize me...

background & aim: neonatal resuscitation training is mandatory for the staff providing maternity and neonatal services in order to ensure competence during the academic period. this study was conducted to assess the neonatal resuscitation skills of nursing and midwifery students. methods:in this study, the skills of 48 nursing and midwifery students  were assessed, using objective structured cl...

As medical students enter the role of physician, clinical outcomes not only rely on their mastery of clinical knowledge, but also on the effectiveness in which they can communicate with patients and family members. While students typically have numerous opportunities to practice clinical communication with adult patients, such practice in pediatric settings is limited. This study examines if si...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of a mental health elective on pharmacy students' perceptions and stigmatizing views of mental illness. DESIGN An elective was designed that featured an advanced overview of psychopharmacology; student training in motivational interviewing; a presentation by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) local chapter; introduction to pharmacy collaborations w...

Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) is an effective approach for promoting active learning. When inquiry-based learning is incorporated into instruction, teachers provide guiding questions for students to actively explore the required knowledge in order to solve the problems. Although the World Wide Web (WWW) is a rich knowledge resource for students to explore using search engines, it is hard for stu...

In this study we explore the strategies that undergraduate and graduate chemistry students use when engaged in classification tasks involving symbolic and microscopic (particulate) representations of different chemical reactions. We were specifically interested in characterizing the basic features to which students pay attention when classifying chemical reactions at the symbolic and microscopi...