this research study aimed at examining the use of vocabulary learning strategies of iranian male and female intermediate efl learners and the relationship between gender and the use of these strategies at shokouh language institue in iran. 80 efl learners who were at intermediate level participated in this study. this study used kudo’s (1999) classification of vocabulary learning strategies inc...

background: according to the available evidence and experiments, problem-based learning is one of the most successful methods to achieve higher educational objectives. in this method, the discussion about the medical sybjects to be learned by the students is based on a real clinical case and participation of the students. various advantages and disadvantages of this method have been addressed i...

introduction: in this study, the authors aimed to examine the effects of cooperative learning methods using web quest and team-based learning on students’ self-direction, self-regulation, and academic achievement. methods: this is a comparative study of students taking a course in mental health and psychiatric disorders. in two consecutive years, a group of students were trained using the web q...

background: a combination of teaching modalities instead of a single method may enhance learning. the purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of integrating e-learning modules into the syllabi of clinical contents from different clinical majors at different levels. methods: a total of 108 undergraduate students enrolled from various clinical majors, and participated via u...

background:   by the development of e-learning in the world and also in iran, tabriz university of medical science has been implementing and expanding e-learning. the investigation of its problems from the academic staffs’ viewpoints, and proposing solutions in order to solve or eliminate the problem effects add to its advantages and provide sustainable basis according to the necessity of chang...

the aim of this research is to understand and assess the application of organizational learning capabilities in the status quo and review desirable situations in the context of the agricultural faculty environment. data were collected from 329 faculty members in 19 public agricultural faculties using a survey questionnaire. results indicate that organizational learning capabilities are below av...

the aim of this study was to compare three approaches of medical parasitological course. this cross sectional study carried out in 94 medical and pharmacy students. lecturer based learning, problem based learning, and combined approaches were used for teaching the parasitological course. kappa and spss16 were used to analysis. 82.9% of students were interested in lecturer based learning, 64.9% ...

Background: Because of approaches to learning in every place and at any time, ubiquitous learning with knowledge of the context and framework, and due to the development of wireless technologies and sensors, the learning process has changed. Mobile learning and ubiquitous learning as models of e-learning that refer to the acquisition of knowledge, attitudes and skills through wireless technolog...

background: training methods that enhance nurses' learning and retention will increase the quality of patient care. this study aimed to compare the effectiveness of electronic learning and educational booklet on the nurses' retention of diabetes updates.   methods: in this controlled trial study, convenience sampling was used to select 123 nurses from the endocrinology and internal medicine war...