Classifying the student academic performance with high accuracy facilitates admission decisions and enhances educational services at educational institutions. The purpose of this paper is to present a neuro-fuzzy approach for classifying students into different groups. The neuro-fuzzy classifier used previous exam results and other related factors as input variables and labeled students based o...

This article considers the problem of educational placement. Several discriminant techniques are applied to a data set from a survey project of science ability. A profile vector for each student consists of five science-educational indictors. The students are intended to be placed into three reference groups: advanced, regular, and remedial. Various discriminant techniques, including Fisher’s d...

During the last 20 years, design-based research (DBR) has become a popular methodology for connecting educational theory, research and practice. The missing link between educational theory, research and educational practice is an ongoing issue and DBR is seen as an integrated methodology to bridge the gap. But is this as easy as it sounds? The purpose of the article is to identify and discuss i...

As part of the project “Educational standards in vocational schools” the responsible Federal Ministry compiled competence models, descriptors and didactic examples for Informatics in technical high schools (HTL). The implementation of this project implies a paradigm shift for the vocational school system, which requires a new pedagogic foundation. This paper presents a didactical concept, that ...

background: sex education is one of the challenging areas of educational systems that has always been accompanied by many problems due to some obstacles and constraints. this has led to occurrence of many behavioral problems and deviations. the aim of this study was to determine the sex education gaps in university curriculum from the students' perspective. methods: this was a descriptive-...

introduction: patient- centered and perspective approach which prefers prevention to cure, to improve and promote the services and care, not only recognizes free flow of patient’s information, but also concurrently is concerned about maintaining security and privacy as an important feature of health care system. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of accessibility and privacy of...

After reviewing a series of texts the play directed at boys by writer Hussein Ali Harf, researcher noted aesthetic and pedagogical values dictated these theatrical to shed scientific light on them. The research consisted four chapters. Chapter I contained presentation problem, which revolved around answering following question: (What are in Harf for boys). present aims reveal educational boys' ...

For all intents and purposes, laparoscopic surgery began in 1989. Historically, as this technique gained in popularity, initial evaluations were often lacking when compared with open surgery; however, since that time, there have been marked improvements in our minimally invasive technology (ie, advanced techniques, camera systems, instrumentation, and educational curricula) to develop the skill...

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is an effective approach for bringing improvement in educational setting. Implementing NLP involves initiating the process of learning through the natural acquisition in the educational systems. It is based on effective approaches for providing a solution for various problems and issues in education. Natural Language Processing provides solution in a variety of...

BACKGROUND There is a need for educational tools in the consenting process of otolaryngology-head and neck procedures. A development strategy for the creation of educational tools in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, particularly pamphlets on the peri-operative period in an adenotonsillectomy, is described. METHODS A participatory design approach, which engages key stakeholders in the dev...