OBJECTIVE To examine current levels of educational debt among pediatric residents and the relationship between educational debt and career intentions. METHODS Annual national random samples of 1000 graduating pediatric residents from 2006 through 2010 were surveyed. Responses were combined. We used t tests and 1-way analysis of variance to compare debt, linear regression to examine factors as...

BACKGROUND Goal-setting within rehabilitation is a common practice ultimately geared toward helping patients make functional progress. OBJECTIVE The purposes of this study were to (1) qualitatively analyze data from a wellness program for patients with spina bifida (SB) and spinal cord injury (SCI) in order to generate software requirements for a goal-setting module to support their complex g...

U programs in educational leadership have been criticized for failing to prepare effective leaders for our nation’s schools. Many of these critics are demanding signifi cant changes to leadership preparation programs, however, amidst these strident calls for change there has been very little dialogue about or consensus on what we as members of a democratic society believe capable educational le...

Reform efforts to strengthen teaching and learning in the classroom, are taking place within an increasingly broader context than they have in the past. Goals of educational reform and the thinking that underlies these goals, are rapidly changing. Educational reforms are moving from their historical emphasis on access and improved system maintenance and control, to wider concerns about increase...

this research aimed to study of the effects of classroom goal structures on students’ psychological wellbeing with respect to the mediating role of self-efficacy and basic psychological needs. in this regard, the effects of performance and mastery goal structure as exogenous variables with self-efficacy and basic psychological needs as mediating variables on wellbeing were tested through a hypo...

The new educational system in Greece, as far as teaching of history is concerned, is characterized by a shift away from sterile memorization and towards a critical approach of historical facts and phenomena that would contribute in both the development of pupils’ historical concept and conscience and the promotion of critical thought. This reflects the globally accepted goals of teaching histor...

The new educational system in Greece, as far as teaching of history is concerned, is characterized by a shift away from sterile memorization and towards a critical approach of historical facts and phenomena that would contribute in both the development of pupils’ historical concept and conscience and the promotion of critical thought. This reflects the globally accepted goals of teaching histor...

background: educational evaluation is a process which deals with data collection and assessment of academic activities’ progress. in this research, educational evaluation of dentistry school of tehran university of medical sciences, which trains students in undergraduate and residency courses, was studied. methods: this descriptive study was done with a model of educational evaluation in ten st...