Preface he Master of Science in Information Assurance (MSIA) was an online graduate program I created in 2002 at Norwich University and directed until 2009. The current name of the program is the Online Master of Science in Information Security & Assurance 3. The original program was taught over 18 months in six 11-week seminars that required students to study assigned readings, participate in ...

Although story mapping strategy has been shown to be beneficial in many reading comprehension classes, the benefits of this technique have not been thoroughly investigated in L2 writing research. The small number of previous studies (e.g., Li, 2007; Brunner, 2010) have found the potential benefits of using story mapping strategy on students’ writing performance, but they did not focus on differ...

This study investigates the benefits of e-collaborative and collaborative writing tasks on the perception of Iranian EFL learners in a process-oriented approach. The study involved 74 intermediate Iranian EFL students at Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch. They were divided into three groups by random assignment as two experimental groups and one control group. The experimental groups were...

The precise relationship of functional writing and pencil grasp has not been determined. Occupational therapists and educators have long recommended the mature dynamic tripod grasp. This grasp provides the most control of the pencil. Variations of this grasp (lateral tripod, dynamic quadrupod, adapted tripod) are common in children with legible handwriting. A grasp with an open web space betwee...

This report is based on a course of the same name given at Stanford University during autumn quarter, 1987. Here's the catalog description: CS 209. Mathematical Writing—Issues of technical writing and the effective presentation of mathematics and computer science. Preparation of theses, papers, books, and " literate " computer programs. A term paper on a topic of your choice; this paper may be ...

This paper is a part of a larger study that examines the development of students' English writing skills during the transition from school education to higher education in Syria, where English is a foreign language. The main objective of this paper is exploring teaching practices affect students transition from one level to the next via obtaining students' perceptions about writing, challenges ...

Although story mapping strategy has been shown to be beneficial in many reading comprehension classes, the benefits of this technique have not been thoroughly investigated in L2 writing research. The small number of previous studies (e.g., Li, 2007; Brunner, 2010) have found the potential benefits of using story mapping strategy on students’ writing performance, but they did not focus on differ...