We discuss our implementation of targeted pre-reading assignments with an associated online quiz in two science classes, one physics and one biology. Our goal was to create a pre-class assignment that helped students recognize the benefits of reading before class. Students were asked to take part in a survey about how and why they completed the pre-reading assignments. We found that 80% of stud...

abstract textbook design and evaluation has recently turned into a very important area in english language teaching. this paper evaluates the english textbooks taught in iranian junior high schools: right path to english which was the medium of instruction until 2013 and the recently designed textbook-prospect- which replaced it. for this purpose, tucker’s (1975) textbook evaluation model was e...

A complete Works Cited list begins on page 15. Mention of commercial products does not indicate endorsement. Faculty Carol Whelan, APRN, has been working in nursing education since 2000. She received her Master’s degree in psychiatric/mental health nursing from St. Joseph College in West Hartford, Connecticut, and completed post-graduate nurse practitioner training at Yale University. Ms. Whela...

Foreword This text is a script of a two-hour a week lecture about Independent Component Analysis held at the University of Regensburg by Elmar Lang and me during the summer term 2003. The text is largely based on the textbook [Hyvärinen et al., 2001a]. Furthermore , a longer version of this text also served as the introductory chapters of my dissertation in computer science at the University of...

Kemerovo State University, the largest institution of higher education in Kuzbass, has a significant contingent foreign students. The article is devoted to pedagogical interaction modeling teaching language multiethnic groups University. basis for textbook English designed specifically students different ethnic order develop skills along with proper intercultural interaction, successful social ...

This study investigated the effect of role play on improving speaking ability of Iranian pre-intermediate ESP learners. To this aim, the researchers examined the students’ speaking ability in two groups: the experimental and the control groups.24 males and femaleESPlearners at pre-intermediate level were selected by taking a pre-test. Then the participants of the current study were randomlydivi...

As library publishers and open education programs grow, it is imperative that we integrate practices in our workflows prioritize include end users. Although there information available on best for user testing accessibility compliance, more can be done to give insight into the publishing context. This study examines workflow during modification of an existing textbook using Pressbooks at Texas ...

Among the four important factors in the educational contexts, namely, teachers, learners, textbooks and contexts, textbooks play an important role in English Language Teaching (ELT), particularly in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom where it provides the primary source of linguistic input. The wealth of published material for English language teaching (ELT) available in the mark...