Framed in Complexity Theory, this paper presents a multi-case study of Chinese university English teachers’ cognitions and practices about form-focused instruction language teaching. Four teachers, including two novice teachers experienced ones, were involved the study. A triangulation method, semi-structured interviews, classroom observations stimulated recall was used to examine compare their...

This study examined the perceptions of elementary school beginning teachers (N= 136) across a Rocky Mountain state in the US regarding the mentoring support they received during their first year teaching. Beginning teachers were asked to report the types of mentoring support they received and to rate the helpfulness of this support on the Mentoring Support Survey. Individual item scores and sca...

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to develop an account teachers’ perception barriers technology integration throughout distance learning. COVID-19 pandemic forced schools adopt learning cope with the crisis, but whether teachers are prepared for change is unknown. Therefore, described experience over course and identified they faced at a small, private school students dyslexia. fi...

The present study explores the difficulties that novice lecturers at one faculty in a university Hanoi might face conducting research as part of their job, especially those related to working conditions and further support they need this practice. used qualitative method interview with six teachers. outcomes show received mixed responses, positive ones towards availability facilities/resources,...

PURPOSE To determine whether supervision by an attending who is new to surgical teaching, or an experienced attending measurably influences intraoperative complications rates or outcomes in phacoemulsification performed by ophthalmology residents. SETTING Single tertiary hospital. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHODS Resident-performed phacoemulsification cases supervised by one nov...

In this paper, a practice-based framework for the identification and discussion of prospective elementary school teachers' mathematics content knowledge is described. This framework ‘the Knowledge Quartet’ emerged from intensive scrutiny of 24 videotaped lessons, taught by novice teachers. Application of the Knowledge Quartet in lesson observation and teacher education is illustrated with refer...

Novice drivers are over-represented in crashes involving turns across traffic at intersections and yet little is understood about the contributing factors. The current study proposed to explore the gap acceptance and turn time patterns of novice relative to experienced drivers when turning across traffic. Thirty novice and 30 experienced drivers each carried out a series of trials in a driving ...

AIM Simulation has been proposed to improve learning curves in carotid artery stenting (CAS), but previous studies have only evaluated CAS simulation in a single type of arch usually either type I or type II. The aim of our study is to define the use of virtual reality for CAS training in type I and type III aortic arches for novice operators. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty experienced intervent...