Recent interest in online course design has prompted concern in issues relating to assessment of student contributions in computer-mediated communication (CMC) environments. A current focus of discussion in CMC research is to look into how instructors could move away from looking at the quantity (i.e., the number of postings) to assessing the quality (i.e., the usefulness and meaningfulness of ...

Introduction: Rhinoplasty is a popular cosmetic surgical procedure. Informal statistics show that Iran has one of the highest rates of rhinoplasty in the world. However, rhinoplasty like any other surgery can have complications.  Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 320 female students were selected by multistage cluster-stratified sampling from high schools in Kerman, Iran...

Cell Biology for Life, a web-accessible supplement for Molecular Biology of the Cell and Essential Cell Biology, is a collection of modules that uses contemporary social issues to teach cell biology. Each module weaves information from many textbook chapters into a coherent scientific story and assignments emphasize the integrated nature of cell biological processes and move away from a fragmen...

background: excessive and uncontrolled television watching by children predisposes them to some risks such as developmental, social and psychological disorders. parents play an important role in nurturing their children and controlling the factors affecting their health. the aim of this study was to determine the impact of health education programs on parents' supervision skills to control thei...

This paper presents results from a study investigating the effect of a guided inquiry and modeling instructional framework and accompanying science methods instruction on preservice elementary teacher’s science pedagogy skills and teaching orientations. Analysis of pre-service teacher’s pre-post tests, classroom artifacts, peer interviews, and lesson plans throughout the semester, indicates the...