the aim of the present study was to investigate and compare the effects of twokinds of motivational and instructional self–talk on the performance of static anddynamic balance tasks in the elderly. for this purpose, 45 old subjects agedbetween 60 and 70 from qom province participated in this study. static balancetask (stand on one leg) and dynamic balance task (sebt test) were instructed withno...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Community of Inquiry Instructional strategies Online discussions Critical thinking Cognitive presence Distance education Online discussion questions, which reflect differing instructional strategies, can take many forms and it is important for designers and instructors to understand how the various strategies can impact students' critical thinking levels. For the...

Most professionals in the field of educational technology have served as change agents; it is no accident that one domain in the current definition of the field specifies a sociological theory base linked to practice that includes diffusion, adoption, implementation and institutionalization of innovations. This paper emphasizes the implementation phase of the planned change process. A review of...

This research aims to determine whether instructional media can be used share learning messages and data. Students will better understand the material in a well-designed environment. The environment is also increasingly advanced information globalization era. Learning use technology (IT) must. Media functions process as teaching tool source of news. Each has advantages disadvantages. Therefore,...

An increasing number of teachers are using flipped classroom approach in their teaching. This instructional approach combines video-based learning outside the classroom and interactive group learning activities inside the classroom. The purpose of the present review is to provide an overview of flipped classroom studies in K-12 education. Particularly, we put emphasis on revealing and addressin...

This article focuses on an aspect of traditional instruction — the form-only activities commonly called "drills," "mechanical practice," or "pattern practice." The authors first distinguish language as an internalized system from language as a productive skill and review the nature of mechanical pratice. They contend that despite claims made about communicative language teaching and its goals, ...

PURPOSE This study explores the effectiveness of a collaborative, classroom-based model in enhancing the development of vocabulary and phonological awareness skills for kindergarten and first-grade children in an inner-city school district. METHOD Four regular education teachers from the neighborhood school were randomly selected for participation. Children were randomly assigned to classroom...

Objective : To study the efficacy of dual task training with variable priority instructional set and fixed priority instructional set in improving balance and Activities of Daily Living(ADLS) in Patients with Parkinson's Disease. Methodology : 30 Parkinson's disease patients were divided in to two groups with 15 subjects in each group took part in this study. Both of the groups were having prop...

The widespread availability of high-quality Web-based content offers new potential for supporting teachers as designers of curricula and classroom activities. When coupled with a participatory Web culture and infrastructure, teachers can share their creations as well as leverage from the best that their peers have to offer to support a collective intelligence or crowdsourcing community, which w...

In this paper, we provide a basic introduction to several popular cooperative learning activities and explore how these activities might be modified for computer-based science learning activities. We review research that describes science programs that employ collaboration. Then, we describe innovative computerbased tools developed and/or utilized at the University of Hawaii Curriculum Research...