Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) receive approximately 80% of instruction in the general education classroom, where individualized behavioral management strategies may be difficult for teachers to consistently deliver. Mobile device apps provide promising platforms to manage behavior. This pilot study evaluated the utility of a web-based application (iSelfControl) d...

Using the example of Taking a Stand in Cyberspace, we articulate issues confronting school, community, and higher education groups as they create online discussions geared to deepen the level of student discourse about literature. Through a collaboration between the Vermont Center for the Book, the WEB Project, and six Vermont schools, students read and discussed three books while teachers main...

Correction to: The Relationship between Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis in A Population of Patients Attending Sari Hospitals Davood Nasiry1, Masood Shayesteh Azar2, Samira Andarkhora3, Fereshteh Talebpour Amiri4 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Amol Faculty of Paramedicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran 2 Associate Professor, Department of Ortho...

Over the past decade, instructors in colleges and universities increasingly have used Student Response Systems (SRSs)--typically in large classes to increase the level of student engagement and learning. Research shows that both students and instructors perceive SRSs to be beneficial, although evidence of improved learning has been less clear. Experts emphasize that instructors must consider ho...

Nafiseh Vahed, Neda Kabiri, Mina Mahami Oskouei, Vahideh Zarea Gavgani, Azam Asghari Khatooni, Nahid Sadooghi. M.Sc, Medical Library & Information Science, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management; School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Research Center for Evidence Based Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz ...

Demand for the world of work against criteria candidates deemed higher. The is not only a priority on academic skills (hard skills) high, but also pay attention to in terms values inherent person or commonly known as soft aspect. This capability can be referred non technical capabilities certainly have role no less important than ability academic. Soft taught directly by weight credits student....

Increasingly, higher education institutions are exploring the potential of learning analytics to predict student retention, understand learning behaviors, and improve student learning through providing personalized feedback and support. The technical development of learning analytics has outpaced consideration of ethical issues surrounding their use. Of particular concern is the absence of the ...

We examine whether stringent formal sector borrowing requirements in developing countries restrict credit access and the potential of asset-collateralized loans. When a Kenyan dairy cooperative exogenously replaced high down payments with loans collateralized by the asset itself a large water tank loan take-up increased from 2.4% to 41.9%. In contrast, substituting joint liability requirements ...

METHODS The authors designed a survey instrument to examine the effect of involvement in a student-run free clinic project (SRFCP) on medical student self-reported attitudes toward the underserved and interest in primary care. From 2001-2010, first-and second-year medical students in an introductory service-learning elective course rated each of 15 statements on a seven-point Likert scale pre/p...