background. various educational approaches to learning have been proposed. it is, of course, of vital importance to study those that have resulted in effective educational achievements. purpose. to assess the student’s attitudes and performance in order to evaluate educational approaches and identify the variables leading to students gaining good marks. methods. the subjects of the study were m...

background: calcium is the most abundant mineral in the human body. this mineral is provided only by the consumption of foods containing calcium that it is recommended to use at least1300 mg daily for adults. this study is aimed to investigate the nutritional behavior of female high school students about consumption of calcium-rich foods.materials and methodsat a descriptive-analytical study, t...

objectives: word definitional skills (wdss) were classified according to the quality of both semantic content and syntactic form. the aim of the present study was to investigate the syntactic development in wdss in typically developing school- age children. methods: in this cross-sectional and descriptive-analytical study,  150 of typically developing school-age children participated by the  mu...

Using data from a large public research university in the United States, we examine relationship between characteristics of undergraduate college students’ regional origins and interest entrepreneurship. We find that several entrepreneurial indicators predict intent ideation. One possible explanation for our results is extent activity region may imprint attitudes towards careers on people growi...

Despite the fact that there are a wide range of strategies used to foster interactions in EFL conversation classrooms, many novice teachers are not aware of them. In view of this problem, the current study aimed to identify such strategies commonly used by EFL teachers in conversation classrooms. To this end, fifty sessions of college level conversation classrooms were observed andtheir teacher...

background : retakes of intra oral radiographs happen frequently in dental practice although radiographic courses train dental students in consecutive semesters. to reduce the patient exposure as much as possible it is mandatory to reduce the number of retakes both in radiology clinics and educational centers. materials and methods : 3188 periapical radiographs taken by bisect-angle technique w...

background: inattention to ergonomic factors will influence the students’ health and cause discomfort during their adulthood. objective: the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between ergonomic and environmental conditions of classrooms and pain sensation in students. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 442 elementary students of zahedan city in 2007. the typ...