Wraparound is a widely-implemented team-based care coordination process for youth with serious emotional and behavioral needs. Wraparound has a positive evidence base; however, research has shown inconsistency in the quality of its implementation that can reduce its effectiveness. The current paper presents results of three studies used to examine psychometrics, reliability, and validity of a m...

background and aim: different tests have been developed to evaluate reduced ability of speech perception in noise, and the words-in-noise test is one of the easiest ones in terms of speech materials. this study aimed to develop and determine the validity and reliability of the persian version of the words-in-noise (win) test for 7 to 12-year-old children. methods: this research is a tool-making...

Abstract As assessment plays an important role in the process of teaching and learning, this research explored impacts formative summative assessments on academic motivation, attitude toward test anxiety, self-regulation skill EFL students Iran. To fulfill objectives research, 72 Iranian learners were chosen based convenience sampling method assigned to two experimental groups (summative group ...

background and aims: examination score is important for destination of students due to educational and occupational issues. this study was conducted to investigate the effect of inhaling the vapor of lavender on summative examination scores in nursing students. methods: this single-blinded randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 33 nursing students at summative examination session...

PURPOSES The first objective was to propose a new model representing the balance level of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) using Principal Components Analysis (PCA); and the second objective was to use the results from the PCA recorded by regression method to construct and validate summative scales of the standardized values of the index, which may be useful to faci...