this study was conducted to investigate the impact of portfolio assessment as a process-oriented assessment mechanism on iranian efl students’ english writing and its subskills of focus, elaboration, organization, conventions, and vocabulary. out of ninety juniors majoring in english literature and translation at the university of isfahan, sixty one of them who were at the same level of writing...

In order to study the effects of micronutrients zinc (Zn) and boron (B) foliar application on seed yield, yield components, seed oil and protein content and growth indices of canola (Brassica napus cv okapi), a field experiment was conducted during 2008 growing season. The experiment was a factorial with sixteen treatments and three replications on the basis of a completely randomized block de...

in recent years, there has been a growing interest among researchers to investigate the relationship betweenteacher self-efficacy and classroom behavior management, especially students misbehavior. therefore, this study aimed to comparatively investigate english and arabic teachers’ use of different behavior managementstrategies, their self-efficacy, and their success in an iranian context. th...

Salinity stress is one of the most important abiotic stresses which impares growth and productivity of plants worldwide. Foliar application of chemicals such as salicylic acid (SA) is among potential solutions to ameliorate damaging effects of salinity. The present research was carried out during 2015-2016 growing season in Research Greenhouse of University of Kurdistan to study the influence o...

this study examines the effetivenss of task-based activities in helping students learn english language structures for a better communication. initially, a michigan test was administered to the two groups of 52 students majoring in english at the allameh ghotb -e- ravandi university to ensure their homogeneity. the students scores on the grammar part of this test were also regarded as their pre...