*Other members of the Scienti c Committee: Alegre EJ, Clopés A, Garrido P, Isla D, Lamas MJ, Martín M, Martín-Algarra S, Massuti B, Piulats JM 1 Facultad de Terapia Ocupacional, Logopedia y Enfermería de Talavera de la Reina. Toledo. Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. 2 Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales de Toledo. Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. 3 Facultad de Economía y Empre...

With the rapid development of network communication technology, since beginning 21st century, flipped classroom, as a new hybrid teaching method based on computer has changed traditional and formed process "learning first later". Applied to many fields. In university teaching, classroom is widely used, changing students' passive learning active learning, adjusting time time, emphasizing autonom...

this study explored the effects of 2 different types of strategies—translatedwriting vs. reading to write—in the writings of some of iranian efl learners inesfahan payamenoor university. the results showed no significant differences inthe students’ writings (in the 2 experimental groups and 1 control group) for thepretest topic. with respect to the posttest, the results, however, indicated that...

This research examines how people integrate spoken and written input during multimodal human-computer interaction. Three studies used a semi-automatic simulation technique to collect data on people's free use of spoken and written input. Within-subject repeated-measures studies were designed, with data analyzed from 44 subjects and 240 tasks. The primary factors that govern people's selection t...

Many universities are adopting eLearning in their programs. Accordingly, there is an urgency to reconsider the pedagogical perspectives, which need to be refined in order to meet the demands of learning conducted in these technology-rich environments. The theory of scaffolding, which aligns with the constructivist theory, is revisited to teach an EFL writing class and expanded in order to provi...

Students have preferences for the ways in which they receive information. The visual, auditory, reading/writing, kinesthetic (VARK) questionnaire identifies student's preferences for particular modes of information presentation. We administered the VARK questionnaire to our first-year medical students, and 166 of 250 students (66%) returned the completed questionnaire. Only 36.1% of the student...

he Journal of Postgraduate Medicine (JPGM) celebrated 50 years of its existence by organizing JPGM GoldCon, an international conference on medical writing, editing and pub lishing at the Seth GS Medical College from 23-26 September 2004. JPGM was the first indexed journal published by any medical college in India. Fittingly this first international conference in India was devoted to medical wri...

A book of 140 pages on Nasal Polypus would seem to be the ne plus ultra of specialised medical writing. But this book treats of nasal polypus with neuralgia, hay-fever, and asthma in relation to ethmoiditis, and, as far as we can see, with pretty nearly every ill the flesh is heir to. As the author says in reference to nasal polypus, "it would appear difficult to limit the extent or variety of ...

Mirror writing is a striking behaviour that is common in children and can reemerge in adults following brain damage. Skilled deliberate mirror writing has also been reported, but only anecdotally. We provide the first quantitative study of skilled deliberate mirror writing. K.B. can write forward or backward, vertically upright or inverted, with the hands acting alone or simultaneously. K.B. is...