Learners sometimes have incoherent and fragmented intuitive prior knowledge that is (partly) "incompatible" with the to-be-learned contents. Such knowledge in pieces can cause conceptual disorientation and cognitive overload while learning. We hypothesized that a pre-training intervention providing a generalized schema as a structuring framework for such knowledge in pieces would support (re)or...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to investigate the pursuit of achievement goals in medical students and to assess the relationship between achievement goals, learning strategy, and motivation. METHODS Two hundred seventy freshman and sophomore premedical students and sophomore medical school students participated in this study, which used the Achievement Goals Scale and the Self-Regulate...

abstractthe present study attempted to investigate the impact of cooperation versus collaboration on college students` reading ability. to fulfill the purpose of the study, 90 participants were chosen from among 140 by means of administering the nelson proficiency test. they were divided into three groups: cooperative group, collaborative group, and control group. a fifty-item multiple-choice r...

this study aims at investigating the effect of using cooperative learning (jigsaw2) and traditional learning on the reading comprehension achievement. in the present study, experimental research model consisting of pre-test, post-test with a control group was applied. the sample of the study consisted of 64 participants in grade three in bonab high schools. to determine the effect of cooperativ...

Self-regulation of learning has been extensively investigated in second language (L2) learning. Many studies have focused on the strategies that language learners employ to regulate their own learning processes. However, motivational self-regulation is considerably less explored. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between motivational self-regulatory strategies (MSRSs) an...

this study sought to investigate the effect of cooperative learning on efl learners’ creativity and motiva- tion. accordingly, 66 pre-intermediate female learners were selected among 90 through their performance on a piloted sample preliminary english test. learners were assigned into two control and experimental group. the abedi-schumaker creativity test (act) and the attitude/motivation test ...

introduction: acquisition of intelligible english pronunciation and comprehension of medical texts has been considered as an important need for medical students.  this can be improved by employing different methods and taking into consideration various learning styles of students. this study is an attempt to reveal the effect of cooperative learning on enhancing pronunciation and reading compre...

Introduction: In Pharmacy Diploma Program, mathematics is known as pharmaceutical mathematics. Due to the importance of pharmaceutical mathematics in practice, it is important to have a basic mathematical skill as a basis in calculations in pharmaceutical science. Therefore, it is necessary to create a lecturing condition that enables students more active in understanding the lessons. This rese...