Identification of the Quantitative Dimensions of Supplementary Private Tutoring among High School Students   Y. Shiraavand* A. Ma’dandaar Aaraani, Ph.D.** I. Nikpey, Ph.D.***   To identify the quantitative dimensions of supplementary private tutoring, a cluster sample of 800 high school students was given a questionnaire on the subject. The collected data reveal that moti...

Many organizations embark on their knowledge management journey via a lessons learned program. This may entail establishing a lessons learned process for the organization to follow, as well as a lessons learned or best practices repository for ease of search and retrieval. Many of these lessons learned systems are ineffective due to a variety of reasons. This commentary will highlight some of t...

MUSL 1310 Piano Lessons — 1 credit Half-hour or 50-minute lessons available. Register for course number 1310 the first two semesters of lessons, 2310 the third and fourth semesters, 3310 the fifth and sixth semesters, and 4310 the seventh and eight semesters. Register for section D01 for 30-minute lessons, and section D02 for 50-minute lessons. Offered in the College for Women. Prerequisites: P...

Kiss Z. Lower primary school teacher trainees’ and pupils’ interactions on PE lessons. J. Hum. Sport Exerc. Vol. 8, No. Proc2, pp. S1-S9, 2013. Teaching activities on PE lessons are quite different from the ones on other lessons because of the interactions while teaching activities. One of the main characteristic features is that pupils answer the teacher with motor activity, so lesson work is ...

Lessons learned processes, and software systems that support them, have been developed by many organizations (e.g., all USA military branches, NASA, several Department of Energy organizations, the Construction Industry Institute). Their purpose is to promote the dissemination of knowledge gained from the experiences of an organization’s employees. Unfortunately, lessons learned systems are usua...

Global Health 2035, the report of The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health, laid out a bold, highly ambitious framework for making rapid progress in improving global public health outcomes. It showed that with the right health investments, the international community could achieve a “grand convergence” in global health—a reduction in avertable infectious, maternal, and child deaths down to ...

BACKGROUND Diagnostic errors occur more commonly than other kinds of errors, they are more likely to harm patients, and they are more likely to be preventable. Little is known about the presenting complaints, initial (incorrect) diagnoses, and physicians' personal lessons learned related to diagnostic errors. METHODS In 2009 and 2010, we invited a random sample of 200 family physicians, 200 g...

This paper distills core lessons about how researchers (scientists, engineers, planners, etc.) interested in promoting sustainable development can increase the likelihood of producing usable knowledge. We draw the lessons from both practical experience in diverse contexts around the world and from scholarly advances in understanding the relationships between science and society. Many of these l...

The objectives of this research were to develop and find the efficiency of integrated online lessons by investigating the usage of online lessons, the relationship between learners’ background knowledge, and the achievement after learning with online lessons. The sample group in this study consisted of 97 students randomly selected from 121 students registering in 1/2012 at Trimitwittayaram Lea...