background: team-based learning (tbl) is a structured type of cooperative learning that has growing application in medical education. this study compares levels of student learning and teaching satisfaction for a neurology course between conventional lecture and team-based learning. methods: the study incorporated 70 students aged 19 to 22 years at the school of rehabilitation. one half of the ...

background: failure in reaching the predetermined goals of education can be considered as one of the most important problems of educational systems. today, it is believed that active teaching methods are more effective than lecturing which lead to effective teaching. participation of students in education is one of the major factors of active learning. the purpose of the present study is to det...

Introduction: In recent years, medical education has changed dramatically and many medical schools in the world have been trying for expand modern training methods. Purpose of the research is to appraise the medical students of teacher-based and student-based teaching methods in Infectious diseases course, in the Medical School of Hormozgan Medical Sciences University. Methods: In this interven...

The increase in the numbers of both public and private higher learning institutions (HLI) in Malaysia has resulted in the industry becoming relatively very competitive. The situation calls for HLIs to focus on establishing a strong corporate image and providing student satisfaction to secure their loyalty. Delivering quality services would lead to student satisfaction and loyalty. This study re...

This paper deals with the problem of assigning students to elective courses according to their preferences. This process of assigning students to elective courses according to their preferences often places before academic institutions numerous obstacles, the most typical being a limited number of students who can be assigned to any particular class. Furthermore, due to financial or technical r...

This case study explores the role of the online instructor and how they influence student satisfaction. While there has been a substantial body of literature on what impacts on student satisfaction when students study online, there is far less literature focussing on how the instructor mediates this satisfaction, in particular satisfaction related to quality of feedback and teaching. This case ...

We investigate using the PARADISE framework to develop predictive models of system performance in our spoken dialogue tutoring system. We represent performance with two metrics: user satisfaction and student learning. We train and test predictive models of these metrics in our tutoring system corpora. We predict user satisfaction with 2 parameter types: 1) system-generic, and 2) tutoringspecifi...

Germany has recently made extensive reforms in its tertiary education system. Traditional degrees are being replaced by Bachelor and Master programs. This study examines the question of how the choice of a new Bachelor program as opposed to a traditional degree program has affected first-year students’ satisfaction. Three dimensions of student satisfaction are focused upon: Student satisfaction...

AIM The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument with rigorous psychometric properties to comprehensively measure nursing student satisfaction and to identify areas for nursing program enhancement. BACKGROUND Measures of program quality are frequently designed to demonstrate to professional groups that the educational program will prepare graduates for success in a rapidly changing ...

Two studies examined student psychological need satisfaction as a predictor of positive teacher-course evaluations. In Study 1, 268 undergraduates recalled and rated the quality of a recent important college course, then rated their feelings of autonomy, competence, and relatedness within that course. Consistent with self-determination theory, all three ratings predicted instructor and/or cours...