abstract this quasi-experimental study was aimed at examining the impact of storyline complexity on the grammatical accuracy and complexity of advanced and intermediate efl learners. a total of 65 advanced and intermediate efl learners were selected from iran language institute (ili). an intact group including 35 intermediate participants and another intact group with 30 advanced participants ...

Background and Objective: Body composition changes effects on physical, motor, and psychic aspects of people. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of playing-based exercises on weight, body mass index, and fat percentage of overweight children with developmental coordination disorder. Methods: The research method is semi experimental, with pre-test and post-test design. After...

the purpose of this thesis was to investigate how differently metacognitive, cognitive, and social/affective strategies affect l2 learners’ reading comprehension. to this end, the study employed a quasi-experimental design with a placement test as a proficiency test to find the homogeneity of groups. three classes were randomly selected as the experimental groups (n =90), and each class was tau...

Introduction: Anxiety disorders can cause many problems for children. Therefore, it is necessary to find ways to promote their anxiety reduction.  This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of coping cat program (CCP) on symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder and social phobia in children with anxiety disorders.   Materials & Methods: This experimental study was conducted based on a pret...

The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), as a developmental neurological condition, has increased in recent years. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-motor exercises on the improvement of some large and delicate motor skills of children with autism based on Gentilechr('39')s Two-Stage Model. In the present Semi-experimental study, one of the rehabili...

Background: The aim of present study is to evaluate the Effectiveness of Sensory-motor stimulation on improving direction and movement localization in mental retarded children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Methods: The study design was tentative. Statistical population of this study included all educable mental retarded children in elementary school in Isfahan province. The ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of self-compassion on self-criticism in mothers of children with learning disorders. The research method was semi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of all mothers of children with learning disabilities, who referred to Ardabil special Problems Learning Cente...

purpose a metabolic abnormality such as obesity is a major obstacle in the maintenance of the human health system and causes various chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, as well as various cancers. this study was designed to summarize the recent scientific knowledge regarding the anti-obesity role of curcumin (diferuloylmethane), which is isolated f...

The purpose of this research was to compare the visual motor coordination ability, attention, intelligence, Learning disorder and behavioral disorder in premature and normal children. research sample comprised 250 premature students and 250 normal students. The subjects completed tests of Bender Gestalt, Tools piron, Wechsler (Wisc-R form), Micheal Bust and Ratter (teacher form). the results ...