purpose: the present article aims at an external evaluation of the action research in changing the curriculum and teaching and learning methods conducted during the years 2000-2001 in shaheed beheshti umshs. material & method: 384 students and 35 lectures participated in the study. a questionnaire was designed to measure the participants opinions regarding usefulness of the active methods propo...

introduction. measuring is the foundation of evaluation. the main way for evaluation of education progression is testing the exams and every test must have identity, validity, reliability and be easy to perform. more precision to preparing the exams can improve its validity. there are different ways for measuring validity and reliability in testing. do the faculty members know about these metho...

Active learning is an instructional method in which students become engaged participants in the classroom through the use of in-class written exercises, games, problem sets, audience-response systems, debates, class discussions, etc. Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of active learning strategies, minimal adoption of the technique has occurred in many professional programs. The goal...

in order to achieve educational purposes and having better spiritual power in an education institute, the authorities must try to keep and support their human recourses. this study is conducted to determine the affective motivation factors on retension of faculty members at hormozgan university of medical sciences (hums). for this purpose, the view points of 71 faculty member’s (hums) through a...

introduction: universities and their faculty members are responsible for educating students for social responsibilities. if the faculty members are to contribute to the attainment of university and societal goals, they should trust their dean, colleagues, and students. this will facilitate the collective efficacy of faculty members. if faculty members believe in their collective abilities, the ...

background and purpose: the first step in educational planning is identification of educational needs. the increasing scientific movement, information explosion and technology development, especially in medical sciences remind the need to empower faculty members as specialized human power. in this regard, in this study initially a valid and reliable tool was designed to investigate educational ...

background and purpose: the first step in educational planning is identification of educational needs. the increasing scientific movement, information explosion and technology development, especially in medical sciences remind the need to empower faculty members as specialized human power. in this regard, in this study initially a valid and reliable tool was designed to investigate educational ...