this study investigates the relationship between field-related cognitive styles and global reading comprehension of hypertext. technically, field dependency is prevailing dominance of field on perception of parts, while global comprehension is skim-like reading to grasp the general content. in this research project, 60 senior and junior students of arak university majoring in english literature...

the present study seeks to determine the effect of explicit instruction of metacognitive strategies on iranian high school students’ reading comprehension ability. it also attempts to investigate the relationship between the learners reading comprehension and metacognitive strategies. furthermore, the study investigates whether iranian efl female high school students are high, medium, or low me...

a semi-empirical mathematical model for predicting physical part of ignition delay period in the combustion of direct - injection diesel engines with swirl is developed . this model based on a single droplet evaporation model . the governing equations , namely , equations of droplet motion , heat and mass transfer were solved simultaneously using a rung-kutta step by step unmerical method . the...

Introduction: Social Support is defined as a mechanism of interpersonal communication that protects people from negative impact of stress. The high level of social support is attributed to the increase of academic self-efficacy and decrease of educational stress. Also, it   A reverse relationship between social support and test anxiety has been found. The present study aimed to identi...

Introduction: Learning to solve problems leads to new knowledge and skills. One of the factors that can be effective in studentschr('39') academic ethics and academic self-efficacy is teaching group problem-solving methods. This study aimed toto evaluate the effectiveness of group problem-solving methods in academic ethics and academic self-efficacy of female students in public high schools. Me...