August 2010
Role of non-governmental organizations for the development of basic education in Punjab, Pakistan
The purpose of the study was to investigate the general working structure of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and to examine the services and facilities provided by NGOs for basic education in Punjab, Pakistan. The population comprised 112 NGOs working for the promotion of basic education in Punjab, 3980 teachers working in basic education schools run by NGOs, and all parents of the children...
August 2010
A comparison of an oral assessment with a traditional paper exam within a final year nutrition module
A final year nutrition assessment (37 students) using oral viva was compared to the previous year’s written paper. 14 students were asked to provide feedback on their experience of the oral viva. There appears to be no statistically significant difference between the mean marks of each assessment. Students expressed a range of views on the experience of the oral viva, but focussed on two main themes...
August 2010
The effect of a teacher professional development in facilitating students’ creativity
The Iranian educational system would benefit from major refinement in order to better develop the creativity of children. The extension of teachers’ understanding of creativity is one of the main factors in facilitating change. A theory and practice based professional development program was designed, therefore, to assist teachers to acquire knowledge, attitudes and skills associated with improved...
August 2010
A comparative research on the effectivity of cooperative learning method and jigsaw technique on teaching literary genres
One of the basic purposes of language and literary education is to maintain a target population and the use of proper attitude, method and technique in proper learning environments. Therefore, proper attitudes and methods are to be resorted for students to become active elements of the environment throughout the learning-teaching process. One of the methods to attain this aim is the cooperative learning and...
August 2010
Correlations between the mathematics teaching anxieties of pre-service primary education mathematics teachers and their beliefs about mathematics
This study investigates the correlation between the mathematical beliefs and mathematics teaching anxieties of prospective primary education mathematics teachers. The investigation, which could be classified as a correlation study, has been conducted on 299 prospective teachers studying at the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades of one of the state universities in Turkey. As data gathering tools, “mathematics...
August 2010
Influence of the online learning environments and tools on the student achievement and opinions
The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of the instructional usage of the online tools on the student success and opinions in Science Education. This study, in which it tried to determine the influence of the instructional usages of the tools on the student achievement and opinions, is designed as an experimental study with the trial model. The working field of the study is composed...
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