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A Comparative Study Between Using Problem-Solving And Traditional Teaching Principles On Educational Progress And Students Retention, Mohammad Ali Nasrollahi Jan 2012

A Comparative Study Between Using Problem-Solving And Traditional Teaching Principles On Educational Progress And Students Retention, Mohammad Ali Nasrollahi

Mohammad Ali Nasrollahi(Ph.D)

The present article has been prepared according to the results of comprehensive research plan considering the study and comparison of the influences of the Problem-solving and Traditional teaching principles in mathematics and experimental sciences on educational progress and remembrance of the students of grade three in Behshahr public secondary schools and proposing a practical model. The research has been carried out during a school year on 224 male and female students, considering the experimental method and based on the bunch-sampling method. Students of each gender have been divided into two groups. According to the results, those students who have been …


Action Research In Language Learning, Mohammad Ali Nasrollahi, Pramela Krish N.Krishnasamy, Noorizah Mohd Noor Jan 2012

Action Research In Language Learning, Mohammad Ali Nasrollahi, Pramela Krish N.Krishnasamy, Noorizah Mohd Noor

Mohammad Ali Nasrollahi(Ph.D)

Over the last two decades, action research has become increasingly popular in foreign and second language teaching classes . Action research can be a very valuable way to extend teachers teaching skills and gain more understanding of themselves as teachers, their classrooms and their students. This paper focuses to provide a rationale on the use of action research in foreign and second language education. Then, the nature, scope and the framework of action research will be described. Finally, the current action research models that have become increasingly popular in foreign and second language teaching classes will be discussed.


Turning Knowledge Into Wisdom: Improving The Reading Comprehension Ability Of Efl Students Through Thinking Analytically And Reading Critically, Mohammad Ali Nasrollahi, Mohammad Sadeghi Jan 2011

Turning Knowledge Into Wisdom: Improving The Reading Comprehension Ability Of Efl Students Through Thinking Analytically And Reading Critically, Mohammad Ali Nasrollahi, Mohammad Sadeghi

Mohammad Ali Nasrollahi(Ph.D)

This study explores the ways in which Critical Reading (CR) practices can improve reading comprehension ability of Iranian EFL students. In the present study, the following null hypothesis was proposed: The application of critical reading has no significant effect on improving the reading comprehension ability of Iranian EFL students. The proposed design was a pretest-posttest groups design. Hence, a group of seventy homogeneous students were selected. They were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. Then both groups enjoyed a series of similar instructions except that the students in experimental group were required to express their own opinions about and …


Consulting Ethics, William Feighery Dec 2010

Consulting Ethics, William Feighery

William Feighery

An important, if much neglected, arena within the field of tourism studies is the role of tourism scholars as consultants in the development process. For individuals within this field of ‘expert knowledge’ participation in consultancy projects often places them at the heart of complex and competing interests at local, national and international level. Such complexity necessitates ethically informed decisions. In this paper I first explore the evolution of tourism related research and consultancy, before considering the rise of ethics in arenas of professional practice. Further, I consider the Foucauldian construct of ‘technologies of the self’ as potentially offering an ethical …


Teaching Vocabulary Through Word Formation Strategies Among Iranian Intermediate Efl Students, Mohammad Ali Nasrollahi, Mohammad Sadeghi Dec 2010

Teaching Vocabulary Through Word Formation Strategies Among Iranian Intermediate Efl Students, Mohammad Ali Nasrollahi, Mohammad Sadeghi

Mohammad Ali Nasrollahi(Ph.D)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether word formation strategy improves vocabulary learning of Iranian intermediate EFL students, or not. Hence, a group of seventy homo-geneous students were selected. They were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. Then, both groups enjoyed a series of similar instructions except that the students in experimental group were required to divide the words they are faced with to their meaningful and functional constituents. In order to make students learn vocabularies through analyzing them to their functional and grammatical affixes, they are led to relate the faced words to their relative groups …


News Literacy: What Works And What Doesn't, Renee Hobbs Aug 2010

News Literacy: What Works And What Doesn't, Renee Hobbs

Renee Hobbs

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Conteted Heritage In The Ancient City Of Peace, William Feighery Dec 2009

Conteted Heritage In The Ancient City Of Peace, William Feighery

William Feighery

As the imperial capital of thirteen dynasties Xi’an, formerly known as Chang’an (eternal peace), houses a legacy of many of the most important periods of Chinese history and is one of the great archeological centers of the world. This legacy of political and cultural dominance places Xi’an at the forefront of debates on cultural heritage and its role in the evolution of China in the 21st century. Xi’an is currently under a triad of influences from processes of globalization, urban transition and domestic and international tourism. In recent decades and particularly since the dawn on the new millennium, the historic …