A perceived difficulty is associated with physics problem solving from a learner's viewpoint, arising out of a multitude of reasons. In this paper, we have examined the microstructure of students' thought processes during physics problem solving by combining the analysis of responses to multiple-choice questions and semistructured student…

The second-language teacher education community has become increasingly interested in the moral dimensions of teaching. Herein ELT practitioners' "moral knowledge base", as a window into their mental lives, has not received the attention it deserves. The present study was conducted to document likely differences between the frequencies of…

Skills in reading, writing, and mathematics are key to academic learning but are conventionally taught separately from the discipline areas to which they must be applied. For example, students may be taught writing skills in the morning in an English course and then be expected to apply them to writing an essay in a history class in the afternoon.…

This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of educational television programs in distance learning system. Using the procedure of survey method, this study finds out the worth of educational television programs. Its results are based on the responses of the learners of distance teaching system. The views of students were collected by…

Work inhibition occurs when students have no trouble learning but have difficulty in engaging in the work of school. As many as 20 percent of U.S. public school students may be work inhibited. Reasons for work inhibition and way to combat it are discussed. (SLD)

Peer mentoring has been used for many years by the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine to integrate new students into the academic and social culture of the institution. In 2001, an unusual situation arose. A problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum was introduced and the first cohort in this programme was mentored by senior traditional curriculum…