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Peer tutoring technology in the professional development of a specialist

Кардиоваскулярная терапия и профилактика
Aim. The article is devoted to summarizing the experience of using peer tutoring technology at the Volgograd State Medical University in organizing various areas of mentoring at the university, as well as preparing teachers to master this educational ...
A. I. Artyukhina, V. M. Chizhova, V. I. Chumakov, O. F. Velikanova, V. V. Velikanov   +4 more
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Peer Tutoring as A Best Practice of Accounting Learning in Vocational Education

JABE (Journal of Accounting and Business Education), 2020
This study attempts to investigate the use of peer tutoring and to assest the effectiveness of peer tutoring in accounting learning, State Polytechnic of Malang. A descriptive research approach with case study was employed in this research.
Mika Marsely
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Benefits of Working in Pairs in Problem Solving and Algorithms - Action Research [PDF]

Athens Journal of Education, 2019
The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of peer tutoring program as compared to classroom tutoring on problem solving and algorithm development skills of higher education students in Computer Sciences.
Soly Mathew Biju
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Integrating developmental and macroevolutionary approaches reveals a staminodial origin of all alternisepalous organs in Caryophyllaceae

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise The identity of sterile floral organs in second‐whorl, alternisepalous positions within Caryophyllaceae remains contentious, having been described as staminodes, “petaloids,” or petals homologous with those of other Pentapetalae. Limited ingroup and outgroup sampling and floral developmental data and inadequate phylogenetic comparative
Riley J. Rees, Andrea D. Appleton, John J. Schenk   +2 more
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Freedom dreaming of migrant justice: Critical reflections on counterspaces and institutional violence in the university

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract US universities are built on stolen land and sustained through hierarchies of power that produce what migrant justice scholars name as b/order regimes. As institutions that claim to be sites of learning and inclusion, universities are fraught with contradictions as simultaneously sites of dispossession, exclusion, and control.
Sara L. Buckingham, Jesica Siham Fernández   +1 more
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Assessment of Genetic Correlations Between Tobacco or Alcohol Use and Neurodegenerative Diseases Using East Asian Genetic Ancestry Genome‐Wide Association Study Results

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are the most prevalent late‐onset neurodegenerative diseases worldwide. Both are influenced in part by genetic factors and are currently incurable. Tobacco and alcohol, the two most common substances used among the general adult population, are potential AD/PD risk factors and are also ...
Linda Wang, Wiame Belbellaj, Frida Lona‐Durazo, Sarah A. Gagliano Taliun   +3 more
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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Paired peer tutoring in higher chemistry education

LUMAT
In university education, peer tutoring at the beginning of higher education studies is an important support factor that influences first-year students’ overall experience.
Piia Valto, Piia Nuora
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Show Me the Brain!!: A modern approach to neuroanatomy education

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Show Me the Brain!! (SMtB) is a digital system for interactive graphics that is designed to support instruction in neuroanatomy and neuroscience. It will soon be made open‐source and freely available. SMtB bridges medical and traditional neuroanatomy instruction with the computational systems and representational conventions common in ...
Nicholas C. Hindy, Anthony J. Bishara, Ellie Lovellette, John R. Pani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peer Tutoring in Japan: A Different Approach for a Unique Educational System

Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal, 2015
Peer tutoring was first introduced in the Western world, where education systems are quite different from the East. While peer tutoring has brought much success as an alternative to educational instruction in the West, it is still in the process of being
Hinako Takeuchi
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