leila Zoghi; Bita Ajilchi; Elham Yosefirad; Ali asghar Dehghan monazam
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Introduction: The crisis of corona disease has been effective in various ways, including physical, emotional, economic, social and psychological. Which is one of the most important psychological variables is general health. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between ...
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Introduction: The crisis of corona disease has been effective in various ways, including physical, emotional, economic, social and psychological. Which is one of the most important psychological variables is general health. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between illness perception, obsessive beliefs and general health in patients referred to medical centers to diagnose corona virus. Method: It is a non-experimental and correlation research. The statistical population was all those who referred to the four medical centers of Tehran province in 2020-2021, they were diagnosed with COVID-19 disease. Of these, 384 participants were selected by multistage cluster sampling. They answered all questionnaires for illness perception, general health, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Findings: SEM structural equation modeling was used for evaluation. A combination of fitness indicators was used to determine the suitability of the proposed pattern with the data. Bootstrap method was also used to investigate intermediate relationships. The findings show that the research model is appropriate and that general health mediates the relationship between illness perception and obsessive beliefs. Conclusion: According to the findings, with increasing the level of illness perception, general health increases and obsessive beliefs decrease. Therefore, strengthening the perception of the disease in order to help general health and reduce obsessive beliefs can help improve patients. Therefore, raising awareness of the illness perception as an important strategy in therapeutic and educational interventions seems essential.
Nasrin Alipour; Darush Noroozi; Mohammed Nourian
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The purpose of this research is to systematically study the characteristics of a learning environment that are considered in all aspects of the teaching-learning process in the curriculum and its practical implementation. This environment is influenced by culture, tradition, technology and richness in ...
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The purpose of this research is to systematically study the characteristics of a learning environment that are considered in all aspects of the teaching-learning process in the curriculum and its practical implementation. This environment is influenced by culture, tradition, technology and richness in design and construction. The approach of this research is quantitative. In the designed model, the components of learning environment that were identified using content analysis in 7 dimensions are: learner, teacher, teaching-learning process, curriculum approaches, teaching content, learning environment physics, and evaluation.This model was validated by a researcher-made questionnaire. In the first part, the exterior model of the study is evaluated using first-order confirmatory factor analysis, presenting the results of convergent validity and divergence validity, and after establishing the validity condition, structural equation modeling using second-order measurement model is presented. For convergent validity, mean extracted variance (AVE) and reliability (CR) were calculated and Lisrel software was used to evaluate the designed model based on X2 indices of freedom, fitness index (GFI), adjustment index. Fit (AGFI), Soft fit index (NFI), Soft fit index (NNFI), Incremental fit index (IFI), Adaptive fit index (CFI), and Root estimation of second root estimation error (RMSEA) were used.
maryam rajabiyan; fariba dortaj; salah esmaeili gojar; saeed pourrostaei
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The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of computer-based educational simulation on problem-solving skills and cognitive ability of students. The research method was quasi-experimental and with a pre-test-posttest design including a control group. The statistical population of this study ...
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The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of computer-based educational simulation on problem-solving skills and cognitive ability of students. The research method was quasi-experimental and with a pre-test-posttest design including a control group. The statistical population of this study was all the fourth grade elementary students in Tehran's 2nd district in the academic year of 2016-2017. Sixty of them (30 in the experimental group and 30 in the control group) were selected as the sample by the available sampling method. The experimental group was trained using the PhET simulation, and the control group was trained with the traditional method in six sessions, each lasting an hour. The pre-test-posttests of the two groups were performed using a questionnaire. The research tools were the Heppner&Peterson’s (1982) and Nejati’s (2013) cognitive ability questionnaires. Analysis of the research data was performed with the Multivariate Covariance Analysis. The research findings showed that after controlling the effects of the pre-test, there was a significant difference between the post-test scores of the two groups in the problem solving variable and its components (self-confidence in problem solving, proximity-avoidance style, and personal control, and the cognitive ability variable and its components (memory, inhibitory control and selective attention, decision making, sustain attention, social cognition and cognitive flexibility). However, there was no significant difference in the planning component between the two groups. The results of the research showed that the computer-based educational simulation had an effect on the problem-solving skills and cognitive ability of students and increased the problem-solving skills and cognitive ability of students.
Morad Abdivarmazan; fataneh jafari
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The aim of this study was to construct and validate a scale for measuring the dimensions of Bullying in adolescents. The method used in the preliminary construction of the items was based on a library study of theoretical concepts and validation by experts using the content validity ratio coefficient ...
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The aim of this study was to construct and validate a scale for measuring the dimensions of Bullying in adolescents. The method used in the preliminary construction of the items was based on a library study of theoretical concepts and validation by experts using the content validity ratio coefficient CVR (Lawshe, 1975) and content validity index CVI (Waltz & Bausell, 1981). Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the validity and factor analysis of the scale by using the Partial Least Squares Method. In the content validity phase, 40 items were prepared and 35 items were approved by experts. In the initial study with a sample size of 48 people, 3 items were removed and 32 items remained, which formed the initial scale. The study population was Iranian adolescents that Their age was 12 to 19. Sampling was done by available method and the sample size was 639 people. Examination of the data in exploratory factor analysis showed that 29 items had acceptable factor load and the other 3 items that did not have acceptable factor load were removed. Examination of the data showed that the 3-factor structure has the best fit in the structural model and explains 53.99% of the variance in total. Confirmatory factor analysis and validation of the remaining items showed that the scale of measuring bullying in adolescents is a reliable self-report scale for use in research related to measuring the prevalence and tendency to bullying and superiority seeking.
Arsalan Irajirad
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بروز و انتشار ویروس کرونا و همه گیری بیماری کووید-19، طیف وسیعی از افراد جامعه را درگیر خود نموده است و موجب بروز اختلالات روانشناختی شده است. با توجه به تاثیر سوء این اختلالات ...
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بروز و انتشار ویروس کرونا و همه گیری بیماری کووید-19، طیف وسیعی از افراد جامعه را درگیر خود نموده است و موجب بروز اختلالات روانشناختی شده است. با توجه به تاثیر سوء این اختلالات بر کارکرد شغلی افراد، این تحقیق تلاش نموده است تا به تبیین بروز آثار و علائم روانشناختی این بیماری بر کارکنان سازمان تحقیقات، آموزش و ترویج کشاورزی بپردازد. جامعه آماری 482 تن از کارکنان سازمان مذکور می باشند و با استفاده از فرمول کوکران 214 تن از آنان با روش طبقهای، انتخاب شدند. به منظور گردآوری داده ها از پرسشنامه اختلالات روانشناختی مشتمل بر نود سوال و نه مولفه استفاده شده است. نتایج تجزیه و تحلیل نشان می دهد که بیش از 78 درصد از مطالعه شوندگان از طیفی از علایم مرضی (خفیف تا شدید) برخوردارند و عمده آنها نیز دارای سطح متوسطی از این علائم هستند. همچنین، در خصوص شیوع نشانگان اختلالات روانی، افکار پارانوئیدی، اضطراب و شکایات جسمانی به ترتیب بیشترین درصد شیوع را به خود اختصاص دادهاند. علاوه بر این، در مقایسهی میانگین نمرات اختلالات روانی بر حسب برخی ویژگیهای فردی و اجتماعی نتیجه آزمون آماری t مستقل تفاوت معنیداری را بین دو گروه زن و مرد نشان نداد (05/0P≥). همچنین نتایج تحلیل واریانس یک راهه حاکی از عدم وجود تفاوت معنیدار بین میانگین نمرات زیر مقیاسها در گروههای تحصیلاتی مختلف بوده است (05/0P≥).
alireza haydarnejad; Mohammad Ali ameri
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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychosocial and social capital with the tendency of young people to the subculture of deviant foreign groups. The research was fundamental in terms of purpose and correlational. The statistical population of the study is the students ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychosocial and social capital with the tendency of young people to the subculture of deviant foreign groups. The research was fundamental in terms of purpose and correlational. The statistical population of the study is the students of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in the academic year of 1997-96, when 200 people were selected as the sample population using Cochran's formula. In this study, the Avolio (2007) questionnaires were used to measure psychological capital and the researcher-made questionnaire was used to measure social capital. alpha coefficient was used to calculate the reliability coefficient of the questionnaire, which was 0.83. Descriptive and inferential used to analyze the findings. Findings show that there is a significant inverse relationship between psychological capital and its components (resilience, optimism) and social capital and its components with a tendency to subculture of deviant groups. The results of multivariate regression also confirmed the relationship between the components of resilience, optimism, social trust and social commitment with a tendency to subculture of deviant groups. Considering the inverse relationship between the components of trust and social commitment with a tendency to subculture of deviant groups, it can be concluded that by increasing trust and social commitment among young people, their tendency to groups can be concluded. Deviation of the cassette. Also, the effect coefficient of resilience and optimism variable was - 0.248 and -02.224, respectively.
Roghiyeh Asadi; Nasrin Asadi
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The goal of this research was to predicting general health using individual variables, self-efficacy and anxiety in covid-19 healthcare workers in Kermanshah city. The population included all covid-19 healthcare workers in Kermanshah city and the sample included 3 hospitals covid-19 healthcare workers, ...
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The goal of this research was to predicting general health using individual variables, self-efficacy and anxiety in covid-19 healthcare workers in Kermanshah city. The population included all covid-19 healthcare workers in Kermanshah city and the sample included 3 hospitals covid-19 healthcare workers, sampling method was according Convenience Sampling method and the sample size was 170. The instruments included: general health questionnaire GHQ-12, general self-efficacy scale (GSES), and anxiety subscale of depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS). Reliability analysis confirmed internal consistency and the results showed that education has significance negative correlation with anxiety (r=-0.27), but there is ni difference between sex groups in psychological variables used in the research. The fitted indices confirmed the fitting between data and model designed and the model explain about 40% of variances of the general health in covid-19 healthcare workers. Using this results we can improve the efforts to increase the general health and decrease the anxiety in covid-19 healthcare workers.
Madineh Rahmani Daryasary; sonia yavarinia; firouzeh Sepehrianazar
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This study was an attempt to investigate relationship between spiritual intelligence, hope and responsibility wih academic achievement of high school female students of Langroud city. The population of the study was all third grade high school of female students (1217 persons) in city. Sample of the ...
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This study was an attempt to investigate relationship between spiritual intelligence, hope and responsibility wih academic achievement of high school female students of Langroud city. The population of the study was all third grade high school of female students (1217 persons) in city. Sample of the study were 318 students who selected through random cluster sampling and base of Gessy and Morgan table who respond to spiritual intelligence self-report (king, 2008), hope measure (snyder, 1991) and responsibility California personality measure (1951). Data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics included Pearson ‘s correlation coefficient and multiple regression. Results showed significant correlation between subscales of spiritual intelligence and subscales of hope and responsibility with academic achievement. Also The result of regression analysis showed that spiritual intelligence, hope and responsibility were predicting to academic achievement (R2= 0.46). So, it can be concluded that in order to improve students 'academic achievement along with formal education, students' psychological dimensions should be considered.
Mohammad Bagher Reyhani; Meraj Derakhshan; Maryam Shafei; Mohsen Alizadeh; Roghayeh Zarei
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AbstractThe aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of social cognition in the relationship between intelligence believes and academic engagement. The method of present study was descriptive and correlational research. The statistical population comprised all students in Shiraz city in ...
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AbstractThe aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of social cognition in the relationship between intelligence believes and academic engagement. The method of present study was descriptive and correlational research. The statistical population comprised all students in Shiraz city in the 95-96 school year, of which, 300 (174 girls and 126 boys) samples were selected by cluster sampling. Data were gathered by social cognition questionnaire, academic engagement questionnaire and intelligence believe questionnaire. The methods used for analyzing was Pearson correlation and path analysis. The results of the correlation matrix showed that there is a significant correlation between all variables of this study, which includes of social cognition, academic engagement and intelligence believe in the p < .0/01.increase intelligence had a direct influence on The vigor and dedication dimensions. Inherent intelligences had no significant relationship whit research’s variables. Following analysis revealed the significant mediating role of social cognition in the relationship between intelligence believe and academic engagement. In general, it can be concluded that the social cognition and intelligence believe are two of the most important factors for investigating the academic engagement.
omidali mohammadverdi; massoud sharifi; jalil fathabadi; vahid nejati; Aminmohammad mohammadverdi
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The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between circadian cycles and working memory of students. Methods: The research was done using the correlation method. The statistical population consisted of the female students of the 11th grade in the central part of the Khodabandeh ...
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The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between circadian cycles and working memory of students. Methods: The research was done using the correlation method. The statistical population consisted of the female students of the 11th grade in the central part of the Khodabandeh county, from whom, 40 students were selected from two classes by random cluster sampling . They were tested for two weeks in two turns in the morning (at 8, 9.30, 11) and in the afternoon (at 13, 14.30, 16.15). The Horn and Stoberg (1976) questionnaire was used to assess the chronotype, and tests of equivalent forms of verbal memory assessment was used to measure the working memory. The mixed analysis of variance was used to analyze the data. Results: there was a significant difference between the efficiency of students' working memory at different hours of the day (f =2/82, p = 0/017) as well as the different days of the week (f =16/8, p < 0/0005). Differences in the efficiency of working memory were not significant among the chronotypes of morning, afternoon, and evening (f =0/301, p = 0/742). The efficiency of students' working memory was different according to the cronotype in different hours of the day (f =3/06, p = 0/001). Conclusion: It is essential to pay attention to the circadian and weekly cycles in student education.
fateme naderi; mohsen ayati; Ahmad Khamesan
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The main purpose of this study was to examine the current activities of teachers to personalized learning student in the second grade of the Iranian educational system The year was 2018-2019. This research was a qualitative research with data base theory method. The statistical population includes primary ...
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The main purpose of this study was to examine the current activities of teachers to personalized learning student in the second grade of the Iranian educational system The year was 2018-2019. This research was a qualitative research with data base theory method. The statistical population includes primary school teachers Birjand city whose purpose was to select them. In total, 22 teachers were interviewed. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews during three stages of open coding, axial coding and selective coding and analyzed using MaxQda software. The findings were conceptualized as follows: causal conditions (causes and opportunities); central factors (personalization elements of learning); strategies (teachers' practical actions); contextual factors (infrastructures); confounders: facilitators ( Supporters) and limiters (teachers' gap between professional performance), and ultimately, outcomes (personalized learning results). For validity and reliability, the Lincoln and Guba methods were used, which included validity, reliability, verifiability, and transferability And confirmed in terms of validity and reliability. The findings of the study showed that teachers Elementary Secondary School are far from professional in their ability to personalized learning student and that teachers do not receive the necessary training in this area.
Kamran Sheivandi; forough khalili
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The purpose of this study was to comparison of the effectiveness of brain-based learning and executive functions training on meta-memory in children with special learning disabilities. Method: This experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population ...
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The purpose of this study was to comparison of the effectiveness of brain-based learning and executive functions training on meta-memory in children with special learning disabilities. Method: This experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population of this study included all the children with special learning disabilities referred to the center of district of Tehran in 2018-109, 45 children with special learning disabilities were considered as the sample size in two experimental groups (each group of 15 child) and control (15 child). The experimental groups underwent brain-based learning (8 sessions 60 minutes) and executive functions training (20 sessions 60 minutes), but the control group received no training. To collect data Colorado learning difficulties questionnaire of Willcutt, Boada, Riddle, Chhabildas, DeFries & Pennington (2011) and meta-memory scale of Esnaashari, HoseinChari, Jowka, Fooladchang, Khormaei (2018). Data analysis was performed using SPSS-24 software in two sections: descriptive and inferential (multivariable analyze of covariance and Bonferroni). Results: The results showed that both of the brain-based learning and executive functions training used in this study can significantly improve the meta-memory in children with special learning disabilities. But the brain-based learning has a greater impact on the meta-memory in children with special learning disabilities. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, brain-based learning and executive functions training are effective interventions on meta-memory in children with special learning disabilities, but the effect of the brain-based learning was greater.
Fariba Ashouri; Alireza sadeghi
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The current paper is written to study Effect of multicultural education components on multicultural literacy in the 6th grade student of Tehran. This research is quantitative, quasi-experimental and Practical. Regarding to the literature, multicultural Literacy components elicited for data gathering ...
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The current paper is written to study Effect of multicultural education components on multicultural literacy in the 6th grade student of Tehran. This research is quantitative, quasi-experimental and Practical. Regarding to the literature, multicultural Literacy components elicited for data gathering and questionnaire reliability confirmed by academic expert and some corrections considered. To validate the test, Cronbach's alpha and SPSS-22 was used and it is confirmed due to Cronbach's alpha coefficients was more than 0.7. This questionnaire has 23 questions and 6 components. The statistical population is all 6th grade students in Tehran in the year 96-97. Sampling method was multistage cluster random sampling. Sample groups were studied in two groups of control and experimental. The experimental group were educated for 45 days in 12 sessions. Results showed that after the educational sessions, the level of multicultural Literacy in all 6 components raised. The level of this increase in two components was more than others.
mohammad mahmoodi booreng; mohsen ayati
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Flow is a concept that comes from positive psychology, in which one becomes fully involved in an activity with the skill or focus and alertness. The purpose of this study was to explain the psychological foundations of flow theory based curriculum elements. The research method was qualitative in the ...
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Flow is a concept that comes from positive psychology, in which one becomes fully involved in an activity with the skill or focus and alertness. The purpose of this study was to explain the psychological foundations of flow theory based curriculum elements. The research method was qualitative in the form of a theoretical query. To obtain the desired data, the literature and works of experts on "Flow" and positive psychology were used to study the literature. Next, the collected data were analyzed. concepts were analyzed, conditions were analyzed, and elements were analyzed. The results indicated that the goals should be predetermined, accurate, transparent, and personalized; the independent learner should be motivated and confident; the teacher should be the facilitator, the curriculum should be theory-based. Both teaching methods were based on the game-based drowning theory, planned individual learning and problem-solving, structured, safe and guided environments, as well as providing immediate feedback, self-assessment and diagnostic evaluation including curriculum evaluation methods according to the flow theory.
Mohammad kahrobaei kalkhuran olia; masoud sharifi; omid shokri
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A sense of school belonging is an important psychological trait that affects on other components of schooling. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group gestalt therapy on the sense of school belonging in tenth grade students in District 4 of Tehran. The present study was a ...
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A sense of school belonging is an important psychological trait that affects on other components of schooling. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group gestalt therapy on the sense of school belonging in tenth grade students in District 4 of Tehran. The present study was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design with control group and follow-up test. The statistical population included 10th grade male students in Tehran's 4th district in 2018-19. The final subjects(n=17) were randomly assigned to experimental (n = 9) and control (n = 8) groups. The experimental group underwent 8 sessins of group gestalt therapy and the control group did not receive any intervention. Then, after the test and also after 3 months, follow-up test was received from both groups and the results were compared with each other. The results of analysis of covariance showed that in general, the sense of scjool belonging in the experimental group is more than the control group (P = 0.001 and F = 19.08). Also, the effectiveness of the intervention was stable after 3 months (P = 0.001 and F = 46.72). Based on the findings of the present study, it can be concluded that group gestalt therapy is effective in increasing the sense of school belonging of tenth grade male students and this effect has a significant stability; Therefore, this intervention method can be used to improve the sense of school belonging in tenth grade students.
Jamal Sheikh Ahmadi; farzad zandi; maryam akbari; yahya yarahmadi
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Since life is constantly changing and people face new and increasing challenges, adapting to themselves and the environment is a must for the living being. The purpose of this study was to develop a structural model of social adjustment based on academic self-efficacy and family functioning mediated ...
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Since life is constantly changing and people face new and increasing challenges, adapting to themselves and the environment is a must for the living being. The purpose of this study was to develop a structural model of social adjustment based on academic self-efficacy and family functioning mediated by cognitive strategies. The research method was correlational descriptive. The statistical population of the study consisted of 308 nursing students (MA) in Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences. Based on Morgan table, 220 students (110 boys, 110 girls) were selected through stratified random sampling. The results showed that the structural model of social adjustment with family function and academic self-efficacy mediated by metacognitive strategies on nursing students showed empirical data. Structural analysis also showed that two variables of family functioning and self-efficacy beliefs directly and indirectly through students' metacognition had a significant effect on students' social adjustment and metacognitive variables had a significant effect on students' social adjustment. Considering the influence of environmental factors that are constantly changing itself, it is necessary to pay attention to the ability to adapt to these conditions.
Seyd Ali Sharifzadeh; Ahmad Borjali; Hosseun Eskandari; Noor Ali Farrokhi; Faramarz Sohrabi
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This research has been done due to the objective of Specifying psychological characteristics in choosing of the teachers of preliminary schools. As This period has a major role in actualizing cognitive, social and emotive growth, it is evident that preliminary teachers should be master than other teachers ...
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This research has been done due to the objective of Specifying psychological characteristics in choosing of the teachers of preliminary schools. As This period has a major role in actualizing cognitive, social and emotive growth, it is evident that preliminary teachers should be master than other teachers in knowledge and skill. The research method is qualitative and the data has been analyzed by coding process. The population, in the first stage, consists of 12 scholars of education and in the second stage, 377 teachers of 19 zones of Tehran. The sampling is purposeful (Extreme or deviant case sampling), the instrument is semi-structured questionnaire and the gathering of data, variables and concepts has got saturation through interviewing 12 scholars of effective persons in area of education and master in knowledge of psychology. The findings of this research can be divided in 3 categories that include the psychological characteristics of teachers: The first category is cognitive dimension that consists of analysis power, tact, creativity, innovation, critical thinking, high IQ and powerful memory. The second one is emotional dimension which includes cheerfulness, good temper, interest in teaching, emotional stability, humility, modesty and fairness. The third one is Personality features that consists of honesty, responsibility, tolerance, adornment, class management, purity, high social interaction, positive thinking, self-respect and self-cofidence. The most important result of this research is that the psychological characteristics of teachers are the essential factors in promoting their professional proficiency that should be considered in their selection.
Hossein Eskandari; elham eshaghi
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Turnover of the video game industry is three times larger than the cinema. Students are the most consumer of this market. Games in addition to theirs benefits can causes many problems as Increasing violence. The study seeks to investigate the using rate of violent games and its relationship with the ...
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Turnover of the video game industry is three times larger than the cinema. Students are the most consumer of this market. Games in addition to theirs benefits can causes many problems as Increasing violence. The study seeks to investigate the using rate of violent games and its relationship with the amount and type of bullying of elementary school male and female students in Bojnord. Data were collected through two questionnaires: Illinois bullying scale and a researcher-made game questionnaire. Findings showed that the rate of violent games among boys is significantly higher than girls. And the rate of bullying fights and victimization is higher among boys too. Contrary to expectations, the most important finding showed that there is a negative relationship between playing violent games with the dimension of bullying, the dimension of fighting and the dimension of victimization that in first two is meaningful. That is, games not only didn’t have a significant relationship with increasing violence, on the contrary have with reducing it. There are theories that can explain this finding, so that these games calm children by discharging the latent violence and therefore have a positive effect on their behavior; especially if the conditions and lifestyle were how they couldn't experience in real environment. The findings of this study, although challenging the mainstream, do not recommend the use of violent games to reduce school bullying; because moral, psychological and physical harms still remain, moreover there are other ways to prevent and reduce bullying at school.
hafez sahebyar; Golamreza Golmohammednezhad; Isa Barqi
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of flipped learning on academic engagement and all components of them in students. The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with a control group.The statistical population of this study was all male students of ...
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of flipped learning on academic engagement and all components of them in students. The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with a control group.The statistical population of this study was all male students of 10th grade in Ahar in the academic year of 1396-1397; among them, 46 were sampled Cluster sampling and were randomly assigned to two groups. To collect data, Reeve and Teseng(2011) questionnaire was first performed as a pretest on both groups. Then the experimental group subjected flipped learning during 13 sessions; and the control group subjected the traditional learning method in mathematics. After completing the sessions, the post-test was performed for both groups. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics(multivariate covariance analysis). The findings showed that flipped learning was effective on academic engagement. Also, based on the results, the effect of flipped learning on all components of academic engagement (cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and agency) was positive and significant.
Masoomeh Estaji; Jalil Fathi; Arefe Amini Faskhodi
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Given the theoretical and practical shift of orientation, mostly in mainstream education, towards acknowledging the teachers as the key elements of any pedagogical program, a growing research base has increasingly substantiated that teachers are among the most significant players affecting student achievement ...
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Given the theoretical and practical shift of orientation, mostly in mainstream education, towards acknowledging the teachers as the key elements of any pedagogical program, a growing research base has increasingly substantiated that teachers are among the most significant players affecting student achievement in the world of classroom. As a result, teacher-related variables have enjoyed much popularity over the recent decades in both mainstream education and English Language Teaching (ELT). As an attempt to shed more light on teacher-related variables in EFL context, this study examined the role of collective teacher efficacy and self-efficacy as predictors of job satisfaction among Iranian EFL teachers. In so doing, a sample of 179 Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers were selected using convenience sampling to complete three surveys measuring these constructs. The findings revealed that collective teacher efficacy accounted for 16.8 % of the variance in job satisfaction, and teacher self-efficacy accounted for 24 % of the variance. Although each of them had a unique impact on teacher job satisfaction, teacher self-efficacy outweighs collective teacher efficacy as a predictor of teacher job satisfaction. Finally, the theoretical and pedagogical implications were discussed.
Mehran Soleymani; Niloofar Kazemimonir
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the direct transcranial electrical stimulation (T DCS) for enhancing cognitive flexibility and processing speed in ADHD children. This research was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, and a control group. The statistical ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the direct transcranial electrical stimulation (T DCS) for enhancing cognitive flexibility and processing speed in ADHD children. This research was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, and a control group. The statistical population of the study included all children with ADHD who referred to behavioral disorders treatment centers and clinics in Urmia during the first three months of the year. Thirty children with ADHD referring to the Omid Pioneer Clinic in Urmia during the first three months of Spring in the year 2019 were selected by the simple random sampling method. Two experimental and control groups were included. The two groups completed the Wechsler processing speed test and cognitive flexibility before and after the intervention. The experimental group was exposed to the direct electrical stimulation of the skull (TDCS) for 10 sessions, each lasting for 10 minutes. The data were analyzed by SPSS 19 software using the univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance. Results of the covariance analysis showed that the TDCS intervention was effective for increasing the cognitive flexibility (P <0.05) and processing speed (P <0.05) in children with ADHD. Based on the results, it can be stated that the direct transcutaneous electrical stimulation therapy (TDCS) is one of the applied therapies in enhancing executive functions such as cognitive flexibility and processing speed in ADHD children.
zahra vahidi; kambiz poushaneh; ALI AKBAR KHOSRAVI; MAHSHID IZADI
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The purpose of this study was to design a learning environment based on Transformative Learning Theory for high school students. The research method was across-stage mixed model. For this purpose, the data were collected and analyzed by qualitative method, in addition to consider validity and reliability ...
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The purpose of this study was to design a learning environment based on Transformative Learning Theory for high school students. The research method was across-stage mixed model. For this purpose, the data were collected and analyzed by qualitative method, in addition to consider validity and reliability by quantitative method. Also, to extract the dimensions, components and indicators of learning environment based on Transformative Learning Theory, all texts, books, journal articles and conferences were analyzed by content analysis method and qualitative data were collected. Education and psychology experts then confirmed, rejected, or confirmed the findings. After considering the validity and reliability of the researcher-made questionnaire on the obtained dimensions, components and indices, a model of transformative learning based learning environment was presented. The results showed that the model of learning environment based on Transformative Learning Theory has 84 items (indices), 16 components and 5 dimensions. Based on the results of this model, five indicators of learning environment are: 1) Dimensions of educational factors including: teacher role components, change in teacher preparation and research methods, change in Proofism, knowledge-based environment, learner-centered environment, practical activities and problem-based teaching. 2) Supporting dimensions include components of artistic and creative cultural activities, support factors, and synergies of experiences and interactions. 3) Dimensions of non-educational factors, including the components of significant life changes and social factors. 4) Axial Critical dimension includes the components of critical thinking, discourse and emancipation. 5) Dimensions of self-knowledge include components of the self-process and emotional intelligence.
zahra bahari; Ali Reza Kiamanesh; mohammad hossein abdolahi
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Self-regulation enables individuals to direct their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in a purposeful way. The main purpose of the present research was to improve the level of self-regulation through the training of executive functions, which emphasizes the role of inhibition because inhibition is a ...
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Self-regulation enables individuals to direct their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in a purposeful way. The main purpose of the present research was to improve the level of self-regulation through the training of executive functions, which emphasizes the role of inhibition because inhibition is a kind of self-conscious that can lead to self-regulation. The statistical population of this study was all students in the fifth, sixth and seventh grade in the academic year of 2018-19. The sampling method is convenience sampling. The research was a semi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest and 45 days follow up with a control group. In the experimental group, 20 students received 8 sessions of 90 minutes of training base on an educational researcher-made package, while the members of the control group received no training. The research tool was The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function. For analysis of data, structural models with partial least squares approach were used in the form of a MIMIC model. From significant findings of this study, we can mention the fitting of the conceptual model as well as the direct and indirect effect of executive functions education on self-regulation. These effects persisted in the follow-up phase. Therefore, considering the importance of self-regulation in the academic and non-academic life of students, it can be concluded that a researcher-made educational package can be used to improve this concept.
ziba moradi; kobra kazemianmoghadam
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The aim of this study was to investigate the causal relationship between attachment styles (safe, insecure and avoidant), self-efficacy and optimism with life satisfaction through the mediation of emotional independence of female students of Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz Branch. The present study is ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the causal relationship between attachment styles (safe, insecure and avoidant), self-efficacy and optimism with life satisfaction through the mediation of emotional independence of female students of Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz Branch. The present study is of the correlation type. The research sample consisted of 354 people who were selected by random sampling among female students of Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz Branch. Simpsons (1990) attachment questionnaires, Lion optimism, Carver and Breach (1994), Schr خودer's self-efficacy (1982), Stenberg and Silverberg's emotional independence (1986), and Dainro Piott's life satisfaction (1985) were used to measure the research variables. . The evaluation of the proposed model was performed using path analysis method and bootstrap method was used to test indirect relationships. The results of data analysis showed that the coefficients of direct routes between the coefficients of direct routes between optimistic variables and safe attachment style with significant emotional independence (p <0.05). Also, safe attachment style, insecure attachment style, optimism and emotional independence with student life satisfaction are statistically significant (p <0.01). In this model, according to the results of Bootstrap test, the indirect effect of optimism, general self-efficacy and safe attachment style with life satisfaction through the mediation of emotional independence was also significant. Based on the above results, emotional independence in predicting optimism, general self-efficacy and safe attachment style and life satisfaction have a good fit.
mostafa bagherian far; ahmad reza nasr esfahani; Mohamad Reza Ahanchian
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The present study is aimed towards identification the indices of desirable teaching and learning activities in regard with the Humanity Courses for universities and the extent to which these indices are attention. In the present study, exploratory mixed-methods research was used. For the qualitative ...
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The present study is aimed towards identification the indices of desirable teaching and learning activities in regard with the Humanity Courses for universities and the extent to which these indices are attention. In the present study, exploratory mixed-methods research was used. For the qualitative section, we underwent quasi-structured interviews with 20 distinguished and qualified experts and faculty members of universities having their expertise in teaching and learning activities design. Also, 360 of the students of universities comprised the quantitative statistical population. In the quantitative section, a descriptive-survey method was employed. This number of participants was selected using multistage cluster sampling method. To examine the reliability of interview questions and questionnaires, we recruited formal and content reliability. And, we used Cronbach's alpha coefficients to evaluate the validity of our questionnaires. We also employed descriptive and inferential statistics to wage on analyzing the data. The results indicated that the interviewees outlined 10 indices as the salient indices of teaching and learning activities. The quantitative data also indicated that the range and degree of implementing and corresponding to the indices of teaching and learning activities seem to be less than desirable. Therefore, it necessarily requires far more significant attention.
