روانشناسی یادگیری
Javad Amani Saribaglou; Shahram Vahedi; Eskandar Fathi azar; Leyla Abidi
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The reversed Jigsaw, one of the cooperative learning techniques, is based on group dynamics and social interactions. The aim of current study was to investigate the effect of reversed jigsaw method on university students' academic performance and statistics anxiety in statistics course. Research design ...
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The reversed Jigsaw, one of the cooperative learning techniques, is based on group dynamics and social interactions. The aim of current study was to investigate the effect of reversed jigsaw method on university students' academic performance and statistics anxiety in statistics course. Research design was quasi experimental with pre and posttest and control group. Research participants were 43 under graduate university students. In one class students have been instructed using reversed Jigsaw method (n=20) and the students of other class have been instructed using instructional teacher-centered teaching method (n=23). The data was collected through statistics anxiety Scale (Rekabdar & Soleimani, 2008) and academic performance test. One way univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance was used for data analysis. The statistical analyses revealed that there were significant differences between the experimental and control groups in terms of their academic performance and statistics anxiety (p<0.001). The results of mean comparisons indicated that, the mean of experimental group is significantly higher than control group. Also in statistics anxiety the mean of experimental group is significantly lower than control group. In general research finding indicated that, reversed jigsaw method has positive effect on students' academic outcomes such as anxiety and performance. In the other words, by using this method, students' academic performance will increase and their statistics anxiety will decrease.
mina mohebbi; Mirmahmoud Mirnasab; Eskandar Fathiazar; Touraj Hashemi
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The present study aimed to identify the function of physical bullying behavior, develop and evaluate the effectiveness of multifaceted function-based intervention, and to compare antecedent and consequence- based interventions and replacement behavior training on the bullying behavior and social competence ...
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The present study aimed to identify the function of physical bullying behavior, develop and evaluate the effectiveness of multifaceted function-based intervention, and to compare antecedent and consequence- based interventions and replacement behavior training on the bullying behavior and social competence of bully students. The study subjects consisted of sixty bully students, fifteen pro-bully students and nine fifth-grade teachers, who were selected using the purposeful sampling, simple random sampling and screening procedures. Measurement instruments include the Participant Role Scale, Peer Nomination Form, Teacher Nomination Form, Illinois Bullying Scale, Self-report Scale for Social Competence, Motivation Assessment Scale and Problem Behavior Questionnaire. A pre-test/post-test and control group, semi-experimental design was used for the research. In this study, receiving sensory reinforcement was found to be the function or cause of bullying behavior in 45% of the bully subjects. The results of multivariate analysis of covariance revealed that reduced bullying behavior and improved social competence among the students are significantly associated with the multifaceted function-based behavioral intervention, but not alone with the antecedent- and consequence-based intervention and replacement behavior training. The results thus indicate the importance and the role that multifaceted function-based interventions have on reducing bullying behavior and improving the social competence of bully students, given the simultaneous change in antecedents, consequences and target behaviors. Limitations of research and implications for educational psychologists are discussed.
