Zahra Barati; Valiollah Farzad; Bahram Saleh sedgh poor; Parisa Tajalli
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The purpose of this study was to predict academic self-efficacy based on learning strategies, taking into account the mediating role of achievement goals. The research method is descriptive and is a type of structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the study was all students studying ...
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The purpose of this study was to predict academic self-efficacy based on learning strategies, taking into account the mediating role of achievement goals. The research method is descriptive and is a type of structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the study was all students studying at Azad University of Tehran Markaz Branch in the academic year of 2016-17. The sample size was 401 students who were selected by clustering method (20 undergraduate classes from 5 faculties of Tehran central unit). The research tool was the self-efficacy questionnaire of Own and Feraman (1988), the scale of the Vienna-Stein learning strategies (1987), and achievement goals scale of Migley et al. (1988). The collected data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results of data analysis showed that the predictive model of academic self-efficacy based on learning strategies, considering the mediating role of achievement goals based on the experimental data, has a good fit. The direct and indirect effects of learning strategies on academic self-efficacy of students were confirmed with 95% confidence. The achievement goals directly affect academic self-efficacy.
Hossein Zare; Azam Farmani
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The aim of the present study was to offer a model about the role of patience components in predicting learning strategies with the mediating role of cognitive flexibility. The statistical population of the present study was all of university students studying at Payame Noor University, Kermanshah Branch ...
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The aim of the present study was to offer a model about the role of patience components in predicting learning strategies with the mediating role of cognitive flexibility. The statistical population of the present study was all of university students studying at Payame Noor University, Kermanshah Branch in academic year 2014- 2015. Two hundred and seventy university students were recruited among them via cluster sampling method. The participants answered the Patience Scale (Khormaie, Farmani and Soltani, 2015), Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (Dennis and VanderWal, 2010) and Cognitive/ Metacognitive Learning Strategies (Elliot et al, 1999). The findings showed that the presented model had good fitness. Moreover, the findings were indicative of direct and indirect effects of patience components on learning strategies. The components of Tolerance and Persistence negatively and significantly predicted Disorganization with a mediating role of Controllability. The patience components of Transcendence and Contentment negatively and significantly predicted Disorganization and positively and significantly predicted the learning strategy of Persistence and Effort with the mediating role of Alternatives. According to the results of this study, it is recommended that specialists in the field of learning and psychologists apply educational strategies of patience in order to help students use suitable learning strategies
Mohammad Mahdi Babaei; Adel Zahed Babolan; Mahdi Moeainikia; Ali Khaleghkhah
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The purpose of present study was to identify the relationship betweenlearning strategies and exam anxiety withmathematics learning among high schools students of Amol.The research method was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population was 2950 people of Amol high schools' students in the ...
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The purpose of present study was to identify the relationship betweenlearning strategies and exam anxiety withmathematics learning among high schools students of Amol.The research method was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population was 2950 people of Amol high schools' students in the second and third grades of the field of Mathematics and Physics, from which 339 students were selected as sample according to Cochran formula and multi-stage cluster sampling. However, 333 questionnaires of them were analyzable. The research instrument was the part of Pintrich et al questionnaire containing learning strategies and exam anxiety dimension. Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation formula, regression multivariate and path analysis. Pearson correlation analysis revealed that there is a statistically significant relationship between the learning strategies subscales and mathematics learning. A regression analysis revealed that share of organization, self- regulation, critical thinking, elaboration and rehearsal in predicting mathematics learning students meaningful, but share of exam anxiety was not significant in predicting mathematics Learning. The results of path analysis showed that rehearsal, organization, elaboration and critical thinking through variable of self- regulation have an indirect effect on mathematics learning students, but self- regulation has a direct effect on mathematics learning students.
bahram saleh sedgh pour
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Aim: This study aimed to survey the relationship between cognitive entry behavior, learning strategies and self-regulation and mathematics course academic achievement. Method: This research has been done by correlation methods of research. Statistical society in this study includes all the female students ...
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Aim: This study aimed to survey the relationship between cognitive entry behavior, learning strategies and self-regulation and mathematics course academic achievement. Method: This research has been done by correlation methods of research. Statistical society in this study includes all the female students of Borazjan High school Grade One in Bushehr province, those who have studied in 89-90 educational year. The sample has been chosen by getting use of random clustering method. The number of this selected sample is 104. The Tools that have been used in this research are as follows; High school Grade One mathematics test, the reliability coefficient of which was computed by Cronbach Alpha equation and was equal to %952. Cognitive entry behaviors relation, learning strategies, self-regulation and mathematics academic achievement have been computed by multi-varieties regression analysis and correlation way. Results: The results showed that there is a meaningful relationship between cognitive entry behaviors factor and mathematics achievement. Moreover, there is a meaningful relationship between learning methods and mathematics achievement. There is a meaning full relationship between self-regulation and mathematics achievement. Conclusion: As a result there is a relationship between learning strategies and cognitive entry behaviors self-regulation with mathematics achievement.
Reza Morad Sahra’i; Sharareh Khaleqizadeh
Volume 8, Issue 26 , January 2013, , Pages 3-30
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Conducting an applied research, the authors of this article sought to investigate the strategies applied by foreign students for learning Persian as their second language. Learning strategies are defined by Oxford (1990) as “specific actions taken by the learner to make learning easier, faster, ...
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Conducting an applied research, the authors of this article sought to investigate the strategies applied by foreign students for learning Persian as their second language. Learning strategies are defined by Oxford (1990) as “specific actions taken by the learner to make learning easier, faster, more enjoyable, more self-directed, more effective, and more transferrable to new situations.” Different studies have supported the claim. While they have been repeatedly addressed in different languages, including English, only cognitive and meta-cognitive learning strategies have been studied by Iranian researchers. This research was conducted using the Oxford Learning Strategies Questionnaire (1990). First, the 50-question questionnaire was translated into Persian. Then, its reliability was calculated through a pilot test taken by 30 Persian learners. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.80. Therefore, the questionnaire was revised to some extent to compensate for the low coefficient. Words deemed difficult by the participants were replaced by less difficult ones. 156 students who studied Persian as their second language in Imam Khomeini International University filled in the revised questionnaire. The data were then analyzed by SPSS. The findings demonstrated that Persian language learners sometimes used Persian learning strategies. Moreover, they were shown to use meta-cognitive strategies more and retrieval strategies less than other strategies.
Akbar Reza’i; Mohsen Khorsha; Hamid Reza Maghami
Volume 8, Issue 26 , January 2013, , Pages 212-233
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship of personality characteristics, motivational beliefs, and learning strategies to students’ academic performance. For this purpose, 240 students (male and female) were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling method from among ...
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship of personality characteristics, motivational beliefs, and learning strategies to students’ academic performance. For this purpose, 240 students (male and female) were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling method from among the students of humanities and basic sciences at Tabriz University. NEO Five Factor Personality Inventory and Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) were used for data collection. Multiple regression analysis and Pearson correlation were carried out to analyze the data. The results showed that there was a positive and meaningful relationship between responsiveness and students' academic performance of basic sciences. Academic performance had a positive and significant correlation with the variables of motivational beliefs, self-efficiency as well as learning strategies (cognitive strategies and self-regulation) in academic performance of students of basic sciences and humanities. The results of regression analysis showed that self-efficiency and motivational beliefs played a significant role in academic performance of humanities students. Responsiveness or conscientiousness also had a great impact on the academic performance of basic science students.
