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.
Khadijeh Hajihoseinlou; Ali Khaleghkhah; Adel Zahedbabolan; Mehdi Moenikia
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of cooperative learning on self-efficacy and self-concept of student's mathematics. Quasi-experimental method using pre- test and post- test with control group was established in this study. High school's first grade girls in Ardabil city ...
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of cooperative learning on self-efficacy and self-concept of student's mathematics. Quasi-experimental method using pre- test and post- test with control group was established in this study. High school's first grade girls in Ardabil city was considered as the population of this study in 1393-1394 academic year. Sixty seven students from two classes of the same school had been selected by accessible sampling. Cooperative learning with Student Team's Achievement Division (STAD) and traditional lecturing method was used in experimental and control group respectively. Pre-test and post tests were applied before and after intervening variable. Data were collected using Middleton and Midgley's (1997) questionnaire of self-efficiency with reliability co efficiency of 0/87 and Marsh (1983) questionnaire of self-concept with reliability co efficiency of 0/89. Data were entered in SPSS software for both descriptive and inferential statistics. Mean and standard deviation were used as descriptive statistics and multi co-variance analysis were used for inferential statistics. There was significant difference of self-efficiency and self-concept of student's mathematics. The results of the present study showed cooperative learning with STAD in comparison with traditional methods of teaching have more influence in increasing self-efficiency and self- concept of student's mathematics.
