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.
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salah esmaeeli gojar; saeid poorrostaei ardakani
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This study was aimed to investigate the effect of online multi-user educational computer games as one of the new methods of teaching on social skills and cognitive abilities. The research method was pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population consisted of all students ...
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This study was aimed to investigate the effect of online multi-user educational computer games as one of the new methods of teaching on social skills and cognitive abilities. The research method was pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population consisted of all students of elementary school in Uremia which was selected using purposeful sampling of Nowshan School and Among the students of this school, the fourth elementary school was selected and divided into control and experimental groups, so that 15 subjects were in the experimental group and 15 in the control group. Social skills and cognitive skills questionnaire was used to collect data. SPSS software was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the use of multi-user educational computer games on social skills and cognitive ability of students significantly (cognitive ability (F = 181/10) and social skills (F = 156/001)) is more effective than the usual method.
