ahmad alipur; vahideh saleh
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Background: The relationship between handedness, intelligence and cognitive abilities has been of interest of many researchers for a long time. Objective: The aim of this study is to compare intelligence (verbal and practical) and its subscales scores based on handedness between two groups, left and ...
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Background: The relationship between handedness, intelligence and cognitive abilities has been of interest of many researchers for a long time. Objective: The aim of this study is to compare intelligence (verbal and practical) and its subscales scores based on handedness between two groups, left and right-handed. Method: The sample comprised 120 graduate students who were randomly selected and measured by Edinburg's Handedness Inventory and Wechsler’s Adult Intelligence Scale. Results: test and Multivariate analysis of variance showed that there is significant difference between the left-handed and right-handed in overall intelligence score (t=2.63, P<0.05), verbal intelligence (F=61.13, P<0.01), three of verbal intelligence subscales (Information, Digit span and comprehension) and some of practical intelligence subscales (picture completion, picture arrangement, block design). The total and verbal intelligence of the left-handed is more than the right-handed. But, the practical intelligence (F=0.021, P>0.05) and its two subscales (Object Assembly and coding) did not differ significantly between the two groups. Conclusion:This research could create appropriate learning environments and sensitivity to the complexity and the combination of cognitive, psychological and neurological excelled in terms of learning and intelligence help.
DARYANAZ PAHLAVANI NEJHAD
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The real goal of this research is providing a model for measuring of effective factors on learner’s satisfaction rate in any electronic learning basis at universities equipped with far distance educational system and/or virtual systems established at Tehran City in human sciences groups. Research ...
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The real goal of this research is providing a model for measuring of effective factors on learner’s satisfaction rate in any electronic learning basis at universities equipped with far distance educational system and/or virtual systems established at Tehran City in human sciences groups. Research method is a correlation type and based upon measuring form. Statistical population of this thesis includes Payame Noor University, Tarbiat Modarres Tehran, Shahid Beheshti and Science & Industry of Iran University. Statistical population includes 3039 university students at electronic learning courses. We used random sampling method in this research. About 385 persons were selected randomly from among all students in electronic learning courses. Data collection tool was a questionnaire with Cronbach alpha equal to 0.98. All data were measured by the use of statistical analysis resulted from a questionnaire and by the help of LISREL software. Research proposed model was tested by the use of model making method of structured equations. According to the results, there is a powerful and significant relation among content, technology, teacenvironment and satisfaction in electronic base. Furthermore and according to the regression standardized coefficients (process analysis coefficients) it is obvious that environmental factors have the highest grade, information quality has second grade and educational quality has third grade, technical quality has fourth grade, content has fifth grade, professor has sixth grade, services quality has seventh grade and technology has eight grade of importance accordingly.her, quality (technical, educational, content & information, services),
hosein jafarisani; hamideh pakmehr
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Background: Many students believe that Physics' teaching is an abstraction that is difficult to learn. Therefore, this is necessary for learners' utmost good faith to their ability to solve problems in Physics. Objective: This study aims to probe the effectiveness of searching model on students' self-esteem ...
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Background: Many students believe that Physics' teaching is an abstraction that is difficult to learn. Therefore, this is necessary for learners' utmost good faith to their ability to solve problems in Physics. Objective: This study aims to probe the effectiveness of searching model on students' self-esteem beliefs in solving Physics problems. Method: This study is quasi-experimental design of pretest-posttest with two control groups. The statistic society includes all the basic high school male students of Fariman town in Khorasan Razavi province, in the academic of year 2011-2012. Results: Paired t-test results on the effectiveness of the pattern on the search showed that the rate of self-efficacy scores between the pretest and posttest in experimental group is significantly different from (t= -4.44, p<0/001), so knowledge of self-efficacy scores of experimental group and the other components of the test scores were higher in pre-test. Conclusion: Given the above findings, we conclude that the search pattern, self-esteem of students in their ability to solve problems in Physics teaching, was increased. Therefore, employing this model in teaching high school students is recommended
morteza karami; mojtaba tajri
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Considering the importance of teaching life skills and the fact that anger management is one of these skills, the present study aims to compare constructive teaching method and current method (developed by the State Welfare Organization) for anger management. The research used experimental method and ...
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Considering the importance of teaching life skills and the fact that anger management is one of these skills, the present study aims to compare constructive teaching method and current method (developed by the State Welfare Organization) for anger management. The research used experimental method and pretest-posttest control-group design. The statistical population consisted of students who attended the anger management courses held by the Counseling Center of the University of Mazandaran. There was significant differences between the two methods, namely constructive teaching and current, regarding their impacts on the attitude of the two groups towards learning environment and mode of education (F(46,7)=5.07, P=0.000, Wilks' Lambda=0.564), as well as the satisfaction of the two groups of the course (F(50,3)=16.40, P=0.000 Wilks' Lambda=0.504). The group receiving anger management training with constructive method had more positive attitude towards anger management and expressed higher satisfaction of the course. Moreover, other findings showed that the group trained using constructive method learned anger management better than the other group (F(51,1)=15.65, P=0.000). The results of the study showed that teaching in constructive environments was more effective in anger management due to its higher flexibility and ability to foster deeper learning. Therefore, it is recommended to apply this approach in developing life skills curricula
Kaveh Rostami; Irandokht Fayyaz; Omid Ghasemi
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The purpose of this paper is to study Philip Cam’s brain stories effects on the preschool children's creativity development in Tehran. The study sample was all preschool children in 2013-2014 school years in Tehran, using multi-stage cluster sampling, 30 children were selected as samples among ...
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The purpose of this paper is to study Philip Cam’s brain stories effects on the preschool children's creativity development in Tehran. The study sample was all preschool children in 2013-2014 school years in Tehran, using multi-stage cluster sampling, 30 children were selected as samples among them. The Torrance's creativity test (form B) which has three active and four subscales of fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration was used in order to collect data. The Philip Cam’s brain stories were executed over 10 sessions of 45 minutes within 3 months. The study is considered as quasi-experimental of pretest-posttest type applying the control group and follow-up period for the test group. For data analysis the covariance and paired t-test was utilized. The study results indicated that the children’s creativity who have been trained under Philip’s intellectual stories has developed in all 4 dimensions, the growth enjoys the appropriate stability in length of following up.
behrouz nazemipour; Abbas Rahiminezhad; Elaheh Hejazi
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of personality traits with its emphasis on individual learning on students' career aspirations. The research is a descriptive - correlation study and the population consisted of all of MA educational sciences and Psychology students of Allameh ...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of personality traits with its emphasis on individual learning on students' career aspirations. The research is a descriptive - correlation study and the population consisted of all of MA educational sciences and Psychology students of Allameh Tabatabai University in academic years of 2016-2017. Graduate students (N=350) were assigned as research population. The research sample was selected by Using Cochran formula on Simple random sampling (n=180). The data gathering tools of the stratified sampling method included questionnaire, Career Anchors Shine, short form NEO personality traits and individual learning questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaires have been confirmed in numerous Internal and external studies. With research on 30 students and by using Cronbach's alpha coefficient ,the reliability of the career aspirations questionnaire and personality traits and individual learning was obtained 0/91, 0/86 and 0/90 respectively. Descriptive and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation, regression analysis, path analysis) were applied to analyze the data by using SPSS and Amos Software. The findings showed that Personality characteristics in Error-level P
aliabbas kamari; Abbasali Allahyari; Alireza Moradi; Parviz Azadfalah
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The present research was conducted to formulate the effectiveness of the theoretical model of students’ lifestyle wellness in Iranian society. From this point, after analyzing experimental and theoretical backgrounds of the subject, the mixed methods and grounded theory research of Strauss & ...
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The present research was conducted to formulate the effectiveness of the theoretical model of students’ lifestyle wellness in Iranian society. From this point, after analyzing experimental and theoretical backgrounds of the subject, the mixed methods and grounded theory research of Strauss & Corbin and researcher’s own made questionnaire are inductively formed. With regard to the provided strategy in the wellness model of student’s lifestyle namely life skills education, an educational package approach is designed within which the students’ lifestyle wellness could be upgraded in a course of 11 sessions and ultimately to be known as a means for uplifting their lifestyle qualities. For testing the effectiveness of the package, 40 students of Tehran University have been selected and tested through systematic sampling, dividing them into two separated control and experiment groups and then distributed among them a researcher made questionnaire evaluating their lifestyle situation. And then, an 11 life skills education session is executed for the experiment group. For testing the quantitative section of the research, there was an accumulative point to students’ lifestyle wellness and then it has been obvious that through analysis of covariance there is a meaningful difference between control and experiment group. So, provided model have an effective role in Iranian student’s lifestyle wellness.
Ali Ziyaeemehr
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Text books, as the main components of education, can play important roles in fostering students’ creativity and creative thinking. This study aimed to assess the alignment of six graders Thinking and Research textbook content to Plsek’s (1997) Directed Creativity Model. Data were sourced ...
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Text books, as the main components of education, can play important roles in fostering students’ creativity and creative thinking. This study aimed to assess the alignment of six graders Thinking and Research textbook content to Plsek’s (1997) Directed Creativity Model. Data were sourced and analyzed using all the exercises from the Thinking and Research textbook for newly developed sixth grade students in primary schools. Various researcher developed forms as data collection tools to analyze the selected content. Results showed that 61% of the analyzed content was congruent to Plesk’s first principle- attention (the preparation stage). Alignment to the second principle, escape (imagination and development stage) was around 39%. But the third principle- movement (practice stage) was totally ignored (0%) throughout the exercises designed to promote students’ creativity. It is worth mentioning that the principle of movement is considered as a key stage in fostering creativity according to Plsek. These finding might be of salience for curriculum developers in reviewing and re-crafting the Thinking and Research textbook for sixth grade students in order to betterment of nurturing students’ creativity through the curricula.
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
Parvin Salehzadeh; Omid Shokri; Jallil Fathabadi
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A review of theoretical and empirical evidence about the last movements of thought within the efforts of researchers interested in research field achievement motivation emphasizes the need to investigate further the reasons for distinguishing behavioral models of students in achievement environments, ...
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A review of theoretical and empirical evidence about the last movements of thought within the efforts of researchers interested in research field achievement motivation emphasizes the need to investigate further the reasons for distinguishing behavioral models of students in achievement environments, clearly. Focus on the preferred forms of the behavioral models, review of the behavioral models through systematic attempt argue any differentiation in academic lifestyle of students. Interpretive potential of contemporary theoretical perspectives achievement motivation provides platform capability information about the emergence of these behavioral models are either facilitating or inhibiting in the student academic health. Undoubtedly, relying on the conceptual teaching approach embodied in the Academic Health Psychology, any attempt to emphasize the theoretical foundations of academic lifestyle behaviors causes the need to develop the frontiers of theoretical knowledge and so to create opportunities to identify the functional capacities of this emerging research field. These efforts, in addition to directing the efforts of scientific activities of educational researchers, play undeniable role in improving mental markers of the effectiveness of achievement environment. Hence, in addition to trying to provide new ideas in the field of academic health psychology, the researchers in this study attempt with appropriate emphasis on intellectual powers of contemporary approaches in the realm of achievement motivation take persistent steps to conceptualize and subsequent operationalization of the new concept of the health-oriented academic lifestyle behaviors. Accordingly, based on contemporary theories of achievement motivation, this analytical research offered a conceptual model of behaviors of students in educational settings, depending on their nature partially, improved students' academic health or prevent them. The purpose of this model named as health-oriented academic lifestyle behaviors, is to identify the motivational aspects of those different behavioral patterns picked out by students in academic situations. So that through it, provides the possibility of predicting and mapping profile students' motivation.
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mohsen golmahammadian; alireza rashidi; azar parvaneh
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The aim of Present study was the effectiveness of Training based on Acceptance and Commitment on cognitive emotion regulation and beliefs efficacy in the Female students. Study type was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest control group and the Follow up test. The study population consisted of all ...
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The aim of Present study was the effectiveness of Training based on Acceptance and Commitment on cognitive emotion regulation and beliefs efficacy in the Female students. Study type was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest control group and the Follow up test. The study population consisted of all female undergraduate students of Razi University in the academic year 95-96. Of the population, 30 students were chosen according to Inclusion and exclusion criteria And with cluster sampling method assigned into tow experimental and control groups (each group n=15). The experimental group received 8 sessions Training based on Acceptance and Commitment weekly (each session 90 minute duration). The Instruments included cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire (CERQ (and self-efficacy beliefs Scherrer questionnaire. Data analyzed with multiple analyze of covariance. The results showed that there is significant differences in level Posttest and Follow up between experimental and control groups in cognitive emotion regulation and beliefs efficacy (001/0> p).
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elham khasar; mohammad baloochi; nahid motabd
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of group play therapy on improving memory performance and visual learning in primary school children based on neurological approach. Method: The present research is experimental and The design used in this study was pretest-posttest ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of group play therapy on improving memory performance and visual learning in primary school children based on neurological approach. Method: The present research is experimental and The design used in this study was pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population of the study was all male primary school students in Yazd in The year 1394-95 was formed. 100 of them were selected using multistage cluster sampling method and then were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. The experimental group received 12 sessions (each session 60 minutes - twice a week), received trained in group play therapy, The control group received no intervention. The instruments used were The Rey–Osterrieth complex figure test (ROCF), Raven's Progressive Matrices and Seife Naraghi Test was used for data analysis Results: The results showed that Memory and visual learning of students in the experimental group compared with the control group significantly improved. the methods of descriptive and inferential statistics (mean and t-test for dependent samples and standard deviation) of degrees of freedom (p <.05) Conclusions: Therefore it can be concluded that the strategy of group play therapy can improve the perceived performance, attention and visual sequences in male students. Based on the results, Educators are engage in learning disorders,such as teachers, counselors and psychologists suggested that this strategy is to improve the understanding, attention and visual sequences helped of students.
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Mohammad Reza Nili Ahmadabadi
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The aim of this study was to develop and validate the cognitive load theory was based learning model. Given this overall goal, detailed objectives of research, design an educational model based on cognitive load theory, Internal validation of the learning model based on cognitive load theory, External ...
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The aim of this study was to develop and validate the cognitive load theory was based learning model. Given this overall goal, detailed objectives of research, design an educational model based on cognitive load theory, Internal validation of the learning model based on cognitive load theory, External validation of cognitive load theory -based learning model through its effect on student learning. The population of all the articles that through google search engine and database ebsco, wiley and sciencedirect were downloaded. In this study, purposive sampling method is used. The sample consisted of 25 articles and 4 books. Content Analysis unit in this research was the theme. According to content analysis on the text of 25 articles and 4 books on cognitive load theory, Three-story cognitive load internal , external load and load were optimum. As a result of analysis on the conclusions obtained in three floors , the components of the model were obtained. Finally , as a result of the content analysis performed on articles and books and syntheses and components derived from them , were presented as templates. The results of the internal and external validity of this study has shown that the educational model based on cognitive load theory , the effectiveness necessary to teach students.
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afrasiab sadeghi; jalal hashemi; mansour marashi; masoud safaei moghaddam
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۱۲۰۴/۵۰۰۰ Child upbringing is an essential principle in life and is considered to be a key element of parenthood. But this important task and essential parenting mission for parents requires obtaining the moral merit necessary for the process of education, in order to obtain moral merit in behavior ...
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۱۲۰۴/۵۰۰۰ Child upbringing is an essential principle in life and is considered to be a key element of parenthood. But this important task and essential parenting mission for parents requires obtaining the moral merit necessary for the process of education, in order to obtain moral merit in behavior Moral parenting. For this purpose, it is necessary for Wald to first have a proper understanding of merit and ethical competence, in order to gain theoretical knowledge and to analyze related issues of being able to move towards ethical conduct. In this research, we propose a definition for moral merit. We have been developed in a general way so that it can be used Different times, in different contexts and for different purposes be provided. The meaning of the term moral competence has also been operationalized in a conceptual framework that utilizes both research on merit and ethics, parenting and education, and a look at the usefulness of research And action. In addition, we believe that the program of moral eligibility for child rearing should be based on the overall development or growth of the entire parental personality, and the duration of the programs is planned in such a way that the parent is continually assigned to the parent's duties and ethical competencies required for Inform them. Key words: Competency, moral competence, child upbringing, ethical behavior
Faezeh Atefi; hamideh addelyanrasi; Mousa Choupani
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This study aims at identifying the effective personality traits in the tendency of people to child abuse on specialists' point of views "consultant, psychologist and social worker. This study is carried out using of interpretive phenomenological approach. The study population includes of counselor, psychologist ...
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This study aims at identifying the effective personality traits in the tendency of people to child abuse on specialists' point of views "consultant, psychologist and social worker. This study is carried out using of interpretive phenomenological approach. The study population includes of counselor, psychologist & social worker in Isfahan & Tabriz Universities & Tehran's Welfare Organization in 2018 that have experience in research & treatment in child abuse issue. Sampling method is a targeted one in which 16 subjects, out of population, are selected & interviewed. All the interviews are recorded, and finally it is analyzed based on Dickelmann, Allen, & Tanner interpretive analysis method. The analysis of the interview data resulted in the identification & classification of four main themes includes of Anti-social tendencies, Border tendencies, Neuroticism tendencies, Paranoid tendencies and 30 sub-themes related to the effective personality traits in the tendency of people to child abuse on specialists' viewpoints. The researchers and programmer of the field of social and mental issues could by consideration the underlying recognized personality trait, designate and conduct the therapeutic and preventive program for reducing the shaping these influential traits in tendency of individual to child abuse. Also the specialists of the family and marriage field could by regarding the recognized traits and symptoms, inform the people on the verge of the marriage about the dangerous of these traits that could by right decision making prevent the experiencing the destruction consequences of these traits such as experiencing the asperity in self and their children.
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Fereshte Hashemi; fariborz dortaj; Noorali Farrokhi; Bita Nasrolahi
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This research deals with the effectiveness of mindfulness training on procrastination and academic stress among female students of the eighth- grade of district 1 Tehran city. This study was a quasi-experimental design, using a pre and post-test exam with the control group. The statistical population ...
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This research deals with the effectiveness of mindfulness training on procrastination and academic stress among female students of the eighth- grade of district 1 Tehran city. This study was a quasi-experimental design, using a pre and post-test exam with the control group. The statistical population of the research was female students in district 1 of Tehran who was studying at the 8th grade in the academic year of 2016-2017. Two schools selected by accident among the female schools in the district of Tehran. Using a primary screening, 80 students randomly replaced by the Tuckman’s Procrastination Questionnaire (2001) and the Zajacova, & et al.’s academic stress Questionnaire (2005) on the acquisition of high scores in Procrastination and academic stress in 2 experimental groups and 2 control groups. The experimental groups were taught in 8 basic techniques. While, during this time, the control groups did not receive the training. The results of the study using the covariance analysis and independent t-test showed that as a result of mindfulness training, there is a significant difference (p<0.05) between the experimental and control groups in the level of procrastination and stress of the students in the pre and post-test. The result is that the use of mindfulness can decrease students' procrastination and academic stress.
ali mohebbiarr
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Abstract The purpose of this research is to study the factors affecting the institutionalized curriculum of Islamic Thought Course. The research is descriptive of a survey type. The statistical population consisted of students at the University of Police, manner. Using a relative classified sampling ...
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Abstract The purpose of this research is to study the factors affecting the institutionalized curriculum of Islamic Thought Course. The research is descriptive of a survey type. The statistical population consisted of students at the University of Police, manner. Using a relative classified sampling method, 150 individuals including 53 students from the police college and 72 ones from the Department of Traffic, and 25 ones from the Kosar college, who have gone through Islamic Thinking Courses 1 and 2 and three months have passed since their end of the semester period. They were selected as statistical samples. The main instrument for collecting data is a questionnaire of 64 items that is an indicator of the institutionalized curriculum and the factors that affect it. To assess the validity of the tool, content validity method was used. The tool was evaluated acceptable from the view of experts, and to assess the reliability of the curriculum and the effective factors, Cronbach's alpha was used and their values were 0.74 and 0.79, respectively. For analyzing the data, Pearson correlation coefficient and regression were used as inter and independent T-test. The results showed that the effect of educational factors, social factors and individual factors on the institutional curriculum of Islamic Thought was significant while geographical factors did not show a significant relationship. On this basis, it can be said that educational, social, and individual factors explained the variations of the curriculum for as much as 29%, 55% and 23% respectively
Mahdieh Khalajzadeh; Nezam Hashemi
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Adolescents who lack family support grow up with a sense of insecurity, fear, and anxiety. According to the research, structural problems of primary family and inappropriate socioenvironmental factors may cause psychological traits in bad-caretaker girls. Therefore, psychological flexibility and perception ...
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Adolescents who lack family support grow up with a sense of insecurity, fear, and anxiety. According to the research, structural problems of primary family and inappropriate socioenvironmental factors may cause psychological traits in bad-caretaker girls. Therefore, psychological flexibility and perception of competence as a framework for understanding psychopathology and mental health are proposed. Accordingly, the present study seeks to investigate the effectiveness of self-compassion training on the perceived competence and psychological flexibility of the bad-caretaker girls. The research design was quasi-experimental based on pre-test and post-test with control and experimental groups. For this purpose, 24 girls of Mehr Boarding Center were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned into two control and experimental groups. Participants completed the perceived competence, Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire, Acceptance and Mindfulness before and after training. The training was conducted in eight weekly sessions for 2.5 hours. The results of this study by covariance analysis showed that self-compassionate training with 95% confidence leads to increased perceived competence (cognitive 57%, social 60% and physical 44%) and psychological flexibility (avoidance and fusion -57% and acceptance and mindfulness 71%) in the training group. According to the results, self-compassionate training can be used as an effective method to increase the perceived competence and psychological flexibility in the bad-caretaker girls.
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Salar Ghasemi; , Ahghar Ghodsi; Davood Taghvaei,
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This research was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of reverse education and teaching metacognitive strategies on students' self-actualization in science lessons and providing practical solutions. The research method was a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test type with a control ...
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This research was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of reverse education and teaching metacognitive strategies on students' self-actualization in science lessons and providing practical solutions. The research method was a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test type with a control group in terms of practical purpose and data collection method. The statistical population was all the female students of the first year of high school in the 1st district of Karaj in 1400, according to the entry and exit criteria in the study, 45 people were selected based on the Cochran formula and based on the purposeful sampling method and randomly divided into three groups. The tools used in this research were the self-actualization questionnaire of Jones and Crandall (1986). In the pre-test stage, the dependent variable was performed on the first experimental group, the second experimental group and the control group. The independent variable (reversal training) was implemented on the first experimental group and the training of metacognitive strategies was implemented on the second experimental group and the control group was trained in the traditional way. In the post-test phase, the dependent variable was implemented on all three groups of the first experiment group, the second experiment and the control group, and in the follow-up phase, one month after the post-test phase, the dependent variables were implemented on both experimental groups. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data and inferential statistics were used to test the research hypotheses.
H. Sayyari; P. Lotfipour; E. Kazempour
Volume 8, Issue 23 , April 2012, , Pages 2-28
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ICT-based education is the application of information and communication technologies in the process of teaching and learning. Educational justice can be defined as providing equal educational opportunities for all demanders of higher education. Educational justice can be achieved by ICT-based education ...
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ICT-based education is the application of information and communication technologies in the process of teaching and learning. Educational justice can be defined as providing equal educational opportunities for all demanders of higher education. Educational justice can be achieved by ICT-based education through; providing equal educational opportunities, increasing the access to higher education and improving the quality of education.
The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of ICT-based education on educational justice development. Therefore, the ex post-facto research method was adopted, and the statistical population covered 250 and 110 students benefitting from ICT-based and classroom-based educations, respectively. 104 ICT-based and 100 classroom-based students were also randomly selected as the sample volume. Data were collected through two researcher-made questionnaires whose content validity was approved by the supervisor and consulting advisor of the research. Their reliability was calculated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient as 0.89. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the collected data, and t-test was used to test the hypotheses and investigate the difference between the groups. Collected data were analyzed by SPSS software. The analysis of the data showed that all the hypotheses of the research were confirmed with a level of confidence of 95 per cent. Research findings also revealed that ICT-based education had the highest impact on increasing access to higher education by providing the opportunity of studying at home, expanding classroom borders and facilitating studying for jobholders. Its high expenses in Iran were, however, the most important obstacle for equal educational opportunities and increasing access to higher education.
Hamid Reza Da'emi
Volume 8, Issue 24 , July 2012, , Pages 2-28
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This study is an attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of metacognitive skills training (reciprocal teaching) in improving the reading, comprehension and reading speed of primary school students with reading learning disorder. The statistical population comprised all primary school male students from ...
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This study is an attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of metacognitive skills training (reciprocal teaching) in improving the reading, comprehension and reading speed of primary school students with reading learning disorder. The statistical population comprised all primary school male students from all districts of Tehran city in the school year 2009-2010. In order to choose the sample group, in the first round, one district out of 22 was randomly selected. Then, two primary schools in that district were selected. Finally, ten classrooms of 30 classes in those schools were randomly selected. After taking the Reading & Dyslexia Test (Kormi-Nouri & Moradi, 2008), 68 of students who scored lower than average were selected. In line with the quasi-experimental nature of the research, 34 of them were randomly placed in control group and 34 in experimental group. Then, the experimental group received reciprocal teaching for 36 sessions. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance method. The results of multiple variance analysis showed that reciprocal teaching significantly increased the reading and comprehension and decreased the number of error in reading (p<0.01). Also, compared with the control group, the experimental group showed significantly higher scores on the speed of reading (p<0.05). The results showed that the metacognitive skills training was effective in improving the reading and comprehension, decreasing the errors in reading and increasing the speed of reading. It is suggested that metacognitive training be put to test for different textbooks and academic levels
Nazila Khatib Zanjani; Mehran Farajollahi
Volume 8, Issue 25 , October 2012, , Pages 2-20
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The aim of this study is to shed light on the factors promoting the religious concepts and beliefs among the guidance- and high-school students in district 2 of Tehran. The study was a descriptive survey, and the statistical population consisted of all male and female guidance- and high-school students ...
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The aim of this study is to shed light on the factors promoting the religious concepts and beliefs among the guidance- and high-school students in district 2 of Tehran. The study was a descriptive survey, and the statistical population consisted of all male and female guidance- and high-school students of district 2 of Tehran in the school year 2006-2007. Sample size was based on Morgan table and covered 384 students selected through simple random sampling. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity and reliability was confirmed by experts and Cronbach's alpha (0.85), respectively. The collected data was analyzed by the SPSS v.11.5 software.
The results showed that (1) there was a significant relationship between parents' character and the growth of religious beliefs of high-school students, (2) there was a significant relationship between cultural facilities of family with the growth of religious beliefs of students, (3) there was a significant relationship between the character of religious education teachers with the growth of religious beliefs of students, (4) there was a significant relationship between school facilities and the growth of religious beliefs of guidance- and high-school students and (5) there was a significant relationship between methods of propagation in community with the growth of religious beliefs of guidance- and high-school students. Regarding the findings and the significant relationship between the said factors and the growth of religious beliefs, they should be given due consideration by the society.
Kamran Ganji; Abolghasem Yaqoubi; Reza Lotfali
Volume 9, Issue 27 , April 2013, , Pages 2-26
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of teaching questioning skills to teachers on critical thinking of male high school students. The design of the research was quasi-experimental, involving pretest-posttest and control group. The population consisted of all male high school students ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of teaching questioning skills to teachers on critical thinking of male high school students. The design of the research was quasi-experimental, involving pretest-posttest and control group. The population consisted of all male high school students and teachers of Malayer, out of which 219 2nd and 3rd year students of humanities and electronics were randomly selected and analyzed in two groups (113 in control group and 106 in experimental group) and 8 classes. The experimental group consisting of 4 teachers (philosophy, logic, religious studies, and applied electronics) attended the questioning skills course, while the control group did not take part in the course. Form B of the California Critical Thinking Skills Test (Facione and Facione, 1997) was used for data collection. The collected data were analyzed using analysis of covariance and t tests. The findings and pretest scores showed that the students of both groups were equal with regards to age, course averages, IQ, critical thinking ability, and its subscales. The analysis of covariance showed that teaching questioning skills to the teachers increased the students’ critical thinking ability by 12%. Moreover, the five subscales of critical thinking ability increased as the following: analysis 9%, evaluation 12%, inference 4%, deductive reasoning 6%, and inductive reasoning 5%. The differences between the mean scores of critical thinking skills and its five subscales among students of humanities and electronics were not significant.
Atiyeh Shohoudi; Farkhondeh Mofidi; Hamid , Alizadeh
Volume 9, Issue 28 , July 2013, , Pages 2-14
mahmood hormozi
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The object of this study is to explore the role of background knowledge and certain individual features of students in academic achievement within an academick framework . Totally,397 students of Payame Noor University . Tehran Study Center, comprising 307 undergraduate students . 90 graduate students ...
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The object of this study is to explore the role of background knowledge and certain individual features of students in academic achievement within an academick framework . Totally,397 students of Payame Noor University . Tehran Study Center, comprising 307 undergraduate students . 90 graduate students were selected randomly. Of rhese , 117 were boys.and 280 were girls. They were asked to answer the questions posed in three questionnairs: I. Motivational Strategies for Learning Questionnair ; 2.Rotter's Locus of Control Scale ; 3.Beck Self Concept Test. For academic background variable, the GPA of the previous academic cours was used. and for the academic achievement variable .the GPA of the whole subjects accomplished prior to the presentation of the questionnaires was employed. Using the path analysis, the direct and indirect impact of the variables were studied. The findings of the path analysis showed that academic background .test anxiety and self regulation directly affect the academic achievement, and are the best means of predicting it; and academic background, self efficacy . self-concept, locus of control.task value and the use of cognitive strategies indirectly influence students' academic achievement.
