Javad Pourkarimi; zohreh alimardani
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The aim of this study was to identify the factors affecting the interaction in the teaching-learning process among postgraduate students in e-learning at the University of Tehran. This research has been done qualitatively and phenomenologically with purposive sampling method. The statistical population ...
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The aim of this study was to identify the factors affecting the interaction in the teaching-learning process among postgraduate students in e-learning at the University of Tehran. This research has been done qualitatively and phenomenologically with purposive sampling method. The statistical population of this study was all students of electronic courses at the University of Tehran, of which 40 who were studying in the second semester of 2018-2019 were studied as a sample. The data collection tool was in-depth semi-structured interviews, the text of the interviews was reviewed and analyzed by qualitative content analysis and content analysis, and the interviews continued until the data were saturated. The results show that 360 basic conceptual propositions with 40 sub-categories and 4 main category propositions affecting the quality of learning can be identified in the form of educational, technological, scientific and personal factors. Findings indicate that interaction in the e-learning environment is directly related to the educational and scientific skills of professors and individual and technological factors of both professors and students.
gholami gholami; Bita Rahnamayezabijari
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Math anxiety is one of the most common anxiety types that students face during their studies and their performance is affected by it. Various treatment methods are used by researchers to reduce math anxiety. The purpose of this research is to examine the researches conducted in the field of the effect ...
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Math anxiety is one of the most common anxiety types that students face during their studies and their performance is affected by it. Various treatment methods are used by researchers to reduce math anxiety. The purpose of this research is to examine the researches conducted in the field of the effect of therapeutic and educational methods on reducing students' math anxiety. The statistical population of the current research is all the available studies about the effectiveness of educational and therapeutic interventions on math anxiety. To perform meta-analysis between 1985 and 1999, 55 studies were identified, 28 studies were included in the analysis. Due to the fact that some studies used several variables or interventions, they were examined several times in the meta-analysis process. In the end, 33 effect sizes were obtained from the entire research. and analyzed with CMA2 software. The results of the analysis showed that the effect size of educational and therapeutic interventions on the general category of math anxiety was -1.41 and -1.58 respectively, which was statistically significant. Based on the size of the obtained effects, it can be stated that educational and therapeutic interventions based on Cohen's criterion have a very high effectiveness on math anxiety, and the use of therapeutic interventions for math anxiety is more effective. A meta-regression model was used to influence the moderating variable of gender on math anxiety. The results showed that the moderating role of gender is weak. Also, this study has given recommendations for using different interventions to improve math anxiety.
Mahshad Shahbandarzadeh; Hassan Soleimani
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Today, with the increasing development of technology, we are witnessing the expansion of a category called virtual education or e-learning and the production of electronic content. Virtual education, which is a wide range of applications and educational methods, including computer-based education, virtual ...
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Today, with the increasing development of technology, we are witnessing the expansion of a category called virtual education or e-learning and the production of electronic content. Virtual education, which is a wide range of applications and educational methods, including computer-based education, virtual classrooms, web-based education, etc., is known as the turning point of the convergence of education and the Internet. Issues such as the cost of face-to-face classes, travel costs, traffic and pollution, and many common problems have increased the popularity of e-learning and the expansion of this type of training. However, this category can also create problems for the student-teacher confrontation. In this research, it has been tried to examine the advantages and disadvantages of virtual education; In this regard, the study population was the students of the Persian Gulf University. During a field study, students were asked to prepare a questionnaire with 40 questions (20 questions related to the advantages and 20 questions related to the disadvantages) of virtual education. The advantages of Baroush Savara training classes have been obtained and its 3 important indicators are: the indicators of reducing the need for school uniforms, solving the problem of dormitory and reducing transportation costs are considered as the most important advantages and also the disadvantages of virtual education. Rated from 1 to 3 by the Savara method, we can mention the lack of physical activity and long staring at the computer, changes in students' lifestyles, as well as the lack of fit between the test questions and the answer time.
Sima Aghaei; Hamidreza Hassanabadi; valiollah farzad; Hadi Keramati
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The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of an integrated approach to automatization of multiplication facts in students with math learning disability. A single case multiple base line design was used for this study. Five students with math learning disability were selected using WISC-VIR, ...
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The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of an integrated approach to automatization of multiplication facts in students with math learning disability. A single case multiple base line design was used for this study. Five students with math learning disability were selected using WISC-VIR, Iran Key-Math and according to some exclusion - inclusion Criteria among students introduced to learning disabilities clinics in Karaj. The intervention including conceptual learning of multiplications facts and strategies using explicit instruction, and concrete-representational-abstract method, and automatization of learned facts using detect-practice-repair method was presented in 17 thirty-minute sessions. Data was gathered using a one-minute mad math fluency test. Gathered data was analyzed visually and quantitatively, using R software. Compared to baseline, non-overlap indices, visual analysis and effect size indices confirmed a significant increase in automatic retrieve of multiplication facts in all 5 participants. The findings of this study can help teachers and SLD therapists to build a good foundation for math proficiency in everybody who has math difficulty.
Monireh Askarinejad
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The purpose of this study is to present a structural model of using e-learning system with emphasis on mediation of behavioral tendency, ease and perceived usefulness. In this descriptive survey study, 150 students of Payame Noor University of Tehran in the academic year 2020-2021, who were randomly ...
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The purpose of this study is to present a structural model of using e-learning system with emphasis on mediation of behavioral tendency, ease and perceived usefulness. In this descriptive survey study, 150 students of Payame Noor University of Tehran in the academic year 2020-2021, who were randomly selected, participated. Measurement tools were the standard questionnaire of user Satisfaction, System Quality and Use of System of Ramiers et al (2017), Behavioral Tendency of Venkatesh and Bala (2008), Perceived ease, perceived usefulness of Davis (1989), Subjective Norm and Self -efficacy of Abdullah and Ward (2016) and Service Quality of Cidral et al (2017). The data were analyzed using structural equation testing and PLS software. The findings also indicated that factors such as; Feeling of self-efficacy, user satisfaction, subjective norm and system quality can have a direct impact on perceived ease. The quality of service and the quality of the system also make people feel that using an e-learning system is beneficial. In general, User satisfaction, system quality, subjective norm and self-efficacy through utility mediation, perceived ease and behavioral tendency were all influential in the use of e-learning system.
Cognitive psychology and school learning
mojtaba beyrami; Parvin Kadivar; Hadi keramati; mehdi arabzadeh; javad kavousian
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This study aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Brief self-report measure of behavioral grading of the executive functioning (Version 2) in secondary high school students. The sample included 455 secondary high school students from Zanjan city who were selected ...
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This study aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Brief self-report measure of behavioral grading of the executive functioning (Version 2) in secondary high school students. The sample included 455 secondary high school students from Zanjan city who were selected through cluster sampling. Participants responded the Giova et al’s self-report measures (2015) Spitzer et al’s generalized anxiety disorder (2006) and Duckworth and Quinn's step stability in face-to-face and classroom performance. The data were analyzed using SPSS-25 and AMOS-24 software, and statistical methods including Cronbach's alpha, Pearson correlation, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The results of the CFA indicated that the three-factor model (cognitive, behavioral, and emotional) with seven subscales (inhibition, self-monitoring, shifting, emotional control, working memory, planning/organizing, and task completion) had an acceptable fit for Iranian students in comparison with one- and two-factor models. The internal consistency reliability of the total scale was 0.93, and for subscales ranged from 0.70 to 0.90. In order to estimate the criterion validity, the correlation coefficients of the indices and subscales with the generalized anxiety disorder and gait stability scales were respectively positive and negative. According to the obtained results, it can be said that the Persian version of the self-report scale of executive functions has favorable psychometric properties to measure the executive functions of Iranian students and can be a valid tool in educational, research and clinical situations
Iraj Firoozfar; Alireza Faghihi; Nasrolah Erfani
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This study was conducted to develop a measurement model for the environmental ethics questionnaire. The research methodology was correlational and was conducted in measurement model. The statistical population of the study included all the 14391 secondary high school students in Hamadan city. The sample ...
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This study was conducted to develop a measurement model for the environmental ethics questionnaire. The research methodology was correlational and was conducted in measurement model. The statistical population of the study included all the 14391 secondary high school students in Hamadan city. The sample size, which was selected by stratified relative sampling method, was 986 students. The tool for data collection was the researcher-made Environmental Ethics Questionnaire (2019), which consisted of 5 components (i.e., water, soil, air, plants and animals). The initial questionnaire was developed on the basis of theoretical foundations and research background and contained 130 items. The content validity of the questionnaire was assessed by CVR method and the items with the relative validity coefficient of less than 0.29 (i.e., 26 items) were deleted. In addition, in a pilot study, the reliability of the questionnaire was calculated through Cronbach's alpha. After implementation of the questionnaire, the results showed that the structural model of environmental ethics has goodness of fit (GOF= 0.614). The results, also, indicated that all the questionnaire questions had a significant effect on their component. The results of the model, also, showed that the water component had the greatest effect on environmental ethics and the air component had the least effect on it. In addition, the results showed that there is a high internal correlation between the components of environmental ethics. In conclusion, it can be said that the researcher-made Environmental Ethics Questionnaire (2019) has the necessary psychometric characteristics for measuring environmental ethics.
Elham Heidari; Rahmatallah Marzoghi; Zahra Rafatjoo
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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between preferred learning style and academic performance with the mediating role of online non-formal learning among Shiraz University students. The research method was descriptive-correlational method. The research sample consisted of 320 students ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between preferred learning style and academic performance with the mediating role of online non-formal learning among Shiraz University students. The research method was descriptive-correlational method. The research sample consisted of 320 students of Shiraz University who were selected using stratified random sampling method. The tools used in this study include scales for measuring students' preferred learning styles (Ozdamar-Keskin, Ozata, Banar & Royle, 2015), online non-formal learning (He and Li, 2019), academic performance (Yu, Tian, Vogel & Kwok, 2010). That, after calculating their validity and reliability, analyzed them using structural equation models. The findings showed that more students' preference for visual learning was positively and significantly correlated with increased tendency to online non-formal learning (β = 0.32, p = 0.0001).Also, there is a positive and significant relationship between more students' preference for dependent learning with increasing tendency to online non-formal learning (β = 0.27, p = 0.02).In addition, the findings showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between increasing the tendency to online non-formal learning and improving students' academic performance (β = 0.38, p = 0.0001). On the other hand, the findings showed that increasing students' desire to learn dependent on increasing their academic performance (β = 0.27, p = 0.01). Thus, online non-formal learning with its mediating role has a positive effect between preferred learning style and academic performance and it can increase or decrease academic performance among students.
Ali Khodaei; Seyed Meysam Seyed Ahmadi; Hassan Gharibi
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This study examined the moderating effect of gender on the relationship between goal orientations and academic cheating among university students. In this correlational study, 200 university students (100 male and 100 female) responded to the Achievement Goal Questionnaire-Revised (AGQ-R, Elliot & ...
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This study examined the moderating effect of gender on the relationship between goal orientations and academic cheating among university students. In this correlational study, 200 university students (100 male and 100 female) responded to the Achievement Goal Questionnaire-Revised (AGQ-R, Elliot & Murayama, 2008) and the Academic Cheating Scale (ACS, Farnese, Tramontano, Fida & Paciello, 2011). Multi-group structural equation modeling was used to assess the causal model of gender-moderating effects on the relationship between goal orientations and academic cheating among university students. Results indicated that for total sample and for male and female university students, the relationship between mastery-approach goal orientations with academic cheating was negative and significant and the relationship between mastery-avoidance-goal orientation, performance-approach goal orientation and performance-avoidance goal orientation with academic cheating was negative and significant. In addition, the results of group assignment of causal relationships between variables showed that the relationships between goal orientations and academic cheating in two groups of male and female students were equivalent. Finally, the results showed that in the supposed causal models, 20% and 14% of the variance of academic cheating scores were explained through goal orientations in male and female students, respectively. In sum, the results of the present study, while supporting the conceptual positions of the achievement goal theory in explaining the motivational construct of academic cheating, showed that the functional characteristics of the motivational construct of goal orientations in predicting academic cheating behaviors in male and female university students were similar.
Ahmad Bayandorian; reza rahimi; Samaneh Haddadi; SHokoufeh Mousavi; ali khodaei
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The aim of this study was to test the effectiveness of the second step education program on increasing the emotional social competence of elementary students. In this quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design and control group in company with follow up stage, 48 sixth grade male students ...
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The aim of this study was to test the effectiveness of the second step education program on increasing the emotional social competence of elementary students. In this quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design and control group in company with follow up stage, 48 sixth grade male students (25 students) and (23 students) groups responded to the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-Child & Adolescent, the Adjustment Inventory for School Students and the Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory. The second step program was performed in experimental group for 6 weeks and two hours per week through the Shad system. The results of the statistical method of simple mixed analysis of variance showed that the main effect of within-subjects and between-subjects factors and the interaction effect of within-between-group factors on increasing empathy, social responsibility, impulse control and anger control were statistically significant. Also, the results showed that the effect of factors on academic adjustment were not statistically significant. The results of this study showed that the second step program as a psycho-educational intervention influenced by the conceptual logic of the cognitive processing model of social information and social learning theory, in agreement with other its language versions, was effective in strengthening the skill treasury and psychological capital of elementary students.
negar forozan; Mansoureh Bahramipour
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The research was conducted with the aim of the effectiveness of educational intervention "Mountaineer Ashtern" on cognitive flexibility, academic excitement, organizational skills and cognitive ability (naming speed, symbol translation) of 10-12 year old children with special learning disabilities. The ...
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The research was conducted with the aim of the effectiveness of educational intervention "Mountaineer Ashtern" on cognitive flexibility, academic excitement, organizational skills and cognitive ability (naming speed, symbol translation) of 10-12 year old children with special learning disabilities. The research method was semi-experimental with the design of two experimental and control groups with a pre-test-post-test and a 45-day follow-up period. The statistical population included all 10-12-year-old students with special learning disabilities in the city of Isfahan in the academic year of 1401-1400, which was randomly selected in two The group (20 experimental people) and (20 control people) were assigned. The tools included cognitive flexibility questionnaire by Dennis and Vanderwaal (2010), academic excitement questionnaire by Pekzan et al. (2005), organization skills questionnaire by Abikov and Gallagher (2009), Wechsler intelligence scale for children (2014) and Ashtern educational program (2018) during 14 A 60-minute session was conducted on the experimental group. The findings showed that the educational intervention of "Estern Mountaineer" has a significant effect on the flexibility of cognitive acceptance, academic excitement, organizational skills and cognitive ability (speed of naming and symbol translation) and the effects of the training remained in the follow-up phase (01 /0p<). Therefore, it can be concluded that the educational intervention of Kushner Stern is suitable for helping children with learning disabilities to learn.
Samaneh Salimi; Mohamad Ali Fardin
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The aim of current research was to investigate the attitude of elementary school teachers in Zahedan towards the opportunities and challenges that the corona virus has created for virtual education in schools by using a series of mix exploratory research methods (qualitative-quantitative). Qualitative ...
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The aim of current research was to investigate the attitude of elementary school teachers in Zahedan towards the opportunities and challenges that the corona virus has created for virtual education in schools by using a series of mix exploratory research methods (qualitative-quantitative). Qualitative and quantitative information and data were collected through interviews with 10 experienced teachers and distributing questionnaires among 120 primary school teachers. In the qualitative section, collection and analysis of data were performed using the coding method of Strauss and Corbin, including three steps (open, axial and selective). In the quantitative section, after collecting the data by using a researcher-made questionnaire whose content validity and reliability were confirmed through the results of the initial interview, the data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (percentage and frequency). According to the results, challenges and opportunities were discussed and classified into three levels: macro, medium and micro. At the macro level, challenges of lack of strategic thinking among managers and planners, unfavorable policy, poor educational technology and inefficient management were achieved. At the medium level, the challenges of the weakness of the technologies introduced, the lack of independence and freedom of action, and the disruption of the proposed budget were achieved. In addition, From the participants' point of view, the incidence of corona virus has provided opportunities at the macro level (providing a context for change, attention to strategic planning and attention to online and virtual education), at the medium level (creating equal educational opportunity and creating new educational innovation) and at the micro level (family, students and teachers).
Mahmoud Amanpour Gharaee; Nazila Khatib zanjani; Marjan Masoumifard; Mohakad Sarmadi; Mahdi Mahmoudi
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The purpose of this study is to design and validate a mobile learning (ML) school student education service model. The research method is integrated and qualitative and quantitative. The statistical population in the qualitative section included university professors, experts in the field of transportation, ...
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The purpose of this study is to design and validate a mobile learning (ML) school student education service model. The research method is integrated and qualitative and quantitative. The statistical population in the qualitative section included university professors, experts in the field of transportation, and traffic police, including 30 people. Purposeful sampling was done through the interview process and the data collection tool, in addition to the interview, was a researcher-made questionnaire consisting of 57 questions according to Khan e-learning model, which after confirming the validity (judgment of experts and professors) and reliability (alpha Cronbach: 0.92). Then, the study entered the quantitative section in which 389 subjects (out of 560 participants) were selected as the sample size by simple random sampling through Morgan (1972) table. The collection tool in the quantitative section was a 29-item researcher-made questionnaire based on Khan model for taxi and school service drivers, which was distributed among school and taxi drivers after verifying its validity. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used to analyze the data. In descriptive statistics, the central index and dispersion such as mean, standard deviation and in the inferential part of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis at 95% confidence level with SPSS software. S18 and PLS version 3 were used. Based on the analysis of qualitative data obtained from in-depth and exploratory interviews and coding and analysis of the content of the interview text and in the meanwhile, their compliance with theoretical founda-tions, the results showed, that, the organizational di-mension with the factor of 0.589 for effective identi-fied factors in taxi driver and school service training are most important and technology with a factor load of 0.511 is the least important and other dimensions are in the next levels.
Elham Horri; Saeed Ayat
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The present study from the target perspective is the type of applied research and based on the data collection method is a descriptive-correlational research. Data collection tools included, a researcher -made questionnaire consisting of 21 items extracted from valid questionnaires related to the effectiveness ...
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The present study from the target perspective is the type of applied research and based on the data collection method is a descriptive-correlational research. Data collection tools included, a researcher -made questionnaire consisting of 21 items extracted from valid questionnaires related to the effectiveness of virtual education. The random sampling method is clustered and includes 382 students of Isfahan Payam Noor University who were trained by LMS in the academic year 1401-1400 and answered the questionnaire. The content validity of the questionnaire was approved by experts, and its reliability was estimated at 94 % using Cronbach's alpha, indicating acceptable reliability.
With the applied exploration analysis, 2 factors, including satisfaction with the quality of education and satisfaction with the technical quality of the system, were extracted. These two factors explain 53.42 % of the total variance. According to the results of the factors, they have a significant relationship with each other and the values of the indicators are within the acceptance range.
Isfahan Payam Noor University Student Satisfaction Questionnaire with LMS E-learning Organization has a good fit. So this questionnaire can be used at this university.
Maryam Darvishi; mohammad hassan Seif; Mohammad Reza Sarmadi; mehran farajollahi
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The main purpose of this study was presenting the casual model of cognitive absorption, need for cognition and perceived enjoyment of learning via Augmented Reality (AR) (mediating role of mobile self-efficacy and academic engagement) with a descriptive and correlation method. For this purpose 3 western ...
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The main purpose of this study was presenting the casual model of cognitive absorption, need for cognition and perceived enjoyment of learning via Augmented Reality (AR) (mediating role of mobile self-efficacy and academic engagement) with a descriptive and correlation method. For this purpose 3 western provinces (Hamedan, Kermanshah and Chaharmahal-o Bakhtiari) were randomly selected and 600 undergraduate students were selected through randomized multistage cluster sampling on the basis of Cochran's formula and after using AR application , the students completed a 52 item questionnaire that was an integration of following questionnaires: perceived usefulness (Davis, 1989), need for cognition (Cacioppo & Petty, 1982) cognitive engagement (Aloka & Odongo, 2018), mobile self- efficacy (Mahat, Mohd Ayub & Wong, 2012) and cognitive absorption (Agarwal, R., & Karahanna, 2000). After completing the questionnaire, 556 questionnaires were returned to the researcher and data were analyzed through confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha coefficients and path analysis using Amos 22, Lisrel 8.50 and Spss 22. The findings showed that cognitive absorption and need for cognition had a direct and indirect effect on perceived usefulness with mediating role of mobile self- efficacy and cognitive engagement. Also, the obtained results for the fit indices of the proposed model showed that it had a good fit with the data collected from the respondents. Therefore, this model can provide educators and education leaders with critical information for improving learning outcomes.
Farnaz Torabi; Masome Momtazi
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The aim of this study was to compare the effect of linear and nonlinear training on the coordination pattern of drop forehand badminton skills of adolescent girls in Tehran. The research method was quasi-experimental and was performed as pretest and posttest. The statistical population of the present ...
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The aim of this study was to compare the effect of linear and nonlinear training on the coordination pattern of drop forehand badminton skills of adolescent girls in Tehran. The research method was quasi-experimental and was performed as pretest and posttest. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all adolescent girls aged 10 to 12 years in Shiroodi Club, District 7 of Tehran. The statistical sample of this study consisted of 30 beginner girls in badminton who had less than 3 months of experience in badminton, who were selected by purposive sampling and randomly divided into two groups of linear and nonlinear training. Thirty participants were trained in drop forehand skills using linear and nonlinear training methods. The linear method was designed and implemented based on traditional and conventional methods and in contrast to the nonlinear method derived from ecological dynamics using task constraints (rules related to activity and equipment). For data analysis, descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential (paired t-test and analysis of covariance) statistical methods were used on SPSS software version 22. The results of the present study showed that the two groups had a significant difference in the pattern of coordination and accuracy of drop forehand skills and the nonlinear training group had better performance than the linear group (p <0.05). The results of the present study showed that nonlinear training is a good method to improve the coordination patterns of drop forehand badminton skills in adolescents.
Distance education, virtual learning and e-learning
Hasan Karamalian; tayebeh dastanpoor; Mohammadreza Sarmadi; mehran farajollahi
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This study aimed to examine the curriculum of the eLearning system at Payame-Noor University from a constructivist perspective and provide an appropriate model to enhance the quality of the university curriculum. The research design employed a mixed-method approach, incorporating both qualitative and ...
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This study aimed to examine the curriculum of the eLearning system at Payame-Noor University from a constructivist perspective and provide an appropriate model to enhance the quality of the university curriculum. The research design employed a mixed-method approach, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative elements. The study encompassed experts, professors, and students from electronic learning centers at Payame-Noor University, with participants selected randomly from three centers in Tehran, Isfahan, and Arak. A total of 863 individuals were chosen using quota sampling. The research tool was a custom-designed questionnaire. The analysis of research hypotheses involved One-Sample T-Test and One-Way ANOVA tests using SPSS software (Version 22), and the structural equation modeling was conducted using AMOS software (Version 22). The results indicated that, from the perspective of the research participants, the components of the curriculum in the eLearning system at Payame-Noor University do not align with the principles of the constructivist approach. However, when analyzed separately, each component showed different results across participant groups. According to experts, the curriculum's goals, teaching and learning strategies, the roles of students and lecturers; as perceived by professors, teaching and learning strategies, and the role of lecturers; and as reported by students, the goals and teaching and learning strategies in the current curriculum were in line with the constructivist approach. All participant groups concurred that the content and evaluation methods of the university's eLearning system did not conform to the constructivist approach. According to the results, the research model adequately fits the data and can effectively enhance the quality of the curriculum in the university's eLearning system.
Masoumeh Azizi
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Due to the role of teacher's emotions in the educational environment and the importance of measuring tools in this field, the present study was conducted with the aim of examining the psychometric characteristics of the emotionality in teaching. The research method was descriptive-survey and the statistical ...
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Due to the role of teacher's emotions in the educational environment and the importance of measuring tools in this field, the present study was conducted with the aim of examining the psychometric characteristics of the emotionality in teaching. The research method was descriptive-survey and the statistical population included all the teachers of second cycle of public and non-governmental high schools in Zabol city in academic year of 2019-2020 (435 people). A sample of 300 people was selected. In order to conduct the research, the emotionality in teaching (ETS) of Villavicencio (2011) and the positive and negative emotion of Watson (1988) scales’ were designed online and the relevant link was sent to the Telegram group of the statistical community. After collecting the data in the desired number, statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS21 and Lisrel8.5 software’s. Content validity, structural validity, convergent validity and confirmatory factor analysis were used to achieve validity, and internal consistency method was used to determine reliability .The experts' opinions confirmed the content validity. The correlation pattern between the subscales showed validity of the structure of this scale. Also, the results of correlation coefficients between subscales with positive and negative emotions indicated convergent validity. Confirmatory factor analysis was also acceptable and it was shown that the distribution of substances in all five subscales corresponds to the main test .cronbach's alpha coefficient was obtained for the subscales of anger, pride, pleasure, guilt, boredom and annoyance in the range of 0.79 to 0.90. Regarding the results, the Persian version of the Villavicencio (2011) the emotionality in teaching scales has sufficient validity and reliability for the Iranian society and can be used to evaluate the teaching emotions of high school teachers.
Hamid Dafeei; Mohamad Reza Emamjomeh; Alireza Assareh; Sadegh Nasri
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The aim of the present research was the designing and validating a Pattern of Curriculum for Developing the Student Teachers Specialized Content Knowledge in Division of Fractions. This research was the mixed Research with Exploratory Design and Taxonomy Devlopment Model. In the qualitative part, the ...
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The aim of the present research was the designing and validating a Pattern of Curriculum for Developing the Student Teachers Specialized Content Knowledge in Division of Fractions. This research was the mixed Research with Exploratory Design and Taxonomy Devlopment Model. In the qualitative part, the Curriculum Pattern was designed with case study method , and in the quantitative part, the Pattern validation was done with Descriptive-survey method. Participants in the qualitative Part included 19 experts and 61 sources. The statistical population in quantitative part included the specialists in math education and primary school teachers. Through purposive sampling, 22 specialists and 85 teachers were selected. For collecting qualitative data, documentary study, semi-structured interviews and for collecting quantitative data, researcher-made questionnaire with 13 items were used. For analyzing the qualitative data, the content analysis was used and in the quantitative part, confirmatory factor analysis was used. Results of analysis of elements showed that the items of content and learning activities, skill goals, cognitive goals at the level of analysis and composition level and evaluation methods have the most explanatory power. Also other elements such as teaching-learning methods, attitudinal goals and Clarity and comprehensiveness were in next priorities.
Fatemeh Rahmani; Fariborz Sedighi Arfaee; Maliheh Rahmani
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The goal of this study was the evaluation of the effectiveness of schema therapy on academic enthusiasm and body dysmorphic symptoms in students. The research design was quasi-experimental, with pre-test, post-test and with a control group. For this purpose, 40 female students in the sixth grade of elementary ...
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The goal of this study was the evaluation of the effectiveness of schema therapy on academic enthusiasm and body dysmorphic symptoms in students. The research design was quasi-experimental, with pre-test, post-test and with a control group. For this purpose, 40 female students in the sixth grade of elementary school studying in Kashan in 2019-2020 were selected through convenience sampling and assigned randomly to two equal groups of 20 individuals. The experimental group, then, underwent schema therapy training for 8 sessions and the control group did not receive any intervention and remained on the waiting list. Participants completed the Yale-Brown’s Questionnaire of Academic Enthusiasm and Y-BOCS-BD in three baseline stages, after a two-month test and follow-up. Data were analyzed using univariate one-way analysis of variance and repeated measures with SPSS21 software. Results of the analysis showed that the scores of the experimental group compared to the control group in academic enthusiasm and body dysmorphic symptoms were changed and this difference is maintained in the follow-up phase. Thus, it can be concluded that schema therapy due to its high efficiency, especially when it is held in groups, cheapness, and acceptance by students is an effective strategy to increase academic enthusiasm and to help people exposed to body dysmorphic symptoms.
fatemeh Bayanfar; Amir reza Rajaee manesh
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Academic performance requires cognitive abilities and the use of different types of memory deficiencies in cognitive abilities and memory problems can affect academic performance. The purpose of the present study was to explain the model of academic performance based on cognitive abilities, memory self-efficacy, ...
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Academic performance requires cognitive abilities and the use of different types of memory deficiencies in cognitive abilities and memory problems can affect academic performance. The purpose of the present study was to explain the model of academic performance based on cognitive abilities, memory self-efficacy, everyday memory, retrospective-prospective memory with the mediation of meta-memory of secondary school students. The research was practical and the method was path analysis with structural equation modeling .The statistical population was all second_ grade students in Mashhad in the academic year 2020-2021 that were selected by accessible sampling (322 students). Data collection tools included nejati cognitive abilities questionnaire (2014), Sanderland et al everyday memory inventory (1983), Crawfer et al retrospective-prospective memory scale (2003), Bari memory self-efficiency scale (1989), multi factorial memory questionnaire Troyer and Rich (2002) and grade point average. In order to test the research hypotheses, the method of path analysis and structural equations was used by SPSS-22 and AMOS-22 software. The latent variables of cognitive abilities, everyday memory, retrospective-prospective memory, memory of self-efficiency, and meta- memory with markers. The findings of the measurement model showed that all marker variables were significantly loaded on their latent structural. The results of the structural model also showed that the variables of cognitive abilities, memory self- efficiency, every day memory, retrospective-prospective memory have a positive, direct and significant effect on academic performance with mediating of meta- memory. This model, overall, predicted the variance of academic performance as 67%. Conclusion: According to the obtained results the predictor variables can be used to improve academic performance.
Motahhare Tavajjohi; MohammadReza Tamannaeifar
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Test anxiety is one of the most common educational problems among students that is growing, and therefore it is important to know the factors affecting it. Accordingly, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between perceived social support and academic resilience with test anxiety. ...
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Test anxiety is one of the most common educational problems among students that is growing, and therefore it is important to know the factors affecting it. Accordingly, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between perceived social support and academic resilience with test anxiety. The method of the present study is descriptive and correlational. The statistical population included all- female high school students in Kashan in the academic year 1399-1400. Three hundred and sixteen students were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. To collect data, the Multidimensional Social Support Scale of Zimet et al. (1988), the Martin Academic Equality Questionnaire (2003), and the Spielberger Test Anxiety Scale (1980) were used. Pearson correlation test and regression analysis with SPSS software were used to analyze the data. The results of data analysis showed that test anxiety had a significant relationship with social support (r = -0 <23, p <0.01) and academic resilience (r = -0.63, p <0.01). The results of regression analysis showed that predictor variables (social support and academic resilience) were able to predict 0.397 of the variance of the criterion variable (test anxiety). Therefore, it can be said that social support and academic resilience act as predictor variables for test anxiety, with increasing resilience in academic situations and social support, the level of test anxiety in students decreases. The findings of the present study have practical implications for educational psychologists and school counselors to perform educational-counseling interventions to control students' test anxiety
mohamad ardashiri; Alireza Faghihi; mojgan mohammadi naeeni
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Higher education is considered a key component in the education system and human resource development in any country. The functioning of the educational system is a tool to respond to the problems and needs of the society. Special educational needs are different in different age groups, which determines ...
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Higher education is considered a key component in the education system and human resource development in any country. The functioning of the educational system is a tool to respond to the problems and needs of the society. Special educational needs are different in different age groups, which determines the special logic of the educational process in higher education. Since the higher education system is responsible for the important task of training specialized human resources, it is necessary to use appropriate, precise and systematic methods in the design, implementation and evaluation of its activities.This research seeks to design a unified model of curriculum components and aesthetic education in higher education. The main goal is to achieve components of aesthetics that can be used in the university curriculum along with other curriculum components from the field of humanities. For this purpose, with the qualitative and exploratory method, these components were extracted from the literature sources of curriculum studies, the opinion of experts in this field as well as the opinion of experts in the field of art and aesthetics, and after the consensus of opinion and the possibility of using them by the public universities of Khuzestan province, those components were used in the design of the model. suggestions were used and then the suggested model was designed.The findings of the research showed that art and aesthetics as a perspective and paradigm in the curriculum contains many components, inspirations and components. These components can be used in the design, development and implementation of curricula, focusing on the important components of the curriculum such as goal, content, method and evaluation.
reza ebdam; Abbas Gholtash; fayeze Nateqi
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The purpose of this study was to design and validate a curriculum based on general competency for Secondary Theoretical School. The research method is exploratory mixed whose data were collected in a field method using a questionnaire. The statistical population included curriculum planning specialists ...
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The purpose of this study was to design and validate a curriculum based on general competency for Secondary Theoretical School. The research method is exploratory mixed whose data were collected in a field method using a questionnaire. The statistical population included curriculum planning specialists and all teachers and experts of theoretical high school in Fars province. The statistical sample was selected in a quantitative section in two stages. At first, 10 curriculum planning specialists were purposefully selected and then from all teachers and experts of theoretical high school in Fars province who were experts in the field of curriculum planning, 80 persons as Statistical sample were selected by simple random sampling. The measurement tool for data collection was a qualitative questionnaire including a deductive content analysis in the qualitative stage and a researcher-made questionnaire in the quantitative stage. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis with deductive categorization system and quantitative methods including factor analysis using SPSS software. The qualitative findings of the designed model confirmed the characteristics related to the main elements of purpose, content, method and evaluation, and the quantitative findings indicated the validity of the designed model. Therefore, it can be concluded that the curriculum based on general competence for the secondary theoretical high school in this study can be used in the new educational system.
Bahman Zandi; Marjan Masoumifard
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The purpose of this study is offering a blended learning model of Persian language to foreigners. This research was conducted in terms of applied purpose, in terms of analytical nature and in a documentary way. First, by using library and documentary studies, a systematic review and detailed analysis ...
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The purpose of this study is offering a blended learning model of Persian language to foreigners. This research was conducted in terms of applied purpose, in terms of analytical nature and in a documentary way. First, by using library and documentary studies, a systematic review and detailed analysis of existing models of blended learning regarding teaching-learning activities, characteristics of learners, teachers, content, educational media and evaluation was performed. In this level, the statistical population included all the different models of blended learning in the scientific databases of Science Direct, Scopus, Springer, the Emerald and Google Scholar databases, the Internet platform of the French network called (TV5) and the language teaching content of the BBC site. Data collection tools also included receipts, tables and cards. Then, the proposed model of blended learning of Persian language teaching to foreigners was developed and the validity of the model was examined using the opinions of experts in the two fields of linguistics and distance education. The statistical population in the second level included all experts in the fields of linguistics and distance education, among them 15 distance education specialists and 15 linguistics specialists were purposefully selected and commented on the validity of the proposed model. The research tool also included a researcher-made questionnaire with ten items and a four-point Likert scale (very high, high, low, very low) whose validity was confirmed by education and linguistics experts. The reliability of the questionnaire was also 0.89 using Cronbach's alpha method. In order to analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistical methods (one-sample t-test) were used to validate the model. The results obtained from the one-sample t-test that was used to examine the internal validity of the Persian language blended learning model for foreigners, indicate that the proposed model is based on blended learning from the perspective of specialists in both distance education and linguistics. It also pays attention to the motivation of learning in language learners, also emphasizes the interactions of teacher, learner and content and is in accordance with the psychological principles of language learning. In addition, it has sufficiently blended various teaching-learning activities (face-to-face and electronic). It also pays enough attention to the characteristics of the teacher, content, media and evaluation, therefore the proposed model has sufficient validity for teaching Persian to foreigners.The purpose of this study is offering a blended learning model for Persian language to foreigners. First, the existing models of bleanded learning were studied and teaching-learning activities in blended learning language were studied, then the characteristics of learners, teachers, content, educational media and evaluation were considered. Then the challenges of bleande learning education were introduced and finally the proposed model of bleanded learning Persian language was introduced to foreigners and the validity of the model was confirmed by using the opinions of experts in the fields of linguistics and distance education.
