Independent learner and learner-centered and its role in promoting learning
taher mahboobi; Mohammad Bagher Akbarpour Zangalani
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The purpose of this research was to provide a model for predicting academic achievement of distance education students based on parental academic involvement with the mediating role of task value, students' sense of belonging to the university, and academic effort. The study sample comprised 300 undergraduate ...
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The purpose of this research was to provide a model for predicting academic achievement of distance education students based on parental academic involvement with the mediating role of task value, students' sense of belonging to the university, and academic effort. The study sample comprised 300 undergraduate students of Payame Noor University in Khoy Center in the academic year 2002-2013, who selected by stratified random sampling. The data collection tool was a questionnaire consisting of the task value subscale (Pintrich et al., 1991), sense of belonging (Wang, White, and Eccles, 2011), academic effort (Dupirat and Marin, 2005), and parental academic involvement subscale. Academic achievement also measured by inserting a question about students' academic averages through self-reporting. Advanced correlation schemes (path analysis) used for data analysis. The results of the research generally showed that the dimensions of emotional and behavioral academic engagement influence the relationship between parents' academic involvement and the academic achievement of distance education students. In such a way, the direct effect of parents' academic involvement on students' academic achievement did not confirmed, but parental academic involvement showed a positive indirect effect on academic achievement through the students' sense of belonging to the university, the value of the task, and academic effort. In addition, concerning the direct effect of research variables on academic achievement, the most positive effect related to academic effort. In addition, the value of the task showed the most positive direct effect on academic effort, and the parents' academic involvement showed the most direct effect on the value of the task. Overall, in this research, it showed that parental academic involvement has an indirect effect on the academic progress of distance education students.
Taher Mahboobi
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of mobile-assisted teaching in self- directed learning, problem-solving skills and academic performance of Payame Noor University (PNU) students in Boukan. The study had an interventional design involving pretest - posttest with the control group. ...
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of mobile-assisted teaching in self- directed learning, problem-solving skills and academic performance of Payame Noor University (PNU) students in Boukan. The study had an interventional design involving pretest - posttest with the control group. The study's statistical population was comprised of 120 students including all the students of educational sciences who had entered Boukan PNU Center in the academic year 97-98. To collect the data, sixty participants, who were homogenized on the basis of Raven Progressive Matrices (Intelligence Quotient with 90-110), were assigned randomly into one experimental group (30 participants) and one control group (30 participants). The Self-Directed Learning Scale (Fisher et al, 2001), Problem-Solving Skills Inventory (Heppner and Petersen, 1982) and an academic performance researcher-made scale were given to the experimental group and the control group as the pre-test of the study. Then the experimental group received 8 sessions (60 minutes each session) of mobile-assisted treatment in 4 weeks, while the control group underwent conventional teaching during that period. After finishing the sessions, the participants of both groups took the post-test, and the results were compared. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS version 24. The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) showed significant differences in the Self-Directed Learning Scale and its components, Problem-Solving Skills Inventory and its components, and the Academic Performance Scale of the participants in the groups at 0.01 level. The findings of this study, in accordance previous studies, indicate that mobile-assisted teaching can enhance self-directed learning, problem-solving skills and academic performance of Payame Noor University students.
Naser Ajdarifam; Mehran Farajollahi; Mohammadreza Sarmadi; Taher Mahboobi
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The research has been done with the aim of synthesis of Mobile-based learning curriculum with an emphasis on the Acker pattern in higher education. Accordingly, the research was of the synthesis type. For this purpose, in order to study the research background and collect data appropriate ...
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The research has been done with the aim of synthesis of Mobile-based learning curriculum with an emphasis on the Acker pattern in higher education. Accordingly, the research was of the synthesis type. For this purpose, in order to study the research background and collect data appropriate to the research purpose, the resources available in dissertations, libraries, research projects and articles available in domestic and foreign databases were used. The keywords used for the search included curriculum, mobile learning, mobile-based curriculum, distance learning, virtual learning, web-based learning, online learning, and Acker pattern in higher education. The total studies related to keywords were 48 cases, that after reviewing the titles, 9 irrelavant cases were excluded; so in this study 39 cases were examined. After collecting the data, the findings and results of the research were extracted and analyzed separately. The results indicate that the learning-based curriculum with emphasis on the Acker model has 10 components and 82 indicators, that for the logic and cause component 25 indicators, Objectives 7 indicators, Learning activities 9 indicators, Teacher role 3 indicators, Materials and resources 13 indicators, Grouping 3 indicators, Location 3 indicators, Time 2 indicators and measurement and evaluation of 8 indicators have been respectively extracted. Based on the results, the logic and cause component has the highest index and the time component has the lowest index.
Taher Mahbobi; Sayyed Karimi; Kamal Mahbobi
Volume 5, Issue 3 , March 2018, , Pages 101-109
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This study examined the relationshipbetweenhidden curriculum, motivational beliefs, and entrepreneurship among students of Payam Noor University (PNU) of Western Azerbaijan Province. The research method is descriptive-correlational. The population included all undergraduate students of PNU centers in ...
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This study examined the relationshipbetweenhidden curriculum, motivational beliefs, and entrepreneurship among students of Payam Noor University (PNU) of Western Azerbaijan Province. The research method is descriptive-correlational. The population included all undergraduate students of PNU centers in Azerbaijan Province in the academic year of 2016-2017. Out of this population, 1,000 undergraduate students at the PNU centers of West Azerbaijan Province Were selected based on multi stage cluster as the sample of the study. In so doing, among all PNU centers of Western Azerbaijan Province some centers were selected randomly. Then among the selected centers the participants of the study were selected through stratified random sampling method. Research instruments included a standard hidden curriculum questionnaire( Taghipoor and Ghafari, 2010), entrepreneurship test (Robinson et al., 1991) and motivational strategies questionnaire (Pintrich and Degroot ,1990). For data analysis, initially descriptive statistics including mean, variance, and standard deviation were calculated. Then multiple regression was run for inferential statistics. The results showed that there was significant relationship between hidden curriculum components including interaction, organizational structure, social environment and physical structure and the motivational beliefs and entrepreneurship of the PNU students at 0.01 level.
Taher Mahboobi; Hosein Salimi; Seyed Adnan Hoseini; Kamal Mahboobi
Volume 3, Issue 10 , December 2015, , Pages 73-80
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The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of Emotional self - control training on reduction of students Depression in Payame Noor University of Bukan. For this, 40 students were randomly selected as the sample group. This is a semi-experimental research with a pre-test, post-test plan ...
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The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of Emotional self - control training on reduction of students Depression in Payame Noor University of Bukan. For this, 40 students were randomly selected as the sample group. This is a semi-experimental research with a pre-test, post-test plan and a control group. Questionnaire based on bullying Scale Hamilton (1960) were used as research tool. The program was presented to students during 10 sessions (each 60 min) in five weeks. The sample group was randomly divided into two 20 person groups, (an experimental group and a control group). The experimental group was taken under Emotional self- control training, while the control group was not. Data analysis with descriptive statistics (Mean, Standard Deviation) and inferential statistics (Covariance Test) was performed using SPSS software. The results of Analysis of Covariance Test (p
