Hoshang Garavan; Hosein Kareshki; Mohammadreza Ahanchian
Volume 4, Issue 15 , January 2017, , Pages 27-48
Abstract
This study aimed testing the structural relationships between self-efficacy of researching, the social factors and researching-educational environment with researching-educational performance in students of higher education. The research method was descriptive and correlational. Statistical population ...
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This study aimed testing the structural relationships between self-efficacy of researching, the social factors and researching-educational environment with researching-educational performance in students of higher education. The research method was descriptive and correlational. Statistical population includes all 4180 Graduate students Colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy and Nursing of Medical Sciences Mashhad through Cochran formula sample 183 students were determined and were selected through stratified random sampling method. For the collection of required data questionnaires self-efficacy of researching, educational-researching environment, social factors and educational-researching questionnaire were used. The correlation matrix, path analysis and Goodness of Fit Index with use of software Lisrel 8.5 were used for data analysis. With the implementation of structural equation modeling, It was found that the proposed model is a good fit (NNFI=0.92, RMSEA=0.067). Although the overall proposed model was a good fit but as the results showed Path coefficients g the social factors and researching-educational environment to self-efficacy of researching and performance were not significant, so that only coefficient β self-efficacy of researching to performance was significant. The results of this reserch supports of the mediating role of self-efficacy in relation the social factors and researching-educational environment with performance.
hadi taghizadeh; mohammad saeid abdekhodaei; hosein kareshki
Volume 2, Issue 6 , November 2014, , Pages 41-58
Abstract
This research aims at studying the roles of cognitive styles, advancement goals, and mathematics self efficiency in the students' advancements in mathematics. The partici-pants of the research are 263 first grade high school students in Tabatkan district which were selected using the two stage cluster ...
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This research aims at studying the roles of cognitive styles, advancement goals, and mathematics self efficiency in the students' advancements in mathematics. The partici-pants of the research are 263 first grade high school students in Tabatkan district which were selected using the two stage cluster sampling method. The students received a questionnaire for the two cognitive styles of field dependence and field independence, Midglay et al (1998) questionnaire of goal direction, and themathematicsselfefficiencyquestionnaire. Thecollecteddatefromthesequestionnaires were analyzed using Pearson's correlation method, T score and multi level regression formula. The results showed that there is a positiveandsignificantrelationship between cognitive styles, advancement goals, mathematicsselfefficiencyandmathematics advancement. Also it was revealed that self efficiency has a higher role in predicting mathematics advancement. The results also suggest that field independent students showed more mathematics self efficiency. Additionally they had high scores in mastering goals. On the other hand field dependent students had high scores in avoidance goal. Moreover the study shows that there is a significant relationship between mastering goals and mathematic self efficiency. Also there is a direct and significant relationship between the rate of self efficiency and the score of orientation goal. There is a significant indirect relationship between the rate of self efficiency and avoidance goal score. Finally the study shows that the students' performance in mathematics can be directly predicted through cognitive styles, advancement goals and mathematics self efficiency. However in step by step regression analysis it was revealed that the role of the beliefs of mathematics self efficiency is superior to the roles of the advancement goals and cognitive styles.
