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.
Samanerh Haddadi; hossein zare; Sosan Alizadehfard
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This study was done to compare problem-solving skills and decision-making methods between the intermediate and advanced second language learners (English, French, German) and non-learners. The present study was carried out on the basis of the casual-comparative method. The statistical population of this ...
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This study was done to compare problem-solving skills and decision-making methods between the intermediate and advanced second language learners (English, French, German) and non-learners. The present study was carried out on the basis of the casual-comparative method. The statistical population of this research contained two groups in which the first group included all learners who participated in the English Language Institutes in Tehran in the first half of the year (2019) to learn English, French and German, whereas the second group included ordinary people who live in Tehran. All the participants were in the range of 18-40 years old. After eliminating scratched questionnaires, 120 subjects were assigned in each group on the basis of multi-stage clustering. Data collection was done by Cassidy and Long problem-solving questionnaire (1996) and Scott and Bruce Decision-making Methods (1995), but due to the lack of normality of data distribution for analyzing data, U Man-Whitney test was used. The results showed that there is no difference in problem-solving skills between Second Language Learners (English, French, German) and non-learners. However, in decision-making methods, dependent decision-making method was significantly lower in second language learners than non-learners (P<0. 01). Difference among other methods was rejected due to higher significance level than assumed 0. 05. Research has shown that people who have learned a second language have the ability to process higher information and learn more quickly, making it more accurate and faster than those who know only one language. Collect and summarize.
