Mohammad Seidsalehi; Jalil Yonesi
Volume 3, Issue 9 , August 2015, Pages 7-20
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The aim of study is to investigate the most important antecedents and consequences of academic self - efficacy among students of Tehran. The population was students of universities of Tehran that 480 students were selected from the universities of Allameh Tabataba’i, Amirkabir, Tarbiat Modarres ...
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The aim of study is to investigate the most important antecedents and consequences of academic self - efficacy among students of Tehran. The population was students of universities of Tehran that 480 students were selected from the universities of Allameh Tabataba’i, Amirkabir, Tarbiat Modarres and Tehran through Voluntary sampling. The tools was included the short form of NEO-Personality inventory (Costa & McCrae, 1992), scale of perceived social support (Zimet & et al., 1988), Academic motivation scale (Harter, 1980), academic self - efficacy scale (Jinks & Morgan, 1999) and academic self - concept scale (Delavar, 1372). The data analyzed by using structural equations modeling. The findings support the hypothesized structural relationships that social support, academic self - concept and personality traits could directly affect academic self - efficacy and could indirectly affect academic performance and academic motivation. Also academic self - efficacy could directly affect academic performance and academic motivation. With increasing independent variables and their Components Except the neuroticism, the academic self - efficacy and dependent variables increased.
Kazem Barzegar
Volume 3, Issue 9 , August 2015, Pages 21-32
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of teaching empathy on aggression and social adjustment of girl students of grade six in Yazd city. The method of research is semi-experimental and consist of experimental group and control group by pre-test and post-test. The samples were 62 girl ...
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of teaching empathy on aggression and social adjustment of girl students of grade six in Yazd city. The method of research is semi-experimental and consist of experimental group and control group by pre-test and post-test. The samples were 62 girl students of grade six in Yazd that were selected by available sampling. They were put in two groups of control group and experiment group randomly and equally. First, both groups responded to questionnaires (pre-test) and then, the experimental group were trained the empathy within 15 sessions. Finally, the questionnaires (post-test) were completed again by both groups (post-test). Data were collected by using empathy questionnaires of Isenberg, Febs & et al (1991), Rater questionnaire about children behavioral disorder (1964) and Bus & Perry aggression questionnaire (1992) and were analyzed by covariance analysis test. Results showed that after controlling scores of pre-tests, there was a meaningful difference between two groups in their empathy, social competence and aggression and its aspects (p<0.01). The results from present study can improve the social adjustment and reduce aggression in students.
Akbar Rezaei
Volume 3, Issue 9 , August 2015, Pages 33-44
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The purpose of the present research is to investigate psychometric propertiesof Persian version of the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire- Elementary School (AEQ-ES) in Tabriz elementary students’ population. This questionnaire assesses students' enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom related to three ...
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The purpose of the present research is to investigate psychometric propertiesof Persian version of the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire- Elementary School (AEQ-ES) in Tabriz elementary students’ population. This questionnaire assesses students' enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom related to three types of academic situations (attending class, doing homework, and taking tests).In this research, first, the AEQ-ES was translated into Farsi. After a pilot study and resolving the problems, the Questionnaire were carried out to a sample group consisting of 426 students (216 girls and 210 boys) who were studying in fifth grade in Tabriz elementary schools. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Correlation Test and also Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) were used to analyze data. Results showed that the AEQ scales are acceptably reliable. Also results of Confirmatory Factor Analysis showed that the structure of Questionnaire Scales have acceptable fit with data. The results of this study indicate that The Persian version of the AEQ-ES is a reliable and valid measurement instrument that can be used for purposes of research and applied goals in classroom settings.
MohammadHasan Seif
Volume 3, Issue 9 , August 2015, Pages 45-56
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The aim of this research is to present the extended casual model of behavioral Intention to web based learning with emphasis on the role of learning goal orientation and self-regulated learning.
The population consisted of all students of Fars PNU in academic year 93-94. The sample was 328 students ...
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The aim of this research is to present the extended casual model of behavioral Intention to web based learning with emphasis on the role of learning goal orientation and self-regulated learning.
The population consisted of all students of Fars PNU in academic year 93-94. The sample was 328 students those selected by using categorical random sampling method.
In this research five measuring instruments were used that including; Chatzoglou et al (2009) learning goal orientation, intention to use web based learning from saremineu (2009), perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use from god abdel (2008), attitude to use web based learning From shin (2007), self - regulation Learning in web based learning and online learning from Barnard et al (2008). All of these questionnaires are prepared in five point Likert Scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree.
The results showed that the conceptual model of the research, confirmed according to model fit indices. Also, learning goal orientation has an indirect significant impact on intention of web based learning via perception of ease and usefulness, and attitude toward web based learning.
In addition, self - regulated learning have direct and indirect significant influence on intention to use web based learning via mediator role of perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and attitude toward web based learning. Also perceived ease of use has a direct and indirect influence on intention to use web based learning via mediator role of perceived usefulness and attitude toward web based learning.
Amaneh Aman zadeh; Mansoor Mansour Al Noman F
Volume 3, Issue 9 , August 2015, Pages 57-68
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The purpose of this research is studying the influence of training based on web and computer and mobile learning on students' critical thinking skills and creative thinking in students of Mazandaran province universities. The study is functional in purpose, descriptive in nature and in method is a survey ...
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The purpose of this research is studying the influence of training based on web and computer and mobile learning on students' critical thinking skills and creative thinking in students of Mazandaran province universities. The study is functional in purpose, descriptive in nature and in method is a survey research. The population consists of all university students (312,586 Students) in the academic year 1391-92. By using cluster random sampling three universities were selected randomly by observing ratios, 385 students in two groups of men and women were selected as sample. Data collection is a questionnaire with 22 questions in two dimensions of critical thinking and creative thinking. Its content validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability by using Cronbach's alpha coefficient is %86. For analyzing data, variance and t tests and Friedman were used. The results showed that the effectiveness of training based on web, computer and mobile learning on critical thinking and creative thinking skills of students has a significant impact. Also, effectiveness of web-based training, computer and mobile learning skills in critical thinking and creative thinking of students did not differ based on gender.
Nasibeh pourasghar; Hosein Zare
Volume 3, Issue 9 , August 2015, Pages 69-82
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The aim of this research is analysis of the relation of the previous experience of computer with the performance in computer related-tasks with regard to the role of mediation of self-efficacy and computer anxiety which has been carried out with planning the conceptual model based on path analysis. For ...
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The aim of this research is analysis of the relation of the previous experience of computer with the performance in computer related-tasks with regard to the role of mediation of self-efficacy and computer anxiety which has been carried out with planning the conceptual model based on path analysis. For doing this, 282 undergraduate students (142 female and 140 male) from the Payame Noor University of Germi and bilesavar were selected through relative class sampling. They completed a questionnaire composed of a computer anxiety scale, a computer self - efficacy scale and a computer experiences questionnaire. Practical computer test scores were used to measure the performance of tasks connected to computer. The results showed that the previous computer experience has a significantly indirect effect on computer performance through the mediating role of computer anxiety and computer self-efficacy. Computer anxiety has a significantly indirect effect on computer performance with the mediation of computer self-efficacy. The suggested model has a good fitness with the research data and could also explain 0.72 of the computer performance variance.
Seid Mohammad shobeiri; S.Z Shamsi
Volume 3, Issue 9 , August 2015, Pages 83-94
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This study aimed to evaluate the internal quality of educational science curriculum for graduate curricula in view of Payame Noor University Professors, Students and experts, based on curriculum content, grouping and evaluation to improve the quality of education. This research is applicable in purpose ...
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This study aimed to evaluate the internal quality of educational science curriculum for graduate curricula in view of Payame Noor University Professors, Students and experts, based on curriculum content, grouping and evaluation to improve the quality of education. This research is applicable in purpose and its method is descriptive with survey approach. Population consists of three sub-categories:1- Graduate students of curriculum area of educational science in Payame Noor University 2- Professors and faculty members of educational science in Payame Noor University 3- Education Experts of Educational Science major in Payame Noor University. For sampling, relative random method and Morgan table was used. The sample is 170 students, 49 professors and 20 educational experts. The tools for gathering data was researcher-made questionnaire in Likert scale and independent t-test was used. The results show that there is meaningful difference between views of professors, students and educational experts in master's degree of curriculum area of educational science in Payame Noor University.
