Salar Faramarzi; Reza Moradi; Shima ghalamzan
Volume 4, Issue 15 , January 2017, Pages 9-14
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of phoneme plays on the dysorthographia of third-grade primary school male students with learning disabilities. The research method was experimental with pretest-posttest and the control group. The population of the research ...
Read More
The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of phoneme plays on the dysorthographia of third-grade primary school male students with learning disabilities. The research method was experimental with pretest-posttest and the control group. The population of the research included male students with disability to learn spelling in the third-grade primary schools in Isfahan. To do the research, 30 students with disability to learn spelling were selected among the population of third-grade primary school students in the City of Isfahan who had inclusion criteria with stratified random sampling and then, they were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. Instruments for collecting data were the spelling test and Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices Test for Children. The obtained data were analyzed with ANCOVA. The results of the research indicated that there is a significant difference between dysorthographia of the control and experimental groups at the level p<0.001. Therefore, it can be concluded that phoneme plays are effective on the improvement of students’ dysorthographia and it can be used as an educational and therapeutic method.
Mahbobeh Mortazavi; Manochehr Jafarigohar; Afsar Rouhi; Hasan Soleimani
Volume 4, Issue 15 , January 2017, Pages 15-26
Abstract
This study scrutinized the effect of structuring and problematizing scaffolding mechanisms and the possible moderating effect of the proficiency level on writing self-regulatory skills, essay writing ability, and global planning time among one hundred and twenty pre-intermediate and one hundred and twenty ...
Read More
This study scrutinized the effect of structuring and problematizing scaffolding mechanisms and the possible moderating effect of the proficiency level on writing self-regulatory skills, essay writing ability, and global planning time among one hundred and twenty pre-intermediate and one hundred and twenty advanced Iranian English learners. Using two-way ANCOVA tests and taking the pre-test scores as covariates, the researchers compared the pretest and post-test results of the participants’ performance on a writing test and a writing self-regulation questionnaire. They also compared the time the participants spent planning the content and organization in the two administrations of the writing test. The results revealed that scaffolding mechanisms led to significant improvements in self-regulatory and writing skills. In addition, scaffolding mechanisms significantly increased the time the participants spent on global planning. On the whole, according to the results, scaffolding mechanisms have best effect when offered simultaneously. Besides, no significant moderating effect was detected for the proficiency level.
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 ...
Read More
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.
Mehran Farajollahi; Kazem Hasani; Sana Safari; Mehdi Moeinikia
Volume 4, Issue 15 , January 2017, Pages 49-64
Abstract
This study aims at presenting a pattern for the organizational structure of open and distant universities with focusing on Payame Noor University (PNU). The population of the study consisted of all personnels working in three centers of PNU in Tehran, Kermanshah, and Kurdistan provinces located in Iran; ...
Read More
This study aims at presenting a pattern for the organizational structure of open and distant universities with focusing on Payame Noor University (PNU). The population of the study consisted of all personnels working in three centers of PNU in Tehran, Kermanshah, and Kurdistan provinces located in Iran; among whom 400 persons were selected based on the purposive sampling. In order to measure the structural dimensions; Robbins’ organizational structure questionnaire was used; furthermore, for content dimensions measuring Cameron and Canon’s organizational Culture Inventory, William’s organizational environment, Daft’s organizational technology, and Farhady’s organizational strategies were utilized. The results of the study indicated that with regard to the structural dimensions, PNU has formality, complexity, and high focus and with respect to the content dimensions, it has a somewhat unpredictable environment, a fairly strong culture, Successful strategy and complex technology. The results of multiple regression indicated that culture, environment, technology and strategy are nice predictors for formality, complexity and focus. In conclusion, based on the somewhat unpredictable environment, the fairly strong culture and the complex technology, the managers need to pay close attention to reducing formality, complexity, and focus and attempt to design and implement the link structure, which is both stable and efficient and also easy and flexible, in PNU.
Elaheh Hejazi; Vahideh Namdari; majid Ghasemi; Ali Moghadamzadeh
Volume 4, Issue 15 , January 2017, Pages 65-78
Abstract
The aim of this study was construction and validation of the scale Amount and attitudes toward the use of social networks and it's relation with academic performance. To do so, 350 students (187 girls and 163 boys) of third-grade high school students, in region 5 of Tehran, were selected through stratified ...
Read More
The aim of this study was construction and validation of the scale Amount and attitudes toward the use of social networks and it's relation with academic performance. To do so, 350 students (187 girls and 163 boys) of third-grade high school students, in region 5 of Tehran, were selected through stratified random sampling that responded to researcher-made questionnaire of using social networks. Data obtained by exploratory factor analysis with principal components and varimax rotation, Cronbach's Alpha and Pearson correlation, multiple regression and analysis of variance were used. On stage construction of the scale, after confirming the validity, content validity, exploratory analysis with principal components and varimax rotation the ultimate tool 30 questions that lead to the extraction of two factors: attitude to the use of social networks, and the use of social networks. Scale reliability through Cronbach alpha coefficient for the subscales attitude towards using social networks 81/0 and for the use of social networks 88/0 and 91/0 were obtained for the total scale. Academic performance was considered as a method for the convergent validity. The regression's results showed that the amount of utilizing the social networks could predict 0/18 of the variance of academic performance. The results showed that the scale of the use of social networks has Favorable reliability and validity, and the amount of and attitudes toward the use of such networks performance plays a decisive role on students' academic.
Nasim Saeed; Monireh Azimi Hemat
Volume 4, Issue 15 , January 2017, Pages 79-92
Abstract
Student satisfaction of e-learning systems plays an important role in their academic performance as well as the success and effectiveness of this area. With regard to being qualitative the measurement of satisfaction, this research has designed a fuzzy expert system. Therefore, factors such as interactions, ...
Read More
Student satisfaction of e-learning systems plays an important role in their academic performance as well as the success and effectiveness of this area. With regard to being qualitative the measurement of satisfaction, this research has designed a fuzzy expert system. Therefore, factors such as interactions, feedback, quality and usefulness of e-learning, is intended for student satisfaction. In order to determining the amount of each of these factors in the studied population, the fuzzy techniques are used. The priorities and importance of each of them in satisfaction obtained by using the analytic hierarchy process. After completing the knowledge base and benefit from expert opinion, the fuzzy rule base has been completed and the exact amount of satisfaction is obtained with the mamdani fuzzy inference. The sample in this study is the seventy Master students of Electronic PNU which after implemented the system with Matlab software, their satisfaction level obtained "high" and the exact amount of satisfaction is-estimated "0.75". Also, validation the model indicate high conformity of results and experts opinion in this felid.
Asma Fooladi; Mohammad bagher Kajbaf; Amir Ghamarani
Volume 4, Issue 15 , January 2017, Pages 93-103
Abstract
The aim of this research is studing effectiveness of academic buoyancy training on academic meaning and academic performance of girl students. The population includes all third grade girl students at the first period of high school of Mashhad city in academic years 2015-16. In an experimental design ...
Read More
The aim of this research is studing effectiveness of academic buoyancy training on academic meaning and academic performance of girl students. The population includes all third grade girl students at the first period of high school of Mashhad city in academic years 2015-16. In an experimental design 40 students after being matched based on gender and academic grade were selected by multi-step cluster random sampling method and randomly assigned to two equal groups. Experimental group educated 12 sessions that each session was 70 minutes by academic buoyancy method. Each two groups completed the questionnaires of academic meaning (Henderson–King and Smith, 2006) and academic performance (Salehi, 2013) as a pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The data were analyzed by analysis of variance with repeated measure design. The findings showed that in the post-test and follow-up stages was a significant difference between experimental and control groups on the variables of academic meaning and academic performance of girl students. On the other words, in the post-test and follow-up stages academic buoyancy training led to increase academic meaning and academic performance of girl students (P<0/01). So we suggest using academic buoyancy training method to improve the characteristics of academic especially in academic meaning and academic performance.
