Social Sciences
Atefeh Mohkamkar; Fatemeh Shaterian; Azam Nikookar
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Objective: Successful intelligence can improve many psychological and academic characteristics, and considering the importance of emotional self-awareness and academic engagement, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of education based on successful intelligence ...
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Objective: Successful intelligence can improve many psychological and academic characteristics, and considering the importance of emotional self-awareness and academic engagement, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of education based on successful intelligence on emotional self-awareness and academic engagement of secondary school students.Method: This was a semi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test and follow-up design with experimental and control groups. The population of the current research was all students of the tenth and eleventh grades of theoretical branch of Saveh city in the academic years of 2022-3, which the sample size was calculated according to G Power software equal to 25 people for each group. Therefore, 50 people were selected by a targeted method and randomly replaced into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 10 sessions of 75 minute of education based on successful intelligence, and the control group did not receive any intervention during this period. The research tools were included the revised emotional self-awareness questionnaire of Rieffe et al (2008) and academic engagement questionnaire of Schaufeli et al (2002), which whose psychometric indicators were confirmed. In this study, to analyze the data were used from analysis of variance with repeated measurements and Bonferroni's post hoc test in SPSS software.Results: The findings showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the post-test and follow-up phases in terms of emotional self-awareness and academic engagement. In the other words, education based on successful intelligence increased the emotional self-awareness and academic engagement of second school students, and the results remained in the follow-up phase as well (P<0.05).Conclusion: Considering the effectiveness of education based on successful intelligence on increasing the emotional self-awareness and academic engagement of secondary school students, to improve the psychological and academic characteristics of students can be used the method of education based on successful intelligence.
Psychology
Shahryar Abdolmaleki; Zabih Pirani; Firouzeh Zanganeh
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Purpose: Self-regulation has an effective role in other academic performance of students and can cause their academic success. Therefore, the aim of this study was designing an academic self-regulation model based on basic psychological needs and family communication pattern with the mediation of academic ...
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Purpose: Self-regulation has an effective role in other academic performance of students and can cause their academic success. Therefore, the aim of this study was designing an academic self-regulation model based on basic psychological needs and family communication pattern with the mediation of academic engagement.
Methodology: This research in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was descriptive from type of survey. The statistical population of the current study was male senior students of Hamedan city in the academic years of 2020-2021 and about 4000 people. The samples of this study were 420 people who were selected by cluster sampling method and answered to the academic self-regulation questionnaire (Savari and Arabzade, 2013), basic psychological needs questionnaire (Gagne, 2003), revised family communication patterns scale (Koerner and Fitzpatrick, 2002) and academic engagement questionnaire (Schaufeli et al., 2002). For data analysis were used from Pearson correlation coefficients and structural equation modeling methods in SPSS-20 and Smart-PLS-3 software.
Findings: The findings showed that the academic self-regulation model based on basic psychological needs and family communication pattern with the mediation of academic engagement had a good fit. Other findings showed that basic psychological needs and communication patterns of conversation and conformity had a direct and significant effect on students' academic engagement and basic psychological needs, communication patterns of conversation and conformity and academic engagement had a direct and significant effect on their self-regulation (P<0.05). In addition, basic psychological needs and communication patterns of conversation and conformity with the mediation of academic engagement had an indirect and significant effect on students' academic self-regulation (P<0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results of the present research, to improve students' self-regulation can be met their basic psychological needs and can be improved their communication patterns and academic engagement through educational workshops.
Abolghasem Barimani; Vahid Ebrahimi
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Purpose: Academic performance refers to a person's success in one or more academic subjects, which is measured according to pre-determined criteria and standards. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship transformational teaching and academic performance with the mediating role of ...
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Purpose: Academic performance refers to a person's success in one or more academic subjects, which is measured according to pre-determined criteria and standards. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship transformational teaching and academic performance with the mediating role of academic passion in students.
Methodology: The research applied in terms of purpose and method was descriptive, correlational one. The statistical population of this study included 4300 students of at the Secondary school of Neka. The statistical sample was 353 participants that determined by the using Krejcie and Morgan table, and selected by stratified random sampling according to gender. Data were gathered by using three Questionnaires of Pham & Taylor transformational teaching (1999), Schaufeli et al academic performance (2002) & Beauchamp et al (2010) academic passion Questionnaires. Their reliability was calculated to 0.82, 0.86 and 0.82 respectively by the use of Cronbach Alpha. The collected data was used for analyzed by Structural equation modeling using the partial least squares method (PLS).
Findings: The results of this study showed that there is a significant relationship between transformational teaching and academic passion with academic performance. 53.7% of academic performance and 66.5% of academic passion is explained by transformational teaching. And the academic passion variable has a mediator effect on the relationship between transformational teaching and academic performance. Fit indices indicate that the proposed model is an appropriate fit.
Conclusion: Teachers 'use of transformational teaching methods and strengthening students' academic enthusiasm can improve their academic performance.
Fatemeh Razm; Fariba Hafezi; Fatemeh Sadat Marashian; Farah Naderi; Zahra Dashtbozorgi
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Purpose: The academic performance of students is the result of several factors that can affect their academic progress. One of the important issues related to the academic performance of students is academic enthusiasm. In fact, academic enthusiasm provides a basis for the student to enjoy education ...
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Purpose: The academic performance of students is the result of several factors that can affect their academic progress. One of the important issues related to the academic performance of students is academic enthusiasm. In fact, academic enthusiasm provides a basis for the student to enjoy education more and to increase his desire to go to school. Academic enthusiasm is usually used as a motivational structure that reflects the learner's commitment to education. Enthusiasm is an immediate state that includes emotional-motivational aspects and is focused on a specific subject or object or a specific person or behavior. Also, academic enthusiasm is a multidimensional construct. Its cognitive dimension implies the amount of student investment in learning activities such as self-direction and the desire to apply effort in academic affairs and use learning strategies. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of flipped classroom method on information literacy and academic motivation of female high school students.Methodology: The present study was applied in terms of purpose and quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test group and one-month follow-up with control group. The statistical population included all female high school students in Ahvaz in the academic year 2019-2020. A sample of 50 people was purposefully selected and then randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (25 people in each group). The research instruments were the Trails Information Literacy Questionnaire (2007) and the Academic Achievement Scale of Fredericks et al. (2004). The experimental group was provided with 8 sessions of 70-minute training of Bergman and flipped classroom method (2014) and the control group did not receive any intervention to analyze the data using inferential statistical methods (Repeated measures analysis and Bonferroni post hoc test) with Spss24 software used.Findings: The results showed that the flipped classroom method on information literacy and academic motivation of students in the experimental group compared to the control group significantly increased their scores and this effect continued until the one-month follow-up period (P <0.05).Conclusion: Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the flipped classroom teaching method increases academic enthusiasm and information literacy in secondary (second) students, and therefore, the planners of the educational system should introduce and explain more about this method to make it more useful for teachers in the teaching-learning process provide.
Ali Asghar Hosseinmardi; Shohreh Ghorban Shiroodi; Mohammad Reza Zarbakhshbahri; Taher Tizdast
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Purpose: The aim of this research was determine the relationship of academic engagement, school engagement and school belonging with academic achievement by mediated the academic achievement motivation in male students.Methodology: This study was a descriptive from type of correlation. The study population ...
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Purpose: The aim of this research was determine the relationship of academic engagement, school engagement and school belonging with academic achievement by mediated the academic achievement motivation in male students.Methodology: This study was a descriptive from type of correlation. The study population was senior male students of districts 2 and 5 of Tehran city in the academic years of 2018-19. The sample size was estimated 604 people who were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. The research tools were included the academic engagement questionnaire (Fredericks et al, 2004), school engagement scale (Viga, 2016), school belonging scale (Arslan & Duru, 2017), academic achievement motivation questionnaire (Hermans, 1970) and average of the previous semester as an indicator of academic achievement. Data were analyzed with using Pearson correlation coefficients and path analysis methods in SPSS and AMOS software.Findings: The findings showed that the mode of academic engagement, school engagement and school belonging with academic achievement by mediated the academic achievement motivation had a good fit. Also, all three variables of academic engagement, school engagement and school belonging on academic achievement motivation and academic achievement and the variable of academic achievement motivation on academic achievement had a direct and significant effect (P<0.05). In addition, academic engagement, school engagement and school belonging by mediated the academic achievement motivation had an indirect and significant effect on academic achievement (P<0.05).Conclusion: According to the results to increase and promote academic achievement, it is possible to provide the basis for improving the academic engagement, school engagement, school belonging and academic achievement motivation.
Parisa Tajalli; Zahra Taghizadeh Shideh; Zohreh Sadeghi Afjeh
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Purpose: Present research was conducted with aim of modeling of academic engagement based on school climate and quality of life with mediated self-regulation in students. Methodology: This study was cross-sectional from type of correlation. The study population was female high school students of Tehran ...
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Purpose: Present research was conducted with aim of modeling of academic engagement based on school climate and quality of life with mediated self-regulation in students. Methodology: This study was cross-sectional from type of correlation. The study population was female high school students of Tehran city in the 2019-20 academic years. The research sample was 350 students who were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. In addition to the demographic information form, to collect data were used the questionnaires of academic engagement (Fredericks & et al, 2004), school climate (Lee & et al, 2017), quality of life (War & Sherbourne, 1992) and self-regulation (Bouffard & et al, 1995). Data were analyzed by structural equation modeling method in SPSS-22 and LISREL-8.8 software. Findings: The results showed that the mode of academic engagement based on school climate and quality of life with mediated self-regulation in students had a good fit. Also, school climate had a direct and significant effect on self-regulation and academic engagement, quality of life had a direct and significant effect on academic engagement and self-regulation had a direct and significant effect on academic engagement (p < 0.05), but quality of life had not a significant effect on self-regulation (P>0.05). Other results showed that the school climate with mediated self-regulation had an indirect and significant effect on academic engagement (p < 0.05), but the quality of life with mediated by self-regulated had no significant effect on academic engagement (P>0.05). Conclusion: According to the results, to improve students' academic engagement can be done by improving their school climate, quality of life and self-regulation.
