Psychology
Nahideh Yousefpour; Noushin Derakhshan; Roghayeh Poursaberi
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Purpose: Academic achievement especially in mathematics is very important and knowing the effective factors on it helps a lot in planning in the field of mathematical academic achievement. As a result, the aim of this research was to investigate the causal model of mathematical academic achievement based ...
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Purpose: Academic achievement especially in mathematics is very important and knowing the effective factors on it helps a lot in planning in the field of mathematical academic achievement. As a result, the aim of this research was to investigate the causal model of mathematical academic achievement based on the creative thinking and critical thinking with the mediation of problem solving in primary school students. Methodology: The present study was a description from type of quantitative, which its population was all primary school students of Tabriz city in the 2023-24 academic years. The sample size of the present research was considered to be 250 people, which this number were selected by multi-step cluster random sampling method. The tools of this study were included the questionnaires of mathematical academic achievement (Shalev et al, 1993), creative thinking (Welch and Mc Dowall, 2010), critical thinking (Facione et al, 1994) and problem solving (Heppner and Petersen, 1982) and their data were analyzed with the methods of Pearson correlation coefficients and structural equation modeling in SPSS-26 and AMOS-24 software. Findings: The findings of the present research showed that the causal model of mathematical academic achievement based on the creative thinking and critical thinking with the mediation of problem solving in primary school students had a good fit. In the mentioned model, the variables of creative thinking and critical thinking had a direct and significant effect on problem solving and mathematical academic achievement of primary school students, and the variable of problem solving had a direct and significant effect on their mathematical academic achievement. In addition, the variables of creative thinking and critical thinking with the mediation of problem solving had an indirect and significant effect on mathematical academic achievement of primary school students (P<0.05). Conclusion: According to the results of this study, in order to improve the mathematical academic achievement of primary school students can promote their creative thinking, critical thinking and problem solving.
Elnaz Emanzadeh; MohammadReza Esmaieli; Reza Nikbakhash
Volume 7, Issue 1 , September 2021, , Pages 230-240
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to, investigating the effectiveness of teacher management styles on students' motor education whith the role of problem-solving teaching-learning strategy intervention in basketball skills. Methodology: The research method was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest ...
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to, investigating the effectiveness of teacher management styles on students' motor education whith the role of problem-solving teaching-learning strategy intervention in basketball skills. Methodology: The research method was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest and control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of, 706 seventh grade male and female students of Sarab city, in the first half of the first semester of the first academic year of 2018-2019. During the first half of the first semester, 30 students were selected as the sample of the research according to the preliminary assessments and purposefully. A randomized design was used in two experimental groups (n = 20) and control (n = 20). The experimental group received a one-on-one session in 12 sessions of 65 minutes per week; the control group was placed on the waiting list for two months. The Wolfgang and Glickman (1986) Dimensional Movement Training Questionnaire was used to collect information. To analyze the research data using SPSS software, univariate analysis of covariance (ANOVA) was used at a significance level of 0.001. Results: The results showed that the use of different classroom management styles in all aspects of motor training (cognitive, emotional, physical fitness and skills) is significant. All dimensions of motor training are significantly different from the interventionist style, but not much different from the non-interventionist style. Also, interactive classroom management style can be the most effective classroom management style along with providing a problem solving strategy. Conclusion: Based on the research findings, problem solving training is a short-term, efficient and harmless strategic problem that can empower students to learn basketball skills by targeting their cognitive abilities.