Educational Psychology
Arash Akhash; Askar Atash Afrouz; Manijeh Shehni Yailagh; Morteza Omidian
Abstract
Most students are facing problems in learning mathematics. These problems are related to the math course itself or related to external factors affecting it. The problems that are related to the mathematics lesson itself are caused by the content, nature and abstract nature of this knowledge, and the ...
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Most students are facing problems in learning mathematics. These problems are related to the math course itself or related to external factors affecting it. The problems that are related to the mathematics lesson itself are caused by the content, nature and abstract nature of this knowledge, and the problems that are related to external factors are either internal or external. The intrapersonal origin is related to the individual characteristics of students in mental processing, learning, motivation and attitude and the external-personal origin is related to issues that are affected by educational factors and the way teachers treat and teach. Therefore, the current research with the aim of "multilevel analysis of the relationship between the perception of the teacher's diagnostic skills, the challenging level of the class, the quality of the teacher's teaching and math study skills with math performance in ninth grade students" seems necessary.MethodThe research method was a correlational type, namely multilevel analysis. The statistical population of this research was all ninth grade male and female students of first secondary school in Kohgiluyeh city, in Iran, in the academic year of 1401-1402, among them, a sample of 1000 people (500 male and 500 female) was selected by multi-stage random sampling method. Gartner's Class Evaluation Questionnaire (2010), Gentry and Springer's Scale of Students' Perception of Classroom Activities (2002), Kyriakides et al.'s Teaching Quality Scale (2000), Hooper's Math Study Skills Scale (1993) and students' grades of the first semester of math lessons were used to measure the variables of the research. Data were analyzed using Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) method.ResultsThe results of multilevel analysis showed that variables of level 1 (math study skills) and level 2 (average math study skills of class, perception of teacher's diagnostic skills, challenging level of class and quality of teacher’s teaching) were positively and significantly predicting math performance of students. The interactions of level 2 variables (average math study skills of class, perception of teacher's diagnostic skills and the challenging level of the class) with the slope of the relationship between math study skills and math performance were significant. Also, the difference in math performance among classes and the difference between classes in terms of the slope of math study skills and math performance were significant.DiscussionBased on the multilevel analysis in this research, it can be concluded that paying attention to the improvement of students' math study skills and class variables (average class math study skills, perception of teacher's diagnostic skills, challenging level of class and quality of teacher’s teaching) will lead to the improvement of students' mathematical performance and their positive attitude towards this lesson.
Anousha Nikoubakht; Manijeh Shehni yailagh; Alireza Kiamanesh
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The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of computer-based training with traditional Teaching on mathematical performance of students with the mathematical disorders in Ahvaz city. The research method was an experimental-field method with pretest-posttest design and control group. The ...
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The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of computer-based training with traditional Teaching on mathematical performance of students with the mathematical disorders in Ahvaz city. The research method was an experimental-field method with pretest-posttest design and control group. The statistical population of the study included all students with the mathematical learning disorder in the age range of 8-9 years, Sample of the present study consisted of 60 subjects and three groups (two experimental groups and one control group) that were selected by simple random sampling from students with mathematical learning disorder referred to four centers of learning disorders in Ahvaz. The data were collected using the Iranian Key- Mathematical Test. The findings showed that both traditional and computer-based teaching methods improve the mathematical performance of students with mathematical disorders (F=8.052, P<0.01). However, descriptive data and averages indicated a more effective role for computer-based training in improving students' math performance.
A. Azimpour; A. Neisi; N. Arshadi; M. Shehni Yailagh; K. Beshlideh
Volume 19, Issue 2 , December 2012, , Pages 15-44
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The aim of this study was designing and testing a model for precedents of prosocial behavior in students of Shahid Chamran University in Ahvaz. In this model, empathy is independent variable that directly and indirectly predicted prosocial behaviors by mediation of religiosity, moral identity and prosocial ...
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The aim of this study was designing and testing a model for precedents of prosocial behavior in students of Shahid Chamran University in Ahvaz. In this model, empathy is independent variable that directly and indirectly predicted prosocial behaviors by mediation of religiosity, moral identity and prosocial moral reasoning using AMOS. 438 undergraduate students were selected by multi-stage cluster random sampling method. Structural equation modeling (SEM) method was used for testing the proposed model. Results showed that the direct paths from empathy to prosocial behavior, empathy to prosocial reasoning, religiosity to prosocial behavior, and prosocial reasoning to prosocial behavior were non-significant. After omitting, non-significant paths, the model fitted the data properly.
S. Bashkar; M. Sodani; M. Shehni Yailagh
Volume 19, Issue 1 , June 2012, , Pages 199-226
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This study has examined the effect of anger management skills training in reduction of marital conflicts among the couples reffered to Problem-Solving Committee of Baghmalek. The population of this study includes the couples that had been reffered to Baghmalek's Problem-Solving Committee .This population ...
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This study has examined the effect of anger management skills training in reduction of marital conflicts among the couples reffered to Problem-Solving Committee of Baghmalek. The population of this study includes the couples that had been reffered to Baghmalek's Problem-Solving Committee .This population was consisted of 20 couples (40 men and women) who were married for 2 years at least, and had at least one child. They were selected by simple random sampling and assigned randomly to experimental and control groups. To administer the experiment, both experimental and control groups took the pre-test. Then, during 8 sessions, the treatment was administered to experimental group and then the post-test was taken. The instrument used in this study was Marital Conflict Test. The results of one-way analysis of variance and MANOVA showed that anger management skills reduced the total marital conflicts and other subscales, in experimental couple.
