Educational Psychology
Nasrin Taheri Asghari; Shahram vahedi; Davoud Tahmasebzadeh sheikhlar; Kiumars Taghipour; Hasan Sabourimoghaddam
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The purpose of this study is to measure the effectiveness of the brain-centered teaching approach on the motivation to learn physics among second year high school students. In this semi-experimental study, a pre-test-post-test design with a control group was used. The statistical population included ...
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The purpose of this study is to measure the effectiveness of the brain-centered teaching approach on the motivation to learn physics among second year high school students. In this semi-experimental study, a pre-test-post-test design with a control group was used. The statistical population included female students of the twelfth grade of the second year of secondary school in the city of Takestan, and 50 people were selected from among them as an available sample. The research tools included a questionnaire on learning motivation towards physics, daily writings and structured interviews of students. First, the subjects of both groups were pre-tested, then the subjects of the experimental group were tested for eight weeks with the help of the brain-based method, the subject of dynamics (Newton's laws). were trained, while the control group was subjected to common training at school. After the end of the intervention on the experimental group, the subjects of both groups were evaluated by the post-test. With the help of SPSS software, analysis Covariance and U Mann Whitney and kruskal- wallis H test were used for data analysis. The findings of this research showed that the students of the experimental group have more motivation to learn than the control group and we saw their significant superiority in the subscales of internal motivation, goal and self-efficacy, although there was a difference in the mean of the autonomy and job subscales, but this difference It was not statistically significant. Also, three motivational patterns were identified after the intervention. The first pattern of students' parallel motivation compared to before the implementation of the experimental plan, the second pattern of students' motivation becoming positive after the experimental intervention, and the third pattern of students' motivation becoming negative after the experimental intervention. Based on the findings of the present research, it can be concluded that by spending enough time, brain-based education can be used as an effective intervention to increase the motivation towards physics used by teachers and counselors.
Y. Valinejadghanati; M. Birami; E. Fathi Azar; Sh. Vahedi; M. Mirnasab
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The purpose of this research was to study the effectiveness of strategy training using Witt's model on the improvement of working memory and math performance among third grade primary school students with low working memory levels. In this quasi-experimental design, 36 students were selected with low ...
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The purpose of this research was to study the effectiveness of strategy training using Witt's model on the improvement of working memory and math performance among third grade primary school students with low working memory levels. In this quasi-experimental design, 36 students were selected with low working memory and low academic math performance. These students were randomly assigned in three groups (one experimental, one placebo and one true control groups). The experimental group was trained based on Witt's model for 6 weeks. The placebo group were taught science using the reciprocal method, while the true control group didn't receive any treatment. To analyze the data, MANOVA, ANCOVA and the Bonferroni test were used through SPSS 20. Results showed that the intervention improved the students' performance in backward digits, counting and block recall tests, but the enhancement in forward digit recall test was not significant. Also, results indicated that the students' math performance had improved. According to the findings, the students' working memory and math performance can be improved with appropriate interventions in the working memory.
