Mojtabah Reisi Sarteshneizy; Ahmad Ghazanfari; Reza Ahmadi; Tayebeh Sharifi
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Purpose: The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of group exploratory and conceptual learning in science lessons on the academic self-efficacy of male students.Methodology: The current research was applied in terms of its purpose and in terms of its implementation, it was a semi-experimental ...
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Purpose: The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of group exploratory and conceptual learning in science lessons on the academic self-efficacy of male students.Methodology: The current research was applied in terms of its purpose and in terms of its implementation, it was a semi-experimental research with a pre-test-post-test-follow-up design with a control group. The statistical population of this research was the fifth grade male students of Kiyar city in the academic year of 2020-21. The research sample consisted of 75 male students in three experimental groups of exploration, concept learning and control (25 people in each group) who were selected by multi-stage cluster random sampling from 3 schools and 3 classes. The research tool was the self-efficacy questionnaire of Jenkins and Morgan (1999) and the intervention was the method of exploratory group training and concept learning group training for 10 sessions (each session 45 minutes) which was implemented for both experimental groups. For data analysis, inferential statistical methods (repeated measurement analysis and Benferroni post hoc test) were used with Spss24 software.Findings: The results showed that both exploratory group training and conceptual learning increased academic self-efficacy scores compared to the control group. But there was no significant difference between the average scores of exploratory group training and conceptual learning. In other words, both methods of exploratory group training and concept learning group training equally increased academic self-efficacy scores (P<0.05).Conclusion: Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the group teaching of exploration and conceptual learning increases the academic self-efficacy of students in the science course. Therefore, lesson planners can pay more attention to these methods and also elementary school teachers can use these educational methods in teaching science lessons to better understand students and their academic self-efficacy.
Psychology
Mohadeseh Nemati; Arezo Shomal Oskoei; Haideh Saberi
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Purpose: Academic procrastination causes a drop in academic performance, and should be look for ways to reduce it. As a result, this study was conducted with the aim of presenting the academic procrastination model based on self-directed learning strategies and parenting styles with the mediating role ...
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Purpose: Academic procrastination causes a drop in academic performance, and should be look for ways to reduce it. As a result, this study was conducted with the aim of presenting the academic procrastination model based on self-directed learning strategies and parenting styles with the mediating role of academic self-efficacy.
Methodology: The research design was cross-sectional from type of correlation. The statistical population of the present study was all secondary school students of Tehran city in the academic years of 2022-23, which out of 23552 students number of 400 people were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. In this research were used the tools of academic procrastination (Solomon and Rothblum, 1984), self-directed learning strategies (Pintrich and De Groot, 1990), parenting styles (Baumrind, 1991) and academic self-efficacy (Jinks and Morgan, 1999). In order to analyze the data were used correlation coefficients and structural equation modeling methods in SPSS-V23 and Lisrel-V8.8 software.
Findings: The findings showed that the academic procrastination model based on self-directed learning strategies and parenting styles with the mediating role of academic self-efficacy had a good fit. Also, self-directed learning strategies (cognitive and metacognitive) on academic procrastination and self-efficacy directly and indirectly through academic self-efficacy on academic procrastination had a significant effect (P<0.05). In addition, parenting styles (authoritative, authoritarian and permissive) on academic procrastination and self-efficacy directly and indirectly through academic self-efficacy on academic procrastination had a significant effect (P<0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results, it can be stated that a person has more self-directed learning strategies, authoritative parenting style and academic self-efficacy and less permissive and authoritarian parenting styles, the amount of academic procrastination will decrease.
Jeyran Moradi; Yahya Yarahmadi; Mahmood Goodarzi; Omid Moradi
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Purpose: Educational systems are based on the education and training of the future generation of the society, and students have a central role in this system, and the existence of social support from families, the government, the education system, and organizations. And other inputs are required for ...
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Purpose: Educational systems are based on the education and training of the future generation of the society, and students have a central role in this system, and the existence of social support from families, the government, the education system, and organizations. And other inputs are required for their growth. In this regard, psychologists and teachers consider motivation as one of the key concepts used to explain different levels of performance. The main cause of behavior is motivation and it can be defined as the driving force of human activities and the factor of his learning. Also, this concept can be used to explain the difference between students who have the same aptitude for learning, but their academic progress is different. From the point of view of psychologists, motivation is an internal process that activates, directs and maintains behavior over time, and motivation has been divided into two categories: "internal" and "external". The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of academic self-efficacy in the relationship between success factors and student achievement motivation.Methodology: This was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of the present study included all 11th grade female students in Kermanshah in the academic year 2018-19. From this population, 400 people were selected using multi-stage cluster sampling method. Data collection tools were the Student's Academic Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (Jink and Morgan (1999), Waz & Isaacson (2008), Schumer's Epistemological Beliefs (1990), The Basic Psychological Needs of the Guardian et al. (2000), and Progress Motivation. Were Hermans (1987). Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling statistical method in SPSS24 and Amos24 software.Findings: The results showed that the fit of the measurement model and the structural model of the research were confirmed. The results showed that epistemological beliefs, successful academic identity and basic psychological needs had a direct and significant effect on academic self-efficacy and achievement motivation and academic self-efficacy on achievement motivation. Finally, basic needs have a positive effect on successful academic identity and significance of 95% confidence level (P <0.05).Conclusion: Based on the results of the study, students who have suffered from academic failure and their motivation for progress and success has a declining trend can be used by using psychological counseling to improve academic identity, epistemological beliefs and basic psychological needs. He intervened and provided the ground for their academic progress. The results of this research can also lead to proper planning in order to adopt appropriate school strategies to increase the motivation of students' progress and consequently reduce academic decline and reluctance.
Psychology
Fereydoon Damani; Fatemeh Soghra Karbalai Herofteh; Vali Mehdinejad
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Purpose: The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of academic buoyancy training and logotherapy on motivational orientation in secondary school students.
Methodology: This study was applied in terms of purpose and semi-experimental in terms of execution method with a pre-test and ...
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Purpose: The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of academic buoyancy training and logotherapy on motivational orientation in secondary school students.
Methodology: This study was applied in terms of purpose and semi-experimental in terms of execution method with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The research population was the second grade students of secondary school in Iranshahr city in the academic year of 2019-20. Among them, 60 students were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly divided into three equal groups. The experimental group of academic buoyancy received training in 12 sessions of 70 minutes and logotherapy in 10 sessions of 70 minutes, and the control group did not receive training. The research tool was motivational orientation questionnaire (Ryan, 1989). Data were analyzed in SPSS-V21 software with multivariate covariance analysis methods.
Findings: The results showed that the increase in motivational orientation in the buoyancy training group was statistically significant compared to the logotherapy and control groups, while the logotherapy training did not significantly increase the motivational orientation compared to the control group (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Based on the findings, it is recommended that counselors and psychologists use academic vitality training methods to increase motivational orientation.
Sabah Abdi; Akbar Rezaei; Ali Mohammadzadeh
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between adaptive versus maladaptive narcissism with academic self-efficacy of first-grade high school students in Miandoab city and also to study the moderating effect of gender. Methodology: The present study is a descriptive ...
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between adaptive versus maladaptive narcissism with academic self-efficacy of first-grade high school students in Miandoab city and also to study the moderating effect of gender. Methodology: The present study is a descriptive and correlational one, in which 369 individuals were selected using two-stage cluster sampling. The data were collected using three standard questionnaires including; Jink and Morgan Academic Self-Efficacy Inventory (1999), maladaptive covert narcissism scales (2013) and adaptive overt narcissism scale (2013). Data were analyzed using the structural equation method using the multi-group analysis technique.Findings: Research results showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between adaptive narcissism and academic self-efficacy, but there was a negative and significant relationship between maladaptive narcissism and academic self-efficacy. The gender variable did not have a moderating effect on the relationship between adaptive narcissism and academic self-efficacy and had a moderating role on the relationship between maladaptive narcissism and academic self-efficacy in boys, not girls. Conclusion: The final result of the study showed that different types of narcissism have different effects on students’ academic self-efficacy, that amount of this effect is different in between boys and girls students. According to the complexity of the narcissism field; it’s necessary for counselors, psychologists and teachers to obtain more information in this field.
Keshgal Azfandak; Mohammad Azad Abdolahur
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The Purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between academic optimism and academic Self-Efficacy with academic engagement in piranha Islamic Azad University students in the academic year of 1395-96. The research method was correlation. The statistical population of the study consisted ...
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The Purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between academic optimism and academic Self-Efficacy with academic engagement in piranha Islamic Azad University students in the academic year of 1395-96. The research method was correlation. The statistical population of the study consisted of students of piranshar Islamic Azad University. 299 (157 boys and 142 girls) were randomly selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling method. To calculate the sample size' the Cochran formula used. Data were collected through a questionnaire of academic engagement, academic optimism questionnaire and academic self- efficacy questionnaire. The variables of academic optimism and academic self-efficacy (predictive variables) were used to predict academic engagement (criterion variable). Multiple stepwise regression tests were used. The results showed that in the first step, the statistical test F for significance of this prediction is 395/136 which is significant at level (p<0/05). In other words, academic self-efficacy has been a predictor of academic engagement. In the second step, the statistical test F has significant significance for this prediction is 244/133, which is significant at level (p<0/05). In other words, academic self-efficacy variables and their optimism together predict the variables of academic engagement. Findings showed that academic optimism, academic self-efficacy and academic engagement have a meaningful relationship.The results of the research findings include the fact that the relationship between variables is positive and significant in the main and secondary hypotheses, and predictor variables can distinguish the criterion variable.
