Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictive factors of returning to illiteracy in education graduates of literacy course. The population of the study included all illiteracy graduates in the country. Using multi-level cluster sampling, 486 participants were chosen and studied. The instruments of the study included self- researcher's scale of educational achievement, special self- researcher's questionnaire of novice literates, Herman's Achievement Motivation Scale Questionnaire (HAMQ), and Rosenberg self-confidence scale. To analyze the data, regression analysis was used. The results indicated that variables of family agreement with literacy, educational programs' quality, the presence of educated individuals in the family, family's monthly income and achievement motivation negatively; and number of children, women's responsibility of housekeeping and fertility positively predicted the main factors of returning to illiteracy in education graduates of literacy course and its equivalent (R-squared adjusted=. /267, p<. /001, F=15/567). The results of the study indicated that Social – economic and cultural factors have the most important role in the rate of novice literates' return to illiteracy and factors related to the quality of educational programs and motivation have been subsequent predictors of return to illiteracy.
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