Mohammad Bameni Moghadam; Saeed Reza Rafiey
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Teachers are the main pillars of universities and improving the quality of their performance, contribute to the improvement of education quality. One of the processes in order to improve the quality is the evaluation of teacher. This study aimed to determine and evaluate the factors affecting the quality ...
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Teachers are the main pillars of universities and improving the quality of their performance, contribute to the improvement of education quality. One of the processes in order to improve the quality is the evaluation of teacher. This study aimed to determine and evaluate the factors affecting the quality of teaching faculty and it provides a method for its evaluation. The study population is undergraduate students of School of Economics at Allameh Tabataba'i University in 1395 that gave their views about 50 members of faculty. Six students per faculty member were randomly selected that led to 300 questionnaire. Structural equation modeling was used to assess the measurement model, structural model and 6 hypothesis and research data analysis was performed using Amos 22. After performing the appropriate tests to confirm the model and calculating standardized regression coefficients, academic ability was the most effective and discipline and training requirements were minimal impact on the quality of teaching faculty. The findings also show that students are satisfied of educational quality of faculty members of the School of Economics at Allameh Tabataba’i University. At the end, some suggestions are provided to improve methods of evaluation of teaching faculty members.
Enayatollah Zamanpour; Ali Delavar; Noor ali Farrokhi; mohammadAli Babaee Zakliki
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Background: Although today's univariate statistical analyzes have given way to complex multivariate analysis with rigorous assumptions, these methods can not provide readers with a clear and reliable understanding of these concepts, since the statistical methods mentioned are as pre-determined as the ...
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Background: Although today's univariate statistical analyzes have given way to complex multivariate analysis with rigorous assumptions, these methods can not provide readers with a clear and reliable understanding of these concepts, since the statistical methods mentioned are as pre-determined as the standard, and regardless of The meanings and concepts of the research structures are aimed at fulfilling pre-determined goals and the need for more extensible interpretative methods is quite tangible. Objective: To introduce one of the research approaches called procedural theory, its components and structure, along with the application of the relevant analytical method (analysis of the smallest space) On h data The main purpose of the research is to focus on the focus of the research. Findings: An interpretive approach to procedural theory by using the smallest space analysis allows the identification of different procedures, including position procedures, responsiveness, and interaction as visual representations. Conclusion: Using this approach in analyzing data that has a complex human structure can be a very good way to validate and interpret them closely.
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The purpose of recent study was construction, investigating validity and reliability of the Language Development Scale of Children. Research method was descriptive, test making type. In first step, the Language Development Scale of Children was designed based on the theoretical and experimental foundations ...
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The purpose of recent study was construction, investigating validity and reliability of the Language Development Scale of Children. Research method was descriptive, test making type. In first step, the Language Development Scale of Children was designed based on the theoretical and experimental foundations and developmental competences of children. 52 children (girls & boys) were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method from Isfahan's nurseries, preschool centers and primary schools of 6 educational districts, then it was performed on them and the psychometric properties were measured. In second step 200 children were selected in the way of Cochran from these centers. To study reliability and validity of instrument the sample group completed the Language Development Scale of Children and Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale. To investigating the reliability, Cronbach Alpha and for validity of instrument validity exploratory factor analysis method and criterion validity were used. Results showed the total internal consistency of the Language Development Scale of Children was 0.98 and subscales internal consistency was 0.96. The results of exploratory factor analysis method showed two factors model of the Language Development Scale of Children including, Receptive language subscale and Expressive language subscale. These two factors explained 54.91 variance of the total scale. Also the correlation coefficient between the Language Development Scale of Children and Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale was 0.91, which indicated satisfactory criterion validity for the Language Development Scale of Children. Confirmatory the Language Development Scale of Isfahan's Children has appropriate reliability and validity for evaluating development of receptive and expressive language in children under 8 years old.
somayeh pourehsan; Mohammadreza Falsafinejad; Ali Delavar; Noorali Farokhi; Ahmad Borjali
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The main goal of this research was to apply the multi-level in determining the role of metacognitive components associated with drug abuse among adolescents of Kerman Province. The method used in this research was correlation type. In order to conduct this research 1000 school students of Kerman Province ...
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The main goal of this research was to apply the multi-level in determining the role of metacognitive components associated with drug abuse among adolescents of Kerman Province. The method used in this research was correlation type. In order to conduct this research 1000 school students of Kerman Province have been selected by using multistage cluster sampling method. For data collection in this research, ZARGAR drug addiction preparation Questionnaire and Wels’s Metacognitive Questionnaire (MCQ30) have been used. The results of multi-level approach using One-way random effects Anova showed that the four components (positive beliefs about worries, negative beliefs about worries, low cognitive trust and cognitive self-awareness) explained about 49% of the variance of addiction tendency at school level. Moreover, the random intercept model explained 12% of the student-level variance of drug abuse tendency. Here, the significance of qi-square with the value of 37.983 at the significant level (P <0.0001) reflects the significant change of the null model and model 1. In response to the question that how much the relationship between the tendency to drug abuse and student-level components is similar among schools, a comprehensive model with both student-level and school-level variables (model 2) was used. In model 2, the results showed that at the school level, the mean of positive beliefs and cognitive self-awareness about drug abuse tendency have a significant relationship, but the mean of cognitive trust and negative beliefs has not a significant relationship with the tendency to drug abuse. At the students level, there is a significant relationship between cognitive trust and negative beliefs with drug abuse tendency (P <0.01). In total, it can be said that for variables related to samples with a nesting nature, it is necessary to use all levels in data analysis.
maryam valizadeh; fariborz dortaj; ali delavar; Kobra Hajializadeh
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: Compassion and mindfulness as a basis for psychological evaluation, in order to evaluate and activate the desired variable. Considering the fact that in the research background we found out the effect of the educational package on the desired component of the component as effective instruction, by ...
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: Compassion and mindfulness as a basis for psychological evaluation, in order to evaluate and activate the desired variable. Considering the fact that in the research background we found out the effect of the educational package on the desired component of the component as effective instruction, by the decentralization of the components Negative determination. For this purpose, 297 of all women under the sponsorship of a charity in Rudbar city based on the Morgan table in the year (1396) who had a depression diagnosis based on a score of at least 12 in the Beck Depression Test, were selected by random sampling of target audiences They were . In a intervention group, 15 (one) and a control group of 15 (single) were replaced. The present study was a semi experimental design with pretest-posttest design with control group. The tool was used by Self-employed Scheer Questionnaire (Scherer, Maddox, Mercury, Prentice, 1982). Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used to analyze the data. The results show the significant effect of this educational package on self-efficacy in depressed female head of household. Research hypotheses were confirmed at the significant level (p <0.0001).
sara yadollahi; mohammadreza falsafinezhad; Ahmad Borjali; noorali farokhi
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Background: The ability to understand and being able to profoundly and deeply understand the within-person differences entail profile analysis which is considered to be a serious challenge in psychometrics area. Aim: This study was aimed at applying Profile Analysis via Multidimensional Scaling (PAMS) ...
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Background: The ability to understand and being able to profoundly and deeply understand the within-person differences entail profile analysis which is considered to be a serious challenge in psychometrics area. Aim: This study was aimed at applying Profile Analysis via Multidimensional Scaling (PAMS) procedure in order to extract prototypical profiles underlying the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children- Fourth Edition (WISC-IV). Method: The design of the study is correlational and the population of the study consisted of all of the students studying at 6th distinct schools of Tehran. Using random cluster sampling method 200 students were selected. The sample were administered full subscales of WISC-IV. Results: Data analysis using the PAMS procedure resulted in extracting 3 cumulative profiles. Statistically meaningfulness of the subtests within profiles were determined and they were labeled according to their dimensionality and underlying meaning (processing speed vs. working memory, lexical knowledge vs. visual alertness and perceptual reasoning vs. verbal comprehension). Conclusions: using the PAMS procedure in interpreting WISC-IV results could be beneficiary. Relying on individual parameters further clinical and applied implications are discussed.
meysam sadeghi; mohammadreza falsafinejad; ali delavar; noorali farrokhi; ehsan jamali
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The purpose of the present study was to identify the weight of each of the courses of academic record and scoring based on the psychometric approach of the IRT continuous model and approaches based on the viewpoint of the specialists of Topsis and AHP. The method of this study was a combination. In order ...
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The purpose of the present study was to identify the weight of each of the courses of academic record and scoring based on the psychometric approach of the IRT continuous model and approaches based on the viewpoint of the specialists of Topsis and AHP. The method of this study was a combination. In order to conduct research in the first part, 11 items (courses) of academic background were taken from the expert group and weighed and prioritized using Tapis and AHP techniques. The final third year grades of secondary school students were received from the assessment organization and accepted for psychology and counseling in the humanities group. Theta tests were used to estimate the grades. In order to compare different weighting and grading models, the sample group was first ranked based on scores derived from all three approaches, and compared in terms of dispersion indices and the degree of difference between rankings. The results of the comparison of the three approaches indicated that the most variance is related to the IRT continuous modeling method. The results of Wilcoxon's statistical analysis to compare the average rankings showed that in the small sample size, the weighting method in all three methods produced a significant difference in the rankings compared to the same weight method, and therefore the weighting model in the ranking of the volunteers In small sample size affects. But there are no significant differences between the three weighting models in the candidate ranking. Also, the results showed that in the high sample size (2000 persons), the weighting method in all three methods compared to the same weights makes a significant difference in the rankings. IRT method scores are more reliable than expert-based approaches.However, the weighting method does not seem to have a significant effect on the reliability of the scores.
hafez sahebyar; پیری piri
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Meta-analysis can provide comprehensive results and make future researchers needless to spend time and cost on duplicate research. The purpose of this study was to provide computer-assisted education on learners's academic performance. The statistical population consisted of studies that were available ...
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Meta-analysis can provide comprehensive results and make future researchers needless to spend time and cost on duplicate research. The purpose of this study was to provide computer-assisted education on learners's academic performance. The statistical population consisted of studies that were available from 1390 to 1395 at home and from 2010 to 2016 abroad as a full-text article in internal and external databases. The checklist of the research designs was used to collect the information. In order to analyze the data, sensitivity analysis, Funnel analysis, fixed and random models and heterogeneity analysis using CMA software were used. Data analysis of the research showed that computer-assisted education has a positive effect on academic performance. Also, the effects of computer-assisted education on academic performance varies according to sampling methods, but there is no difference in gender. Regarding the results of meta-analysis, it can be said that using computer-assisted education is more effective in academic performance.
jalil Younesi
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With increasing organizational complexities, the best survey and survey practices have been challenged and survey research has evolved. Continuous listening refers to a survey plan that uses multiple surveys and plans more frequently than a single point in a biennial, annual, or shorter period to provide ...
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With increasing organizational complexities, the best survey and survey practices have been challenged and survey research has evolved. Continuous listening refers to a survey plan that uses multiple surveys and plans more frequently than a single point in a biennial, annual, or shorter period to provide data. Following the flow of continuous listening in the organization, the focus of psychometrics specialists are directed to continuous survey or pulse surveys. The purpose of this research was to know the current and future status of employee surveys in public and private organizations and companies in Iran from the point of view of HR specialists of the organization. For this purpose, a survey was conducted for two months between July and September of 2022. The statistical population of this study was all public and private organizations and companies of Iran that had official activities in 2022. In order to obtain a representative sample, the purposeful stratified sampling method was used to collect the required data from companies and organizations of different sizes in different industries. The results show that improvements in all aspects of the pulse survey cycle, from design and deployment to reporting and analysis, and providing more timely and relevant data, have caused organizations to move away from their traditional survey approach and align with the growth of new technologies towards Pulse surveys are inclined. However, it appears that surveys of Iranian organizations and companies under study are evolving more slowly than the scientific resources and popular media want us to believe.
Mohammad Javad Rabbani Parsa; Elham Rabbani Parsa
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Nowadays, the fundamental role of having a purpose for life in physical and mental health has been confirmed. According to victor frankl, presence of a purpose in life gives life a meaning and increases resilience against pains and traumas. The importance of the purpose in life construct reveals the ...
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Nowadays, the fundamental role of having a purpose for life in physical and mental health has been confirmed. According to victor frankl, presence of a purpose in life gives life a meaning and increases resilience against pains and traumas. The importance of the purpose in life construct reveals the need for a reliable and valid tool to measure it. Crumbaugh and Maholick's purpose in life questionnaire is the first and one of the most applied tools for the assessment of life's purposefulness. The aim of this research is to determine the factor structure of purpose in life questionnaire. The questionnaire was administered on 206 students who were selected through random stratified sampling at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Exploratory factor analysis showed that there are two factors "comprehension" and "purpose" and this finding were confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. Altogether results of this research showed factor validity of the purpose in life questionnaire with a two factor pattern
ALI TAYARANI RAD; mohamad reza falsafinejad; noorali farrokhi; ahmad borjali
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The main purpose of this study was to identify the optimum approach to analysis of epistemic data in measuring personality traits. For this purpose, MPLUS software and lavan software package simulate different formats of response scales, and two traditional scoring approaches and Thurston's IRT method ...
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The main purpose of this study was to identify the optimum approach to analysis of epistemic data in measuring personality traits. For this purpose, MPLUS software and lavan software package simulate different formats of response scales, and two traditional scoring approaches and Thurston's IRT method were compared in some of the most important psychometric outcomes. Overall the findings of the study indicated that the Thurstonin IRT approach performs better than the traditional scoring approach in accurately estimating actual scores, criterion validity, locating a person on the attribute continuum. Also, the research findings showed that the average correlation between estimated scores and actual scores for all three correlation coefficients (0, 0.25 and 0.50) in Thurstonian Item Response Theory is higher than the scores obtained from the classical method; True for all three correlation coefficients, in Thurstonian Item Response Theory more than classical method scores and mean experimental reliability scores for correlation coefficients 0.25 and 0.5 with classical method are higher than scores obtained by Thurstonian IRT method, but for coefficient The mean correlation of the mean scores of the Turestonian IRT method is higher than the classical scores. The findings also showed that the difference between the two tests, both Classical and Trestonium IRT, was significant for both the 48 and 96 questions, and the correlation between estimated scores and actual scores in the Thursetonium IRT method was more than the classical method.
Mohammad Mohammadipour; shabnam nourollahi
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Digital literacy competencies play a pivotal role in teachers' professional development. However, the absence of effective instrument for measuring teacher digital learning has hampered researches in this area. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of Zimmer, McTigue and ...
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Digital literacy competencies play a pivotal role in teachers' professional development. However, the absence of effective instrument for measuring teacher digital learning has hampered researches in this area. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of Zimmer, McTigue and Matsuda (2021) Digital Learning Identity Questionnaire. The research method was survey. The statistical population of the study was all school teachers in Mashhad who were teaching in the academic year 1399-1400. Using the available sampling method and based on Cochran's formula, the sample size was 420 people. The questionnaire was distributed and completed electronically after translation and validation by experts. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine the validity of the structure and internal consistency method (Cronbach's alpha) was used for reliability. The results of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the fit of the model and the structure of the internal relations of the items. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the digital learning identity questionnaire was 0.97 and for self-regulated learning (0.86), Knowledge Resources (0.91), Attitude (0.91), efficacy (0.91), knowledge achievement (0.91) and challenge (0.90) were obtained. Conclusion: Teachers' digital learning identity questionnaire has acceptable psychometric properties and can be used as a valid instrument in research.
Maryamsadat Shavakandi; Mohammad Reza Asadi Younesi; Majid Pakdaman
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AbstractThe purpose of this study was to construct and scrutiny Psychometric characteristics and Factor Structure of the Perception of Parental Perfectionism Scale . After Preparing the Original version (Father form and mother form) 315 students participated in the study who were studying in the girls’ ...
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AbstractThe purpose of this study was to construct and scrutiny Psychometric characteristics and Factor Structure of the Perception of Parental Perfectionism Scale . After Preparing the Original version (Father form and mother form) 315 students participated in the study who were studying in the girls’ high school in the 10th, 11th and 12th grades in 27 schools of Birjand in the academic year of 1400-99. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used In order to analys the structural validity of the Perception of Parental Perfectionism questionnaire.The results of analysing the main components with rotation Equamax showed that perception of Parental Perfectionism consisted of four sub scale of high expectations of parents, high standards of parents, internalization and conditional acceptance. the results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the structure of four factors of scale had good fit with data in addition to factor analysis, the correlation this questionnaire with the academic Procrastination questionnaire of solomon and Rothblum (1984) and the distinction between two groups of neglected students was used as evidence of structural validity of a questionnaire, which was statistically meaningful. internal consistency of the components of the perception of parental Perfectionism questionnaire using cronbach's alpha method was fit . overall, the findings indicated that the present scale is a tool that has the appropriate reliability (stability, internal consistency) to measure the perception of Parental Perfectionism and it can be used by researchers and consultants.Keywords: Parental Perfectionism, the perception of Parental Perfectionism,assesment of Perfectionism.
Mahnaz Afzali; Ali Delavar; Afshin Afzali
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Present research studies performed thesis about academic failure between academic years 1990-2012 in Tehran Universities. Within related projects, 55 projects which had information necessary for analysis were selected as final sample. CMA-2 software was used for calculating Coefficients. Results of Q ...
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Present research studies performed thesis about academic failure between academic years 1990-2012 in Tehran Universities. Within related projects, 55 projects which had information necessary for analysis were selected as final sample. CMA-2 software was used for calculating Coefficients. Results of Q test showed that primary studies are not homogenous and studying Nfs showed that there isn’t protection of distribution within studies. Dual and Toidi correction test was performed for both constant and random models. Measure of total effect for all studies under both constant and random models, was gained statistically meaningful. Also, measures of effect in separation of distribution year, sampling method, sex of sample, education program, research method and factors affected on educational slump were gained statistically meaningful. Average of effect measures was 0.312 and educational factor, with effect measure higher than average, showed the most effect on educational slump. The results showed that variables of education, socioeconomic, individual factor, family factor and sex factor had the most effect on educational slump respectively. Also, studying hypotheses showed that there is meaningful difference between effect measures of educational slump according to year of research, sampling method, sex, education program, meaningful level, factors being effective on educational slump and research method.
Zabihollah Abbaspour; Feizolah Poursardar; Zahra Ghanbari; Shiva Shahuri; Afrooz Shadfar
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Parent abuse, child-to-parent aggression and violence appear to be prevalent yet hidden phenomena. The main purpose of the present study was to present an account of the development and examine psychometric properties of Parent Abuse Scale (boy-mother) (APA-bm) including construct validity, convergent ...
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Parent abuse, child-to-parent aggression and violence appear to be prevalent yet hidden phenomena. The main purpose of the present study was to present an account of the development and examine psychometric properties of Parent Abuse Scale (boy-mother) (APA-bm) including construct validity, convergent validity and internal consistency. The study was a correlational type. Third hundred and sixty four mothers of boy high school students and their child in Ahvaz, which selected through multistage-cluster random sampling. Mothers completed Parent Abuse Scale (boy-mother) and boys completed Child's Attitude toward Parents. The results of factor analysis using the principal components analysis and orthogonal rotation (varimax) showed three factors (emotional, financial and physical parent abuse). The convergent validity of Parent Abuse Scale (boy-mother) were supported by an expected pattern of correlation between the scale and Child's Attitude toward Parents. All correlation between the mean scores on Parent Abuse Scale (boy-mother) and Child's Attitude toward Parents were statistically significant (excluding physical parent abuse). coefficient’s Cronbach alpha were between 0/75 to 0/98. All correlations were statistically significant. The results of this study indicated that the present scale is a valid and reliable measure for evaluating parent abuse in Iranian sample.
abbas taghizade; javad hatami; hashem fardanesh; omid noroozi
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure, validity and reliability of the Community of Inquiry framework survey instrument. This research is a non-experimental research that has been done by descriptive-analytic method. The population of this study was all students enrolled in ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure, validity and reliability of the Community of Inquiry framework survey instrument. This research is a non-experimental research that has been done by descriptive-analytic method. The population of this study was all students enrolled in the web-based courses in the academic year of 1395-1396, a sample of 271 students selected by convenience sampling from a number of universities offering Web-based courses at the master's level and responded to the Arbaugh et al(2008). Community of Inquiry framework survey instrument. The results of exploratory factor analysis by the principal components method, confirmed three cognitive, social and educational presence factors. To assess the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used and the confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine its validity. The results showed that the questionnaire had an acceptable internal consistency and the Cronbach's alpha coefficients were between 89.8 and 5.96. Also, for determining the factor validity, a confirmatory factor analysis was used which results showed that the questionnaire appropriately fit with data. All of the fittest's goodness indicators confirm the model. As a result, it can be said that the translated version of Community of Inquiry framework survey instrument among Iranian learners is acceptable.
fariborz nikdel; parvin kadivar; valliollah farzad; yousef karimi
Volume 1, Issue 1 , October 2010, , Pages 1-23
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The Purpose of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of perception of classroom questionnaire, developed by Fraser, Fisher, and McRobbies (1996). 830 high school students in Tehran city were randomly selected to participate in the study. Cronbach Alpha coefficient and factor analysis ...
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The Purpose of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of perception of classroom questionnaire, developed by Fraser, Fisher, and McRobbies (1996). 830 high school students in Tehran city were randomly selected to participate in the study. Cronbach Alpha coefficient and factor analysis were used to determine the psychometric properties of the questionnaire. The results were coherent with Fraser, Fisher and McRobbies (1996) and Dorman (2009) revealed that the questionnaire have an acceptable consistency. Cronbach Alpha coefficients for subscales were between 0/79 to 0/90. Meanwhile, the results of the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the structure of the questionnaire have an acceptable fit to the data. Further, the questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument to measure students' perception of classroom
Masoud Hosseinchari; Hossain Davoudi; Haydar Ali Hooman; Hassan Pasha Sharifi
Volume 1, Issue 3 , April 2011, , Pages 1-20
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he present research is mainly focused on how to standardize and prepare a short form for MMPI-2 questionnaire among Iranian university students. The sample consists of 3578 college students (1763 male and 1815 female) at different educational levels (AA, BA, MA, and PhD) from eight provinces, who were ...
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he present research is mainly focused on how to standardize and prepare a short form for MMPI-2 questionnaire among Iranian university students. The sample consists of 3578 college students (1763 male and 1815 female) at different educational levels (AA, BA, MA, and PhD) from eight provinces, who were selected via multistage cluster sampling procedure. An Iranian and shortened version of MMPI-2 consisting of 370 questions was used. To investigate the construct validity of Iranian Shortened Version of MMPI-2, and to evaluate its reliability the principal components factor analysis and Oblimin oblique rotation was used. Results showed that Cronbach's Alpha coefficient as an index of reliability was 0.84 at first. This coefficient was increased to 0.96 through the omission of some questions with a weak co-efficient correlation. Among the remaining 156 questions, thirteen factors were extracted using factor analysis, Oblimin oblique rotation, skewing diagram and explained variance percentile. These factors, as a whole, explained 40.15 percent of the total variance of the variables. The naming of the factors was according to the original MMPI-2 including: Psychasthenia (PT), Frequency (F), Hypomania (Ma), Schizophrenia (Sc), Correction (K), Hypochondriasis (Hs), Hysteria (Hy), Paranoia (Pa), Depression (D), Lie (L), Psychopathic deviate (Pd), Social introversion-extroversion (Si), and Masculinity-Femininity (Mf). General findings indicate that the shorted form of MMPI-2 qualifies psychometric properties for clinical use and research activities in Iranian culture, especially in university settings.
dawood Manavipour
Volume 2, Issue 5 , October 2011, , Pages 1-17
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Background: One of the important issues related to test anxiety is its impact on students' performance. Further, having a standardized instrument to measure test anxiety is also a significant factor. Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine the psychometric properties of a Test Anxiety ...
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Background: One of the important issues related to test anxiety is its impact on students' performance. Further, having a standardized instrument to measure test anxiety is also a significant factor. Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine the psychometric properties of a Test Anxiety Inventory in university students. The purported four dimensional structures of test anxiety (Other-Referenced, Self-esteem, Worry and Blame) were tested. Method: The test anxiety inventory was given to the sample group (n=200). Dimensionality assumptions were tested using confirmatory factor analysis. The trait conception was tested separately for subscales by confirmatory factor models and a principal component factor analysis. Results: The results were supportive of the purported four-dimensional structures a (i.e., acceptable model fit) as well as of the trait conception of test anxiety. Conclusion: The test anxiety inventory has a good reliability and validity, and it can trustily be used for Iranian university students.
kiiumars Farahbakhsh
Volume 2, Issue 6 , January 2012, , Pages 1-28
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Background: Onset life university requests learning new habits and skills for adaptive and adjustment the new situation. Disability in adaptive and adjustment cause behavioral, emotional and academic performance problems. Prevention and intervention of these problems request measurement and monitoring ...
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Background: Onset life university requests learning new habits and skills for adaptive and adjustment the new situation. Disability in adaptive and adjustment cause behavioral, emotional and academic performance problems. Prevention and intervention of these problems request measurement and monitoring the process of students' adjustment. This instrument must be valid, reliable, normative, and accordant with Iranian culture.
Objective: the aim of this research was to construct and standardize an adjustment test for university students.
Method: the first step was to review the literature of adjustment and adapting measurement. Then, the questionnaire was developed with questions about five dimensions of students' adjustment. The dimensions were social, academic, attachment academic, emotional and goal setting. Its content validity confirmed by psychology and counseling professions. Criteria validity was detected by G.H.Q. Item analysis and internal reliability and test-retest reliability detected by SPSS-15. The sample size was 773 students from medical sciences of Isfahan University and other universities in Isfahan.
Results: The means of Lacsh for content validity is .71 and for subscale is from .58-.82. Total correlate score test with GHQ was-.58 indeed correlation GHQ with subscale in this test is from-.27to-43. This correlation is significant (p<0.001). This measure indicates criteria validity of test. Total internal reliability of test is .94 and also internal reliability for subscales detected from .73 to .81.
Conclusion: the findings of this research showed adjustment test for university students has enough validity and reliability; that is, this test can be used by counselors and researchers for monitoring students' mental health at universities.
Mehrnoosh Farhang Ranjbar; Fariborz Dortaj; Ismail Saadi pour; Ali Delavar
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The purpose of this study was to Designing computer-based Educational program of math concepts and comparing its effectiveness with the traditional method on spatial visual perception students. The research method is semi-experimental and with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical ...
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The purpose of this study was to Designing computer-based Educational program of math concepts and comparing its effectiveness with the traditional method on spatial visual perception students. The research method is semi-experimental and with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population of this study included all male students studying in elementary schools in the fifth district of Tehran during the school year of 2016-2017. The sample size of this study consisted of 45 people who were selected through purposeful sampling. Among them, 15 students in the experimental computer program, 15 students in the experimental group and 15 students in the control group. Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapirovylak, T-test and covariance tests were used to analyze the data of this study. The research tool was the Frosty Space Spatial Perception Test with a reliability of 0. 69 and a computer training program with a reliability level of 0.71. Comparison of moderated averages of the visual-spatial perceptions of the experimental group with the control of the difference in the score shows a score of 93.22, which is significant at the level of 0.001. By summing up these results, it can be stated that education through computer-based math concepts has been effective in improving the visual-spatial perception of students. Comparison of the moderated averages of the visual-spatial perceptions of traditional groups with the educational curve shows the difference between the score of 130.11 and the level of 0/001. These differences are such that the average of the group of computer training programs is always higher than the traditional one.
Mehraneh Soltaninejad; Mina asiabi; Bayaneh Ahmdi; Samira Tavanaiee yosefian
Volume 4, Issue 15 , April 2014, , Pages 17-35
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Background: The issue of achievement or non-achievement in the realm of education is an important concern in education systems of all societies. Students and university students’ education achievement is indicative of the extent that the education system has been in setting the goals and satisfying ...
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Background: The issue of achievement or non-achievement in the realm of education is an important concern in education systems of all societies. Students and university students’ education achievement is indicative of the extent that the education system has been in setting the goals and satisfying individual demands. Education resilience is an individual variable influencing education achievement. Objective: The present research aims to study the factor reliability and validity of the academic resilience inventory, constructed by Samuels (2004). Method: Two sample populations were involved in this study. The first sample included 300 male and female subjects randomly selected from among public high school students in the city of Boukan, Iran. The second one included 319 male and female subjects who were selected from among Allameh Tabataba’i University students, using cluster sampling method. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used to examine reliability of the questionnaire, and exploratory factor analysis, including principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, was performed to confirm factor validity. Results: The evaluation of the first analysis scree plot was indicative of a three-factor solution. Then, to obtain the three-factor structure, the principal component analysis was performed through the varimax rotation. 11 questions were eliminated because they had a factorial load below 0.3, or had significant value or equal load on more than one factor. Finally, the analysis was performed on the remaining 29 questions. Conclusion: These three factors were named according to their comprising content with the following names: communication skills, future orientation, problem-oriented approach, and optimistic orientation. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the subscales ranged from 0.63 to 0.77 in the high school students sample and ranged from 0.62 to 0.76 in the university students sample. This shows that reliability of the three-factor model is at an acceptable level.
jalil Younesi; mehran mokarami
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The purpose of this study was to determine the basic skills of reading and comprehension and analyze the test questions, and finally, strengths and weaknesses of subjects through cognitive diagnostic assessment models were fitted with retrofit analysis. The data examined in this study included responses ...
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The purpose of this study was to determine the basic skills of reading and comprehension and analyze the test questions, and finally, strengths and weaknesses of subjects through cognitive diagnostic assessment models were fitted with retrofit analysis. The data examined in this study included responses from 3,000 participants in the graduate entrance examination for English language field, which were selected from among 16044 people randomly. At first, with the help of experts, a matrix Q, consisting of the relationship between 20 questions of reading test with 7 basic skills was formed and then, using the G-DINA model, last analysis was performed. Finally, using a posteriori expected method within the framework of the G-DINA model, probability of domination of every single person on each skill was calculated by CDM package skills in software R, and by determining the cut-off point 0.6 for dominance, investigated participants in each skill, divided into two dominant and non-dominant groups. The results showed that in each of the skills, most people have not reached to dominance, Although the situation in the SUM skill (Analyzing and evaluating the relative importance of the information contained in the text, by differentiating between the main idea and details) was better than other skills, and about half of those got dominant in the skill. The final result suggests that, in general, the participant's situation in the application of cognitive strategies to achieve the correct answer is unsatisfactory and these strategies must be included in the curriculum of reading skills and comprehension.
Ali Sharifzadeh; Hossein Eskandari; Ahmad Borjali; faramarz sohrabi
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Assessing psychological characteristics in applying and choosing of the teachers of preliminary schools is one of the important problems of education system and it has got a major role in qualifying education system and mental and spiritual health of the students. In this research, the issue has been ...
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Assessing psychological characteristics in applying and choosing of the teachers of preliminary schools is one of the important problems of education system and it has got a major role in qualifying education system and mental and spiritual health of the students. In this research, the issue has been surveyed in three psychological dimensions. The methodology is exploratory qualitative and the analysis approach is coding. Its population consists of scholars of education, its sampling is purposeful and interviews are semi-structured. The findings express psychological characteristics of teachers; cognitive dimension consists of analysis power, tact, creativity, innovation, high IQ and powerful memory. Emotional dimension includes cheerfulness, good temper, interest in teaching, emotional stability, humility and modesty, fairness. Personality consists of honesty, responsibility, tolerance, adornment, class management, purity, high social interaction, positive thinking, self-respect and critical thinking. Over all, this research shows that psychological characteristics of teachers are the essential factors in promoting their professional proficiency. The applied outcome of this research will be a model for applying and choosing of the teachers of preliminary schools.
naser yousefi; naser shirbegi; saleh salehi
Volume 3, Issue 9 , October 2012, , Pages 19-42
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The present paper mainly aims to do confirmatory factor analysis of the attitude towards research and its relationship with self-handicapping and self- efficacy among the last semester master students of Kurdistan University .The study adopted a correlative design (factor analysis via oblique rotation ...
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The present paper mainly aims to do confirmatory factor analysis of the attitude towards research and its relationship with self-handicapping and self- efficacy among the last semester master students of Kurdistan University .The study adopted a correlative design (factor analysis via oblique rotation with direct OBLIMIN and confirmatory factor analysis were used for testing the validity of instruments and correlation was used for testing the relationship between variables). To do confirmatory factor analysis and to examine the relationship between attitude towards research and self-handicapping and self- efficacy. 400 subjects were randomly selected from among master students of the educational year 2010-2011. The participants completed the Attitude toward Research (ATR), criterion of self-efficacy and self-handicapping and pattern of adaptive learning scales questionnaires. Then the data was analyzed using factor analysis via oblique rotation with direct OBLIMIN, confirmatory factor analysis and regression correlation coefficient. The results of factor analysis via oblique rotation with direct OBLIMIN were indicative of five factors being influential in attitude towards research and then these factors were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis. Internal consistency reliability coefficients including Cronbach’s alpha and split-half coefficients were of a satisfactory value (respectively 89% and 87%) for 30 items and 5 factors. Correlation coefficients for ATR questionnaires and self- handicapping and self-efficacy questionnaires were respectively 0.51 and - 0.43 which are significant at (P<0001) level. Moreover, the T-test showed that there was no significant difference between male and female students.The results of factor analysis are consistent with prior findings. Considering high validity and reliability value of ATR questionnaires, they can be used in research and academic settings. We can also reduce self-handicapping rate in doing research tasks and increase self-efficacy rate of researches through emphasis on positive attitude towards research.
