The Relationship between Teachers' Academic Optimism and Perceived Social Support, Achievement Motivation and Academic Achievement

Subject Areas : Education

H. Momeni Mamhmooei ¹ , S. Jalali Barzari ²

1 - باشگاه پژوهشگران جوان و نخبگان، واحد تربت حیدریه، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تربت حیدریه، ایران.
2 - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد قائنات، گروه علوم تربیتی، قائنات، ایران.

Received: 2016-09-19 Accepted : 2016-09-19 Published : 2016-07-22

Keywords: Achievement Motivation, Academic Optimism, perceived social support, Academic Achievement in Math and Science Courses,

Abstract :

 The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between studentteachers'perceptions ofsocial support,optimism, achievement motivation andacademic achievementThe population includedall teachers and students in sixth city Zaveh which between them 50 teachers and 500 students (250 girls and 250 boys) with random sampling cluster level, 50 schools from each school, one class for each grade 10 students were selected. Cross-correlation techniques and data collection questionnaire for teachers optimism, perceived social support, achievement motivation and academic achievement in math and science scores were used. The Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis and t-tests were used to analyze the data. The results showed that among school teachers' perceptions of social support, optimism, achievement motivation and academic achievement of students by gender in science and math courses, there is no statistically significant relationship. Only a total of between optimism and perceived social support female teachers (49/0- = r and 01/0 = p-value), there was a significant negative correlation in males (08/0 = r and 73/0 = p-value), there was no significant relationship.

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