The method cooperative learning has been studies from different views. Studying of these views and comparing them with traditional learning resulted in presentation of a pattern, which has been executed in the present study (semi-empirical).
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The method cooperative learning has been studies from different views. Studying of these views and comparing them with traditional learning resulted in presentation of a pattern, which has been executed in the present study (semi-empirical).
The aim of this research is to compare the effect of cooperative and traditional teaching on academic achievement and attitude towards learning of Islamic studies Subject in pre-university centers of Tabriz. The statistical society of this research includes the male and female students of pre-university centers of Tabriz in 2008-2009 out of which 136 students were randomly selected as statistical sample. 69 subjects (one male class and one female class) were selected as cooperative group for cooperative learning and 67 subjects (one male class and one female class) as traditional group for traditional learning. Measurement tools used in this study included researcher-made academic achievement test based on the contents of Islamic Studies Subject and researcher-made attitude questionnaire for measuring the attitudes of the subjects towards learning the Islamic Studies Subject before and after teaching. First, the subjects of this study participated in attitude pre-test and after 12 weeks of traditional and cooperative teaching, the academic achievement and attitudes of subjects were measured. Independent and dependant T-tests were used for analyzing the data and the results showed that the academic achievement of cooperative group was more than that of the traditional group and there was a significant difference between their averages. The results also showed that the attitudes of students for learning and course subject in cooperative group had more positive changes in comparison with that of the students in traditional group and this change in females is more than males. The results of this study also confirmed the hypothesis that females have higher academic achievement than males in educational learning.
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The study was for to examine the effectiveness of stress inoculation training on test anxiety and educational performance. The population of the study consisted of guidance school students of Orumia city. The sample consisted of 60 boys and girls randomly selected from More
The study was for to examine the effectiveness of stress inoculation training on test anxiety and educational performance. The population of the study consisted of guidance school students of Orumia city. The sample consisted of 60 boys and girls randomly selected from the subjects who were diagnosed as with test anxiety. Subjects were assigned randomly in two experimental and two control groups (boys and girls separately, each group containing 15 individuals). Intervention methods included programs for training: Relaxation, Self- instruction (guided self-dialogue), Breath control, guided imagery and problem-solving skills for confronting anxiety in testing situations. The instrument employed in this research was Phillips Test Anxiety Inventory. The hypotheses were tested using the factorial analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). The result of the study shows that stress inoculation training reduces of subjects and has positive effect on educational performance of students. . Furthermore, the results indicated a significantly group*sex effect for test anxiety and educational performance. In otherwise, stress inoculation training had a different effect on test anxiety and educational performance in the both girls and boys groups.
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The present research was carried out to investigate the correlation between organizational culture and job satisfaction among the staffers at Ardabil Islamic Azad University. The research method was descriptive-correlationa More
The present research was carried out to investigate the correlation between organizational culture and job satisfaction among the staffers at Ardabil Islamic Azad University. The research method was descriptive-correlational and the tools to collect the data were Hofsted organizational culture questionnaire; and JDI questionnaire and researcher made demographic questionnaire. The statistical population was 353 staffers, which 272 subjects answered the questionnaires. The research findings showed a significant difference between organizational culture and job satisfaction (R: 0607). The answers to the eleven questions showed that the kind of organizational culture in the university was rational and and the staffers job satisfaction was medium. The finding also showed that the organizational culture factors had a strong and undeniable effect on job satisfaction.
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This research was conducted to determine the relationship between personality traits with the types of female third- grade student's identity in Tabriz guidance school. Using descriptive- correlation method. The sample size was 370 persons who was selected by mult More
This research was conducted to determine the relationship between personality traits with the types of female third- grade student's identity in Tabriz guidance school. Using descriptive- correlation method. The sample size was 370 persons who was selected by multi-stage random sampling. The instruments are included of identity questionnaire of Adams & Benion (OMEIS-2), short- neo form personality one (NEO-FFI). For data analysis Pearson’s correlation and SPSS software was used.
The results showed that there is positive and meaningful relation between neuroses with delayed identity, between inflexibility with premature identity, between demonstrativeness with developed identity, between consciousnesses with developed identity. But there wasn't meaningful relation between plea sureness with premature identity. It could be said that personality of female students would be effective in formation of their identity.
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