The present study which is of a descriptive - survey type aimed to identify the Shiraz school teachers’ beliefs about the value of curriculum orientations. For this purpose, a classified random sample including 368 teachers at Shiraz Schools, in academic year of 2 More
The present study which is of a descriptive - survey type aimed to identify the Shiraz school teachers’ beliefs about the value of curriculum orientations. For this purpose, a classified random sample including 368 teachers at Shiraz Schools, in academic year of 2011-2012, were selected. They, then, answered to a curriculum orientation questioner which its reliability and validity had been calculated and verified. One sample T-test, repeated measures analysis of variance, multivariate analysis of variance as well as Bonferroni and Scheffe post hoc tests were used to analyze the data. It was, therefore, resulted from the findings that all of the six curriculum orientations, from the teachers' point of view, were highly valued however, the behavioral orientation has been considered as the most invaluable one.Furthermore, it was determined that the teachers at different school levels thought significantly different about the importance of curriculum orientation while, such difference was not found neither between the teachers with opposite genders, nor between those with different years of experience.
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This study explores the efficacy of cognitive and metacognitive strategy instruction in enhancing the writing cognitive processes of Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. Utilizing various instructional approaches, including scaffolded metacognitive inst More
This study explores the efficacy of cognitive and metacognitive strategy instruction in enhancing the writing cognitive processes of Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. Utilizing various instructional approaches, including scaffolded metacognitive instruction and writing metacognitive strategies, the research investigates the effects on learners’ metacognitive awareness and writing accuracy. Research on cognitive-oriented writing is a young but growing field. The current mixed methods study explored the extent to which brainstorming, focus on form (FonF), and metacognitive strategy instruction could affect cognitive processes (planning, translating, revising) of Iranian EFL learners. The participants were 150 BA learners in three intact classes majoring in English language translation at IAU, Islamshahr Branch. During 16 sessions, each group experienced brainstorming, metacognitive strategy instruction, or FonF activities as pre-task conditions. Writing pretest and posttest, and semi-structured interview were utilized to collect the data. The results obtained from one-way ANOVA revealed that pre-task conditions statistically impacted the cognitive processes of learners’ writings. The findings suggest a positive correlation between strategic knowledge, metacognitive strategies, and improved writing skills among Iranian EFL learners. The study not only contributes to the understanding of the interplay between cognitive and metacognitive processes in language learning but also provides valuable insights for educators aiming to enhance writing proficiency in EFL settings.
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The purpose of this study is to systematically determine and explain the principles of learning based on cognitive processes in the brain. It was also attempted to infer new principles in addition to refining the pervious principles. Also, by focusing on three education More
The purpose of this study is to systematically determine and explain the principles of learning based on cognitive processes in the brain. It was also attempted to infer new principles in addition to refining the pervious principles. Also, by focusing on three educational strategies of coordinated immersion, active processing, relaxed consciousness, it was tried to find adaptation of determined principles with these strategies. The present study is a combination method (qualitative-quantitative). The present study is a combination method (qualitative-quantitative). First, by examining the content of relevant and valid scientific texts as well as semi-structured interviews by thematic content analysis method, the initial framework of the project including 17 learning principles was prepared. Lawshes method was used to determine the content validity ratio (CVR) and the Waltz and Basel methods were used to adapt the principles to the strategies and to determine the content validity index (CVI). The research community in this section is 13 professors and experts. Based on CVR, 15 principles were approved. According to CVI, 9 principles related to coordinated immersion, 4 principles related to active processing and 2 principles in coordination with relaxed awareness strategy were classified. Progress in Neuroscience findings and the importance of using this finding in education requires further review and study of these findings in inferring the principles of learning based on cognitive processes in the brain. On the other hand, it is suggested to consider learning principles based on brain cognitive processes in curriculum planning and its application.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the development of inhibitory control in a sample of Iranian children. In this study participants were ninety boys who studied in elementary school that they were selected by convenience sampling. In this study one-way ANOVA More
The purpose of this study was to investigate the development of inhibitory control in a sample of Iranian children. In this study participants were ninety boys who studied in elementary school that they were selected by convenience sampling. In this study one-way ANOVA and Tukey's post hoc tests were used to evaluate the results of these children's performance in Flanker task (Eriksen & Eriksen, 1974) and Go/ No go task (first applied by Gordon and Caramazza). The results of this study showed that as age increases, inhibitory control in several directions developed, ie response speed in the presence of congruent stimuli, inhibitory rate of incongruent stimuli, accuracy of execution stage (go) and speed of execution stage (go). But at age six up to nine, in this study the results showed reduction in accuracy of inhibition (no go). It generally seems with age, inhibitory control grows and develops in different ways.
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