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  1 - Comparison of the effectiveness of Metacognitive Therapy and assertiveness Training on Social Avoidance and Distress of Junior high school students with Foreign language Anxiety
  khoshdavi ebrahimzade esmaiel soleymany Karim Sadeghi
  10.30486/jsrp.2021.1926422.2909
  The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of metacognitive Therapy and assertiveness training on social avoidance and distress of students with foreign language anxiety (FLA). The research design was semi-experimental and the population of the study was all More

  The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of metacognitive Therapy and assertiveness training on social avoidance and distress of students with foreign language anxiety (FLA). The research design was semi-experimental and the population of the study was all students of public Junior high schools in Urmia, Iran. 60 students were selected following a multi-step random sampling procedure and were randomly assigned into three groups (N= 20 each). the data were analyzed using foreign language classroom anxiety scale (Horwitz, Horwitz & Cope, 1986) and social avoidance and distress scale (Watson & Friend, 1969). Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance. The results showed that metacognitive and assertiveness are effective in reducing social avoidance and distress, their effects are persistent in the follow-up phase (p <0.001). The obtained results show that metacognitive and assertiveness are effective in reducing social avoidance and distress students in both stages and the difference between metacognitive and assertiveness groups is not significant (p <0.05). Based on the results, there was no significant difference between metacognitive therapy and assertiveness training groups in reducing avoidance and social pressure (P <0.05). Manuscript profile
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  2 - Textbook Evaluation: Looking at Prospect Series through Teachers’ Perspective
  Sima Shahmohammadi
  10.30486/relp.2018.542578
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  3 - Junior high school students' and teachers' points of view on composition course
  narges velayati mahboubeh arefi
  With the aim of studying about the Junior high school students' and teachers' points of view in Mehriz town in academic year 2011 on composition course, this research was carried out. The statistical population of the research was consisted of Junior high school student More

  With the aim of studying about the Junior high school students' and teachers' points of view in Mehriz town in academic year 2011 on composition course, this research was carried out. The statistical population of the research was consisted of Junior high school students and teachers in Mehriz town. Amongst them, 16 teachers and 282 students were selected thorough relative random sampling. The findings indicated that from the junior high school students' and teachers' viewpoint composition curriculum was very important and no meaningful difference was observed between their attitudes. Concerning different dimensions as purpose, content, educational methods, and method of evaluation, teachers deemed this course appropriate. There was no meaningful difference between teachers' viewpoints based on gender and grade. However, from students’ viewpoints, this course was inappropriate in terms of content and method of evaluation. There was also no meaningful difference between students’ viewpoints based on gender and grade. In terms of content and method of evaluation, the teachers found this course to be performed improperly whereas, students identified improperly performed dimensions as content, educational methods, and method of evaluation. Manuscript profile
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  4 - Comparative study of boarding schools and ordinary ones: based on their fidelity to Islamic rites
  مجید بحرینی بروجنی محمد رضا نیلی کبری سپهری بروجنی فیروزه کاویانی باغبادرانی
  Creating equal educational opportunities as well as students' fidelity to Islamic fundamentals has been one of the chief aims of establishing residential schools. The aim of this study is to compare the students’ fidelity to Islamic rites in Charmahal-o-Bakhti More

  Creating equal educational opportunities as well as students' fidelity to Islamic fundamentals has been one of the chief aims of establishing residential schools. The aim of this study is to compare the students’ fidelity to Islamic rites in Charmahal-o-Bakhtiari in 2013.Descriptive method has been used for this research. The statistical population of this research includes 54961 junior high school and high school students who study in both boarding and ordinary schools. Through randomly sampling, 520 of them are selected. A researcher- made questionnaire is used for collecting data. To determine the validity, both content and construct validities are applied. In order to check the internal consistency of items, KMO of the questionnaire has been calculated as 0.907. The questionnaire's reliability, also, using in Cranbach’s alpha has been measured as 0.92. Data have been analyzed with paired T-test, ANCOVA, and SPSS software 18th version .Based on the findings, no significant difference between the students’ tendency toward Islamic rites in the both groups is observed; however, there exists a significant difference considering their fidelity to perform obligatory actions, supererogatory actions, and social and religious activities. There is, also, a significant difference in students’ attitudes to perform the Islamic rites in guidance and high school students. The students in guidance school were more committed than students in high school Manuscript profile
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  5 - The study of the inductively teaching English on students learning: considering the third grade of junior high school students
  ویدا فلاحی احمد رضا اوجی نژاد صدیقه قانع زهرا قانع
  Inductively and deductively teaching methods are compared in this paper to study how they effect on English learning of third grade of junior high school students in two cities of Shiraz. The research method was of quasi-experimental type, using pre and post tests for t More

  Inductively and deductively teaching methods are compared in this paper to study how they effect on English learning of third grade of junior high school students in two cities of Shiraz. The research method was of quasi-experimental type, using pre and post tests for two experimental groups. Amongst the junior high schools, in Shiraz, one boy school and one girl school were selected by randomizing. Then, in each school, two classes were selected randomly, too: one as an inductive experimental group and the next class as a deductive group. Measurement test was of the thirty -questions test about comprehension and grammar. Since this test was standardized, its validity and reliability had been confirmed the first by some teacher, professors, and head teachers in Shiraz educational organization and the second by Coronbach’s Alpha as %76. The experimental groups, then, have been taught both inductively and deductively. In the end, post-test was given to these four groups. By Using co-variance analysis and an independent group t-test, data, then, have been analyzed. The findings showed that experimental groups were significantly different in that, the scores of students, being inductively taught, were better than those of deductive one. Regardless of the last hypothesis saying that there is a significant relationship between boys and girls in comprehension, in deductive method, most hypothesis of this research have been verified. It is, therefore, concluded that inductive method is much more effective than the deductive one. Considering the coming hypothesis, it is to say that this very method has been more effective on the girls however, in the last hypothesis, this relationship is not significantly meaningful. What being resulted, therefore, is that, generally, inductive teaching method is so beneficial in English learning. Manuscript profile
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  6 - The Analysis of the intended and implemented curriculum in junior high school (According to UNESCO’s elements in Peace education)
  هانیه حاجی زاده مرتضی کرمی
  The present research is carried out to study about the “intended curriculum” and “implemented curriculum” in junior high school based on UNESCO’s elements in education. These elements are of seven types as: Human Right and Democracy, Cooper More

  The present research is carried out to study about the “intended curriculum” and “implemented curriculum” in junior high school based on UNESCO’s elements in education. These elements are of seven types as: Human Right and Democracy, Cooperation and Solidarity, Preservation of Cultures, Self and others, Internationalism, Protection of the Environment and Spirituality. The present study is one of descriptive and content analysis type. The data-collection tools in the first part include checklist. In second part teacher behavior observation checklist was used which was researcher-made checklist and its validity and reliability have been confirmed. The research sample, in the first part, includes all the contents of Social science, Persian literature, and Theology and History books in the three grades of junior high school. In the second part, based on stratified random sampling, 60 social science classes in Uremia schools were chosen for the study. For the content analysis, Shannon Entropy Method is used and descriptive and inferential statistics of T-test and variance analysis are used to analyze the implemented curriculum data. The results in content analysis part show that UNESCO peace education elements, in the above –mentioned books, are not, too much, taken into account. The most field of attention is on Cooperation and Solidarity elements which are most frequent in Social science books and least frequent in History books. The least attention, however, is paid to democracy and nature protection which in social and religious books, it is possible to keep track of them but we cannot say the same for literature. The Teacher behavior observation checklist results show that teachers function, lower than average in teaching-learning skills regarding teaching peace. They functioned only in Spirituality on average. Manuscript profile
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  7 - The Analysis of Null Curriculum in Sex Education: Focusing on the Male Students at Junior High School
  asghar ebrahimi harestani Behrooz Mahram Mohammad Javad Liaghatdar
  The aim of this study was to analyze the sex education curriculum for male students at junior high school and to examine the null curriculum at this stage. To do so, semi-structured interviews as well as available documents in the very schools had been utilized.What bei More

  The aim of this study was to analyze the sex education curriculum for male students at junior high school and to examine the null curriculum at this stage. To do so, semi-structured interviews as well as available documents in the very schools had been utilized.What being indicated from the findings was that the educational system could not fulfill the needs of the students in this regard. To determine the necessary subjects in this area, the previous studies and the experts' opinions were reviewed.Then, a researcher-made questionnaire was distributed amongst a number of faculty members of the departments of educational science, psychology and counseling at Isfahan and Shahed universities to determine the degree of the importance of the subjects listed in the questioner. With regard to standards based on what have been done in educational organizations, the prevailing conditions and the ideal one were compared. The Findings showed that most of the areas had been neglected. Manuscript profile
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  8 - A content analysis of selected chapters of the English textbooks for Iranian junior high schools (prospects) based on the four main processes of generative model of learning according to views of English language experts and teachers
  Farzaneh Dehghan
  10.30486/jsre.2020.551486.0
  The present study is an attempt to analyze the content of Prospect textbooks taught at the Iranian junior high schools according to the generative learning framework. Based on the four main processes of generative theory (motivation, learning, meaning making, generation More

  The present study is an attempt to analyze the content of Prospect textbooks taught at the Iranian junior high schools according to the generative learning framework. Based on the four main processes of generative theory (motivation, learning, meaning making, generation), a checklist was developed. Four experts in TEFL and 21 English teachers were asked to analyze 9 selected lessons from the books. The content validity of the checklist was confirmed by the 4 experts and the intra- and inter-rater reliability indices showed a significant reliability level. Then, interval evaluation was used for the analysis of the obtained means. The results showed that the textbooks were evaluated as successful according to the generation criterion, moderate regarding meaning making criterion and weak in terms of learning and motivation criteria. Furthermore, the books were evaluated as weak regarding their generalizability power to non-learning contexts (which is an important aspect of communicative approaches) as well as motivation, developing thinking skills and raising awareness and attention criteria. Some suggestions are made for the improvement of generalizability of learning to out-of-class contexts, thinking skills and motivation in texts, exercises and tasks. Manuscript profile
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  9 - Designing and Validation the Optimal Model of Financial Literacy Curriculum for Junior High School Students
  nafiseh abaspour javad hatami Alireza sadeghzadeh Mohsen eimani Adel Peighami
  10.30486/jsre.2022.1938995.1976
  The aim of this study was to design and validate the optimal model of financial literacy curriculum for junior high school students. In order to collect data, qualitative approach was used using comparative method and research documents. The study population consisted o More

  The aim of this study was to design and validate the optimal model of financial literacy curriculum for junior high school students. In order to collect data, qualitative approach was used using comparative method and research documents. The study population consisted of financial literacy documents during 2000-2020. Sampling was done purposefully and the sample size consisted of 90 documents. The basis of data analysis and coding was the theme unit. Data validity was obtained through triangulation and checking of principal researcher colleagues and accreditation through re-implementation. The findings were explained in accordance with Akker's model in the form of components of financial literacy curriculum including logic, objectives, content, learning opportunities, resources, teacher role, time, space, grouping and evaluation. In order to validate the proposed model, focal group method was used. Based on the results, the characteristics of the objectives of the financial literacy curriculum were prioritized as follows: 1) preparing adolescents for financial management, 2) achieving financial security in individual, family and social dimensions, 3) short planning Long-term and long-term financial, 4) financial foresight and responsibility, 5) financial self-efficacy and entrepreneurship, 6) creating critical attitudes toward financial issues, 7) strengthening the power of analysis and solving financial problems, and 8) Internalizing religious and moral values. Also, the development of national standards of financial literacy was proposed. Manuscript profile
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  10 - Designing and Validating the Optimal Model of Extracurricular Curriculum for Junior High School Students with a Social Harms Prevention Approach
  Abdollah Aali Shirmard Faezeh Nateghi Alireza Faghihi
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  11 - ارزیابی کتاب درسی زبان انگلیسی متوسطه اول((prospect1 بر اساس چک لیست از دیدگاه دبیران
  توران آهور فرهاد گلپور
  انتخاب کتاب درسی،  برای دبیران و مدیران کار مشکلی است .هدف این  تحقیق، ارزیابی کتاب درسی جدید زبان انگلیسی متوسطه اول(   (prospect 1از دیدگاه دبیران بود. شرکت کنندگان شامل 90 نفر از معلمان با تجربه  زبان انگلیسی 42) زن و 48 مرد(  بودند که ب More

  انتخاب کتاب درسی،  برای دبیران و مدیران کار مشکلی است .هدف این  تحقیق، ارزیابی کتاب درسی جدید زبان انگلیسی متوسطه اول(   (prospect 1از دیدگاه دبیران بود. شرکت کنندگان شامل 90 نفر از معلمان با تجربه  زبان انگلیسی 42) زن و 48 مرد(  بودند که به طور تصادفی از مدارس مناطق مختلف استان گیلان بطور تصادفی  انتخاب شدند. ارزیابی کمی کتاب درسی از طریق چک لیست لیتز (2005) انجام شد. چک لیست مقیاس5 نقطه لیکرت  بود و هفت معیار از جمله موضوع و محتوا، فعالیت ها ، مهارت ها، قالب های ظاهری، کاربری بودن ،استفاده از اجزای زبان   و مشخصات کلی مورد مطالعه قرار گرفت. با این حال، برخی از سوالات  پاسخ باز که دیدگاه معلمان  را در مورد هر معیار کتاب می سنجید نیز همراه پرسشنامه به دبیران داده شد.آمار توصیفی از جمله انحراف معیار، میانگین، درصد و فراوانی در تجزیه و تحلیل داده ها استفاده شد. این یافته ها نشان داد که معلمان نظر مثبتی نسبت به این کتاب داشتند. آنها این کتاب را  به دلیل محتوا و ارتباط داشتن موضوع آن با نیازهای فراگیران، استفاده از موقعیت های زندگی واقعی، بهره گیری از موضوعات قابل بحث ،داشتن فعالیتهای ارتباطی و توجه به چهار مهارت زبان مناسب دانستند.با این حال، آنها برخی از مشکلات  کتاب را در سؤالات باز پاسخ خود مطرح کردند: از قبیل کمبود زمان تدریس که فقط 1.5 ساعت در طول یک هفته است، عدم  ارائه صریح و روشن کلمات جدید و نکات  دستوری و عدم توجه به برخی از استراتژی های زیر شاخه مهارت ها.این یافته ها می تواند برای طراحان برنامه درسی و نویسندگان کتاب درسی کمک کند تا به طراحی برخی از کتاب های درسی مناسب برای سطوح دیگر بپردازند که محتوی مناسب داشته باشد و تطابق بین زمان تدریس و حجم کتاب نیز مد نظر قرار گیرد. Manuscript profile
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  12 - Junior High School EFL Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Collaborative Action Research
  Parisa Ghafoori Roya Baharlouie
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  13 - Virtual Science Curriculum Design for First Year of Secondary Education (Ninth Grade)
  fereshteh afkari Gholam Ali Ahmadi seyedeh Fatemeh shamshirgarn
  The present study aimed to design a virtual curriculum of the 9th grade (1st high school) science course. The research method is a combined or mixed with an applied purpose. The method used within this research is an applied method in terms of its purpose and in terms o More

  The present study aimed to design a virtual curriculum of the 9th grade (1st high school) science course. The research method is a combined or mixed with an applied purpose. The method used within this research is an applied method in terms of its purpose and in terms of its implementation, it is a combination or a mixed type. The statistical population under study were the science textbook and the teacher’s guidebook. The components and indicators were both extracted from the junior high school science textbook and the teacher’s guidebook. The validity of the designed curriculum’s content was confirmed by 14 curriculum experts. Likewise, its reliability was determined through a researcher-made questionnaire which was handed to them; The Cronbach's alpha coefficient was estimated to be 0.98.The virtual curriculum of ninth-grade science was designed with regards to the curriculum elements: curriculum objectives, content preparation and organization, designing learning activities, teaching methods, and evaluation methods Manuscript profile
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  14 - Public Schools and Private Language Institutes: Any Differences in Students’ L2 Motivational Self System?
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  15 - The Impact of Job Stress on Job Satisfaction among School Administrators
  Homa Ghafourian Iraj Ghasemi Mohammad Ebrahimi
  Abstract The main objective of the present study was to investigate the impact of job stress on job satisfaction of public school principals of Islamshahr town in the academic year 2008- 2009. It was a descriptive (causative- comparative) study. The population consisted More

  Abstract The main objective of the present study was to investigate the impact of job stress on job satisfaction of public school principals of Islamshahr town in the academic year 2008- 2009. It was a descriptive (causative- comparative) study. The population consisted of the entire 196 male and female principals of public schools including primary, secondary and high schools of Islamshahr town. The sample included 123 people, selected by means of Morgan Jesse Table via stratified random sampling. To collect data two inventories were applied: Onderdoph inventory for the assessment of job stress and an author-made questionnaire for job satisfaction assessment. Content validities of inventories were confirmed by professors’ opinion and then their reliability was calculated 0.91 and 0.92 by Cronbach’s Alpha, respectively. To analyze data, descriptive statistics (mean, mode, median, standard deviation, diagram, and tables) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient, one-way analysis of variance and two-sample t test so as to compare two-group means) and SPSS software were utilized. Results suggested that there was a negative significant relationship between job stress and job satisfaction. In terms of job stress, there also observed a significant difference between male and female principals and their job satisfaction. Further, the study found a significant difference between principals’ job stress in the whole levels of education and their management background. Manuscript profile
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  16 - The Relationship between Resiliency and Classroom Psychosocial Climate with the Educational Achievement of Junior High School Students in Tehran
  Rozita Zabihi Beheshteh Niusha Mahbobeh Mansori
    Abstract The purpose of this research was to study of relationship between resiliency and classroom psychosocial climate with educational achievement of junior high school students in Tehran. Research method was correlational and the population included all the s More

    Abstract The purpose of this research was to study of relationship between resiliency and classroom psychosocial climate with educational achievement of junior high school students in Tehran. Research method was correlational and the population included all the students of junior high schools in Tehran city 2009-2010 (326 students, 162 girls and 124 boys), who were all selected by multi-step cluster sampling method. The data were collected using psychosocial climate questionnaire by Michaud, Comeau, and Goupil (1991), Resiliency Scale of Conner & Davidson (CD-RISC, 2003) and mean score of the participants' first term. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regressions. The results showed that: 1) there is a positive and significant relationship between resiliency and achievement of students, 2) there is a relationship between classroom psychosocial climate and achievement of the students, 3) there is a relationship between the student's perception of classroom psychosocial climate and achievement of students, 4) there is a relationship between the student's expectation of classroom psychosocial climate and achievement of the students, 5) we could predict the educational achievement of students based on their resiliency and classroom psychosocial climate. Manuscript profile