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1 - Construction and validation of tools for evaluating the performance of primary school principals
Ali Delavar Mohammad Reza Falsafi nejhad Nour Ali Farrokhi Abbas Abbaspour Farzad zandi

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to develop and validate the performance evaluation tool for primary school principals. The applied research method was a combination of a sequential exploratory type. In this research, there were several statistical societies and a More

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to develop and validate the performance evaluation tool for primary school principals. The applied research method was a combination of a sequential exploratory type. In this research, there were several statistical societies and a number of sampling methods: 1. The community of related resources and content, the targeted sampling method used in this community. 2. The community of education specialists, The purposeful sampling method was used. 3. The community of teachers and primary school principals was selected using a random stratified sampling method to select a sample of this society Manuscript profile

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2 - Parity Reading Scale Approval in Elementary School Students in Ilam City
Zeynab Mihan Doust

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to analyze the diagnostic checklist for disintegration readings. The studied population consists of 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students of Ilam city in the academic year of 2010-2010. A sample group of 310 students (136 boys and 174 gir More

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to analyze the diagnostic checklist for disintegration readings. The studied population consists of 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students of Ilam city in the academic year of 2010-2010. A sample group of 310 students (136 boys and 174 girls) from elementary school students in Ilam and the suburbs selected by multi-stage sampling method. The research tool is a student reading questionnaire which has 33 questions and is completed by teachers. The coefficient of validity of the test was obtained by using Cronbach's alpha of 0.93. The implementation of the analysis of the main components of the test in this study shows that the test materials are generally correlated with one factor Manuscript profile

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3 - The Effectiveness of Circuit Emotion Therapy Couples on Attachment Styles and Marital Satisfaction
Zahra Merzadeh Masoumeh Behboudi

Abstract In the present study, effectiveness of emotionally-focused couples therapy (EFCT) on the attachment and marital satisfaction styles was analyzed. Population of this study consisted of 30 women referring to  Private Counseling Institute in Tehran to solve More

Abstract In the present study, effectiveness of emotionally-focused couples therapy (EFCT) on the attachment and marital satisfaction styles was analyzed. Population of this study consisted of 30 women referring to  Private Counseling Institute in Tehran to solve marital conflicts that were selected based on random sampling. Study design is quasi experimental together with experimental and control qroups using by    pretest and posttest. Spouses attachment styles scale and marital satisfaction scale of Enrich were used for data collection. At first, pretest was implemented for both groups. Later, couple therapy sessions were presented in 8 sessions each 90min. Control group didn’t receive any intervention. After completion of therapy sessions, results of posttest of both groups were analyzed and taken into consideration by statistical tests of analysis of covariance and dependent T test. Summary of results indicated effectiveness of emotional-focused couple therapy on avoidant and anxiety attachment styles and marital satisfaction of sample group, so that emotional-focused couple therapy was significantly effective on the change of avoidant and anxiety attachment styles to secure attachment style and  in addition, it  was significantly effective on increase of marital satisfaction of women of sample group and effective on marital satisfaction more than avoidant and anxiety attachment styles. Manuscript profile

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4 - The influence of predicting academic performance of high school students first
Soumayeh Bakhshi parikhani Sadegh Hamedi Nasab

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of predicting academic performance of high school students first. The method used in this research is descriptive and correlational. The study population included all high school female student More

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of predicting academic performance of high school students first. The method used in this research is descriptive and correlational. The study population included all high school female students in the academic year 1395-1394 the city Meshgin is studying. Multistage cluster sampling of 421 students were chosen girl. To collect data for this study from a test of mathematics achievement of first-choice school were used. In order to analyze the collected data, the descriptive statistics, mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics, methods of statistical correlation and t-test was used. For analysis software SPSS, BILOG was used. The results showed that the test instructions and Btb scoring methods according to the amount of C parameter estimation, and this effect is significant. Low levels of ability (3 to 5/1) the performance of students in the first run (without guessing) compared to the second run (with guess), but is better in the middle and upper levels will be able to see the result. The validity of test scores (25/0 low) and lower levels (25/0 high) better estimation of ability in the first run (without guessing) in the second run (with guess) is Manuscript profile

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5 - Creating and validating a questionnaire on attitudes toward education and job prospects among students
Hajar Talverdi Hasan Pashasharifi Hayedh Saberie

AbstractThe present study was conducted with the aim of establishing a scale for attitudes toward education and job creation among students. The first questions of the questionnaire were evaluated based on the three components of theoretical attitudes and the theory of More

AbstractThe present study was conducted with the aim of establishing a scale for attitudes toward education and job creation among students. The first questions of the questionnaire were evaluated based on the three components of theoretical attitudes and the theory of occupational adaptation of the person with the environment. The contents of the items were reviewed by the experts. The approved item was selected. The population consisted of students from Zanjan University who were selected through a step-by-step sampling method. The factor analysis revealed that 58 percent of the variance of the scores was determined by the scale. Then, ProMax rotation was used to extract the components, and 4 items Eliminate and remove b Barsvm Tkrarvdrnhayt of three factors, namely interest in education, career planning and job identification was Christening. Cronbach's alpha Manuscript profile

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6 - Scientific Study, Validity, Reliability and Norming of Spiritual Intelligence Test in University Students Tonekabon
Dr. Hamidreza vatankhah

Abstract The general purpose of this investigation is scientific study, validity, reliability and norming of spiritual intelligence test in Tonekabon  city. To gain this purpose a sample group including 451 people (190 boys & 261 girls) were selected randomly More

Abstract The general purpose of this investigation is scientific study, validity, reliability and norming of spiritual intelligence test in Tonekabon  city. To gain this purpose a sample group including 451 people (190 boys & 261 girls) were selected randomly. Afterward a questionnaire including 83 items applied to assess their spiritual intelligence. This was measured on a six-point likert scale with categories from never to almost always. To obtain the correlation of each item with total score of the group, Cronbach’s alpha was used. For the group concluding 82 items, the coefficient of Cronbach alpha was 0.875. Whenever a question of the assessment is omitted, validity coefficient (homogenous) of the test which is equal to 0.875 in normal condition, decreases but if the questions number 5,6,9,11,22,23,31,33,34,44,53,55,60,68,74,75,76,79 are omitted, the validity coefficient increases. The maximum increase of validity is 0.877 which is related to the questions 9,11,22,23,34,75,76. Question 61 was omitted from the questionnaire due to weak correlation. To survey about the reliability of the concept and to know that this measurement is satiated with what factors, we used factor analysis. As the amount of Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) was 0.77 and as Croit Bartlet’s particular is meaningful, there is a proper condition to perform factor analysis. By analyzing principal components and Varimax Rotation and with regard to factor Matrix, 14 factors were extracted. Average scores of boys and girls in factors 2,3,4,5 have meaningful differences at level of 0.01 and 0.05. In every four factors average scores of girls are more than boys; however there were not significant differences between the other 10 factors. Generally there are significant differences between average scores of girls and boys.   Introduction Spirituality is one of inner requirements by human which exists in hearts, minds and customs especially religious customs. As Tillich has said spirituality is the final concern; as all humans have a final concern so all are spiritual (Akins et al, 1988). In the recent decades, the theories of multiple-intelligence have increased our general perception about intelligence beside traditional perception (linguistic and logical abilities related to Intelligent Quotient (IQ) including spiritual, existential, social intelligence and talent which change to creative and emotional practices) (Bar, 2000; Gardner, 1983, 2000; Emmons, 1999; Halama & Stridence, 2004; Goleman, 2001; Mayer & Salovey, 1993; Sternberg, 1997).  Manuscript profile

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7 - Standardization of Marriage Satisfaction Test
Ali Akbar Salahi

Abstract:The attention paid to the quality of life satisfaction has been of interest to many scholars and experts in this area since the past few years. Therefore, standardization of marriage satisfaction test is the main objective of this research. This test can be con More

Abstract:The attention paid to the quality of life satisfaction has been of interest to many scholars and experts in this area since the past few years. Therefore, standardization of marriage satisfaction test is the main objective of this research. This test can be considered as one of the most widely used tests in this field. For standardization, first, a translation test was performed on 150 satisfactory couples and 150 disappointed couples. The validity of the marriage satisfaction test through Cronbach's alpha was 0.92, which indicates good credit. The internal correlation method was used to determine the validity of the scales and the maximum was 0.84. The difference in validity was obtained by comparing the two groups with satisfaction and dissatisfaction and with a confidence of 0.95 there was a significant difference between the two groups Manuscript profile

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8 - The relationship between motivational beliefs (self-efficiency, test anxiety, intrinsic valuation) and future prospect with academic performance among high school third grade girl students in district one of Ahvaz
Nahid Baboulmoradi Parviz Asgarie

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between motivational beliefs (self-efficiency, test anxiety, intrinsic valuation) and future prospect with academic performance among high school third grade girl students in district one of Ahvaz. The statistical More

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between motivational beliefs (self-efficiency, test anxiety, intrinsic valuation) and future prospect with academic performance among high school third grade girl students in district one of Ahvaz. The statistical population included all high school third grade girl students in district one of Ahvaz. A sample of 270 students were selected using cluster multi-stage sampling method. To collect the data, Motivational beliefs for learning questionnaire (MBLQ) and Future prospect inventory (FTPI) were used. The average of the first semester was used to measure the students’ academic performance. In order to analyze data, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were used. The results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between self-efficiency and intrinsic valuation and also future prospect with academic performance. There is a significant negative relationship between test anxiety and academic performance. The results of regression analysis showed that in this research, predictor variables are able to predict the students’ academic performance sig nificantly and altogether can explain 28.8 percent of the variance of the academic performance in the students.   Manuscript profile

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