Samir Alekasir; Azizollah Arvin; Malihe Charkhab
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Purpose: The current study was conducted to investigate the effect of using electronic portfolios on learning English vocabulary with emphasis on the motivation and attitude of language learners in Ahvaz.Method: The research method used in the present study was quasi-experimental. The statistical population ...
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Purpose: The current study was conducted to investigate the effect of using electronic portfolios on learning English vocabulary with emphasis on the motivation and attitude of language learners in Ahvaz.Method: The research method used in the present study was quasi-experimental. The statistical population in this study included all 180 language learners studying English at the Iranian Language Institute (ILI), Khuzestan branch, who were learning their foreign language during the year 2020. Using the Morgan table, the sample size of 100 individuals was selected to take part in the study as participants. Then the learners were divided into two groups of 50 members (experimental and control groups) by simple random sampling. In order to tap the motivation variable in this study, the Scientific Motivation Questionnaire (SMQ), the Learner-Student Questionnaire (LLSQ), and the Experience Attitude and Feedback Questionnaire (AEFQ) were utilized. Additionally, to assess the rate of English vocabulary learning by learners, the researcher administered a pre-test and post-test. The reliability of the test was calculated using the KR-21 formula, and its validity was determined by three English experts. First, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to check the normality of the data of research variables, then using SPSS software and descriptive statistics (including tables, graphs, and means) and inferential statistics (including paired and independent t-tests) were calculated to analyze the gathered data. A qualitative analysis was administered to tap the data retrieved from the questionnaire.Findings: The findings of the present study showed that students who received their educational content through e-portfolios and were evaluated using e-portfolios had performed better in the post-test compared to their pre-test. Accordingly, it can be concluded that the implementation of e-portfolios in the learning environment could have a positive impact on developing the students’ vocabulary knowledge and motivation of average Iranian EFL learners compared to traditional teaching and assessment methods.Conclusion: Finally, based on the research data, it can be concluded that when learning and formative assessment are combined in the educational environment, the evaluation tool becomes a kind of learning tool that helps students to improve their vocabulary knowledge.
malihe charkhab; Mohammad Hosseinpour; Maria Nassiri
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Education is one of the basic pillars of any society and the survival, permanence and progress of any society depends on the quality of its education. The educational organization, through its individual and collective mission, guides development and progress. In recent decades, managers of organizations ...
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Education is one of the basic pillars of any society and the survival, permanence and progress of any society depends on the quality of its education. The educational organization, through its individual and collective mission, guides development and progress. In recent decades, managers of organizations have recognized the role of professional ethics and consider the element of ethics as one of the factors in the stability of the organization and achieving its ultimate goals. Method According to the research statements, the method of this study is mixed (qualitative-quantitative) and in terms of the type of application and the way of data collection; It has been descriptive and survey. This research has two exploratory sections including; Identifying the process of future research model of professional ethics development and also extracting the most important components affecting this process by using three-pronged theory, has provided a conceptual framework. The proposed framework for professional ethics for managers is to gather the opinions of a dozen individuals from the field of educational sciences; The researcher was analyzed based on the answers to the research questions obtained by Delphi method and the data obtained from the agreement of experts with Dimethyl method and interpretive structural modeling were analyzed; Then, in a quantitative section, the model obtained on the studied managers was processed by structural equation modeling method. Results The findings showed; Future research studies have been effective in identifying terrestrial, structural, and content factors with the aim of developing professional ethics. Content factors have the greatest impact on the development of professional ethics. Structural factors: Strategic control and organizational policy; Content Factors: The compilation of the Charter of Professional Ethics was Cultural, Organizational, and Organizational. The results show that the application of professional ethics requires the provision of a systematic structure and process with executive capabilities that can be provided to managers as a suitable foundation. Discuss The aim of this study was to develop the professional ethics of education managers using future research knowledge and using a three-pronged model; The most important results showed that future research studies have been effective in identifying terrestrial, structural and content factors with the mentioned purpose and then the impact, importance and priority of each identifying, determining and determining factor based on future research studies were designed. The use of this model as an intellectual framework and guide to implementing professional ethics is recommended for managers of the organization
