M Mortazavi; S Beshkar; H Mesgarani; GH.A Ahmadi; SH Bakhshalizadeh
Volume 18, Issue 1 , September 2011, , Pages 105-124
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The Purpose of this research is comparing the effects of constructivism and traditional teaching method on academic achievement in math( 1) among first grade high school boy students. The research method applied to this study is a kind of quasi-experimental. The target population of the study- Baghmalek ...
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The Purpose of this research is comparing the effects of constructivism and traditional teaching method on academic achievement in math( 1) among first grade high school boy students. The research method applied to this study is a kind of quasi-experimental. The target population of the study- Baghmalek City high school boy- students in 86-87 fifty students in two classes were selected randomly subjects were divided into two equal groups of 25 students each. The control group received instruction with traditional method, whereas the experimental group was exposed to a method based on) .Measurement tools of this study consisted of researcher- constructivism made academic achievement test based on instructional materials in math 1 and The Riven Intelligence Test. First both experimental groups were instructed and then at and a post-test were administered to the two groups. The results of the study showed that academic achievement in the experimental group receiving constructivism- based instrument performed significantly higher than control group, The intelligence variable was controlled.
M. Mehrabizadeh Honarmand; A. Aboighasemi; B. Najarian; H. Shokrkon
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the scope of epidemiology of test anxiety and the relations of self-efficacy and locus of control with it as moderated by intelligence in Ahvaz high school students To study the epidemiology of test anxiety, 3109 high school students were selected ...
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the scope of epidemiology of test anxiety and the relations of self-efficacy and locus of control with it as moderated by intelligence in Ahvaz high school students To study the epidemiology of test anxiety, 3109 high school students were selected from their population by a simple random sampling method. The participants completed the test anxiety inventory. Also for hypothesis testing, 340 high school students were selected by a simple random sampiñig method. The subjects completed the self-efficacy scale, locus of control inventory and intelligence test. The results showed the rate of epidemiology of test anxiety to be 17.4% in study sample. The epidemiology of test anxiety in girl students (22%) was proved to be higher than that of the boy students (12.8%) and in Local Arab students (18.7%) higher than local persian students (16.4%). The results of hypoteses showed that, test anxiety is negatively related to self-efficacy (r=-0.29) and locus of control (r=-0.24) intelligence variable being controlled. Also, the result of multiple regression showed that the multiple correlation coefficients between predictive variables (self-efficacy, locus of control and intelligence) and criterion variable (test anxiety) was statistically sigificant.
