Matin Ghasemi Sameni; Esmaeil Zaraii Zavaraki; .Parviz Sharifi Daramadi; Ali Delavar
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The purpose of this study is to design and validate an educational model in a computer game environment for high-performance autistic students. the sequential exploratory mixed method was used. In this way, to investigate the current situation and identify the elements and components of the proposed ...
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The purpose of this study is to design and validate an educational model in a computer game environment for high-performance autistic students. the sequential exploratory mixed method was used. In this way, to investigate the current situation and identify the elements and components of the proposed model, the qualitative research method and the inductive content analysis method were used, and the descriptive survey method was used to validate the model internally. The statistical population for designing the educational model included all related articles, books and dissertations from 1994 to 2020. The statistical sample for determining the components of the model included 54 articles, 22 books and 7 dissertations that were purposefully selected and analyzed. The statistical population for model validation included experts in the field of educational technology, psychology and education of exceptional children and educational psychology. 21 specialists were selected as a sample. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire with 9 questions that was designed and developed on the Likert scale. The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by calculating two content validity ratio (CVR) and content validity index (CVI) and its validity with Cronbach's alpha / 92. Was. According to the inductive content analysis, 7 main components were obtained. Also, 25 subcomponents were extracted for the main components. First, a conceptual model was designed and then a process model was presented. Findings of internal validity from the point of view of experts showed that conceptual and process patterns have a high internal validity.The purpose of this study is to design and validate an educational model in a computer game environment for high-performance autistic students. the sequential exploratory mixed method was used. In this way, to investigate the current situation and identify the elements and components of the proposed model, the qualitative research method and the inductive content analysis method were used, and the descriptive survey method was used to validate the model internally. The statistical population for designing the educational model included all related articles, books and dissertations from 1994 to 2020. The statistical sample for determining the components of the model included 54 articles, 22 books and 7 dissertations that were purposefully selected and analyzed. The statistical population for model validation included experts in the field of educational technology, psychology and education of exceptional children and educational psychology. 21 specialists were selected as a sample. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire with 9 questions that was designed and developed on the Likert scale. The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by calculating two content validity ratio (CVR) and content validity index (CVI) and its validity with Cronbach's alpha / 92. Was. According to the inductive content analysis, 7 main components were obtained. Also, 25 subcomponents were extracted for the main components. First, a conceptual model was designed and then a process model was presented. Findings of internal validity from the point of view of experts showed that conceptual and process patterns have a high internal validity.
marzieh gholami; Ali Delavar
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The aim of this study was to design a questionnaire for learning disability (parent-child assessment) in preschool students. The Learning Disability Questionnaire consists of two parts: perception (visual and auditory). The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by psychology professors ...
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The aim of this study was to design a questionnaire for learning disability (parent-child assessment) in preschool students. The Learning Disability Questionnaire consists of two parts: perception (visual and auditory). The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by psychology professors and then it was performed on a sample of 294 preschool students. The questions were analyzed by appropriate statistical methods and the validity and reliability of the questionnaire were determined. According to the calculations, the internal consistency coefficient in the auditory perception factor is 0.83, and the visual is 0.86. An independent t-test was used to evaluate the differential validity. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the scores of deficient and normal students. We used the learning disability test to assess concurrent validity. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between the two variables of the Learning Disability Questionnaire (Parent Assessment of Preschool Child) and the Special Learning Disability Test for Children. Depending on the obtained reliability and validity, this test can be used as a tool to assess and detect early learning disabilities of preschool students.
Esmael Zarraii zavaraki; aliakbar kabiri; yahya hgaedi; ali delavar; mohammadreza nili ahmadabadi
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The aim of this study was to identify the components and framework of the educational model for the use of technology in philosophy program for children for gifted students and its internal validation. The research method was heuristic. In order to obtain the educational design model, inductive content ...
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The aim of this study was to identify the components and framework of the educational model for the use of technology in philosophy program for children for gifted students and its internal validation. The research method was heuristic. In order to obtain the educational design model, inductive content analysis was used in the qualitative part of the research, and in the quantitative part, survey method was used to validate the model internally through a questionnaire by experts. The sample population of the study in the qualitative part were related specialists in the fields of educational technology, special education and philosophy of education, written and electronic documents and resources, and in the quantitative part were the specialists of the mentioned fields. The samples were purposefully selected in both groups, and in the qualitative part 31 specialists and experts were selected for the interview and in the quantitative part 36 specialists from different universities and institutes of the country. Data were collected in the qualitative part using semi-structured interviews and content analysis of documents and in the quantitative part using a questionnaire made by the researcher. After conducting content analysis, 7 main categories were obtained. Also, 39 sub-components were extracted for the main categories. After extracting the codes, the components and sub-components were presented in the form of a model. The results of internal validation based on the opinion of experts have shown that the presented educational model has a good internal validity and has the necessary effectiveness to educate talented students.
Ebrahim Abolghasemi; ali delavar; mehdi forghani; ataollah abtahi; fatemeh ghaemi
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Children with diabetes experience debilitating conditions that threaten the mental health of a child with diabetes. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of interactive education based on new media on the psychological well-being of diabetic children. This study was ...
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Children with diabetes experience debilitating conditions that threaten the mental health of a child with diabetes. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of interactive education based on new media on the psychological well-being of diabetic children. This study was a quasi-experimental method of pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population of this study included all children with diabetes referred to Gabrik Medical Center and Diabetes Clinics in Tehran in 2009-2010. A sample of this population consisted of 44 people (24 in the experimental group and 19 in the control group) with Using the sampling method, they were selected voluntarily and placed in the experimental and control groups. The educational model was performed for the children of the experimental group for 6 sessions after the pre-test. The control group did not receive any special psychological training. The collected data were analyzed using analysis of covariance. The results showed that the model of interactive education based on new media has a significant effect on the psychological well-being of diabetic children (p <0.05). Based on the obtained results, it can be concluded that the interactive education model based on new media can be used as an intervention method for children with diabetes along with drug therapy.
Ehsan Toofaninejad; Esmaeil Zaraii Zavaraki; Parviz Sharifi Daramadi; Shane Dawson; Mohammadreza Nili Ahmad Adbadi; Ali Delavar
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The goal of this study was to design a learning environment enriched by virtual social network instructional model for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students and find the validity of this model. Considering that in order to ascertain the aims of this research a mixed method in a type of the exploratory ...
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The goal of this study was to design a learning environment enriched by virtual social network instructional model for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students and find the validity of this model. Considering that in order to ascertain the aims of this research a mixed method in a type of the exploratory was used. In the qualitative part, to obtain an instructional design model, an inductive content analysis was performed. In addition, in the quantitative part, for internal validity, the experts’ judgment using a questionnaire survey method was used. The population in qualitative part was all related studies and faculty members familiar with the domain of educational technology, special education, educational technologists, and educationists, teachers of special education, DHH students and their parents, and experiences of successful countries in the field of the research topic. By the goal-oriented sampling procedure, 39 experts for qualitative and 34 experts for the quantitative part was chosen from Iran, Australia and United States. The results showed that in regards to content analysis seven main categories of the model was obtained: engagement, interaction, feedback, content, sources, evaluation, and support. 24 subcategories also were extracted. Finally, the results of all content analyses were presented as a model. Also, the results of internal validation according to the experts' judgment indicated that the instructional model enjoys a good validity and has the effectiveness on learning environments of DHH student
Masoud Ghassemi; fariborz dortaj; esmaeil Saadipoor; Ali Delavar; sedigheh Sarabi
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This study investigates the effectiveness of a number sense instruction program for children at risk of math difficulties in the preschool age. This program was designed based on the fundamental components of number sense and through a developmental approach (e.g. quantity, number, line number, and connection ...
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This study investigates the effectiveness of a number sense instruction program for children at risk of math difficulties in the preschool age. This program was designed based on the fundamental components of number sense and through a developmental approach (e.g. quantity, number, line number, and connection number). First, 426 preschoolers were selected and assessed through two screening questionnaires (teacher form and parent form) and then, after execution of Jordan’s number sense test and number knowledge on these children, 90 children were identified at risk of math difficulties. Using quasi-experimental and random techniques, subjects were classified into two experimental and control groups The experimental group experienced instructional treatments for number sense for 45 minutes for eight weeks. Then, once again both experimental and control groups were evaluated by Jordan’s number understanding test. The results were analyzed using the MANCOVA method, which indicated a meaningful difference between experimental group students’ progression (under the influence of instructional treatment of number sense) in the items of counting, quantity and number relations with the control groups in post-test. The results also indicate that instruction of number sense for improvement of calculation skills in children with math difficulties would play a preventive role in math disabilities in elder ages.