shima vafa; soghra ebrahimi ghavam; hasan asadzade
Volume 4, Issue 14 , January 2014, , Pages 104-126
Abolghasem Shakiba; Ali Akbar Seyf; Hassan Asadzadeh; Soghra Ebrahimi Ghavam
Volume 3, Issue 9 , April 2013, , Pages 33-56
Abstract
The main purpose of this study isto examine the effect of local and global text cohesion on improving the reading comprehension of students with low and high prior knowledge. The subjects with high prior knowledge consist of 80 senior high school students(61 females, 19 males),and the subjects with low ...
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The main purpose of this study isto examine the effect of local and global text cohesion on improving the reading comprehension of students with low and high prior knowledge. The subjects with high prior knowledge consist of 80 senior high school students(61 females, 19 males),and the subjects with low prior knowledge are 80 senior high school students(70 females.10 males), who are randomly selected using multistage sampling method. Participants with high and low prior knowledge are randomly assigned into four groups. The reading materials of the group members consist of texts with low local and high global cohesion, high local and low global cohesion, low local and high global cohesion, and high local and global cohesion. The research instruments are:1)experimental text,2)comprehension test, and 3)prior knowledge test. The subjects should read the text and then answer the questions of reading comprehension test. The collected data are statistically analyzed. The results show that there is interaction between local and global text cohesion and the reader’s prior knowledge. High local and global cohesion text significantly improved comprehension, compared to the low local and global cohesion text. It is also found that readers who know little about the domain of the text benefit more from text with high local and global cohesion, whereas high-knowledge readers benefit from a minimally coherent text
Mojdeh Janeh; Soghra Ebrahimi Ghavam; Hamid Alizadeh
Volume 2, Issue 5 , April 2012, , Pages 21-42
Abstract
Purpose: The present research’s purpose is to compare the executive functions of reasoning, planning, organizing and working memory between the students with or without mathematics disorder at primary school.
Method: The research is of an applied type and the method to carry it out is contextual. ...
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Purpose: The present research’s purpose is to compare the executive functions of reasoning, planning, organizing and working memory between the students with or without mathematics disorder at primary school.
Method: The research is of an applied type and the method to carry it out is contextual. The statistical population includes girl students with or without mathematics disorder at primary schools in the Tehran province.
60primary school girls at the age of 8 to 11 were randomly assigned in 2 groups of 30with or without mathematics disorder. In order to gather data tests of key math Andre Rey, subtests of similarities and children numerical memory and W.I.S.C were used. The data was analyzed by multiple variance analysis tests.
Results: The findings showed that the students with mathematics disorders were different in terms of the executive functions of reasoning, planning, organizing and working memory as compared with the normal group. The outcomes of the present research showed that: there is a meaningful difference in related-combined variables of reasoning, planning, organizing and working memory between the two groups of normal and those having mathematical dysfunction. To specify the meaningfulness of the final outcome Bonferroni correction was used and P which was equal to 0.05 was divided by 4. Amount of P turned to be 0.0125 and meaningfulness was assigned to the test.
Conclusion and recommendations: With regard to existing theories and researches so far undertaken in the area and the results of the present research we can conclude that there are obvious differences in the functions of reasoning, working memory and planning-organizing of normal students and those having mathematical dysfunction. However this research studied 3 areas of the executive functions including reasoning, planning-organizing and working memory. It is suggested that other executive functions be also studied in future research projects
Soghra Ebrahim Ghavam
Volume 1, Issue 1 , April 2011, , Pages 67-82
Abstract
In order to study the relationship between resiliency and job satisfaction in teachers of Conventional and Exceptional Schools in Tehran in the Academic of 2009-2010. In this regard, 270 male and female teachers (135 teacher of Conventional and 135 Exceptional Schools were selected randomly and completed ...
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In order to study the relationship between resiliency and job satisfaction in teachers of Conventional and Exceptional Schools in Tehran in the Academic of 2009-2010. In this regard, 270 male and female teachers (135 teacher of Conventional and 135 Exceptional Schools were selected randomly and completed the relevant questionnaires. Data were analyzed with Pearson correlation coefficient and in order to investigate the differences between the correlation coefficients, fisher’s Z was applied. The results revealed that although, a strong positive relationship between the two variables (%27).On the contrary there was not any significant difference between the resiliency and job satisfaction values obtained from the teachers of conventional and exceptional schools. Resiliency is main factor to determine job satisfaction in academic setting. And the role of job satisfaction is critical in quality of work in occupational and academic environment.