فصلنامه مطالعات اندازه گیری و ارزشیابی آموزشی
پیاپی 44 (زمستان 1402)

The primary purpose of the present study was to compare the professional competencies of teachers who graduated from Farhangian University with those of Madeh 28.

It is quantitatively applied research designed to compare the knowledge of two groups of teachers. The statistical population included all the teachers who graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Farhangian University and those of Medeh 28 between 2015 - 2019. A total of 440 graduated teachers were sampled from the primary education, English language, mathematics education, social sciences, and counseling fields of study using the multi-stage sampling method. A set of performance-based tests were developed to collect the data. Descriptive statistical measures and t-Test were employed to analyze the data.

The findings indicated that the highest and the lowest average performance belonged to the primary education and mathematics education teachers who graduated from Farhangian University, respectively. A significant difference was found between the performance of the two groups of teachers in content knowledge (CK), technological knowledge (TK), and pedagogical knowledge (PK), and the differences in TK and PK are in favor of those of Bachlo's degree graduated from Farhangian University. However, the significant difference in CK was in favor of Madeh 28 teachers.  

Recruiting teachers’ method is one of many factors that impact teacher qualification. The Bachelor's degree teachers who graduated from Frhangian University performed higher in PK and TK than those of Madeh 28. In contrast, Madeh 28 teachers performed better in CK than the other group.

The current research was conducted to identify the themes of managers' digital competencies with a thematic analysis approach with a qualitative strategy.

Thematic analysis was based on the model of Clark and Brown (2006). The data collection tool was a semi-structured and in-depth interview, which was analyzed using open and axial coding. The research community was (managers and experts of the country's education assessment organization), and among them, the data reached the saturation level with 15 people.

The digital competencies of managers with the title of comprehensive theme include 3 comprehensive themes of knowledge and awareness, skills and abilities, and individual characteristics with 14 organizing themes and 58 components in the form of basic themes.

The required skills are knowledge of data science, knowledge of information security, organizational management and leadership abilities, soft skills and communication methods, digital leadership and efforts for digital creativity and innovation, digital literacy in this era, and having professional training and developing digital interaction and communication in line with The development of digital talent of employees of the measurement organization, management of digital change and transformation and the use of digital platforms, management of attitudes and finally social and moral responsibility are among the skills needed by the employees of the measurement organization.

The formation of students' participation in the socio-cultural activities of the university is influenced by several factors.The aim of this study is Sociological Explanation of the Factors Affecting the Socio-Cultural Participation of Students of Payame Noor University of BandarAbbas.

The statistical population of the study includes all students of payame noor university of BandarAbbas, from which a sample of 385 people was selected by appropriate stratified random sampling method.This research was conducted using a survey method using a questionnaire technique. After collecting the questionnaires, the data were analyzed by spss22 statistical software. First, the tables related to the hypothesis test were calculated using T-test and regression test  and then the prediction equation related to the relationship of independent variables affecting the socio-cultural participation of students was calculated.  

The result showed Gender and self-concept variables have a significant relationship with the three dimensions of socio-cultural participation, while no significant relationship was observed between the variables of marital status, employment status and the three dimensions of participation. Among personality traits, the variables of social alienation and generalism have a significant relationship with the three dimensions of socio-cultural participation. A significant relationship was observed between the variables of control position and futurism with the three dimensions of participation, except for the dimension of participation scale. A significant relationship was observed between interpersonal trust and the three dimensions of participation. There was a significant relationship between institutional trust and the three dimensions of participation, except for the participatory activity dimension.

The motivation to participate in socio-cultural activities is related to personality traits and individual differences. Extracurricular managers in the university provide opportunities based on the interests, needs and motivations of students so that they can benefit from the advantages of socio-cultural activities in the university.

The purpose of this study was to explore the phenomenon of continuous evaluation of the faculty members' performance at Farhanguian University with an emphasis on the research aspect and to provide a model for it.

For this purpose, the researcher conducted a systematic study of the literature related to the subject under investigation and after examining and analyzing the theoretical and experimental bases of the research, the initial conceptual framework was designed. In the executive part of the research, qualitative research method was used to collect data. Using the semi-structured interview tool, the researcher interviewed with 17, an, using limited theoretical bases and analyzing the thematic content of the opinions raised, the researcher extracted the components and quality evaluation criteria of faculty members' performance evaluation.

The research findings were analyzed using thematic analysis and through the coding, the model resulting from the interviews with the experts, the focal group and the theoretical foundations of the research were designed and approved. The exploratory model showed that the research performance evaluation structure of faculty members includes 7 main components of "Research Outputs; Professional Development; Individual Characteristics, Research Consultation, Effectiveness and Social Responsibility of Research, Executive and Specialized Services, Needs-oriented Research”, and 34 sub-components, and the path of continuous evaluation of research activities of faculty members passes through these dimensions.

The use and preparation of the establishment of the estimated model and using its components and sub-components to evaluate the research performance of faculty members, It can lead to the efficient and effective realization of the study and research missions of Farhangian University.

This research was carried out in Razi University with the aim of answering the question that "is there a significant difference between the academic status of students based on the university entrance quota at different levels of education".

In terms of nature, the present research is a type of quantitative research, the data of which was collected at a specific time and through data mining. The statistical population of the research included the students of Razi University-Kermanshah between the academic years of 1393 and 1396. Sampling was done in full and through the comprehensive educational system of Razi University (Golestan system). The students' academic status was evaluated using the past unit rate (the ratio of passed units to received units) and the student's standardized GPA.

Statistical results showed that there is a significant difference between the educational statuses of undergraduate students in terms of the quota used to enter the university at the level of five percent error. The findings of James-Howell's follow-up test showed that the academic status of the students of the 5% quota was significantly lower than the other quotas. Also, the academic status of the students using the quota of regions 3 was significantly lower than the students of the quota of region 2. However, these differences were not significant for master and doctoral students.

Considering the findings of this research, it is necessary for the evaluation organization to revise its programs for accepting students who use the 5% veterans' quota and the 3rd zone in the undergraduate level and the quota of instructors in the doctoral level, and other indicators for their entry into University to compile.

According to the approval of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution the National Organization of Educational Testing is supposed to hold a national exam twice a year and the score of each test would have credit for two years. The purpose of this research is to introduce and implement appropriate methods of equating in the framework of the classical test theory in order to compare the test scores of different courses to choose applicants in a fair way.

Based on common-item nonequivalent groups design three test forms X, Y and Z of differential calculus were experimentally implemented on the group of 600, 1111 and 2200 examinees. The number of test items were 21, 21 and 20 with six common item in total. Data were analyzed in R software with the package equate (Albano & Albano, 2018). The equipercentile function was used to equate the test forms; The pre-smoothing process with linear logarithmic transformations were done so that the parameters were estimated with less standard error and scores with more accuracy.

The average difficulty of these test forms were 9.03, 7.61 and 7.79 respectively. Also, all three forms have different skewness 0.203, 0.518 and 0.392, respectively.

Due to the different difficulty and right skewness of the distribution of the tests scores, it is suggested to equate them with the equipercentile function in a nonequivalent anchor test design. The tests for which common item cannot be developed, it is recommended to link their scores by the same equipercentile function.