جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "motivation" در نشریات گروه "علوم پایه"

Chemistry lesson is one of the lessons that, firstly, certain people have an inner interest in it, secondly, because most of its content is subjective and not completely tangible, therefore, in teaching this lesson, we usually encounter problems, of course, many of these problems can be solved with measures. It is solved by chemistry teachers who have an active mind. The teaching process in chemistry is facing deep challenges. One of the challenges is lack of motivation and lack of interest and enthusiasm of the students in the course material. Because the difficulty of abstract materials and requiring deep thinking in the materials along with the complexity of calculations and memorization of concepts, many students face a decrease in the motivation and enthusiasm of learning chemistry. Let's not forget that for learning and understanding any subject, enthusiasm and motivation along with greed for learning has the greatest impact on the progress of the subject. The current research is a review study on the need to increase motivation and the reasons and effective solutions in chemistry education.

Screening behaviors along with a healthy lifestyle and regular physical activity play an essential role in reducing mortality from breast cancer. The present study aimed to determine the factors associated with breast cancer–preventive behaviors based on the theory of protection motivation in women in Neyshabur city.

In this cross-sectional study, 325 women aged 30 to 69 years referred to Neyshabur health service centers were studied after enrolment through cluster sampling. The data collection tool was a researcher-made self-report questionnaire that had acceptable validity (face and content) and reliability (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.83). Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics with SPSS v19. 

Fifty-two percent of participants never had a breast self-examination before, and 72.6% had never been to a health center for a clinical breast examination. Only 6.8% of the participants had regular physical activity. All constructs of conservation motivation theory, except fear, were correlated with breast cancer-preventive behaviors. Perceived self-efficacy had the highest score, and perceived cost had the lowest score among protection motivation theory constructs. Regression analysis reflected that protection motivation, perceived severity, perceived rewards, and awareness were predictors of the adoption of breast cancer–preventive behaviors. Overall, these variables could predict 15.4% of behavioral change.

Theory-based educational planning to encourage women to adopt breast cancer-preventive behaviors, including a healthy lifestyle and screening behaviors, is essential.

Science and Technology Museums (STM) aside from being places for exhibitions, are places of learning aimed primarily to create an environment for public education and participation in science learning. Nowadays science museums are considered as learner-focused places where education is led through observation, hearing and experimentation. As such, learning becomes deep rooted as well as application-oriented. In this paper after a brief introduction about science museums, their role in active learning and ultimately some of the prominent features of important science museums around the world and Iran will be compared and discussed.