نشریه آموزش و ارزشیابی
پیاپی 62 (تابستان 1402)

This research intended to examine the effectiveness of puppet play therapy on self-concept, perceived competence, and social maturity of slow learners at the primary school level. The study population consisted of all female slow learners in the fifth grade in Azar-Shahr during the academic year of 1399.1400. Based on the purposive sampling method, 30 participants from among female slow learners in the fifth grade in Azar-Shahr were selected and randomly assigned to the experimental group (n=15) and the control group (n=15). To collect the data, three instruments were employed, Piers-Harris children's self-concept scale, Harter’s self-perception profile for children and Vineland social maturity scales. This quasi-experimental study used a pretest-posttest control group design. While the experimental group received nine 90-minute sessions of puppet play therapy, the control group received no treatment. Results based on one-way ANCOVA displayed that the slow learners in the experimental groups made more gains in terms of self-concept, perceived competence, and social maturity as compared with their counterparts in the control group (p<0.5). It can be concluded that puppet play therapy along with other therapeutic programs can be employed to enhance self-concept, perceived competence, and social maturity of slow learners at the primary school level. (p<0/05)

Social support as a relevant and effective variable on academic performance has been investigated in many studies, and the different and sometimes contradictory results of these studies highlight the necessity of a meta-analytical study. This study aimed to combine the findings of 12 years of Iranian and international investigations which had studied the relationship between social support and academic performance. The statistical population included Iranian and internationally published and available studies related to the subject from 2009-2021. Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 55 studies and 101 effect sizes were selected. Finally, after sensitivity analysis and removal of extreme effect sizes, 79 effect sizes were analyzed. The results showed that the combined effect size was 0.189 for the fixed model and 0.220 for the random model. In this study, gender and age were studied as qualitative and quantitative moderator variables, respectively. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the effect sizes of the relationship between social support and academic performance based on gender. The meta-regression results also showed that by increasing the age mean, the effect size decreases to a very small significant amount and a small part of the total heterogeneity is explained by the age mean of the initial studies. As a result, based on obtained effect size, social support is effective in increasing students' academic performance.

Nowadays, citizenship ethics is one of the necessities of life, and its realization in the individual and social life improves interpersonal relations. The present study aimed to design and to determine the effectiveness of citizenship ethics education in the improvement of altruism and prosocial behaviors in high school girl students. The study design was semi-experimental between groups. The study population was high school girl students in Ardebil city in the academic year 2021-2022. Using multistage cluster sampling method, 60 subjects were selected and were divided into experimental (n = 30) and control (n = 30) groups. The experimental group received citizenship ethics training for 15 sessions; however, the control group received no intervention. They were assessed by Social Problem Solving Questionnaire (Di Zorilla) and Social Behavior Questionnaire (California). Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance. Results showed that citizenship ethics training was effective in improving responsibility, commitment, and altruism (p.05). Hence, it can be concluded that citizenship ethics is a prerequisite for adapting to social change and sets the stage for prosocial behaviors so that individuals with citizenship ethics can improve social relationships and ensure psychological health.

Nowadays, education as one of the most important elements of life has double importance and all scientific elements have made many efforts in order to improve and make it more effective. In this regard, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between family atmosphere and psychological capital with academic enthusiasm through the mediation of the role of mindfulness. The statistical population of the research was all the students of the first secondary school in Kermanshah city in the academic year of 2019-2019. For this purpose, a number of 707 students were selected by cluster sampling method and the questionnaires of family atmosphere Hilbern, psychological capital Lutaz et al. completed the electronic form. After collecting the data, structural equation modeling was used to test the proposed model and hypotheses. The results showed that the presented model has a good fit and that family atmosphere and psychological capital have a significant and positive relationship with academic enthusiasm. Also, family atmosphere and psychological capital have an effect on academic enthusiasm through mindfulness. The findings show that considering the variables of family environment, psychological capital and mindfulness, we can expect an increase in academic enthusiasm in students. Considering that mindfulness can be the final product of family atmosphere and psychological capital, parents' awareness of this importance strengthens the direction of these variables to the importance of education and academic enthusiasm.

This research was conducted with the aim of developing a causal model to explain academic vitality based on academic self-regulation strategies and cognitive emotion regulation strategies with the mediating role of Corona anxiety. The research method was descriptive-correlation and specifically structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the research included all the students of the first secondary school in Ahvaz city in the academic year 2001-1400, of which 350 students were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method and with emotion regulation strategies questionnaire (CERQ), strategies questionnaire Academic self-regulation and the Corona Virus Anxiety Questionnaire (CDAS2) were evaluated. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling using spss24 and Amos.24 software. The results showed that the research model had a good fit and was confirmed. Also, cognitive strategies of emotion regulation, academic self-regulation strategies and corona anxiety directly predicted academic vitality, and results supported the mediating role of corona anxiety in the relationship between cognitive strategies of emotion regulation, academic self-regulation strategies and academic vitality.The results of the research showed that academic self-regulation strategies and cognitively adapted emotion regulation strategies can reduce the anxiety of Corona and, as a result, increase academic vitality in students. While the non-compromised cognitive strategies of emotion regulation can increase the anxiety caused by Corona and reduces the academic vitality because of this. Based on the results of this research, it is suggested that teachers and education officials increase their vitality and academic vitality by implementing educational workshops and psychological interventions and training and promoting educational self-regulation strategies and cognitive strategies to regulate emotions by reducing corona anxiety in students.

Research shows that one of the individual characteristics of learners that affects the educational interventions effectiveness is the learning style of learners. Learning styles is one of the interesting research fields in behavioral sciences; Therefore, due to the increasing amount of research in the learning styles field, it is necessary to conduct combined research in this field. This research was carried out by the meta-analysis method with the aim of numerically combining the quantitative results of researches in this field. The research population is all post-graduate theses and articles in the field of the relationship between learning styles and academic achievement indicators in the country between 1371 and 1401 years. From the initial 189 studies, 98 cases were included in the meta-analysis based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and 384 effect sizes were obtained from these studies. The results showed that the summary effect size of learning styles with academic achievement was .19, although subsequent analyzes showed that the effect size is different in learning styles various. The largest effect size is related to Jackson's style profile and the smallest effect size is related to Fleming's styles with academic achievement indicators. The implications of this meta-analysis show the relatively low impact of learning styles on academic achievement and emphasize the need to investigate the role of mediating variables in the relationship between these two variables.

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between task value and goal orientation with academic achievement with the mediating role of self-efficacy in students of Khorram Abad Azad University. The research method was a correlational description. The statistical population was 12,000 students of the Islamic Azad University, Khorramabad branch. The sample size was selected based on Klein's model and with available sampling method (online method) of 350 people. To measure the research variables, students' last semester's GPA, Pintrich & DeGroot's task value scale, achievement goal questionnaire–revised Elliott and Murayama and the general self-efficacy scale of Sherer & Maddux were used. Data were analyzed with Pearson's correlation coefficient and structural equations using SPSS and Amos software version 24. Based on the data analysis, there is a significant relationship between the task value, goal orientation and self-efficacy with academic achievement (P<0.01). Also, the direct paths of this research were significant and the indirect paths of task value and goal orientation through the mediating role of self-efficacy on students' academic achievement were significant. Finally, the final research model had a good fit (RMSEA = 0.061 and P-value < 0.05) and 39% of the variance of academic achievement was explained by the task value and the goal orientation with the mediating role of self-efficacy. Therefore, it can be concluded that the studied variables have a theoretical intersection and paying attention to the effect of these variables on students' academic achievement can be used in future planning and cover the gaps.

The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of education based on the academic achievement identity model on academic stress and academic adjustment. This research was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test and follow-up stage (two months) with a control group. The statistical population of the research consisted of all the male students of the first secondary school in Qom city who were studying in the academic year of 1400-1401. Among the statistical population, 60 people were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. First, a pre-test was taken from both groups using the academic stress and academic adjustment questionnaire, then the students (during 7 sessions), their parents (during 7 sessions) and the school staff and parent's association of the respective schools (during 6 sessions) received the relevant parts of the educational package of the academic achievement identity. At the end, post-test and follow-up test (two months) were taken from both groups. The data were analyzed by factor analysis method with repeated measurements and using SPSS22 statistical analysis software. The findings showed that education based on the academic achievement identity model is effective in reducing academic stress (F=84.482 and P=0.000) and is effective in increasing academic adjustment (F=57.843 and P=0.000). Therefore, it is concluded that education based on the model of academic achievement identity on students in the first secondary period, apart from encouraging them to acquire a academic achievement identity in the identity search period, It reduces their academic stress and increases their academic adjustment.