Seyedeh Zahra Ferdowsi; Mojgan Sepah Mansoor; afsaneh ghanbary panah
Volume 16, Issue 56 , April 2022, , Pages 76-90
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of mediating social support, perception, and self-perception in relation to beliefs, intelligence, and cognitive flexibility with academic performance. The research method was descriptive-correlation in the form of structural equation modeling. ...
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of mediating social support, perception, and self-perception in relation to beliefs, intelligence, and cognitive flexibility with academic performance. The research method was descriptive-correlation in the form of structural equation modeling. The statistical population was all male and female students in the ninth grade of the first year of high school in Tehran in the academic year of 1997-98. 450 students were selected as a sample using multi-stage cluster random sampling method. The research instruments included the Dortaj (2004) Academic Performance Questionnaire, Abdel Fattah Hawitz (ITIS), Cognitive Flexibility (CFI), Deniso & Wonderwell (2010), Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), Zimento et al. Research data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The findings indicated that perceived support did not play a mediating role in the relationship between intelligence variables and academic performance. Also, the relationship between intelligence beliefs and academic performance with the mediating role of self-perception showed that the indirect effect is not significant. Another finding on the mediating role of support and perception in the relationship between cognitive flexibility and performance showed that the relationship between variables has an indirect and significant effect, but self-perception is not able to play a mediating role in the relationship between cognitive flexibility and performance. It can be concluded that in this age group (ninth grade), cognitive flexibility directly and indirectly affects academic performance through perceived social support. The research findings are useful for education policy makers.
shahin mohamadi javid; Mansoureh Shahriari Ahmadi; Mozhgan Sepahmansour
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This study aims to compare the extent of effectiveness of training cognitive self-regulation and information technology on the organizational intelligence of employees in Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. The statistical population consisted of all employees of Ministry of Culture and Islamic ...
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This study aims to compare the extent of effectiveness of training cognitive self-regulation and information technology on the organizational intelligence of employees in Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. The statistical population consisted of all employees of Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, which were 1050 staff in Tehran according to the statistics office of this ministry in 2017-2018. Given the semi-experimental nature of the research, 60 employees were chosen randomly and after matching based on the criteria of age, gender, and working background, they were assigned into three 20-indivudal groups. The first group was trained information technology(According to Bayir & Keser, 2009, the electronic government and computer for all(, while the second group was trained cognitive self-regulation(According to the sociological cognitive theory of Bandura, 1993), with the control group receiving no training. The experimental and control groups responded to Albrecht organizational intelligence questionnaire (2003). For data analysis, correlated t-test and covariance analyses were used. The data were analyzed by SPSS 22. The research findings suggested that the difference between the experimental groups and the control group is significant at 0.001 level. This means that both educational methods for training information technology and cognitive self-regulation have caused enhanced organizational intelligence, while no significant difference was observed between the experimental groups (p>0.05). This, suggests that both trainings have had the same effectiveness on organization intelligence.
