Journal of Research in Educational Systems

Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the causal relationship between achievement goals and academic performance through mediating of academic buoyancy in secondary high school girl students in Ramhormoz. The research method was descriptive correlational. The study population consisted of all secondary high school girl students during the academic year of 2018. From this population, 302 students were selected by multistage cluster sampling. The instruments used included the achievement goals scale of Middleton & Midgley (1997), academic buoyancy scale of Hossein Chari and Dehghanizadeh (2012) and the students' average as an academic performance index. The data were analyzed using correlation matrix and path analysis statistical methods using Spss18 and Amos 23 software. The results showed that both variables of achievement goals (goals of master, performance and avoidance) and academic buoyancy had a direct effect (p

Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of cognitive training on working memory and sustain attention of anxious children. A pseudo-experimental study was performed among students aged 8 to 9 years old and selection was based on research criteria by two-stage sampling. In the first step, using cluster sampling, 358 students were selected and anxiety test was performed on them, which 137 students with high anxiety were selected. In the second stage, 76 students were selected according to the entry criteria, and Raven's intelligence test was employed to match the intelligent subjects; finally, 44 students were selected as a study sample and were randomly placed in two experimental and control groups and at the end, the data of 36 subjects were analyzed. In order to match the participants, Raven's intelligence test and Manifest Anxiety were used and the research tools were, N-back Memory Test concentration & diffuse attention test of at the beginning, a pre-test of working memory and precise, focused and scattered execution was performed for all participants. Then, the test group received 10 sessions of 45-minutes training in 5 weeks and at the end, both groups completed the post-test multivariate covariance analysis was used to test the hypotheses in the study and the analysis of the result indicates the effect of cognitive training on the improvement of accuracy and concentration of working memory. Also, the significant effect of cognitive training on the inhibition and the speed of sustain attention processing were also observed. According to the results, the cognitive training method had a remarkable effect on the improvement of working memory and sustain attention in children with anxiety. Therefore, the result indicates the significance of cognitive training based on attention control, inhibition, and alternation of attention and memory.

Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate spiritual intelligence and religious orientation with psychological well-being and existential anxiety among students of Islamic Azad University, Ahwaz. The sample size was 380 students who were selected by classical sampling. Four intelligence questionnaires, religious attitude questionnaire, psychological well-being questionnaire and existential anxiety inventory were used to collect information. This research was correlational and for focal analysis, statistical analysis was used. The results of the analysis of the data showed that all four types of analysis of variance related to the focal analysis between spiritual intelligence variables and religious orientation with psychological well-being and existential anxiety can be said. Among the variables studied in this hypothesis, there is a significant relationship And these variables affect each other and can have a positive and direct effect on each other. In other words, the correlation coefficient was 0.97 and their standard deviation was 93. Of course, their particle value is reported at 14.35, which means that the focal correlation coefficient at the first root is approximately 0.97, which means there is a very significant and meaningful relationship between the variables.

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