(JOURNAL OF INSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION) JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES
Year:2014 | Volume:7 | Issue:26|Papers Count:8

The present research was conducted in order to study the educational needs of the parents taking part in family education programs of Tabriz District 1 Educational Office. The present study is a descriptive-survey based research, and an applied research in terms of its results. The population of the study included the parents of all students, in the academic Year 91-92. Cluster random sampling was used for selecting 382 parents. To collect the data three Lickert scale researcher-made questionnaires of were prepared. The primary school learners' parental questionnaire included 59 fixed answer questions and 1 open-ended question; the questionnaire for junior high school learners included 55 fixed answer questions and one open-ended question and the questionnaire for senior high school students included 62 fixed answer questions and one open-ended question. The face validity and content validity of the questionnaires were verified by the supervisor and four professors from Tabriz University, and their reliability in Cronbach Alpha was calculated to be 0.980, 0.871 and 0.976. To achieve research goals, 5 research questions were posed. To analyze the data the descriptive statistics including frequency, median and mean and the inferential statistics of independent t-test, one-way-ANOVA of SPSS software were conducted. The results from the study indicate that the most important educational needs of the parents in family education programs from the parents' point, of view are religious-moral needs. Cultural-social, educational - psychological, emergent issues and hygienic - physical dimensions were respectively the parents' other educational needs. The results also indicate that there is no significant difference between the educational needs of the parents and variables like sex, age, educational level, and the parents' job.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the internal quality of Physical Education and sports sciences department of Tabriz Azad University and to determine the strong and weak points of the department in order to give some suggestions for improving the quality of education this department. The methodology used was a descriptive cross – sectional one. The statistical population concluded 4 heads of the department, 12 faculty members, 315 students and 254 graduates of Physical Education course. The statistical samples were 4 heads of the deportment, 12 faculty members which were selected in an all counting way. For selecting the sample of students and graduates, including 157 students and 105 graduates, Morgan’s table was used. For gathering the data, two instruments including a questionnaire and a check list were utilized. Using SPSS soft ware the data were analyzed. The quality of each item was determined at one of these three levels: full efficient, efficient to some extent and non efficient. For evaluating the quality of the department, 7 factors, 31 criteria and 100 indicators were applied. The findings showed that the goals, organizational station, managerial and organizational structure and also students were located at an efficient level. The faculty members, teaching and learning methods, educational courses and curriculum and educational and research equipments and facilities were found to be at a relatively efficient level, but the graduates were at a non-efficient level. On the whole, the physical education and sports sciences department was at a relatively efficit level. The findings reveal that the faculty members and decision makers should do their best to improve the educational quality of the department.

In this study, the issue of educational inequalities is investigated in different educational areas through a case study at Dehloran`s elementary schools. The present study is a documentary study; the demographic data required for this study has been acquired by statistical data from the recent census of population and Housing as well as information regarding education (students, teachers and educational buildings) using the statistics provided by Dehloran education office. Then, the statistics were classified and adjusted in the researcher made information. To compare and rank the amount to which different areas and regions (rural or urban) benefit from elementary education, indicators and formulas for educational planning such as the index of region selection, Gini coefficient, Lorenz curve, and benefit levels chart were used. Moreover, in order to determine the educational inequalities, the data was analyzed using enrollment fees and the actual educational coverage, the ratio of students to teachers, utilization coefficient of educational spaces, and rates of the educational efficiency. The results of this study indicate that there is not a proper balance among different regions and areas (weather urban or rural) of Dehloran in terms of benefited educational opportunities. In terms of enrollment fees and educational coverage as well as access to elementary school teachers, urban areas as compared with rural areas and boys as compared with girls are at a higher level. Urban areas have more access to educational spaces compared to rural areas. As for the rates of educational efficiency, girls and urban areas are superior to boys and rural areas, respectively.

The proper application of new technologies such as computer and its related equipment, especially multimedia in instruction and learning is highly important which help to improve teaching and learning process. The main purpose of the present research was to study the effect of Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) compared with the traditional instruction on the second grade high school students’ learning English. The statistical population of this research was all the female students in the second grade high schools of District 1 in Tabriz in 1391-92 who were 489 students. The sample of the study included 44 students who were randomly selected from among the second grades of these high schools and randomly assigned in two groups of 22, one experimented group and one control group. This study was a quasi-experimental research. The teacher made pretest – post test and English instructional package were used to collect the data. The hypotheses were analyzed using T – test and ANOVA in SPSS software. The results confirmed that computer assisted instruction had a significant effect on learning different aspects of the English language: grammar and sentence structure, writing skills, vocabulary and idioms, and reading comprehension.

The purpose of this study was to examine the courses impact of active teaching methods on academic achievement of math lesson, comparing the impact of scaffolding, problem solving and traditional methods on academic achievement of the fifth grade primary boy students in Varamin suburb. In a queasy-experimental study, 45 students were selected by multi-step cluster sampling method and randomly assigned to three groups. In 10 sessions, the two experimental groups were instructed by scaffolding and problem solving methods respectively. The control group received traditional mastruction. All groups completed the teacher-made tests as the pre-test, post-test and two-month follow-up. The data were analyzed through covariance method. The results showed that in post-test, scaffolding method unlike problem solving method lead to increase of academic achievement (p<0.05). But, in the follow-up, scaffolding and problem solving methods did not have and significant difference in increasing of the academic students' achievement. Although the effect of scaffolding appears earlier than problem solving in the long run, there was no significant difference between these two. Therefore, scaffolding and problem solving teaching methods are effective in increasing students’ academic achievement.

The aim of the current study was to study the effect of teaching life skills training during pregnancy on pregnant mothers' mental health. The present study is a semi empirical research with pre- test, post- test and control group. The statistical population included all the urban and rural pregnant women of Bostanabad. Firstly, In order to select the statistical sample, the existing files of pregnant mothers were examined in one of the urban and rural health and treatment centers and the individuals qualified to enter the study were chosen by random sampling, and then, 60 persons were randomly assigned in two groups, 30 in the experimental group and 30 in the control group, randomly.Life skills have been thought during 20 sessions (90 min for each session) to the experimental group. The information about research variables were obtained by General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) in two steps of pre and post-test. The data analysis was done by ANOVA. The results showed that teaching life skill was effective in increasing the general health of pregnant mothers of the experiment group. Also, the results showed that teaching life skills had an effect on pregnant mothers’ anxiety and insomnia, depression, physical dimension and social function. In general, the present research results showed that teaching life skills during pregnancy was effective on pregnant mothers’ mental health.

This study aimed to investigate the role of Self-development of school administrators in their performance in Ray City. The research method was descriptive and correlational and the analysis used was structural equation modeling. The Statistical population was all school administrators of Rey city. Using Cochran's sampling formula, the researchers selected 180 managers by Stratified random sampling with proportional allocation. The manager Self-development questionnaire with the reliability of a=0.95 and performance questionnaire with the reliability of a=0.91 were used for the data collection. The structural equation modeling showed that basic knowledge and information with path coefficients (g=0.79) have a significant effect on the on managers’ performance. In other words, managers who have adequate knowledge of the basic administrative facts and management will have better performance. Also, Self-Development meta-qualities included creativity, mental agility, balanced habits and skills of learning with path coefficients (g=0.74) have an impact on the school principals’ performanas. Finally, goodness of fit index (GFI), incremental fitness index (IFI), root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA), normalized fitness index (NFI) and the comparative elegance of goodness index (AGFI) did not confirm the impact of the Self-development specific skills on the principals, performances.

This study has examined the effectiveness of brief strategic family therapy (BSFT) on improving the environment of families with addicted member. 30 male participants were selected among people who were under therapy in an outpatient health care center. They were 20-30 years old and single who lived with their parents. They used opiate, analeptic and combined drugs. 15 people along with their parents were assigned in a brief strategic family therapy (BSFT) group and 15 people in a control group who received Methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) as a usual therapy of the center. They were assigned randomly in these two groups. The participants replied to Family Environment Scale (FES) in the pre-test, post-test and a follow up test 2 months after termination of the treatment. The results of the variance analysis with repeated measures demonstrated that cohesion, conflict, organization and control in two groups had a significant difference. BSFT was found to be effective in reducing relapse rate. The results represent that BSFT model along with the usual treatment of the language centers are more effective in improving aspects of family environment and reducing relapse rates.