نشریه آموزش و ارزشیابی
پیاپی 25 (بهار 1393)

The purpose of this study was to determine the instructional need assessment of personnel educational services of Tabriz Islamic Azad University. The research method was descriptive-survey and the statistical population included 79 staff, out of which using Morgan's table was selected as the sample size. The sampling method was the ratio stratified random sampling. Data were collected through a researcher – made questionnaire with 45 items on knowledge, ability and attitude domains. The results showed that the instructional priority needs orders were English, research methods, updated educational knowledge services and the use of computer as instructional media.

This study was aimed at comaring moral development, altruism and social self-efficacy in gifted and normal female high school in urmia. The statistical population of this research was 14180 normal female high school student and 523 gifted female high school students in 2011-2012. 385 normal &225 gifted students were selected as the statistical samples through the multi stage random sampling method. The instruments included the moral judgment MA questionnaire and Connolly's adolescent social self-efficacy scale. Data analyzed by independent t-test. The results showed: there was significant difference between gifted and normal students in moral development, altruism and social self-efficacy (in all 5subscales relate to social self-efficacy).

This study investigates the effectiveness of teacher-made conceptual maps and multimedia teacher-made conceptual maps on the learning process at two levels of knowledge and supra knowledge and also the motivation of the female third graders guidance school students in Zanjan. The study was a quasi-experimental one with pretest and posttest in which there were one control group and two experimental groups. There were three classes with 25 students available for each group for the purpose of the study. The control group was an intact group but the experimental group (1) Were treated for 10 sessions with teacher-made conceptual maps and the experimental group (2) were treated for 11 sessions with teacher-made conceptual maps and mixed multimedia method. The instruments used in this research were achievement test and MSLQ questionnaire. The results of data analysis through Co-variance indicated that the conceptual maps have great effect both on the learning performance and on promoting learning at the level of knowledge or at levels higher than knowledge; however, they are not effective regarding motivation on the scale of motivational beliefs (self-efficiency, inner valuation and examination anxiety) and on the scale of self-ordering learning strategies (utilizing self- ordering and learning strategies). Based on the obtained results it can be claimed that conceptual maps and multimedia do have an outstanding effect on improving the student's learning.

The purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of three instructional methods, lecture, group discussion and educational package on the degree of awareness of high school male students’ drug abuse in Tabriz in 2012. There fore, were a random sample of 119 students, from four male schools inside Tabriz were selected, 86 of whom were put in experimental group, and the other 33 in control group. First, four group were asked to fill in the researcher questionnaire as the initial pretest. Next step was to get the experimental students to take a six–session addiction prevention course. The control group, on the other hand, was to live their regular daily lives. Filling in the questionnaires again as a post-test was what four groups were asked to do, the data of which was analyzed with spss. The data were analyzed using Covariance and bonferroni pairwise comparisons. The final results showed that training group discussion, lecture and educational package had a profound positive influence on the students. And group discussion method had increased significantly in comparison with the lecture and educational package groups on the students.

The purpose of present study was to investigate the relationship between perceived parenting practices and maternal-paternal trait anxiety with young adult's anxiety. To do so, 100 (50 female and 50 male) local students of Tabriz Public, and Azad Universities were selected through volunteer sampling. Since parents were needed to fill questionnaires, the sample was selected among local students. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI; Spiel Berger, Gorsuch and Lushene, 1970) was used to measure parents and children's trait anxiety, and Children's Report of Parenting Behavior Inventory (CRPBI; Schaefer, 1965) was used for assessing children's perceptions of parenting practices. Data were analyzed through correlation and multiple regression methods. The results showed that there was positive, significant relationship between parents and children's anxiety. Also there was significant relationship between children's perceptions of parenting practices and offspring's anxiety, so that children's perception of accepting and over-controlling parenting, respectively, had negative and positive relationships with children's anxiety. Based on the results, it was concluded that parents with high anxiety and children's perception of parenting practices have incredible role in children's trait anxiety. Therefore, by training appropriate parenting practices to parents and reducing parent's anxiety the offspring's anxiety and its harmful traces could be reduced.

The purpose of this study was to predict students’ attachment styles Based on Parents Parenting styles in isfahan city. The research method was descriptive correlation type. The statistical population included all high school female students in Isfahan city and the sample included 302 persons who were chosen by random multiple cluster sampling method. The tools of experimental were included parenting styles questionnaire of Baumrind and adult attachment questionnaire of Hazan and Shaver. The acquired data of questionnaires were analyzed by using Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis and step by step analysis. The results showed that among subscales attachment styles, there was positive and meaningful relationship among attachment style secure with parenting style authoritative and attachment style ambivalent with parenting style permissive but there was negative and meaningful relationship among attachment style avoidant with parenting style authoritative. The results of regression analysis showed that parenting styles were convenient predictors for attachment styles.

Increasing transition in various aspects of society, and extending science and human knowledge; necessitate the review and change curriculum, especially in the higher educational system. The research method was descriptive-survey. The statistical population included professors and undergraduate educational management students in public universities of Tehran. The findings of the study showed the professors and students satisfaction concerning the program in command, their tendency to use integrated curriculum. Referring to the research the possibility of transition in higher education system curriculum is inevitable, and its trend is toward integrated curriculum.

The present study aimed examining the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral group training skills on reducing the fear of speaking in public. The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest. Post-test and control group. The subjects participated in clinical interview based on statistical diagnostic mental disorders (4th version) by a clinical psychologist and implementing pauls self-reporting scale (1996) Concerning self-confidence as a lecturer and Andller’s lecture anxiety of stimulus-response inventory, using purposive sampling method 28 people among B. A. students from Islamic Azad university in Mahdasht were selected as sample size. They were randomly divided into two groups (control and experiment). After 12 sessions training course the post-test was run. The data were analysed through one-way analysis of variance. The results indicated that there was a significant different between the effectiveness of these training on reducing speaking in public anxiety increasing self-Confidence. Thus, it can be concluded in public anxiety in public, cognitive - behavioral group training skills can used.