فصلنامه مطالعات اندازه گیری و ارزشیابی آموزشی
پیاپی 40 (زمستان 1401)

The purpose of this study was to study the process of eliminating the national entrance examination in Iran and to present a model based on Grounded theory.

The research approach was qualitative using grounded theory. The in-depth interview tool was semi-structured. The study population was all education specialists and higher education experts. The purposive sampling method was theoretical and ended with 16 interviews with theoretical saturation criteria. The data analysis process was performed using open, axial and selective coding methods and Lincoln and Guba methods were used to evaluate the validity and reliability.

Findings showed that the central category is the necessity and complexity of eliminating the entrance exam and other categories in five categories: causal conditions (2 categories), environmental intervention conditions (2 categories), contextual characteristics (3 categories), strategies (2 categories) and consequences (2 categories) were categorized.

According to the results of the research, it can be acknowledged that in relation to the issue of eliminating the entrance exam on the other handIssues such as unhealthy competition and psychological issues and the shifting of educational goals have created a sense of necessity of elimination, and on the other hand, issues such as high demand for access to higher education have complicated the elimination process.

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the quality of services of the training unit of Iran Oil Pipelines and Telecommunications Company based on the SERVQUAL model.

The present study is applied in terms of purpose and nature, and according to the method of data collection, using a quantitative approach and based on a descriptive-survey method. The statistical population of this research is all the employees of Iran Oil Pipelines and Telecommunications Company in 1397, numbering 810 people. The sampling method is simple random sampling and The sample size is estimated to be 260 people using Cochran's formula. The data collection tool is the standard questionnaire of service quality of SERVQUAL. To obtain the validity of the questionnaire, face validity has been used and the reliability of the questionnaire has been evaluated using Cronbach's alpha method. The value of Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.94) has been calculated, which indicates the high reliability of the questionnaire. In order to analyze the data in the descriptive statistics section of the indicators (frequency, mean, standard deviation, skewness and elongation); In the inferential statistics section, one-sample t-test and dependent t-test were used.

Findings from the research showed that the current situation of the quality of services of the training unit of Iran Oil Pipelines and Telecommunications Company is higher than the average. Also, there is a significant difference between the perceptions and expectations of the employees of Iran Oil Pipelines and Telecommunications Company about the quality of services of the training unit and the perceptions of the employees of the current situation are at a lower level than the desired situation.  

Based on the findings of the research, it can be concluded that the components that are far from the desired situation in terms of employees (physical, confidence, responsiveness and empathy) should be given more attention and then the guarantee that the employees are at a desirable level, be strengthened as much as possible.

Studying lived experiences of teachers for identifying challenges and problems of qualitative description evaluation of Primary School Course of Study at Corona Virus Crisis Era.

This is a qualitative-descriptive & phenomenological study. In this research 16 male and female teachers of primary course of study who were teaching at Karaj County in the Educational Year 2021-2022 were interviewed by the semi-structured interview method. The respondents were selected purposefully. The data were analyzed via 7-Stage Strategy of Colaizzi .

Analysis of the teachers’ interviews resulted in 3 general implications: 1- Problems of Qualitative-Descriptive Evaluation , and related elements in  the curriculums 2- Problems of Qualitative-Descriptive Evaluation and contradictory understanding of the beneficiaries 3- Problems of Qualitative-Descriptive Evaluation in Tools & Execution Phase.

. Analysis of the interviews with the teachers showed that in the era of corona virus crisis and on-line education, they were facing variety of challenges in materialization of principles and objectives of the qualitative descriptive evaluation. The most important of which was reduction of quality of evaluation of the contents learned by the students due to limited possibility of receiving feedbacks and low literacy of the students in basic skills.

Designing a model for the validation of technical and engineering curricula at the undergraduate level

a purposeful and descriptive survey was used based on a mixed approach. The statistical population of this study was in the quantitative section, all the faculty members of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments located in Tehran in the academic year of 1997-96. Faculty members were elected to the faculties of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Tehran. In the quantitative section, 80 individuals were selected by multistage sampling method and in the qualitative section, 30 faculty members were finally selected. In order to formulate a model of accreditation of technical and engineering curricula, firstly, in three stages, with the sample of faculty members, 8 factors, 26 criteria and 92 markers were used to validate the curricula of the mentioned disciplines

The weight of each was determined in validating the fields. Finally, the curriculum validation pattern of the disciplines concerned is comprised of 8 components

and operationalization of the template and factors, program validation criteria and indicators. The undergraduate technical and engineering courses were designed

Considering the guiding role of the quality of higher education for the development of the country, the present research was conducted with the aim of identifying the effective factors in evaluating the quality of education in Islamic Azad University.

In terms of practical purpose, in terms of qualitative methodology, it was using the Delphi method. In this research, a structured questionnaire, review of documents and theoretical frameworks of experts and national and international experiences have been used. Descriptive statistics and Delphi technique were used in data analysis. In the Delphi section, the selected people were related to the subject and met the entry criteria.

In order to verify the validity and reliability of the components, 18 faculty members were selected until theoretical saturation. 10 experts were identified and then 8 others were introduced through 10 experts. 61.1% of the experts were male and 38.9% were female, 1.61% of the experts were faculty members and all of them had doctorate degrees. After two Delphi steps, consensus was established and with Kendall's test and theoretical saturation, the survey of experts was stopped and 71 indicators were confirmed in the form of 29 criteria and 7 factors.

7 organizational structure factors, faculty members, students, training courses and curricula, educational and research facilities and equipment, and graduates were identified with their criteria and indicators, and the final model was proposed at the end.

The purpose of this study is a comparative study of learning strategies, learning styles and study approaches among high school students (experimental, mathematical, human). Aligudarz is done

The statistical sample consisted of 240 students from three groups (80 humanities, 80 experimental students, 80 mathematics students) were determined by the available method. The research tools were Pantridge et al.'s Motivational Strategies Questionnaire, the Club Learning Style Questionnaire, and the Martin and Seljo Study Approaches and Skills Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using t-test for independent groups and one-way and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA ANOVA) using SPSS software.  

The overall results showed that learning styles, learning strategies and study approaches are different among the volunteers of all three groups. The results of multivariate analysis of variance of group effects and learning strategies showed that the mental review group variable with 64.07% had the highest ETA square and the critical thinking group variable had the lowest ETA square with 0.1% and divergent group with 0.06 in learning styles. 77% highest and convergent group with 32% lowest ETA radar and variable depth approach group with 64% highest and variable approach group with 51% lowest

ETA radar and in fact study strategies, styles and approaches between groups independently and in pairs It was found that there was a difference.