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Ali Taghinezhad

2015

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On The Relationship Between Motivational Goal Orientations And Academic Achievement Among Iranian Students, Ali Taghinezhad Jan 2015

On The Relationship Between Motivational Goal Orientations And Academic Achievement Among Iranian Students, Ali Taghinezhad

Ali Taghinezhad

ABSTRACT Recent studies about achievement motivation mostly focus on individuals’ goals in academic situations which might affect educational behaviors and students’ academic achievement outcomes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between motivational goal orientations and academic achievement of high school students of Shiraz, Iran. In total, 835 high school students of Shiraz participated in this study. The participants filled in the Inventory of School Motivation. The Grade Point Average (GPA), mathematics and English final exam scores of the students were gathered. The data were analyzed through Pearson correlation coefficient. The analysis of the data indicated that …


A Comparison Of Educational Self-Regulation Strategies And Cognitive Failures In Students Afflicted With Dysgraphia And Normal Students, Ali Taghinezhad Dec 2014

A Comparison Of Educational Self-Regulation Strategies And Cognitive Failures In Students Afflicted With Dysgraphia And Normal Students, Ali Taghinezhad

Ali Taghinezhad

This study seeks to compare educational self-regulatory strategies and cognitive failures in students afflicted with dysgraphia and normal students. This research is a comparative study based upon the case-witness methodology. The research study of this study included all the male students between 9 to 12 years old with and without dysgraphia disorder in Tehran in the academic year 2014-15. The subjects of the study included 30 male students between 9 to 12 with dysgraphia disorder in Tehran selected through multistep cluster sampling and 30 normal students selected based on the cloning method (in terms of age, educational base, soci-economic status). …