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On The Role Of Learning Styles Components (Objective Experience, Reflective Observation, Abstract Conceptualization, And Active Experimentation) On Students’ Mathematics Performance, Ali Taghinezhad Aug 2015

On The Role Of Learning Styles Components (Objective Experience, Reflective Observation, Abstract Conceptualization, And Active Experimentation) On Students’ Mathematics Performance, Ali Taghinezhad

Ali Taghinezhad

The present study tries to explore the effect of learning styles on the mathematical performance of secondary school students. In addition to environmental and individual variables, learning styles are also influenced by culture and gender. To this end, a descriptive correlational procedure was followed. The sample consisted of 300 individuals, half being males and half females. Cluster sampling was utilized as a part of this investigation. To assess the learning styles of the students, Kolb's learning style questionnaire [19] was utilized. In this study, we utilized the first semester grades of the students in the academic year 2012-2013 in mathematics …


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). …


The Analysis Of Elt Textbooks In Iran Through Critical Discourse Analysis Based On Fairclough’S Framework, Ali Taghinezhad Dec 2013

The Analysis Of Elt Textbooks In Iran Through Critical Discourse Analysis Based On Fairclough’S Framework, Ali Taghinezhad

Ali Taghinezhad

ABSTRACT The present study attempts to investigate the three facets of meaning namely Subject positions, social relations, and contents through critical discourse analysis in English Language Teaching (ELT) textbooks in Iran based on Fairclough’s (2001) framework. In order to investigate the frequency of these facets of meaning the conversations of two series of textbooks in Bahar and Navid Language Institutes (two famous Institutes in Shiraz, Iran) were selected to figure out the ideology behind these series of textbooks. To investigate subject positions, social relations, and contents, Fairclough’s (2001) framework was used. Results indicated that, educational and friends related positions were …