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1. A Comparison of Motivational Beliefs and Self-regulating Learning Strategies among Normal and Probation Students

Author

Soghra Ostovar and Masood Abedi

Subjects
educational decline, probation, self-regulating learning strategies, motivational beliefs, Philosophy. Psychology. Religion, Science, Special aspects of education, LC8-6691
Abstract

One of the major problems in educational systems is students' probation during their course of study. With regard to the importance of identifying factors affecting on the probation, this study was performed to determine the status of use self-regulating learning in normal and probation students of Islamic Azad University Sepidan Branch. In order to achieve this goal, 268 students were selected that included 59 probation students (39 male, 20 female) and 209 normal students (129 male, 80 female). Data was gathered by two questionnaires including demographic characteristics questionnaire and Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (Pintrich & DeGroot, 1990). Independent sample t-tests were performed to identify the presence of significant differences in the scale scores at group level. The analyses of data showed that, normal students reported significantly higher scores for cognitive and meta-cognitive strategies compared to the probation group of students. The same group also reported higher scores for, motivational beliefs, which is more of a surface strategy. But, no significant difference was found among girls and boys in motivational components and self-regulated learning strategies.

Published
2016
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2. Thinking Styles of Gifted and Nongifted Students in Iran

Author

Shahla Alborzi and Soghra Ostovar

Subjects
Male, Child, Gifted, 05 social sciences, 050109 social psychology, Mean age, Context (language use), Iran, 050105 experimental psychology, Developmental psychology, Thinking, Cognition, Surveys and Questionnaires, Humans, Female, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Child, Psychology, Social psychology, General Psychology, Cognitive style
Abstract

This study was designed to compare thinking styles of gifted and nongifted Iranian students and to examine the appropriateness in a nonwestern context of the Thinking Styles Inventory. 200 students in junior high school, including 109 nongifted students (55 girls and 54 boys) and 91 gifted students (46 girls and 45 boys), whose mean age was 12.4 yr. ( SD = .69), responded to the short version of the Thinking Styles Inventory. Analysis indicated that gifted students scored significantly higher than nongifted students on Type 1 and Type 3 thinking styles, while the nongifted students had statistically significant higher scores on the Type 2 thinking styles. These results are discussed in terms of the previous research and thinking styles model proposed by Sternberg in 1997.

Published
2007

3. Effects of religion and type of religious internalization on the mental health of Iranian adolescents

Author

Soghra Ostovar and Mohammad Mazidi

Subjects
Male, Adolescent, media_common.quotation_subject, education, 050109 social psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Iran, Islam, 050105 experimental psychology, Christianity, Surveys and Questionnaires, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Internalization, media_common, 05 social sciences, Social Control, Informal, Mental health, humanities, Sensory Systems, Religion, Mental Health, Female, General Health Questionnaire, Psychology, Clinical psychology
Abstract

This study was designed to assess the effects of religion and two types of religious internalization on the mental health of Iranian adolescents. High school students (82 Moslem and 37 Christian) were selected randomly from four high schools in Shiraz and completed the Religious Self-regulation Questionnaire and the General Health Questionnaire. Analysis showed that main effects of types of religious internalization measured on four subscales of the General Health Questionnaire were significant. Religion was significantly associated only with somatic symptoms. For other scales no main effects of religion, types of religious internalization, or their interactions were significant.

Published
2006

4. Relations of motivational beliefs and self-regulated learning outcomes for Iranian college students

Author

Soghra Ostovar and Mohammad Khayyer

Subjects
Adult, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Male, Adolescent, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, education, Culture, 050109 social psychology, Anxiety, Iran, Positive correlation, 050105 experimental psychology, Developmental psychology, Reference Values, medicine, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Self-regulated learning, Students, General Psychology, Internal-External Control, Test anxiety, Motivation, 05 social sciences, medicine.disease, Self Efficacy, Educational Status, Female, Psychology, Social psychology
Abstract

The present study examined the correlations of scores for motivational beliefs and self-regulated learning outcomes among 200 college students who responded to Motivational Strategies for Learning Questionnaire. Analysis showed a positive correlation between scores for motivational beliefs and self-regulated learning outcomes but a negative one for scores on test anxiety and self-regulated learning.

Published
2004

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