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Zahra Zarei Hajiabadi; John Sandars; John Norcini; Roghayeh Gandomkar – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2024
Structured Self-Regulated Learning (SSRL) diaries have the potential for combining the development and assessment of a student's SRL processes over time. The aim of this study was to evaluate the extent to which an SSRL diary can develop SRL and provide a reliable longitudinal assessment of SRL development in academically low-achieving…
Descriptors: Self Management, Self Actualization, Diaries, Undergraduate Students
Emam, Abbas – Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 2019
During the Persian Gulf War of Iraq-Iran (1980-1988), thousands of Iranians were taken captive by Iraqi troops. These prisoners of war (POWs) had to find ways to enrich and fill their time in prison camps. Learning English was one such activity. This study was carried out to appraise the motivations of the Iranian POWs for learning English, and to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, War, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Torabi, Saeede – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2020
The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between self-actualization (SA) and speaking skill, creativity (C) and speaking skill, and also the interaction of both creativity and self-actualization and speaking skill to find out which of the two variables of SA or C can better predict speaking skill of the intermediate EFL learners. In…
Descriptors: Correlation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Karami, Sareh; Ghahremani, Mehdi – Roeper Review, 2017
Using a grounded theory approach to the study of historical texts and an expert interview, we developed the Iranian hierarchical wisdom model (IHWM; Karami & Ghahremani, 2016). According to IHWM, there are three levels to wisdom: practical intelligence, wise, and sage. In this article, we discuss the model and elaborate on it. Next, we examine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Intelligence, Grounded Theory
Ghanizadeh, Afsaneh; Makiabadi, Hossein; Abdi Navokhi, Samaneh – Issues in Educational Research, 2019
Given the prominence of mindfulness in educational settings and the fact that little attention has been given to this concept in foreign language learning, the present study sets out to explore the influence of mindfulness and L2 resilience on Iranian EFL (English as a foreign language) learners' self-fulfilment, and L2 motivation. To meet this…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Predictor Variables
Baygi, Ali Hosseini; Ghonsooly, Behzad; Ghanizadeh, Afsaneh – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2017
Effective learners are cognizant of their own basic needs and abilities so as to maximize their capabilities, dispositions, as well as potentialities up to become self-actualized individuals. To delve into the process of university students' self-actualization, we strived to amalgamate this construct with two motivational-associated factors, i.e.,…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Goal Orientation, Self Actualization, Semi Structured Interviews
Ebadi, Seyed Hossein; Keshtiaray, Narges; Aghaei, Asghar; Yousefy, Alireza – International Education Studies, 2016
Present-day curricular designs have to take the pupils' psychological needs in account, thus becoming melodies of mental health and happiness for the next generation. Emphasizing the findings from previous investigations using the research synthesis methodology, the present study has been conducted aiming at achieving some integrative knowledge…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Mental Health, Psychological Patterns, Foreign Countries
Valizadeh, Mohammadreza – English Language Teaching, 2016
The present study aimed to clarify EFL learners' conceptions of autonomy and whether their autonomy was correlated with their emotional intelligence. The research was carried out with the participation of 110 learners at Distance Education University in Urmia, Iran. Questionnaires were emailed to the participants. Results of statistical analyses…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Personal Autonomy, Problem Solving, Self Actualization
Kormi-Nouri, Reza; MacDonald, Shane; Farahani, Mohammad-Naghy; Trost, Kari; Shokri, Omid – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
The present study investigates academic stress in two different cultures, the Iranian as a collectivist culture, and the Swedish as an individualist culture. A total of 616 university students (312 Iranian and 304 Swedish) participated in the study. The results show that Swedish students experience more academic stress than Iranian students.…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Collectivism, Individualism, Stress Variables

Tohidi, Nayareh – Sex Roles, 1984
The influences on career/achievement motivation of a group of 220 Iranian high school seniors were studied. Community discrimination and resources played strong roles in predicting career motivation. Females as a group scored lower than males in motivation, but females of upper socioeconomic status scored highest of any sub-group. (KH)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Females, High School Students, High Schools