The aim of this study is codification of indicators affecting the organizational performance management in the oil industry. This research was carried out in two parts: qualitative and quantitative by fuzzy Delphi methods and exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The qualitative section was conducted by semi-structured interviews with 20 oil industry experts and academic...

cognitive studies of translation process have recently been awarded a great deal of attention. there exists a psychological angle to almost all translation activities. the present study, thus, deals with analysing the relationships between iranian prospective translators tolerance for ambiguity (ta) and their willingness to translate (wtt). the research was conducted as a mixed methods study, d...

Background and Objectives: Down syndrome causes various problems in children, and this makes this group of children require unique educational and rehabilitation care. The present study aimed to design and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Needs Assessment Questionnaire of Educational and Rehabilitation Problems in Children with Down Syndrome. Materials and Methods: This study incorp...

Objectives: The assessment of the elderly’s health condition can help to design interventional studies to promote their satisfaction and quality of delivered medical services. We intended to evaluate health priorities of the aged population of Minoodasht district. Methods & Materials: The data were collected from 119 people aged 60 or over through door-to-door structured interviews containin...

the rationale behind the present study is that particular learning strategies produce more effective results when applied together. the present study tried to investigate the efficiency of the semantic-context strategy alone with a technique called, keyword method. to clarify the point, the current study seeked to find answer to the following question: are the keyword and semantic-context metho...

The purpose of this study was to design and validate a competency model for the selection and appointment of queue managers (schools) at the level of leadership and management subsystem in the Fundamental Reform Document of Education (FRDE). It is a mixed-method research using an exploratory approach. Sampling in the qualitative section was done purposefully with the technique of a network of e...

critical thinking ability has an important role in education. accordingly, scholars around the world are searching for new ways for teaching and improving students critical thinking ability. in line with the studies in efl contexts supporting the positive relationship between critical thinking and writing performances, this study investigated the differential effects of halverson’s critical thi...