the readiness for self-directed learning among the students and its role in improving life-long learning skills has been emphasized recently. the present descriptive study aimed at analyzing the self-directed learning skills possessed by the students of agriculture at tarbiat modares university, tehran, iran (n= 414). as far as methodological design is concerned, the study has utilized krejcie ...

Background: This study aimed to investigate and compare the social skills of students addicted to computer games with normal students. The dependent variable in the present study is the social skills. Methods: The study population included all the students in the second grade of public secondary school in the city of Isfahan at the educational year of 2009-2010. The sample size included 564 stu...

This investigation used functional analyses to identify the social variables that maintained the inappropriate social-communicative behaviors of 2 adolescent students with mental retardation. Analyses were performed in the students' classrooms with the assistance of peers and teachers. The results of these assessments were used to identify appropriate, functionally equivalent behaviors that the...

abstract   introduction: self-esteem play essential roles in all of life aspects of peoples, particularly adolescents with intellectual disablity. therefore, emphasized on instruction of programs that led to improvement of self-esteem. this study was aimed to investigate of the effctiveness of social skills training on self-esteem of adolescents with intellectual disability in mazandaran provin...

background & aim: self-esteem, self-confidence and self-assertiveness play essential roles in mental health. this study was aimed to assess the effect of social learning model education on self-confidence, self-esteem, self-assertiveness and academic achievement in students of intermediary schools in chahar mahal and bakhtiari province. methods and materials: this was a semi-experimental study ...

BACKGROUND Methods learnt by nursing and midwifery students' such as communication skills, optimisim and coping with stress would be used in their profeesional life. It is very important to promote their positive thinking and communication skills to raise coping with stress. OBJECTIVES This cross sectional study was performed to examine the nursing and midwifery students' communication skills...

objective: the purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of life skills training on decreasing social phobia (sp) disorder in students with hearing impairment. methods: the sample included 30 male students, age range from 8 to 18 years with hearing impairment recruited from exceptional schools. their age and iq were matched. they were randomly assigned into experimental and contr...