The effectiveness of problem solving skills training on positive and negative educational emotions of sixth grade students

Document Type : Research Paper

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azad university of khoy

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of problem solving skills training on positive and negative educational emotions of sixth grade students. This research was semi - experimental with pre - test - post - test and control group. The statistical population consisted of all the sixth graders of elementary schools in the city of Maku to the number of 1760 people in the academic year of 1389 - 1390. From this population, a sample of 30 people was selected by purposive sampling method and randomly replaced in two experimental and control groups. The data collection tool in the pre - test and post - test phases was questionnaire (AEQ). The data analysis was carried out using the covariance analysis in the SPSS program. The research findings showed that the training of problem - solving skills had a significant impact on positive educational emotions by 35 % and had a rate of 54 % for negative academic (p<0/05). According to the results, it can be suggested that teaching solving skills has a significant effect on increasing positive educational emotions and decreasing negative educational emotions in sixth grade students.

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