Jaleh Hassaskhah

Assistant Professor of TEFL, University of Guilan, Iran

[ 1 ] - The Relationship between Internal Forms of Engagement (Cognitive-Affective) and Academic Success across Years of Study

Literature has already confirmed that student engagement as an external or multidimensional construct may contribute to the academic success of college students. However, very few studies have tried to examine the contributions the more "internal forms of engagement" (cognitive and affective) might make in this regard, and how the engagement patterns may change over the academic years. To fill ...

[ 2 ] - Role of social comparison orientation and tendencies in Iranian EFL learners academic achievement

Social Comparison is important as it can be either encouraging or discouraging for the person who makes it. Although studies concerning social comparison in the classroom context abound, few deal with the relationship between the role of social comparison orientation and tendencies in academic achievement in a competition based educational context. Adopting a non- experimental ex-post facto des...

[ 3 ] - Reading Performance of Iranian EFL Learners in Paper and Digital texts

Dependence on computers and internet has given birth to digital literacy. However, research into its influences on the reading process is still in its infancy. To fill the gap, this study was designed to investigate the ways in which text presentation mode (paper vs. digital) affects reading comprehension, as well as reading attitudes. To this end, a sample of 30 male and female English major s...

[ 4 ] - گفتمان کاوی دو متن قانون اساسی ایران در قرن بیستم و رابطه آن با قدرت

این پژوهش، با روشی مقابله‌ای و انتقادی بر آن است تا به واکاوی ایدئولوژی پنهانِ قدرت، در لایه‌های گفتمانیِ متنِ حاصل از دو قانون اساسیِ مرتبط با «حقوق ملّت» بپردازد. این دو قانون مشتمل بر قانون جمهوری اسلامی (1358هجری شمسی، 1979 میلادی) و قانون اساسی مشروطه (1285 هجری شمسی، 1906 میلادی) هستند. به این منظور، 17 سازه استدلالی-گفتمانی (گزینش واژه‌ها و تعبیرات خاص از طریق نام‌دهی)با استناد به آرای انتقاد...