Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Agricultural Education and Extension Institute
2 Seed and Plant Improvement Institute
3 3. Institute of Agricultural Education and Extension
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors of academic success of students in the agricultural secondary high school’s dependence on the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad. The type of this quantitative research was a survey type and the statistical population of this study was male and female students studying in agricultural high school’s dependence on the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad in the eleventh and twelfth grades in the academic years 1404-1405 and was 259 people. The sample size of students in this study was determined using the Cochran's formula, which was 184 people in the provinces of Fars, Mazandaran and Golestan who were surveyed through stratified random sampling with proportional assignment. The gathering instrument was research made questionnaire and included designed questions with five scale Likert that coordinate with goals, variables and theoretical framework and data gathered by structured interview. The reliability of the research instrument was determined by calculating compositional reliability (0.73) to measure the factors affecting the academic success of students and to determine validity, face validity was used by asking experts and faculty members of the the Agricultural Education and Extension Institute for their opinions. The results of the Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the factors affecting the academic success of students in the agricultural high schools studied were eleven factors included: familiarity with the correct study method, teaching methods and teachers' attention, attitude of the conservatory officials, family and mental peace, interest in the field of study, having internal anxiety, influence of those around them, volume of homework, mental ability, amenities and access, and career future can be categorized. In addition, the results of ordinal regression indicate that the variables of the previous year's grade point average, father's education level, future career, familiarity with the correct study method, teaching method and teachers' attention, and interest in the field of study were variables that predicted the academic success of students in the agricultural conservatories studied. Encouraging and familiarizing art students to benefit from active and skill-based teaching methods, creating a safe and calm environment for children by families to improve their learning environment, developing educational facilities and equipment in agricultural high schools in order to strengthen effective skill training, and promoting hope for the future career of art students through the connection of agricultural high schools with agricultural occupations were among the suggestions of this research.
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