Comparing effectiveness of training emotional intelligence and training on study skills to decrease anxiety-test

پژوهش نامه مبانی تعلیم و تربیت

Article 5, Volume 1, Issue 2, March 2012   

Document Type: پژوهشی

DOI: 10.22067/fe.v1i2.3201

Authors

hossein kareshki^* ; Said Amir amineyazdi; Gholamhaydar Ekhteraee Toosi

Abstract

The aim of current study is examine and comparing the effects of emotional intelligence training study and learning skills training on test anxiety. For doing this, we selected 67 students of guidance school from Mashhad schools by available sampling method and divided them in to 3 groups: emotional intelligence training group, learning strategies training group & control group; randomly. Test anxiety scale from Abolghasemi and et al, was used to gathering data. Before training, we administrated anxiety test in 3 groups, then emotional intelligence and learning strategies groups' received related instructions according program in 8 sessions with 90 minutes that continue 40 days. After training, we administrated Test anxiety scale in 3 groups. ANCOVA results show that difference between 3groups is significance. Also, result show that difference between study groups with other groups is significance and difference between emotional intelligence with control group is not significance. With respect to obtained means, we can say that educating study and learning strategies is important on decreasing test anxiety.

Keywords
Training, Emotional intelligence, Study skills, Test anxiety, Guidance school