assesment quality of life in the sixth grade elementary school students

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

2 Ph.D. Candidate in Curriculum Studies at Kharazmi University, Teacher of Tehran Department of Education

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluatethe life quality of sixth gradestudents ofelementary schools. The study was a descriptive survey.The statistical population includesall female sixth gradestudents ofelementary schools in Babol who were educatingin academic year 2016-2017. The sampling method was of a clusteringmultistage type. The sample size was estimated 340 according to Morgan's table. The research instrument was the life quality questionnairein school (Aynly and Borg, 1992) whosevalidity and reliability have been confirmed for Iranian society. Friedman and single-sample t-testswere used to analyze the data. Results showed that students' evaluation of public satisfaction, relationship with the teacher, opportunity, progress, adventure and social cohesion wasadequate. But in regarding thenegative affectfactor, the sample mean wasequal to the average of the hypothetical population. The rating of life qualityshowed thatthe social cohesion wasthe first priority and the progress wasthe last one. Based on the results, it can be concluded that sixth grade students' life in schoolsof Babol is in a good condition.

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