Relationship between Biorhythm (Physical, Emotional, Intellectual, Intuitive) With Educational Performance of Students (The Case: Public Management Students in Science & Research Branch of IAU).

Subject Areas : Futurology

S. Aliakbar Ajfe ¹ (ندارد)
R. Jabbari ² (مسئول مکاتبات)

Received: 2011-05-25 Accepted : 2011-10-14 Published : 2011-10-23

Keywords: Biorhythm, Physical rhythm, Emotional rhythm, Intellectual rhythm, Intuitive&#x0D, &#x0D, rhythm, Critical days, Educational performance,

Abstract :

The present article is in response to this question that “Whether there is a relationshipbetween biorhythm and educational performance of students?” Population of this study werestudents of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch and the sample was the OBclass in master of public administration which included 28 students , 14 female students and 14male. During the course, 14 exams have been taken and because of absence some students insome sessions, all in all we collected 341 valid data. In this study, the biorhythm of studentshave been measured and registered in Easy-Bio software and educational performance by takeregular weekly exams in second semester 2010-2011. This study based on the empiricalresearch method in real environment and using the two techniques, qualitative (content analysis)and quantitative (comparison and correlation) have been analyzed and resulted. The collecteddata was analyzed using SPSS software and Pearson`s correlation and multiple regression, alsoused compare means and other helpful tests. The results of the research in content analysisindicated that there is a relationship between Physical, Intellectual and Intuitive cycles andeducational performance, although quantitative method didn`t prove any relationship betweenthem. Even, quantitative methods are more important because they are suitable to extent theresult of the search, but qualitative methods are more suitable for correct usage, especially in thefield of human resource.