The impact of training programs on the students’ life skills in elementary schools of Raz and Jargalan City
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24200/jmas.vol3iss03pp70-76Abstract
This study aims to study the impact of training programs on students’ life skills in elementary schools of Raz and Jargaral City. Methodology: It is a descriptive study and its methodology is pre-test and post-test quasi-experiment. Its population includes 7000 persons who are all elementary school students of Raz and Jargalan City. Results: Its sample was 365 person which was estimated by random stratified sampling. Saatchi’s Life Skill Inventory was used for the variable of life skills that its reliability was estimated as equal as 0.84 by Cronbach’s alpha. The T-test was used to evaluate the components of life skills among the students. Conclusion: The results showed that the training programs have impact on decision-making, empathy, problem solving and self-esteem skills of the students in elementary schools of Raz and Jargalan City.References
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