hojjat dehganzadeh; Hossein dehghanzadeh
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The aims of this study are to evaluate the educational software of the third-grade empirical science based on intrinsic motivation components. To achieve this goal, content analysis method was used. Malone’s intrinsic motivation questionnaire having four components including challenges, curiosity, ...
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The aims of this study are to evaluate the educational software of the third-grade empirical science based on intrinsic motivation components. To achieve this goal, content analysis method was used. Malone’s intrinsic motivation questionnaire having four components including challenges, curiosity, control, and fantasy is used for obtaining information and data. The population of this study is all third-grade empirical science educational software in market in academic year 1394-95 which was selected for the sample. The results shows that Misha va Koosha, Rahpouyane Danesh, and Dabir Dorsa software is relatively desirable in terms of intrinsic motivation (curiosity), and the other three components are undesirable whereas educational software of Lohe Danesh, Kharazmi group, Nokteh be Nokteh in all 4 components are undesirable. In general, none of the companies producing educational software to intrinsic motivation has not been at the desired level. Due to the role of motivation, especially intrinsic motivation for learning, and also the production of educational multimedia in different subject and grades are increasing day by day, suggested that producer institutes of these multimedia software to pay more attention in content analysis of available software and intrinsic motivation components in the designing of the new software.
masoud Gholamali Lavasani; Hemin Khezriazar; Masoud Gholamali Lavasani; asadollah Maleki
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This research was conducted to study the relationship among basic psychological needs, academic motivation and students' academic engagement (in English language) in Structural Equation Modeling method. Using stratified sampling, 423 (127 males and 296 females) secondary and junior students were selected ...
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This research was conducted to study the relationship among basic psychological needs, academic motivation and students' academic engagement (in English language) in Structural Equation Modeling method. Using stratified sampling, 423 (127 males and 296 females) secondary and junior students were selected to participate in the study. They replied to the basic psychological needs, academic motivation and academic engagement Questionnaires. Structural equation modeling revealed that basic psychological needs satisfaction exerted a direct, significant influence upon intrinsic motivation, Identified regulation, Interjected regulation and an indirect one upon academic engagement. In addition, basic psychological needs had a negative direct influence upon amotivation, while the direct influence of related on extrinsic motivation was not significant. Intrinsic motivation, Interjected regulation and Identified regulation had a positive direct influence upon academic engagement, while the direct influence of related on amotivation was negative and significant. Additionally, the direct influence of related on extrinsic and interjected regulation was not significant. In general, findings of this study suggested basic psychological needs had influence on students' English language engagement through the meditational effects of academic motivation.