The Effect of Successful Intelligence Training Program on Academic Motivation and Academic Engagement Female High School Students

Adeleh Sharbaf Zadeh, Ahmad Abedi, Zahra Yousefi and Sara Aghababaei

International Journal of Psychological Studies, 2014, vol. 6, issue 3, 118

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of successful intelligence training program on academic motivation and academic engagement in female high school students of Isfahan city, Iran. The statistical population of this study consisted of all female high school students of Isfahan city, Iran. Subjects were selected by multistep random cluster sampling. The successful intelligence training program was performed on the experimental group. Research instruments included Academic Engagement Questionnaire Archambault et al. (2009) and Academic Motivation Scale Vallerand et al. (1990). The variance analysis with repeated measures was used for data analysis. The results showed a significant difference between academic engagement scores of experimental and control group, in post-test and follow-up stages. This means that successful intelligence training was effective in increasing the academic motivation and academic engagement of female students. The results also indicated that the effect of training had been permanent in a long-term period. Therefore, according to the results, it would be possible to use successful intelligence training program in schools, besides other programs, in order to promote the academic motivation and engagement of students.

Date: 2014
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