Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Roudhan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudhan, Iran
2 Professor of Psychology Department of Allameh Tabatabai Universit
3 Professor, Department of Psychology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran, Iran
4 PhD student in the field of educational psychology, Roudhan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudhan, Iran
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to develop a self-directed learning educational package and determine its effectiveness on the academic motivation of learners in the form of a semi-experimental design (pre-test and post-test and a one-month follow-up with the experimental group and the control group) and the application of a qualitative method in an exploratory manner. done. The statistical population of the quantitative section includes all female students of the first secondary school in Tehran in the academic year of 1400-01. Two schools from the 5th district of Tehran were purposefully selected from among the first secondary schools of the 19 districts of Tehran due to the researcher's better access. After selecting the schools and coordinating with the principals of these schools in the initial screening stage among the seventh, eighth and ninth grade students of these schools based on the formula provided by Tabanchik and Fidel (2014) as well as Pallant (2020) for pilot projects in A total of 30 students were selected and randomly divided into two experimental (N=15) and control (N=15) groups. In order to analyze the data, mixed analysis of variance and thematic analysis were used. The findings indicate that, regardless of the group, over time, the self-directed learning variable and its components, other than interpersonal communication, have improved in first-year female students. In addition, the average of the self-directed learning training group in the follow-up phase is significantly higher than the average of the control group.
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