بررسي انگيزه دروني و بيروني پيشرفت تحصيلي دانشجويان رشته هاي مختلف دانشگاه آزاد اسلامي واحد رودهن

A Survey on the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation and Academic Achievement of the Students in IAU Roudehen Branch

The purpose of this research was to study the kind of motivation and academic achievement of the boy and girl students of different fields of study in Islamic Azad University (IAU) Roudehen Branch. To conduct the research, 400 students (boys and girls) were selected using stratified random sampling. Academic achievement of the students was calculated by taking the mean score of their GPA. Their motivation was measured by a 54-item questionnaire. The results of analyzing the data through t- test, ANOVA, and Pearsonʹs Correlation of Coefficient indicated that the motivation of the students was generally lower than average, but their academic achievement was higher than the theoretical presupposed score (12). Also, there was a significant correlation between the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and their academic achievement. Intrinsic motivation had the highest correlation, and extrinsic motivation had the lowest correlation with academic achievement. Although intrinsic motivation of the students in different courses were not significantly different from each other, the external motivation of the students in Librarianship was lower than the extrinsic motivation of the students in Persian Language and Literature, English Language and Literature, Computer Engineering. Furthermore, the total amount of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation of the students in computer engineering was higher than the most of the students in Librarianship. Regarding academic achievement, there was not a significant difference between the students of different courses. The results also showed that the motivation of boys is generally more than girls. There was no difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation of the students of all semesters. Considering the relationship between demographic characteristics of the students and academic motivation, there is only a correlation between fatherʹs and motherʹs level of education and intrinsic motivation, and with the whole motivation. The findings also indicated that fatherʹs level of education, the correlation between fatherʹs and motherʹs level of education, and the correlation between fatherʹs level of education and their residential neighborhood affected the academic achievement of the students.