The Comparison of Effects of Academic Motivation Training and Help-Seeking Strategies on Grit of high school Students

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 , Phd Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University Of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

2 Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

3 Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University Of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract

Objective: The present study aims to compare the effect of academic motivation training and help-seeking strategies on Grit of high school Students.
Methods: The research method is an experimental field study with a large control group design, including two experimental groups and one control group. The statistical population comprised all ninth-grade students in boys' high schools in Districts 1 and 2, Zahedanin in Academic Year 2020-2021. Sixty students were assigned to three groups of 20, two experimental groups and one control group. In the pre-test and post-test, Duckworth et al.'s grit scale (2007) were answered. Multivariate covariance analysis and Benferroni's pairwise comparison test were used to analyze the data.
Results: The findings showed that both academic motivation Training and help-seeking strategies have a significant effect (p < 0.05) on students' Grit.
Conclusion: According to the findings, academic motivation Training and help-seeking strategies makes students more persistent and Grit in their educational assignments.


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