Assessment of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and attitude towards educational condition of students in different level of of study to predict school achievement

This investigation was implemented on 368 students who were randomly selected among guidance cycle and different branches of secondary cycle and precollege centers inTehran provinces. The research data was obtained by administering a self-regulation and an attitude scale on the sample group.After data analysis the following results were found::• The mean school achievement of girls was significantly higher than that of boys.• The students', intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and their attitude was lower than average.• Mathematic branch and precollege student's extrinsic motivation was found to be average.• 12 percent of school achievement variance can be explained by combination of intrinsicmotivation and attitude towards school subjects.5-Majority of sample groups are disinterested in school subjects, but they assess teacher-students relationship and teacher's instruction methods satisfactory.