The Effectiveness of Communication Skills Training on Academic Motivation and Academic Adjustment of High School Students

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of communication skills training on the academic motivation and academic adjustment of high school students. A quasi experimental design was employed with pretest, posttest and control group. The population of this study included all high school students in Ilkhchi studing in the academic year 2016-2017. The sample consisted of 52 students who were selected by multistage cluster sampling and randomly assigned to two groups (N=25) and control (N=27) were assigned. The data collection instrument was the academic adjustment and academic motivation questionnaire that all participants completed as the pre-test. Then, the communication skill training was conducted in the experimental group for eight sessions. Finally, the same questionnaire was completed by both experimental and control groups. Then, the data was analyzed using covariance analysis. The findings indicated that communication skills training can affect academic motivation and academic adjustment of high school students. In fact, communication skills increase studentsʼ intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation and academic adjustment and reduce their of motivation.