Evaluation of the Educational Software of the Third-Grade Empirical Science Based on Intrinsic Motivation Components

The aims of this study are to evaluate the educational software of the third-grade empirical science based on intrinsic motivation components. To achieve this goal, content analysis method was used. Malone’s intrinsic motivation questionnaire having four components including challenges, curiosity, control, and fantasy is used for obtaining information and data. The population of this study is all third-grade empirical science educational software in market in academic year 1394-95 which was selected for the sample. The results shows that Misha va Koosha, Rahpouyane Danesh, and Dabir Dorsa software is relatively desirable in terms of intrinsic motivation (curiosity), and the other three components are undesirable whereas educational software of Lohe Danesh, Kharazmi group, Nokteh be Nokteh in all 4 components are undesirable. In general, none of the companies producing educational software to intrinsic motivation has not been at the desired level. Due to the role of motivation, especially intrinsic motivation for learning, and also the production of educational multimedia in different subject and grades are increasing day by day, suggested that producer institutes of these multimedia software to pay more attention in content analysis of available software and intrinsic motivation components in the designing of the new software.