To collect data for this study, a fifteen-item Likertscale
questionnaire was utilized. This questionnaire
which was developed based on Chastain's model (1988),
consisted of three types of motivational strategies
(Cognitive, Affective, and Social) called "achievement
motivation strategies", necessary for motivating students
in the classroom. For the ease of administration, the
strategies were translated into Persian. After that, the
questionnaire was piloted and validated and its reliability
was computed to be 0.81. The questionnaire involved
fifteen motivational strategies of which the first five
strategies were cognitive, the second five ones consisted
of affective strategies and the last set was devoted to
social strategies. The aim of presenting the strategies in
the above-mentioned order was to make the necessary
frequency comparisons easier and more manageable. The
questionnaire is displayed in appendix A.