Comparison of the Effect of Teaching with Active Inspire Software and Traditional Tools Based on Problem-Solving Model oan the Successful Intelligence of Elementary Students in the Course of Experimental Sciences

Motamedi Lashtneshaei, Z.; Hassani Jafari, F.; Larijani, M.

doi:10.22061/tej.2026.11531.3159

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

¹ Department of Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

² Department of Environmental Education, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22061/tej.2026.11531.3159

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Currently, the introduction of multimedia and the need for electronic teaching in education have created a revolution in teaching and new methods of student participation. The term multimedia was introduced in the 1950s and attempts were made to improve the quality of education by combining multiple media, and these features allow for advancement, balance, creativity, and better communication between the user and the software. The basis of this method goes back to the cognitive processing theory, which was widely used with the emergence of new computer technologies. Cognitivism, as part of the contemporary cognitive movement, was formed due to dissatisfaction with traditional education. In cognitive processing theory, it is assumed that the information processing system in humans has two separate channels (visual/image processing and auditory/verbal processing). Each of these channels has a limited capacity. In this regard, the aim of the present study was to compare the effect of teaching content produced with Active Inspire software and traditional tools based on the problem-solving model on the successful intelligence of elementary school students in experimental sciences in the 2022-2023 acadmeic year.
Methods: The method of the present study was quasi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all elementary school students in District 2 of Karaj, 1970 students, of which the sample size was 40 students, selected by multi-stage random method, and placed in two homogeneous groups of 20. The data collection tool for the variable of successful intelligence is the standard questionnaire of Grigorenko and Sternberg (2000), whose validity was assessed as desirable by experts and its reliability was 0.86. In this study, before teaching, students completed the standard questionnaire of Sternberg to measure successful intelligence. Then, the materials related to analytical intelligence, creative intelligence, and practical intelligence of the experimental sciences course were taught to the students in two modern (Active Inspire software) and traditional methods. After the end of the re-education sessions, a questionnaire was distributed among the subjects and their opinions were surveyed about successful intelligence. After the end of the re-education sessions, a post-test was administered to the subjects. Descriptive statistical methods and inferential statistics such as covariance, independent and dependent t-tests were used in the statistical software (SPSS) version 22.
Findings: The results showed that the content produced with multimedia software (Active Inspire), compared to the traditional teaching method, had a significant effect on successful intelligence with an environmental approach. The results also showed that the content produced with multimedia software (Active Inspire), compared to the traditional teaching method, had a significant effect on students' analytical intelligence, creative intelligence, and practical intelligence in experimental sciences lessons with an environmental approach.
Conclusion: From this, it can be concluded that multimedia software (Active Inspire) in comparison with traditional tools based on the model Problem solving can strengthen analytical intelligence, creative intelligence and action intelligence, and generally strengthen the successful intelligence of elementary school students

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