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ERIC Number: ED667196
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 114
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-5160-8015-9
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
The Relationship between Undergraduate Students' Academic Motivation and Cocurricular Involvement at a Midwest Christian University
Rebecca Wakeman
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Liberty University
Higher education administrators, faculty, and other stakeholders desire positive student outcomes, such as persistence and academic achievement, from their student populations. Undergraduate students' cocurricular involvement and academic motivation have previously been shown to separately have a positive correlation with such outcomes. This correlational study aimed to investigate the relationship directly between undergraduate students' academic motivation and cocurricular involvement. Students' academic motivation was measured using the Academic Motivation Scale College Version (AMS-C 28) and their cocurricular involvement was measured using involvement subscales from the College Student Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ). These instruments were administered through an online survey platform to a convenience sample of full-time traditional undergraduate students enrolled at a Midwest Christian liberal arts college in the spring of 2020. Analyses were performed using the Pearson product moment coefficient to test for correlations between variables. The effect size was reported using Pearson's r for each of the four null hypotheses. Results of this study indicate students' academic motivation has a significant and positive relationship with their cocurricular involvement in the areas of clubs and organization involvement, course learning engagement, campus faculty experiences, and campus facility use. Recommendations for future research include repeating a similar study during a standard academic semester and using other measurements of cocurricular involvement focusing on students' interactions with their peers, faculty, and environment for investigation. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Academic Motivation Scale; College Student Experiences Questionnaire
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