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Sheppard, Sonja P. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In the field of psychology, what motivates a person to achieve their goals has been vastly researched, particularly in looking at internal versus external factors. In education, using internal or intrinsic factors that can predict motivation is helpful as they facilitate goal attainment, such as earning a degree. Two factors (online self-efficacy…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Student Motivation, First Generation College Students, Self Efficacy