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Download full textZion W. Solomon; Sonya E. Munsell – Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 2024
The study explores the influence of motivation on college students' achievement, emphasizing the differential roles of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. 147 college students, aged eighteen to forty-two, completed a survey consisting of the Academic Motivation Scale and the Academic Success Inventory for College Students and provided their grade…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Motivation, Academic Aspiration, Occupational Aspiration
Vicente-Ramos, Wagner Enoc; Silva, Brenda Gonzales; Merino, Shirley Teresa Nuñez; Lazo, Silvana Marjorie Paucar; Álvarez, Christian Richard Mejia – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
The main objective of this research is to determine which is the most recurrent motivation by university students choose international business careers at 8 universities in Peru. The study sample is composed by 1242 international business students from the main universities in Peru. For this study, the Academic Motivation Scale (AMC) was used,…
Descriptors: International Trade, Career Choice, College Students, Student Motivation
Direct linkDuchesne, Stéphane; Ratelle, Catherine F.; Larose, Simon – Educational Psychology, 2022
This study examined the cross-lagged relationships between students' autonomous motivations (intrinsic motivation and identified regulations) and approach goals (mastery and performance) in school. The sample included 449 students (52% girls) in Grades 7 and 8 (secondary 1 and 2). Results showed that intrinsic motivation (IM) positively predicted…
Descriptors: Correlation, Personal Autonomy, Student Motivation, Grade 7
Duchesne, Stéphane; Ratelle, Catherine F. – Educational Psychology, 2020
This 2-year prospective study aimed to examine the predictive role of students' achievement goals (mastery-approach and performance-avoidance) on socioemotional adjustment in high school by assessing the potential mediating contribution of academic motivations. A total of 407 high school students (46% boys) were surveyed each year in Secondary 2…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Emotional Adjustment, Social Adjustment
Chen, Zi; Solberg, Scott; Ye, Ai – Youth & Society, 2020
The present study investigated the mediating role of career adaptability in the relationship between youth-perceived contextual support and positive youth development on the basis of a survey of 1,047 students in 10th to 12th grades. Measurement model analysis revealed that career search self-efficacy (CSSE), goal capacity, academic self-efficacy,…
Descriptors: Context Effect, High School Students, Grade 10, Grade 12
Shillingford, Shani; Karlin, Nancy J. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2013
This article examines the role of intrinsic motivation in the academic pursuits of nontraditional students. The Academic Motivational Scale (AMS) was administered to 35 undergraduate students, 6 males and 29 females, aged 25 to 49 to explore their motivational orientations in choosing to attend college. The results of the study show that…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Incentives, College Attendance, Nontraditional Education
Singh, Shashi; Singh, Ajay; Singh, Kiran – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
Motivation plays a crucial role in learning. Motivation energizes the behavior of the individual. It also directs the behavior towards specific goals. It helps students acquire knowledge, develop social qualities, increase initiation, persist in activities, improve performance, and develop a sense of discipline. This paper aims to compare the…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Incentives, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students
Simon, Rebecca A.; Aulls, Mark W.; Dedic, Helena; Hubbard, Kyle; Hall, Nathan C. – Canadian Journal of Education, 2015
To address continually decreasing enrollment and rising attrition in post-secondary STEM degree (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) programs, particularly for women, the present study examines the utility of motivation and emotion variables to account for persistence and achievement in science in male and female students…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Academic Persistence, Student Motivation, Emotional Response
Sungur, Semra; Senler, Burcu – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2010
The present study aimed at investigating elementary students' academic motivation (intrinsic motivation, external regulation, introjected regulation, identified regulation, and amotivation), achievement goals (mastery approach goals, mastery avoidance goals, performance approach goals, performance avoidance goals), competence expectancies, and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Program Effectiveness, Classroom Environment, Goal Orientation
