Studying the level of academic achievement motivation in the students of Ghor Institute of Higher Education
Keywords:
academic achievement motivation, motivation, studentsAbstract
The intention of achievement motivation or motivation is (desire or desire to achieve success) and participation in activities in which success depends on one’s effort and ability. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the motivation of academic achievement in students of Ghor Institute of Higher Education. The current research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlational in terms of method. The statistical population of this research consists of (1294) students of Ghor Institute of Higher Education, and the sample population of this research is (296) using Cochran’s formula and considering (95%) confidence and (5%) error which were chosen by random sampling to participate in the study. The data collection was done by the standard questionnaire of educational achievement motivation (Abde Khodayi) whose validity and reliability were measured. After collecting the data and performing the necessary controls, the data was entered into the computer and processed using SPSS24 statistical software and descriptive statistics such as percentage, mean, standard deviation, independent T-test, ANOVA and Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients. The two descriptive and inferential methods were used to analyze the data, which in the descriptive statistics section, average, percentage by gender, year of study, field of study, marital status and age of the students were stated. And in the inferential statistics section, analysis of single-sample tests and one-way analysis of variance were used. Findings: Based on the obtained results, motivation to progress has no significant relationship with any of the background characteristics of students in terms of field, gender and marital status. But it is related to the age of the participants of the research, which means that with the increase in age of participants, the motivation for academic progress has also improved in them.
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