Abstract
To compare the level of motivation and strategies used by high school and university students, a study was conducted between two groups of students. One group was high school students who were dual enrolled in university courses and the other group was first year university students. Both groups were enrolled in similar courses with instructors using similar teaching methods and materials. The study used a Motivated Strategy Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) that consisted of 18 categories, of which 6 related to motivation and 9 related to learning strategies. The participants included fifty two high school students and forty five university students. An independent sample t-test and variance analysis were performed to compare the responses of these two groups of students. The analysis results showed college student with higher levels of motivation and better learning strategies that high school students. Additionally, gender comparison showed Female students are more motivated with better learning strategies than male students.
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