Abstract
Achievement motivation is the desire to achieve a standard of excellence, to do well for the sake of doing well rather than for extrinsic reward. It has been noticed by behavioural scientists that people have an intense desire to achieve something, while others may not seem that concerned about their achievement. In the present research, descriptive survey method and purposive sampling technique was used. The investigator collected data from twenty five (25) foreign students selected purposively from Engineering, Computer Sciences and Paramedical Sciences from Lovely Professional University to constitute a total sample of 50 students under technical courses. Similarly, 25 students have been selected purposively from Education, Humanities and Management to constitute a total sample of 50 students under professional courses. Deo Mohan Achievement Motivation Scale developed by Deo and Mohan (1985) has been used for the research work. The results reflect that the students enrolled in technical and professional courses possess moderate level of achievement motivation. However, they do not differ in their achievement motivation level. Hence, it can be concluded that nature of courses and achievement motivation of the students are not interrelated.
Highlights
Achievement motivation anxiety, and other correlates of high school students of agar regions revealed that (1) Sex did not make a difference in the learning style of students but it had direct bearing upon achievement motivation and anxiety (2) Age levels had little impact on learning style, achievement motivation and anxiety (3) There were urban-rural differences in learning styles of students as well as there is a difference in achievement motivation of urban and rural area, sex doesn't make difference but the age level makes little difference in students learning style (Verma, 1992)
The gender, locale of school, economic conditions of students and communities of students have caused no significant difference in respect of their achievement in history, academic achievement motivation and their attitude towards the study of history
HYPOTHESIS OF THE STUDY There is no significant difference in the achievement motivation of foreign students pursuing technical courses and professional courses
Summary
Achievement motivation is the desire to achieve a standard of excellence, to do well for the sake of doing well rather than for extrinsic reward. The investigator collected data from twenty five (25) foreign students selected purposively from Engineering, Computer Sciences and Paramedical Sciences from Lovely Professional University to constitute a total sample of 50 students under technical courses. 25 students have been selected purposively from Education, Humanities and Management to constitute a total sample of 50 students under professional courses. The results reflect that the students enrolled in technical and professional courses possess moderate level of achievement motivation. They do not differ in their achievement motivation level.
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