Abstract
Psychologists and educators believe motivation as a significant factor that has an effect on student learning and accomplishment. It is a general argument that suitable motivational orientations make learning easy while unsuitable ones obstruct it. Intrinsic motivation is a kind of motivation that approach from individual factors within a person rather than merely from some outside motives. Intrinsic motivation shows learners commitment in learning for its personal interest. In Pakistan, perhaps little research has yet been done in this field. The study was conducted to find the relationship between intrinsic motivation and academic achievement of students at university level in province Punjab, Pakistan. The main objectives of study were, to finds out profiles of students with respect to intrinsic motivation and academic achievement, to find out difference among male and female students on intrinsic motivation and academic achievement. The population of the study comprised of 600 male and female students studying in universities of Punjab, Pakistan. The sample consisted of 300 male and 300 female students of universities selected through multistage sampling procedure. In order to measure intrinsic motivation of students, an adapted version of Harter’s (1981) intrinsic motivation scale was used. Academic achievement of students was measured through their university results. The scores on each variable were calculated and summarized through mean and standard deviation scores. The significance of difference between mean scores of male and female and BA and B.Sc students on the study variables were calculated by t-test (two-tailed). The relationship between intrinsic motivation and academic achievement was computed by using Person ‘r’. The results of the study revealed no gender difference. Both male and female were found to be equal in intrinsic motivation and academic achievement.
Highlights
Introduction and LiteratureMotivation is a significant issue in teaching and education course
The students of bachelor degree classes of province of Punjab (Pakistan) perceived themselves to be more intrinsically than extrinsically motivated (t=.04). Their average academic achievement in the college examination result was below 50%
No gender differences in arts and science students could be found on the study variables
Summary
Motivation is a significant issue in teaching and education course. It set the activity and concerned with the arousal of that activity. There are different theories of motivation such as behavioral, humanistic, cognitive, and social theory, which are explained differently but are important part of motivation. Two diverse types of motivation are Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. It is found by the reviewed studies that intrinsic enthusiasm is lost in students when introduction of extrinsic motivation interjects. Self-determination theory refers intrinsic motivation as performing activity as it is innately motivating and extrinsic motivation indicates to performing activity for the reason that it show the way to distinguishable outcomes
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