Effect of achievement motivation on academic performance of upper primary students studying in West Bengal (India) govt. schools
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSRJRME) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 6
Abstract
Achievement Motivation(AM) is a desire to do well relative to some standard of excellence. It is a social form of motivation involving a competitive desire to meet standard of excellence. This study aspires to investigate the Effect of Achievement Motivation on academic performance of upper primary students studying in West Bengal Board of Primary Education and West Bengal Board of Secondary Education affiliated schools. Participants included 1003 students that studied in Class-VIII (eight) from 10 West Bengal Govt. Schools .There were 470 Boys and 543 Girls in the range of age between 13 and 15 years. .Rao Achievement Motivation Test collected from Agra Psychological Research Cell was administered on all of them and two groups are formed on the basis of obtained scores viz., High AM related group and General AM related group. For data collection both the groups are exposed to same method of teaching under same learning condition. The collected data was analyzed by inferential statistical tests such as a t-test at the 0.05 level of significance. Results showed that the difference between learning performances of 2 groups were significant at the 0.05 level of significance and the High AM related group was better than the General AM related group in terms of learning performance.
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Debasis Bhattacharyya
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