What is the motivation difference between university students and high school students?

Recent years, it has been seen that affective variables are needed to be considered for better science learning. One of the valuable affective variables is the motivation. Motivation itself is an important factor that increases students’ achievement. Because of this finding, in this study motivation...

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Published inProcedia, social and behavioral sciences Vol. 2; no. 2; pp. 1543 - 1548
Main Authors Tüysüz, Mustafa, Yıldıran, Demet, Demirci, Nilgün
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 2010
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high school students
motivation
motivation to science
Science education
university students
university students
Science education
motivation to science
high school students
motivation
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Summary:Recent years, it has been seen that affective variables are needed to be considered for better science learning. One of the valuable affective variables is the motivation. Motivation itself is an important factor that increases students’ achievement. Because of this finding, in this study motivation of students in high school and in universities are investigated to compare how the students’ motivation is changing when they choose a science area for studying in the universities. It was found that university students are more motivated to science when compared to high school students.
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.232