The Relationship between Academic Motivation and Academic Achievement in Medical Students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
Introduction: Despite their ascribed intellectual ability and achieved academic pursuits, medical students’ academic achievement is influenced by academic motivation. This study is an endeavor to examine the role of academic motivation in the academic achievement of medical students of Isfahan Unive...
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Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Medical Education Development Center
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| author | Samaneh Firouznia Alireza Yousefi Gholamreza Ghassemi |
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| description | Introduction: Despite their ascribed intellectual ability and achieved academic pursuits, medical students’ academic achievement is influenced by academic motivation. This study is an endeavor to examine the role of academic motivation in the academic achievement of medical students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: In this cross-sectional correlational study, out of the total 422 medical students, from 4th to final year during the academic year 2007-08, at school of medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 344 participated in completion of the Inventory of School Motivation(ISM), comprising of 43 items and measuring 8 aspects of motivation. The gold standard for academic achievement was their average academic marks at pre-clinical and clinical levels. Data were computer analyzed, using SPSS 15.1 and running a couple of descriptive and analytical tests including Pearson Correlation and t-student.
Results: Higher motivation scores in areas of competition, effort, social concern, and task was accompanied by higher average marks at pre-clinical as well as clinical levels. However, the later ones showed greater motivation for social power as compared to the former group. Task and Competition motivation for boys was higher than girls.
Conclusion: In view of our observations, students' academic achievement requires coordination and interaction between different aspects of motivation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b44945c2f09c4eddb739dd55e273bfb12023-11-03T16:31:20ZfasIsfahan University of Medical Sciences, Medical Education Development Centerمجله ایرانی آموزش در علوم پزشکی1608-93591735-88922009-08-01917984The Relationship between Academic Motivation and Academic Achievement in Medical Students of Isfahan University of Medical SciencesSamaneh Firouznia0Alireza Yousefi1Gholamreza Ghassemi2 Introduction: Despite their ascribed intellectual ability and achieved academic pursuits, medical students’ academic achievement is influenced by academic motivation. This study is an endeavor to examine the role of academic motivation in the academic achievement of medical students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: In this cross-sectional correlational study, out of the total 422 medical students, from 4th to final year during the academic year 2007-08, at school of medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 344 participated in completion of the Inventory of School Motivation(ISM), comprising of 43 items and measuring 8 aspects of motivation. The gold standard for academic achievement was their average academic marks at pre-clinical and clinical levels. Data were computer analyzed, using SPSS 15.1 and running a couple of descriptive and analytical tests including Pearson Correlation and t-student. Results: Higher motivation scores in areas of competition, effort, social concern, and task was accompanied by higher average marks at pre-clinical as well as clinical levels. However, the later ones showed greater motivation for social power as compared to the former group. Task and Competition motivation for boys was higher than girls. Conclusion: In view of our observations, students' academic achievement requires coordination and interaction between different aspects of motivation.http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-934-en.pdfacademic achievementacademic motivationbasic sciencesclinical course |
| spellingShingle | Samaneh Firouznia Alireza Yousefi Gholamreza Ghassemi The Relationship between Academic Motivation and Academic Achievement in Medical Students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences مجله ایرانی آموزش در علوم پزشکی academic achievement academic motivation basic sciences clinical course |
| title | The Relationship between Academic Motivation and Academic Achievement in Medical Students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences |
| title_full | The Relationship between Academic Motivation and Academic Achievement in Medical Students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences |
| title_fullStr | The Relationship between Academic Motivation and Academic Achievement in Medical Students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship between Academic Motivation and Academic Achievement in Medical Students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences |
| title_short | The Relationship between Academic Motivation and Academic Achievement in Medical Students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences |
| title_sort | relationship between academic motivation and academic achievement in medical students of isfahan university of medical sciences |
| topic | academic achievement academic motivation basic sciences clinical course |
| url | http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-934-en.pdf |
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