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Factors Contributing To The Academic Motivation And Engagement Of Undergraduate Students.
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FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACADEMIC MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ABSTRACT The present study investigated factors that may contribute to the engagement students undertake in their studies and motivational factors for these. A questionnaire was devised to measure these variables and administered to 89 subjects, 35 men and 55 women with the mean age being 18-25. Results were analysed using SPSS (statistical package for windows) and correlations were investigated between variables. The main findings were that students undertake more private study if they have identified future goals, ones enjoyment of a course is higher if one believes that the level of enjoyment strongly affects how much effort one puts in to studies. There was a slight correlation between age and amount of work put in, resulting in people aged 36-45 undertake more study than do people of 18-25. This supports previous research conducted in the area of academic motivation, however the body...
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