Academic Motivation Levels of Technical High School Students

Motivational problems are very widely seen in education. One of the greatest frustrations mentioned by many teachers is that their students are often not motivated to learn. Determination of effective factors on students’ academic motivation levels can be helpful in order to improve student academic performance. The aim of this study is to identify the effective factors on a group of high school students’ academic motivation. Study group of this research consists of 300 high school students. A Turkish form of the Academic Motivation Scale was used to collect data. Additionally, Communal-Mastery Scale and a nine item questionnaire were also used in this study. Results indicated that a group of demographic characteristics and communal mastery were effective in academic motivation levels of students.