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Understanding the Desire to Learn: A Study of Academic Intrinsic Motivation in Students Attending a 4-Year Institution for Higher Learning

Burgess, Brandy L
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0447-4388
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1463141731

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2016, BBA, Kent State University, College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Ambassador Crawford / Department of Management and Information Systems.
Through an investigation of the six factors of Academic Intrinsic Motivation [AIM] as outlined by Shia (1998), namely the need to know, the need to achieve, peer acceptance, authority expectations, power motivation, and the fear of failure; this study sought to determine if any or all AIM factors influenced academic performance of students attending a 4-year public higher education institution in Ohio. A literature review was conducted with a focus on student motivation, and it was determined that few studies had focused on these six factors of academic intrinsic motivation. This study sought to determine what, if any, relationship existed among the factors of AIM and between academic performance and the factors of AIM for college students attending a public 4-year public higher education institution in Ohio. An online survey, the Revised Online AIM Survey (AIMS-R), was created from the original AIM questionnaire created by Shia (1998). A population of over 4,000 students was invited to participate in the AIMS-R survey and 664 responded, representing a response rate of 16.6%. Of those who responded, 528 completed all of the questions for the subscales of the AIMS-R survey, representing 13.2%, and were selected for inclusion in the data analysis. Four hundred and sixty two of the 528 participants completed the AIMS-R demographic questions, representing 11.6%, and these 462 complete responses were used to test the hypothesis statements for this study. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the results of the AIMS-R data.
Gregory Blundell (Advisor)
Educational Psychology
Student Motivation, Intrinsic Motivation, Academic Motivation, College Students, Academic Intrinsic Motivation, Investigative Studies in Motivation

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  • Burgess, B. L. (2016). Understanding the Desire to Learn: A Study of Academic Intrinsic Motivation in Students Attending a 4-Year Institution for Higher Learning [Electronic thesis or dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1463141731

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Burgess, Brandy. Understanding the Desire to Learn: A Study of Academic Intrinsic Motivation in Students Attending a 4-Year Institution for Higher Learning . 2016. Kent State University, Electronic thesis or dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1463141731.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Burgess, Brandy. "Understanding the Desire to Learn: A Study of Academic Intrinsic Motivation in Students Attending a 4-Year Institution for Higher Learning ." Electronic thesis or dissertation, Kent State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1463141731

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