Exploring differences in achievement motivation in a diverse sample of Canadian students.
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Educational tests and measurements -- Canada.; Achievement motivation -- Canada.; Performance -- Canada.; Underachievement -- Canada.; Motivation (Psychology) -- Canada.
Description: This study examined the relationship between achievement motivation and academic performance, as well as factors predicting these variables, in a diverse sample of 12--15 year old Canadian students. A total of 4,237 students of East Asian, South Asian, Native, African Canadian, and Euro Canadian backgrounds were included in analyses using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth.In general, this study provides modest support for achievement motivation theories, and empirical evidence that Native and African Canadian students may be at-risk with respect to motivation and achievement.The results confirmed a positive correlation between achievement motivation and academic performance. Significant mean differences in achievement motivation and academic performance were found between ethnocultural groups, with East and South Asian students showing the highest outcomes on these measures, and Native and African Canadian students showing the lowest. Positive correlations were found between achievement motivation and several theoretically-meaningful predictor variables.
Notes: Adviser:  Jenny Jenkins.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2004.

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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 43-03, page: 0662.

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