Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research (AJMR)
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 7

Role of Achievement Motivation in Relation to Academic Achievement of School Going Adolescence

  • Author:
  • Arpita Sarkar1, Shreekant Gour2
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 141 to 148

1Research Scholar, Department of Education, University of Kalyani, India. Email id: arpisarkar09@gmail.com

2Associate Professor, Department of Education, University of Kalyani, India. Email id: shreekantgour.19@gmail.com

Online published on 14 August, 2018.

Abstract

In the present day world, it has been observed that lack of motivation increase among the school going adolescence towards their academics. At this stage their attention is diverted and divided among many things like peer group, heterogeneous relations, fashion, internet chatting and ceaseless entertainment and this hampers their academic performance. The psychological construct achievement motivation affect on students' academic success and academic performance. The concept of achievement motivation is closely related to academic achievement. In the present study researcher has tried to find out some strategies and techniques which are helpful to generate motivation in learners. Thereafter, some motivation techniques are presented for increasing the of achievement motivation. Through this article researcher also tried to explain that achievement motivation can be treated as an important psychological predictor of school going students' future success or failure.

Keywords

Academic Achievement, Motivation, Achievement Motivation, School Going Adolescence, Peer Group