The Relationship between Academic Motivation and Academic Performance among Students at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences in 2014

Abstract

Objective:The present studyinvestigatesthe relationship between academic motivation and academic performance of students at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences in 2013

Materials and Methods:  In this descriptive, analytical study,data analysis was performedby, descriptive statistics indices (mean and standard deviation), inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient and independent T-test) and using spss17 software.

Results: The motivation development in the 280 students under study ranged fromminimum of29 and maximum of 108 and the average and standard deviation was 77.28±15.4 Motivation in the study subjects was as follow: in men 76.51 ± 15.78, in women 78.77 ±14.2, in the singles 77.97 ± 14.8 and married79.69 ±7.5, in the basic science77.13 ± 15.7, intrainees80.38 ±10.5, and in interns 78.86 ± 8.37,p>0.05

Conclusion: The data of the present study showed that, more than half of the study subjects from the viewpoints of academic motivation had the score more than the mean level. In the present investigation,there was insignificant relationship between the academic motivation and academic performance. It is necessary that the educational administrators pay attention to this important issue.