MOTIVATION IN MIDDLE EDUCATION STUDENTS OF PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF VILLA DEL ROSARIO, DEPARTMENT OF SAN PEDRO IN THE YEAR 2020

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.5583422327106

• Palavras-chave: Motivation – Factors

• Keywords: Motivation – Factors

• Abstract:

  The research deals with the motivations of students. The same part of the question: What motivational factors do high school students have? Its objective is to describe the motivational factors of the students participating in the study. Data collection was carried out in the months of August - September 2020. It is descriptive and cross-sectional. The instrument Motivation towards academic activities, by Flores and Macías, 2010, was used. The population was made up of high school students from public institutions in Villa del Rosario. The sampling used for the research is probabilistic. The highest percentages of students who have motivation related to external attribution factors were observed, especially “teacher” and “difficulty of the task”, as well as “achievement motivation”, with a high percentage found in grades; A high percentage of students are also located in the internal attribution variable: ability. The factors where a lower percentage of students are found has to do with self-efficacy, achievement motivation: learning, and internal attribution: effort.