MOTIVACIJA ZA ŠKOLSKIM UČENJEM UČENIKA OSNOVNIH I SREDNJIH ŠKOLA
MOTIVATION FOR SCHOOL LEARNING OF PRIMARY AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Summary/Abstract: Based on an insight into relevant theoretical and research sources, it was established that external and internal motives influence motivational behavior in school learning. The aim of this paper has been to examine the motivation for school learning of primary and high school students based on the students' attitudes. This research, by its very nature, is descriptive and non-experimental. Speaking of research methods, the method of theoretical analysis and the descriptive-analytical survey method were used. The theoretical analysis method was used while forming the theoretical part, and the descriptive-analytical survey method was used for collecting, analysis and interpretation of the results. Survey was used as the research technique, and The Inventory of School Motivation - ISM (Ali & McInerney, 2005) was used as the research instruments. The results of the research have shown that the motivation for school learning is higher in elementary school students for all subscales except for performing of school tasks, where motivation is visibly higher in high school students. In motivation for learning, there is a statistically significant difference in attitudes of male and female respondents on the following subscales: effort, competition, social power and reward, i.e. on the variables competition, social power and reward, male respondents showed a statistically significantly higher mean rank compared to female respondents, while on the variable effort, female respondents showed a significantly higher mean rank compared to male respondents. It has been concluded that the obtained research results can be the basis for creating workshops for teachers that would enhance their capabilities to motivate students in the educational process.

• Details
• Contents