Academic motivation, in summary, is how motivated a student is to complete work given
within their educational environment and how certain decisions can affect their future
academically which can lead to drastic changes throughout their lives. Studies have been made to
evaluate the academic motivation throughout different groups with different backgrounds and
different ethnicities, just to name a couple. Selfefficacy and the emotions involved play a major
role with academic motivation because if you do not believe in yourself, you will not be
motivated enough to outstandingly perform in your academics, which brings us to academic self motivation. Academic motivation is also influenced by family or peers; the downside to this kind
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One of our main concerns was to research how emotions affect selfregulated learning, motivation, and academic achievement. Academic motivation can relate back to the student’s life
at home, groups of friends, and how students relate to others in the classroom. The Emotion Behind Motivational Theories
Many motivational theories have been tested to try to figure out what makes students
motivated for academic achievement (Pintrich, 2003). An important motivational theory is
Dweck’s social cognitive theory of motivation which describes how some students believe that
intelligence is a controllable quality where as other students believe it is a fixed quality. Students
know they will succeed and have a sense of control knowing that if they put in the effort, they
will become more intelligent Dweck’s (1999). For this study 5,805 undergraduate students
from the ages of eighteen to thirty five participated from the University of Padua. They had to
answer three selfreport questionnaires. The SelfRegulated Learning Questionnaire which had
fifty questions, the Emotions Questionnaire which had sixty questions, and the
within their educational environment and how certain decisions can affect their future
academically which can lead to drastic changes throughout their lives. Studies have been made to
evaluate the academic motivation throughout different groups with different backgrounds and
different ethnicities, just to name a couple. Selfefficacy and the emotions involved play a major
role with academic motivation because if you do not believe in yourself, you will not be
motivated enough to outstandingly perform in your academics, which brings us to academic self motivation. Academic motivation is also influenced by family or peers; the downside to this kind
of …show more content…
One of our main concerns was to research how emotions affect selfregulated learning, motivation, and academic achievement. Academic motivation can relate back to the student’s life
at home, groups of friends, and how students relate to others in the classroom. The Emotion Behind Motivational Theories
Many motivational theories have been tested to try to figure out what makes students
motivated for academic achievement (Pintrich, 2003). An important motivational theory is
Dweck’s social cognitive theory of motivation which describes how some students believe that
intelligence is a controllable quality where as other students believe it is a fixed quality. Students
know they will succeed and have a sense of control knowing that if they put in the effort, they
will become more intelligent Dweck’s (1999). For this study 5,805 undergraduate students
from the ages of eighteen to thirty five participated from the University of Padua. They had to
answer three selfreport questionnaires. The SelfRegulated Learning Questionnaire which had
fifty questions, the Emotions Questionnaire which had sixty questions, and the