The Importance Of Motivating Students

Review of the Literature Motivating students has been the topic for many researchers for decades and decades with no end in sight. Most of the conclusions from their studies have shown one common hurdle among students: motivation. Many of the published studies by these researchers always return the premise that well motivated students perform better in mathematics, as long as other accompanying factors are also present.
According to the research by Nguyen and Goodin (2016), motivation seems to be a fundamental shortfall at the heart of so many students’ who struggle with mathematics learning, and disturbing issues related to learning mathematics. Motivation-related issues had been reported throughout supporting literature, indeed many college students focus on goals beyond mathematics cannot achieve their goals because they are stuck in introductory mathematics course, and cannot superate this stage. The authors explained the importance of …show more content…
Within self-determination theory it can be differentiated between autonomous motivation and controlled motivation. Students with autonomous motivation engage in learning from their own desire and interest without external force or pressure. In contrast, students with controlled motivation engage in learning because of external force or pressure. Cheon and Reeve (as cited in Leon et al., 2015) states that while not all students engage in learning and achievement out of intrinsic motivation, those who pursue learning and achievement out of external motivation but fully accept the value and importance of learning and achievement and feel a high degree of autonomous motivation are exhibiting identified