What drives successful students? Goals and motivations of college students in the classroom and distance modalities.
The beginning of college Life is a difficult period of transit for students both in traditional and distance studies. However, many achieve the expected academic performance. The aim of this paper is to analyze the goals and motivational profiles of a group of students who managed to regularize the...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2016 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT) |
| Repository: | Revista Observatório |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revista.uft.edu.br:article/1965 |
| Online Access: | https://sistemas.uft.edu.br/periodicos/index.php/observatorio/article/view/1965 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Goals Motivation Academic achievement Traditional mode Distance mode Metas Motivación Rendimiento académico Modalidad presencial Modalidad a distancia Motivação Desempenho académico Modo sala de aula Modalidade a distância metas motivação desempenho acadêmico modalidade a distância |
| Summary: | The beginning of college Life is a difficult period of transit for students both in traditional and distance studies. However, many achieve the expected academic performance. The aim of this paper is to analyze the goals and motivational profiles of a group of students who managed to regularize the subjects prescribed by the currlculum they were pursuing careers. Study participants were 85 students In tradltlonal mode and 14 students in virtual mode. The data were collected by administering a self-report questionnaire. The results show prevalence of learning goals among subjects in traditional mode while among virtual students the most prominent goal is to avoid failure. The discussion highlights the contextuai dimension of motivation, suggesting actions that can promote motivation for learning. |
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