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Academic Motivation: For the Love of Learning

Academic Motivation: For the Love of Learning

Heather M. W. Petrelli
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 35
ISBN13: 9781522531326|ISBN10: 1522531327|EISBN13: 9781522531333
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3132-6.ch021
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Petrelli, Heather M. W. "Academic Motivation: For the Love of Learning." Handbook of Research on Program Development and Assessment Methodologies in K-20 Education, edited by Viktor Wang, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 443-477. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3132-6.ch021

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Petrelli, H. M. (2018). Academic Motivation: For the Love of Learning. In V. Wang (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Program Development and Assessment Methodologies in K-20 Education (pp. 443-477). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3132-6.ch021

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Petrelli, Heather M. W. "Academic Motivation: For the Love of Learning." In Handbook of Research on Program Development and Assessment Methodologies in K-20 Education, edited by Viktor Wang, 443-477. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3132-6.ch021

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Abstract

What leads to academic success? Why are some students able to achieve academically and others not? A breadth of research exists supporting the notion of motivation as having a significant impact on academic success. This chapter investigated historical and theoretical developments of motivation from the Greek Philosophers, through the Industrial Revolution, to the perspective of motivation in fulfilling psychological needs. Once the general concept of motivation is fully exhausted, academic motivation is explored from theoretical foundations to current research on factors influencing academic motivation and the impact of academic motivation on academic achievement. This foundation has practical implications for assessment of motivation and curricular and program development as a result.

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