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Academic motivation profile in business classes.

Academic Exchange Quarterly

| September 22, 2005 | Lang, Teresa; Hall, Dianne J. | COPYRIGHT 2005 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Abstract

The Academic Motivation Profile (AMP) was successfully developed and tested in education classes as a theoretically based tool for measuring students' attitudes about a course. The suitability of the AMP in business classes is evaluated in this study that indicates that the AMP applies equally well in the business classes studied as it does in the education classes previously studied.

Introduction

Academic achievement and motivation are frequent topics in education. Many variables influence academic achievement, such as cognitive factors, achievement orientations (Licht and Dweck, 1984, Pintrich, 2000), achievement goals (Elliot and ...

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