Academic motivation correlates of academic achievement in science and commerce streams

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Umed Singh and Dheeraj Kaushik (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana)

The present study was mainly conducted to explore academic motivation correlates of academic achievement in science and commerce streams. For the realization of main objectives 104 students (12th grade) from science and 100 students (12th grade) from commerce stream participated in the present study. Subjects were tested with Academic Motivation Scale. Academic Achievement Index was taken interms of final score of last examination. Obtained data were analysed using descriptive statistics, t-ratios, Pearson’s correlations and Factor Analysis. Results revealed the science students scoring significantly high in Intrinsic Motivation-Towards Accomplishment, Extrinsic Motivation-Identified Regulation, Extrinsic Motivation- Introjected Regulation, Extrinsic Motivation-External Regulation and Amotivation. Pearson’s correlations and factor analyses have revealed Intrinsic Motivation-To Know, Intrinsic Motivation Towards Accomplishment to be positive correlates, and Amotivation as the negative correlate of academic achievement.