The effect of gender on achievement motivation

Pages: 504-507
Nikhat Kaura and Roopali Sharma (AIPS, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh)

Achievement motivation is relatively a new concept in the world of motivation. So it can be said that achievement is the result of what an individual has learned from some educational and family experiences. As for every individual there is a driving force. In fact, it is not just a single factor, but a combination of factors that lead people to achieve their goals. This drive is motivation and also the underlying reason for human behavior. Thus motivation refers to the driving and pulling forces which result in persistent behavior directed toward particular goal. Globally, there has been an increasing concern that how to ensure that students learn optimally at school and achieve academic excellence in their academic pursuit. Gender plays a significant role in shaping achievement motivation and is being studied in psychological andeducational research.The present research aims to study the effect of gender on achievement motivation. The sample of the study was 60 adolescents i.e. 30 girls and 30 boys. The age group was 15 to 17 years old school going adolescent. It was hypothesized that there would be a no significant difference between gender and the level of achievement motivation and girls will have high achievement motivation in comparison to boys. The tools used for the research was Achievement Motivation Scale (n-Ach). The study reported no significant difference between gender and achievement motivation and it showed that girls have high levels of achievement motivation as compared to boys.