This study investigated Classroom goal structure, student motivation and academicachievement among secondary school students. Two hundred and ninety-eight(298) participants comprising 135 males and 163 females participated in the study.Participants were randomly selected from 3 secondary schools. Their ages rangedbetween 10 to 24 years with a mean age of 15.52 years (SD = 2.26). Twohypotheses were formulated for this study. Cross sectional design was adopted.Regression result indicated that Classroom goal structure (β = .21, p< .001)significantly predicted academic achievement. Motivation (β = .17, p< .01)significantly predict academic achievement Implications of the study were stated,and suggestions made for further studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE i
APPROVAL iiii
CERTIFICATION iii
DEDICATION iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v
ABSTRACT vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS viii
LIST OF TABLE x
LIST OF APPENDICES xi
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1
Background to the Study 1
Statement of the problem 7
Purpose of study 8
Operational definition of terms 8
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 10
Theoretical Review 10
Maslow Hierarchy of Needs Theory by Abraham Maslow (1958) 11
Achievement Goal theory by Elliot(1999) 13
Expectancy value theory by Eccles (1995) 19
Classroom Goal theory by Carol Armes (1984) 20
Empirical Review 24
Classroom Goal Structures and Academic Achievement of secondary school students 24
Motivation and Academic Achievement of secondary school students 27
Summary of literature 34
Hypotheses 36
CHAPTER THREE: METHOD 37
Participants 37
Instruments 37
Patterns of Adaptive Learning Survey (PALS) (Midgley et al. 2002) 37
The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale—Student Version (UWES—S—9 (Schaufeli & Bakker, 2003) 39
Inventory of School Motivation (ISM) 39Procedure 40Design/Statistic 41
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULT 42
Summary of Findings 44
CHAPTER FIVE:DISCUSSION 45iii
Implications of the study 47
Limitation 47
Suggestion/recommendation 48
Conclusion 48
References 50
LIST OF TABLETable 1: Means, standard deviations, and correlations for demographic variables, classroom goal structure and motivation on academic achievementTable 2: Coefficient table of Regression of classroom goal structure and motivation predicting academic achievementiv
