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Achievement motivation and academic performance

An attempt was made to relate achievement motivation to academic performance. Two scales for measuring achievement motivation i.e. Mehrabian Achievement Scale (MAS) and Russsell's Achievement Motivation Scale (RAMS) were administered to Malay students attending Basic Psychology course at one o...

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Main Author: Wan Rafaei Abdul Rahman,
Format: Article
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1973
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4024/
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spelling my-ukm.journal.40242012-04-03T03:55:41Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4024/ Achievement motivation and academic performance Wan Rafaei Abdul Rahman, An attempt was made to relate achievement motivation to academic performance. Two scales for measuring achievement motivation i.e. Mehrabian Achievement Scale (MAS) and Russsell's Achievement Motivation Scale (RAMS) were administered to Malay students attending Basic Psychology course at one of the universities in Malaysia. The results indicated a positive significant correlation between the two scales and between MAS and course work in female subjects only. Course work was found to have positive correlation with final examination was also found between males and females. The differences in the results were discussed. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1973 Article PeerReviewed Wan Rafaei Abdul Rahman, (1973) Achievement motivation and academic performance. AKADEMIKA, 2 . pp. 63-68. ISSN 0126-5008 http://www.ukm.my/penerbit/jdem2-6.html
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description An attempt was made to relate achievement motivation to academic performance. Two scales for measuring achievement motivation i.e. Mehrabian Achievement Scale (MAS) and Russsell's Achievement Motivation Scale (RAMS) were administered to Malay students attending Basic Psychology course at one of the universities in Malaysia. The results indicated a positive significant correlation between the two scales and between MAS and course work in female subjects only. Course work was found to have positive correlation with final examination was also found between males and females. The differences in the results were discussed.
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title Achievement motivation and academic performance
title_short Achievement motivation and academic performance
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