Motivation levels among traditional and open learning undergraduate students in India

Motivation plays a crucial role in learning. Motivation energizes the behavior of the individual. It also directs the behavior towards specific goals. It helps students acquire knowledge, develop social qualities, increase initiation, persist in activities, improve performance, and develop a sense o...

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Autores principales: Shashi Singh, Ajay Singh, Kiran Singh
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:444d9cb38f5c4e768de20b8f93239ff42021-12-02T18:03:25ZMotivation levels among traditional and open learning undergraduate students in India10.19173/irrodl.v13i3.10501492-3831https://doaj.org/article/444d9cb38f5c4e768de20b8f93239ff42012-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1050https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Motivation plays a crucial role in learning. Motivation energizes the behavior of the individual. It also directs the behavior towards specific goals. It helps students acquire knowledge, develop social qualities, increase initiation, persist in activities, improve performance, and develop a sense of discipline. This paper aims to compare the levels of motivation between students in the open education system (OES) and in the traditional education system (TES) in India. The study further investigates the motivation levels of male and female students in the two systems. An Academic Motivation Scale was prepared and administered on the students of TES (n = 200) and OES (n = 151). Results show that there exist significant differences in the level of motivation between the students of TES and OES. The study concludes that it is the presence or absence of extrinsic motivation which is predominantly responsible for this difference.Shashi SinghAjay SinghKiran SinghAthabasca University PressarticleTraditional Education Systemopen Education SystemAcademic MotivationSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 13, Iss 3 (2012)
institution DOAJ
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topic Traditional Education System
open Education System
Academic Motivation
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
spellingShingle Traditional Education System
open Education System
Academic Motivation
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
Shashi Singh
Ajay Singh
Kiran Singh
Motivation levels among traditional and open learning undergraduate students in India
description Motivation plays a crucial role in learning. Motivation energizes the behavior of the individual. It also directs the behavior towards specific goals. It helps students acquire knowledge, develop social qualities, increase initiation, persist in activities, improve performance, and develop a sense of discipline. This paper aims to compare the levels of motivation between students in the open education system (OES) and in the traditional education system (TES) in India. The study further investigates the motivation levels of male and female students in the two systems. An Academic Motivation Scale was prepared and administered on the students of TES (n = 200) and OES (n = 151). Results show that there exist significant differences in the level of motivation between the students of TES and OES. The study concludes that it is the presence or absence of extrinsic motivation which is predominantly responsible for this difference.
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author Shashi Singh
Ajay Singh
Kiran Singh
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Ajay Singh
Kiran Singh
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title Motivation levels among traditional and open learning undergraduate students in India
title_short Motivation levels among traditional and open learning undergraduate students in India
title_full Motivation levels among traditional and open learning undergraduate students in India
title_fullStr Motivation levels among traditional and open learning undergraduate students in India
title_full_unstemmed Motivation levels among traditional and open learning undergraduate students in India
title_sort motivation levels among traditional and open learning undergraduate students in india
publisher Athabasca University Press
publishDate 2012
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