Motivation for Academic Achievement Among Gifted Students Considering Some Variables

Faisal Al-Nawasreh

doi:10.63931/ijchr.v7i1.498

Authors

Faisal Al-Nawasreh Department of Special Education/ College of Educational Sciences/ Ajloun National University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63931/ijchr.v7i1.498

Keywords:

Motivation for achievement, The gifted, Parents' educational level, demographic variables

Abstract

The current study aimed to reveal on Motivation for achievement for gifted students from the school's students at Ajloun Governorate in the light of some demographic variables (Gender, grade, and educational level of father and mother, and the economic level of the family).To achieve the purposes of the study, the researcher used a scale of Motivation for achievement depending on the theoretical framework of the foundations of guidance and Psychological counseling that the researcher developed it to suit the study sample. The validity and reliability of the scale were high, the sample consists of (127) students from Gifted students who were selected stratified randomly from upper primary and secondary classes, the arithmetic averages (T.test) and one-way analysis of variance were found. The results of the study showed that the level of Motivation for achievement among gifted students was high, and there were statistically significant differences at the degrees level of Motivation of achievement among gifted students at the level (α≤ 0.05)at grade variable in favor of seventh grade. And there weren't any statistically significant differences at gender, the educational level of parents and the economic level of the family, The results also showed that there were a positive correlation Statistical significance at the level(α≤ 0.05) between motivation for achievement and academic achievement, The results were also discussed in the light of theoretical literature and previous studies and some recommendations were proposed based on the study results.

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