Factors Associated with Students' Academic Motivation in Agricultural Economics Classes |
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| Authors: | John Siebert Kerry Litzenberg Richard Gallagher Christine Wilson Frank Dooley Al Wysocki |
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| Institution: | John Siebert and Kerry Litzenberg are professors, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. Richard Gallagher is senior vice president, Capital Farm Credit, Bryan, Texas. Christine Wilson is assistant professor and Frank Dooley is professor and teaching coordinator, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Al Wysocki is associate professor and MAB graduate program director, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. |
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| Abstract: | A study of undergraduates at Texas A&M University, Purdue University, and the University of Florida reveals that students viewing grades as a contributor to career success tend to be more academically motivated. Several measures of academic motivation are examined by means of general linear and also nonlinear models. Electronic entertainment, socializing, and time spent working are all negatively associated with academic motivation. Greater academic motivation exists among females. To the extent that additional work is needed for the support of increased tuition costs, students have the potential to be less academically motivated. |
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| Keywords: | academic GPA motivation undergraduate |
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